Heme-sensing ChrS/ChrA system from Corynebacterium diphtheriae

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To infect and proliferate in the host, pathogenic bacteria preferentially acquire iron derived from host Hb using iron-acquisition systems. Corynebacterium diphtheriae, a pathogen of diphtheria, conducts iron/heme-dependent regulatory ChrS/ChrA systems. In the present study, the ChrS protein was solubilized and purified from the membranes of an Escherichia coli overproducer, and then incorporated into Nanodiscs. The reconstituted ChrS protein exhibited direct and specific heme recognition via His21 in its first transmembrane region, hemedependent autophosphorylation and phosphoryltransfer to ChrA.