Searching across hundreds of databases

Our searching services are busy right now. Your search will reload in five seconds.

X
Forgot Password

If you have forgotten your password you can enter your email here and get a temporary password sent to your email.

X
Forgot Password

If you have forgotten your password you can enter your email here and get a temporary password sent to your email.

YcgC represents a new protein deacetylase family in prokaryotes.

eLife | 2015

Reversible lysine acetylation is one of the most important protein posttranslational modifications that plays essential roles in both prokaryotes and eukaryotes. However, only a few lysine deacetylases (KDACs) have been identified in prokaryotes, perhaps in part due to their limited sequence homology. Herein, we developed a 'clip-chip' strategy to enable unbiased, activity-based discovery of novel KDACs in the Escherichia coli proteome. In-depth biochemical characterization confirmed that YcgC is a serine hydrolase involving Ser200 as the catalytic nucleophile for lysine deacetylation and does not use NAD(+) or Zn(2+) like other established KDACs. Further, in vivo characterization demonstrated that YcgC regulates transcription by catalyzing deacetylation of Lys52 and Lys62 of a transcriptional repressor RutR. Importantly, YcgC targets a distinct set of substrates from the only known E. coli KDAC CobB. Analysis of YcgC's bacterial homologs confirmed that they also exhibit KDAC activity. YcgC thus represents a novel family of prokaryotic KDACs.

Pubmed ID: 26716769 RIS Download

Research resources used in this publication

None found

Antibodies used in this publication

None found

Associated grants

  • Agency: NIGMS NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01 GM111514
  • Agency: NIGMS NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01 GM076102
  • Agency: NCRR NIH HHS, United States
    Id: U54 RR020839
  • Agency: NHGRI NIH HHS, United States
    Id: U54 HG006434
  • Agency: NIGMS NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R37 GM062437
  • Agency: NIAAA NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01 AA020103
  • Agency: NIGMS NIH HHS, United States
    Id: GM62437
  • Agency: NIAAA NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01 AA020203
  • Agency: NCRR NIH HHS, United States
    Id: RR020839
  • Agency: NIGMS NIH HHS, United States
    Id: GM076102
  • Agency: NIGMS NIH HHS, United States
    Id: R01 GM062437

Publication data is provided by the National Library of Medicine ® and PubMed ®. Data is retrieved from PubMed ® on a weekly schedule. For terms and conditions see the National Library of Medicine Terms and Conditions.

This is a list of tools and resources that we have found mentioned in this publication.


ImageJ (tool)

RRID:SCR_003070

Open source Java based image processing software program designed for scientific multidimensional images. ImageJ has been transformed to ImageJ2 application to improve data engine to be sufficient to analyze modern datasets.

View all literature mentions

QIAGEN (tool)

RRID:SCR_008539

A commercial organization which provides assay technologies to isolate DNA, RNA, and proteins from any biological sample. Assay technologies are then used to make specific target biomolecules, such as the DNA of a specific virus, visible for subsequent analysis.

View all literature mentions

GenScript (tool)

RRID:SCR_002891

Commercial organization which provides life science services and products to researchers. They specialize in gene synthesis, peptide, protein, antibody and preclinical drug development service.

View all literature mentions

Jackson ImmunoResearch (tool)

RRID:SCR_010488

A commercial antibody vendor, specializing in secondary antibodies.

View all literature mentions