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  • Title: Antirestriction activities of KlcA (RP4) and ArdB (R64) proteins.
    Author: Goryanin II, Kudryavtseva AA, Balabanov VP, Biryukova VS, Manukhov IV, Zavilgelsky GB.
    Journal: FEMS Microbiol Lett; 2018 Dec 01; 365(23):. PubMed ID: 30239714.
    Abstract:
    Antirestriction proteins of the ArdB group (ArdB, KlcA) specifically inhibit restriction (endonuclease) activity of restriction-modification (RM) type I systems. Antirestriction activity of KlcA and ArdB, encoded in transmissible plasmids RP4 (IncPα) and R64 (IncI1), respectively, has been determined. We show that the protein KlcA (RP4), an amino acid sequence identical to that of the protein KlcA (RK2), inhibits the activity of EcoKI when the klcA gene is located on the plasmid under the control of strong promoter. It was demonstrated that proteins KlcA (RP4) and ArdB (R64) are characterized by approximately equal antirestriction activity. Analysis of amino acid sequences of ArdB homologs revealed four groups of conserved amino acids located on the surface of the protein globule: (1) R16, E32, W51; (2) Y46, G48; (3) S84, D86, E132 and (4) N77, L140, D141. It was shown that substitution of polar amino acids to hydrophobic A and L leads to a significant decrease in the ArdB antirestriction activity level (approximately 100-fold). A conserved region forming a 'ring belt' on the globule surface consisting of E32, S84, E132, and both N77 and D141 as the 'key section' of ArdB/KlcA was identified.
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