FhlA is a Formate Binding Protein
Al Fardan, A. A.; Koestler, B. J.
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Escherichia coli uses glycolysis and mixed acid fermentation and produces formate as by product. One system E. coli uses for formate oxidation is formate hydrogen lyase complex (FHL). The expression of the FHL complex is dependent on formate and regulated by the transcriptional regulator FhlA. The structure of FhlA is composed of three domains. The N-terminal domain is putatively responsible for formate binding and FhlA oligomerization as a tetramer, the central portion of FhlA contains a AAA+ domain that hydrolyzes ATP, and the C-terminal domain binds DNA. Formate enhances FhlA-mediated expression of FHL; however, FhlA direct interaction with formate has never been demonstrated. Formate-protein interactions are challenging to assess, due to the small and ubiquitous nature of the molecule. Here, we have developed three techniques to assess formate-protein interaction. We use these techniques to confirm that FhlA binds formate in the N-terminal domain in vitro, and that this interaction is partially dependent on residues E183 and E363, consistent with previous reports. This study is a proof of concept that these techniques can be used to assess other formate-protein interactions.
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