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Escapa IF, del Cerro C, García JL, Prieto MA. The role of GlpR repressor inPseudomonas putidaKT2440 growth and PHA production from glycerol. Environ Microbiol 2012; 15:93-110. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2012.02790.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Silva-Rocha R, Chavarría M, Kleijn RJ, Sauer U, de Lorenzo V. The IHF regulon of exponentially growing Pseudomonas putida cells. Environ Microbiol 2012; 15:49-63. [PMID: 22510163 DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2012.02750.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Integration host factor (IHF) sites are largely absent from intergenic regions of ORFs encoding central metabolic functions in Pseudomonas putida mt-2. To gain an insight into this unequal distribution of otherwise abundant IHF-binding sequences, the transcriptome of IHF-plus and IHF-minus cells growing exponentially on glucose as sole carbon source was examined. In parallel, the cognate metabolic fluxes of the wild-type P. putida strain and its ihfA derivative were determined by culturing cells to a steady-state physiological regime with (13)C-labelled glucose. While expression of many transcripts was altered by the lack of IHF, flux balance analysis revealed that the ihfA mutation did not influence central carbon metabolism. Identification of multiple IHF sites adjacent to genes responsive to the factor allowed a refinement of the consensus and the mapping of the preferred binding positions for activation or repression of associated promoters. That few (if any) of the genes affected by IHF involved core pathways suggested that the central carbon metabolism tolerates the loss of the factor. Instead, IHF controlled various cell surface-related functions and downregulated genes encoding ribosomal proteins, the alpha subunit of RNA polymerase and components of the ATP synthase. These results were confirmed with lacZ fusions to a suite of promoters detected in the transcriptome as affected by IHF. Taken together, the data suggest that IHF plays a role in the physiological shift that sets P. putida for entering stationary phase.
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- Rafael Silva-Rocha
- Systems Biology Program, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, 28049 Cantoblanco-Madrid, Spain
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Fonseca P, Moreno R, Rojo F. Pseudomonas putidagrowing at low temperature shows increased levels of CrcZ and CrcY sRNAs, leading to reduced Crc-dependent catabolite repression. Environ Microbiol 2012; 15:24-35. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2012.02708.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Escapa IF, García JL, Bühler B, Blank LM, Prieto MA. The polyhydroxyalkanoate metabolism controls carbon and energy spillage in Pseudomonas putida. Environ Microbiol 2012; 14:1049-63. [PMID: 22225632 DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02684.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The synthesis and degradation of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs), the storage polymer of many bacteria, is linked to the operation of central carbon metabolism. To rationalize the impact of PHA accumulation on central carbon metabolism of the prototype bacterium Pseudomonas putida, we have revisited PHA production in quantitative physiology experiments in the wild-type strain vs. a PHA negative mutant growing under low nitrogen conditions. When octanoic acid was used as PHA precursor and as carbon and energy source, we have detected higher intracellular flux via acetyl-CoA in the mutant strain than in the wild type, which correlates with the stimulation of the TCA cycle and glyoxylate shunt observed on the transcriptional level. The mutant defective in carbon and energy storage spills the additional resources, releasing CO(2) instead of generating biomass. Hence, P. putida operates the metabolic network to optimally exploit available resources and channels excess carbon and energy to storage via PHA, without compromising growth. These findings demonstrate that the PHA metabolism plays a critical role in synchronizing global metabolism to availability of resources in PHA-producing microorganisms.
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- I F Escapa
- Environmental Biology Department, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, CSIC, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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Jakovleva J, Teppo A, Velts A, Saumaa S, Moor H, Kivisaar M, Teras R. Fis regulates the competitiveness of Pseudomonas putida on barley roots by inducing biofilm formation. MICROBIOLOGY-SGM 2012; 158:708-720. [PMID: 22222498 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.053355-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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An important link between the environment and the physiological state of bacteria is the regulation of the transcription of a large number of genes by global transcription factors. One of the global regulators, Fis (factor for inversion stimulation), is well studied in Escherichia coli, but the role of this protein in pseudomonads has only been examined briefly. According to studies in Enterobacteriaceae, Fis regulates positively the flagellar movement of bacteria. In pseudomonads, flagellar movement is an important trait for the colonization of plant roots. Therefore we were interested in the role of the Fis protein in Pseudomonas putida, especially the possible regulation of the colonization of plant roots. We observed that Fis reduced the migration of P. putida onto the apices of barley roots and thereby the competitiveness of bacteria on the roots. Moreover, we observed that overexpression of Fis drastically reduced swimming motility and facilitated P. putida biofilm formation, which could be the reason for the decreased migration of bacteria onto the root apices. It is possible that the elevated expression of Fis is important in the adaptation of P. putida during colonization of plant roots by promoting biofilm formation when the migration of bacteria is no longer favoured.
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- Julia Jakovleva
- Department of Genetics, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Tartu University and Estonian Biocentre, Riia 23, 51010 Tartu, Estonia
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- Department of Genetics, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Tartu University and Estonian Biocentre, Riia 23, 51010 Tartu, Estonia
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- Department of Genetics, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Tartu University and Estonian Biocentre, Riia 23, 51010 Tartu, Estonia
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- Department of Genetics, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Tartu University and Estonian Biocentre, Riia 23, 51010 Tartu, Estonia
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- Department of Genetics, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Tartu University and Estonian Biocentre, Riia 23, 51010 Tartu, Estonia
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- Department of Genetics, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Tartu University and Estonian Biocentre, Riia 23, 51010 Tartu, Estonia
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- Department of Genetics, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Tartu University and Estonian Biocentre, Riia 23, 51010 Tartu, Estonia
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Mechanisms of resistance to chloramphenicol in Pseudomonas putida KT2440. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2011; 56:1001-9. [PMID: 22143519 DOI: 10.1128/aac.05398-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Pseudomonas putida KT2440 is a chloramphenicol-resistant bacterium that is able to grow in the presence of this antibiotic at a concentration of up to 25 μg/ml. Transcriptomic analyses revealed that the expression profile of 102 genes changed in response to this concentration of chloramphenicol in the culture medium. The genes that showed altered expression include those involved in general metabolism, cellular stress response, gene regulation, efflux pump transporters, and protein biosynthesis. Analysis of a genome-wide collection of mutants showed that survival of a knockout mutant in the TtgABC resistance-nodulation-division (RND) efflux pump and mutants in the biosynthesis of pyrroloquinoline (PQQ) were compromised in the presence of chloramphenicol. The analysis also revealed that an ABC extrusion system (PP2669/PP2668/PP2667) and the AgmR regulator (PP2665) were needed for full resistance toward chloramphenicol. Transcriptional arrays revealed that AgmR controls the expression of the pqq genes and the operon encoding the ABC extrusion pump from the promoter upstream of open reading frame (ORF) PP2669.
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Moreno R, Fonseca P, Rojo F. Two small RNAs, CrcY and CrcZ, act in concert to sequester the Crc global regulator in Pseudomonas putida, modulating catabolite repression. Mol Microbiol 2011; 83:24-40. [PMID: 22053874 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2011.07912.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The Crc protein is a translational repressor that recognizes a specific target at some mRNAs, controlling catabolite repression and co-ordinating carbon metabolism in pseudomonads. In Pseudomonas aeruginosa, the levels of free Crc protein are controlled by CrcZ, a sRNA that sequesters Crc, acting as an antagonist. We show that, in Pseudomonas putida, the levels of free Crc are controlled by CrcZ and by a novel 368 nt sRNA named CrcY. CrcZ and CrcY, which contain six potential targets for Crc, were able to bind Crc specifically in vitro. The levels of CrcZ and CrcY were low under conditions generating a strong catabolite repression, and increased strongly when catabolite repression was absent. Deletion of either crcZ or crcY had no effect on catabolite repression, but the simultaneous absence of both sRNAs led to constitutive catabolite repression that compromised growth on some carbon sources. Overproduction of CrcZ or CrcY significantly reduced repression. We propose that CrcZ and CrcY act in concert, sequestering and modulating the levels of free Crc according to metabolic conditions. The CbrA/CbrB two-component system activated crcZ transcription, but had little effect on crcY. CrcY was detected in P. putida, Pseudomonas fluorescens and Pseudomonas syringae, but not in P. aeruginosa.
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- Renata Moreno
- Departamento de Biotecnología Microbiana, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, CSIC, Campus UAM, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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Fonseca P, Moreno R, Rojo F. Growth of Pseudomonas putida at low temperature: global transcriptomic and proteomic analyses. ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY REPORTS 2011; 3:329-339. [PMID: 23761279 DOI: 10.1111/j.1758-2229.2010.00229.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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In its natural habitats (soil, water and rhizosphere), Pseudomonas putida can suffer frequent and long-term changes in temperature that affect its growth and survival. Pseudomonas putida KT2440, a well-characterized model strain, grows optimally at 30°C but can proliferate at temperatures as low as 4°C. However, little information is available on the physiological changes that occur when P. putida grows at low temperatures. To investigate this area, the transcriptome and proteome profiles of cells exponentially growing in a complex medium at 10°C were compared with those of cells exponentially growing at 30°C. Low temperature modified the expression of at least 266 genes (some 5% of the genome). Many of the genes showing differential expression were involved in energy metabolism or in the transport and binding of substrates, although genes implicated in other cellular functions were also affected. Several changes seemed directed towards neutralizing problems created by low temperature, such as increased protein misfolding, the increased stability of DNA/RNA secondary structures, reduced membrane fluidity and a reduced growth rate. The present results improve our understanding of the P. putida lifestyle at low temperature, which may be relevant for its applications in bioremediation and in promotion of plant growth.
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- Pilar Fonseca
- Departamento de Biotecnología Microbiana, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, CSIC, Campus UAM, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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Matilla MA, Travieso ML, Ramos JL, Ramos-González MI. Cyclic diguanylate turnover mediated by the sole GGDEF/EAL response regulator in Pseudomonas putida: its role in the rhizosphere and an analysis of its target processes. Environ Microbiol 2011; 13:1745-66. [PMID: 21554519 DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02499.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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GGDEF and EAL/HD-GYP protein domains are responsible for the synthesis and hydrolysis of the bacterial secondary messenger cyclic diguanylate (c-di-GMP) through their diguanylate cyclase and phosphodiesterase activities, respectively. Forty-three genes in Pseudomonas putida KT2440 are putatively involved in the turnover of c-di-GMP. Of them only rup4959 (locus PP4959) encodes a GGDEF/EAL response regulator, which was identified in a genome wide analysis as preferentially induced while this bacterium colonizes roots and adjacent soil areas (the rhizosphere). By using fusions to reporter genes it was confirmed that the rup4959 promoter is active in the rhizosphere and inducible by corn plant root exudates and microaerobiosis. Transcription of rup4959 was strictly dependent on the alternative transcriptional factor σ(S) . The inactivation of the rup4959-4957 operon altered the expression of 22 genes in the rhizosphere and had a negative effect upon oligopeptide utilization and biofilm formation. In multicopy or when overexpressed, rup4959 enhanced adhesin LapA-dependent biofilm formation, the development of wrinkly colony morphology, and increased Calcofluor stainable exopolysaccharides (EPS). Under these conditions the inhibition of swarming motility was total and plant root tip colonization considerably less efficient, whereas swimming was partially diminished. This pleiotropic phenotype, which correlated with an increase in the global level of c-di-GMP, was not acquired with increased levels of Rup4959 catalytic mutant at GGDEF as a proof of this response regulator exhibiting diguanylate cyclase activity. A screen for mutants in putative targets of c-di-GMP led to the identification of a surface polysaccharide specific to KT2440, which is encoded by the genes cluster PP3133-PP3141, as essential for phenotypes associated with increased c-di-GMP. Cellulose and alginate were discarded as the overproduced EPS, and lipopolysaccharide (LPS) core and O-antigen were found to be essential for the development of wrinkly colony morphology.
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- Miguel A Matilla
- Department of Environmental Protection, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Profesor Albareda 1, Granada 18008, Spain
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Fernández M, Duque E, Pizarro-Tobías P, Van Dillewijn P, Wittich RM, Ramos JL. Microbial responses to xenobiotic compounds. Identification of genes that allow Pseudomonas putida KT2440 to cope with 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene. Microb Biotechnol 2011; 2:287-94. [PMID: 21261922 PMCID: PMC3815848 DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7915.2009.00085.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Pseudomonas putida KT2440 grows in M9 minimal medium with glucose in the presence of 2,4,6‐trinitrotoluene (TNT) at a similar rate than in the absence of TNT, although global transcriptional analysis using DNA microarrays revealed that TNT exerts some stress. Response to TNT stress is regulated at the transcriptional level, as significant changes in the level of expression of 65 genes were observed. Of these genes, 39 appeared upregulated, and 26 were downregulated. The identity of upregulated genes suggests that P. putida uses two kinds of strategies to overcome TNT toxicity: (i) induction of genes encoding nitroreductases and detoxification‐related enzymes (pnrA, xenD, acpD) and (ii) induction of multidrug efflux pump genes (mexEF/oprN) to reduce intracellular TNT concentrations. Mutants of 13 up‐ and 7 downregulated genes were analysed with regards to TNT toxicity revealing the role of the MexE/MexF/OprN pump and a putative isoquinoline 1‐oxidoreductase in tolerance to TNT. The ORF PP1232 whose transcriptional level did not change in response to TNT affected growth in the presence of nitroaromatic compounds and it was found in a screening of 4000 randomly generated mutants.
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- Matilde Fernández
- Bio-Iliberis Research and Development, Edificio BIC, Parque Tecnológico de Ciencias de la Salud, E-18100 Armilla, Granada, Spain
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Oligomerization and DNA-binding capacity of Pmr, a histone-like protein H1 (H-NS) family protein encoded on IncP-7 carbazole-degradative plasmid pCAR1. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2011; 75:711-7. [PMID: 21512245 DOI: 10.1271/bbb.100841] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Pmr, a histone-like protein H1 (H-NS) family protein encoded on plasmid pCAR1, is a key factor in optimizing gene transcription on both pCAR1 and the host chromosome. To clarify the mode of function of Pmr, we performed gel filtration chromatography analysis and protein-protein cross-linking, and found that Pmr forms homo-oligomers, consisting of its homodimers. We also found, by atomic force microscopy, that Pmr has DNA-bridging capacity. From these results, Pmr was deduced to have features common to H-NS family proteins. Additionally, evaluating protein-DNA affinity is important to clarify the mode of function of Pmr, and hence we performed an electrophoretic mobility shift assay. Though Pmr formed high-order protein-DNA complexes and did not show preference for nucleic acid sequences, the C-terminal region of Pmr did, suggesting that the DNA-binding affinity of Pmr can be evaluated by using its C-terminal region.
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Frank S, Klockgether J, Hagendorf P, Geffers R, Schöck U, Pohl T, Davenport CF, Tümmler B. Pseudomonas putida KT2440 genome update by cDNA sequencing and microarray transcriptomics. Environ Microbiol 2011; 13:1309-26. [PMID: 21355971 DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02430.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Pseudomonas putida KT2440 is a completely sequenced biosafety strain that has retained its capability to survive and function in the environment. The global mRNA expression profiles of the KT2440 strain grown at 10°C and 30°C were determined by deep cDNA sequencing to refine the genome annotation. Transcriptome sequencing identified 36 yet unknown small non-coding RNAs, 143 novel ORFs in 106 intergenic regions, 42 unclassified genes and eight highly expressed leaderless mRNA transcripts. The genome coordinates of eight genes and the organization of 57 operons were corrected. No overrepresented sequence motifs were detected in the 5'-untranslated regions. The 50 most highly expressed genes made up 60% of the total mRNA pool. Comparison of cDNA sequencing, Affymetrix and Progenika microarray data from the same mRNA preparation revealed a higher sensitivity and specificity of cDNA sequencing, a relatively poor correlation between the normalized cDNA reads and microarray signal intensities, and a systematic signal-dependent bias of microarrays in the detection of differentially regulated genes. The study demonstrates the power of next-generation cDNA sequencing for the quantitation of mRNA transcripts and the refinement of bacterial genome annotation.
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- Sarah Frank
- Klinische Forschergruppe, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Carl-Neuberg-Strasse 1, Hannover, Germany
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Hervás AB, Canosa I, Santero E. Regulation of glutamate dehydrogenase expression in Pseudomonas putida results from its direct repression by NtrC under nitrogen-limiting conditions. Mol Microbiol 2011; 78:305-19. [PMID: 20735780 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2010.07329.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Nitrogen-regulated genes in enterobacteria are positively controlled by the transcriptional activator of σ(N) -dependent promoters NtrC, either directly or indirectly, through the dual regulator Nac. Similar to enterobacteria, gdhA encoding glutamate dehydrogenase from Pseudomonas putida is one of the few genes that is induced by excess nitrogen. In P. putida, the binding of NtrC to the gdhA promoter region and in vitro transcription suggest that, unlike its enterobacterial homologue that is repressed by Nac, gdhA is directly repressed by NtrC. Footprinting analyses demonstrated that NtrC binds to four distinct sites in the gdhA promoter. NtrC dimers bind cooperatively, and those bound closer to the promoter interact with the dimers bound further upstream, thus producing a proposed repressor loop in the DNA. The formation of the higher-order complex and the repressor loop appears to be important for repression but not absolutely essential. Both the phosphorylated and the non-phosphorylated forms of NtrC efficiently repressed gdhA transcription in vitro and in vivo. Therefore, NtrC repression of gdhA under nitrogen-limiting conditions does not depend on the phosphorylation of the regulator; rather, it relies on an increase in the repressor concentration under these conditions.
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- Ana B Hervás
- Centro Andaluz de Biología del Desarrollo/ CSIC/ Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Carretera de Utrera, Km. 1, 41013 Seville, Spain
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Browne P, Barret M, O'Gara F, Morrissey JP. Computational prediction of the Crc regulon identifies genus-wide and species-specific targets of catabolite repression control in Pseudomonas bacteria. BMC Microbiol 2010; 10:300. [PMID: 21108798 PMCID: PMC3003667 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-10-300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2010] [Accepted: 11/25/2010] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Catabolite repression control (CRC) is an important global control system in Pseudomonas that fine tunes metabolism in order optimise growth and metabolism in a range of different environments. The mechanism of CRC in Pseudomonas spp. centres on the binding of a protein, Crc, to an A-rich motif on the 5' end of an mRNA resulting in translational down-regulation of target genes. Despite the identification of several Crc targets in Pseudomonas spp. the Crc regulon has remained largely unexplored. RESULTS In order to predict direct targets of Crc, we used a bioinformatics approach based on detection of A-rich motifs near the initiation of translation of all protein-encoding genes in twelve fully sequenced Pseudomonas genomes. As expected, our data predict that genes related to the utilisation of less preferred nutrients, such as some carbohydrates, nitrogen sources and aromatic carbon compounds are targets of Crc. A general trend in this analysis is that the regulation of transporters is conserved across species whereas regulation of specific enzymatic steps or transcriptional activators are often conserved only within a species. Interestingly, some nucleoid associated proteins (NAPs) such as HU and IHF are predicted to be regulated by Crc. This finding indicates a possible role of Crc in indirect control over a subset of genes that depend on the DNA bending properties of NAPs for expression or repression. Finally, some virulence traits such as alginate and rhamnolipid production also appear to be regulated by Crc, which links nutritional status cues with the regulation of virulence traits. CONCLUSIONS Catabolite repression control regulates a broad spectrum of genes in Pseudomonas. Some targets are genus-wide and are typically related to central metabolism, whereas other targets are species-specific, or even unique to particular strains. Further study of these novel targets will enhance our understanding of how Pseudomonas bacteria integrate nutritional status cues with the regulation of traits that are of ecological, industrial and clinical importance.
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- Patrick Browne
- BIOMERIT Research Centre, Microbiology Department University College Cork, Ireland
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Folsom JP, Richards L, Pitts B, Roe F, Ehrlich GD, Parker A, Mazurie A, Stewart PS. Physiology of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in biofilms as revealed by transcriptome analysis. BMC Microbiol 2010; 10:294. [PMID: 21083928 PMCID: PMC2998477 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-10-294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2010] [Accepted: 11/17/2010] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Background Transcriptome analysis was applied to characterize the physiological activities of Pseudomonas aeruginosa grown for three days in drip-flow biofilm reactors. Conventional applications of transcriptional profiling often compare two paired data sets that differ in a single experimentally controlled variable. In contrast this study obtained the transcriptome of a single biofilm state, ranked transcript signals to make the priorities of the population manifest, and compared ranki ngs for a priori identified physiological marker genes between the biofilm and published data sets. Results Biofilms tolerated exposure to antibiotics, harbored steep oxygen concentration gradients, and exhibited stratified and heterogeneous spatial patterns of protein synthetic activity. Transcriptional profiling was performed and the signal intensity of each transcript was ranked to gain insight into the physiological state of the biofilm population. Similar rankings were obtained from data sets published in the GEO database http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo. By comparing the rank of genes selected as markers for particular physiological activities between the biofilm and comparator data sets, it was possible to infer qualitative features of the physiological state of the biofilm bacteria. These biofilms appeared, from their transcriptome, to be glucose nourished, iron replete, oxygen limited, and growing slowly or exhibiting stationary phase character. Genes associated with elaboration of type IV pili were strongly expressed in the biofilm. The biofilm population did not indicate oxidative stress, homoserine lactone mediated quorum sensing, or activation of efflux pumps. Using correlations with transcript ranks, the average specific growth rate of biofilm cells was estimated to be 0.08 h-1. Conclusions Collectively these data underscore the oxygen-limited, slow-growing nature of the biofilm population and are consistent with antimicrobial tolerance due to low metabolic activity.
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- James P Folsom
- Center for Biofilm Engineering and Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, PO Box 173980, Montana State University-Bozeman, Bozeman, Montana 59717-3980, USA
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Galán B, Dinjaski N, Maestro B, de Eugenio LI, Escapa IF, Sanz JM, García JL, Prieto MA. Nucleoid-associated PhaF phasin drives intracellular location and segregation of polyhydroxyalkanoate granules in Pseudomonas putida KT2442. Mol Microbiol 2010; 79:402-18. [PMID: 21219460 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2010.07450.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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The PhaF is a nucleoid-associated like protein of Pseudomonas putida KT2442 involved in the polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) metabolism. Its primary structure shows two modular domains; the N-terminal PHA granule-binding domain (phasin domain) and the C-terminal half containing AAKP-like tandem repeats characteristic of the histone H1 family. Although the PhaF binding to PHA granules and its role as transcriptional regulator have been previously demonstrated, the cell physiology meaning of these properties remains unknown. This work demonstrates that PhaF plays a crucial role in granule localization within the cell. TEM and flow cytometry studies of cells producing granules at early growth stage demonstrated that PhaF directs the PHA granules to the centre of the cells, forming a characteristic needle array. Our studies demonstrated the existence of two markedly different cell populations in the strain lacking PhaF protein, i.e. cells with and without PHA. Complementation studies definitively demonstrated a key role of PhaF in granule segregation during the cell division ensuring the equal distribution of granules between daughter cells. In vitro studies showed that PhaF binds DNA through its C-terminal domain in a non-specific manner. All these findings suggested a main role of PhaF in PHA apparatus through interactions with the segregating chromosome.
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- B Galán
- Department of Environmental Biology, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, CSIC, C/Ramiro de Maeztu, 9, 28040 Madrid, Spain
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Kobayashi Y, Ohtsu I, Fujimura M, Fukumori F. A mutation in dnaK causes stabilization of the heat shock sigma factor σ32, accumulation of heat shock proteins and increase in toluene-resistance in Pseudomonas putida. Environ Microbiol 2010; 13:2007-17. [PMID: 20880327 DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2010.02344.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Heat shock gene expression is regulated by the cellular level and activity of the stress sigma factor σ(32) in Gram-negative bacteria. A toluene-resistant, temperature-sensitive derivative strain of Pseudomonas putida KT2442, designated KT2442-R2 (R2), accumulated several heat shock proteins (HSPs) under non-stress conditions. Genome sequencing of strain R2 revealed that its genome contains a number of point mutations, including a CGT to CCT change in dnaK resulting in an Arg445 to Pro substitution in DnaK. DNA microarray and real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction analyses revealed that the mRNA levels of representative hsp genes (e.g. dnaK, htpG and groEL) were upregulated in R2 cells in the stationary phase. Wild-type and R2 cells showed similar heat shock responses at hsp mRNA and HSP levels; however, the σ(32) level in the mutant was not downregulated in the shut-off stage. Strain R2 harbouring plasmid-borne dnaK grew at 37°C, did not accumulate HSPs, and was more sensitive to toluene than strain R2. It is worth to note that that revertant of R2 able to grow at 37°C were isolated and exhibited a replacement of Pro445 by Ser or Leu in DnaK. Thus, the mutation in dnaK causes the temperature-sensitive phenotype, improper stabilization of σ(32) leading to HSP accumulation and increased toluene resistance in strain R2.
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- Yuka Kobayashi
- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Toyo University, Gunma, Japan
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Milanesio P, Arce-Rodríguez A, Muñoz A, Calles B, de Lorenzo V. Regulatory exaptation of the catabolite repression protein (Crp)-cAMP system in Pseudomonas putida. Environ Microbiol 2010; 13:324-39. [PMID: 21281420 DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2010.02331.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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The genome of the soil bacterium Pseudomonas putida KT2440 encodes singular orthologues of genes crp (encoding the catabolite repression protein, Crp) and cyaA (adenylate cyclase) of Escherichia coli. The levels of cAMP formed by P. putida cells were below detection with a Dictyostelium biosensor in vivo. The cyaA(P. putida) gene was transcribed in vivo but failed to complement the lack of maltose consumption of a cyaA mutant of E. coli, thereby indicating that cyaA(P. putida) was poorly translated or rendered non-functional in the heterologous host. Yet, generation of cAMP by CyaA(P. putida) could be verified by expressing the cyaA(P. putida) gene in a hypersensitive E. coli strain. On the other hand, the crp(P. putida) gene restored the metabolic capacities of an equivalent crp mutant of E. coli, but not in a double crp/cyaA strain, suggesting that the ability to regulate such functions required cAMP. In order to clarify the breadth of the Crp/cAMP system in P. putida, crp and cyaA mutants were generated and passed through a battery of phenotypic tests for recognition of gross metabolic properties and stress-endurance abilities. These assays revealed that the loss of each gene led in most (but not all) cases to the same phenotypic behaviour, indicating a concerted functionality. Unexpectedly, none of the mutations affected the panel of carbon compounds that can be used by P. putida as growth substrates, the mutants being impaired only in the use of various dipeptides as N sources. Furthermore, the lack of crp or cyaA had little influence on the gross growth fingerprinting of the cells. The poor physiological profile of the Crp-cAMP system of P. putida when compared with E. coli exposes a case of regulatory exaptation, i.e. the process through which a property evolved for a particular function is co-opted for a new use.
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- Paola Milanesio
- Systems Biology Program, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología-CSIC, Campus de Cantoblanco, Madrid 28049, Spain
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Moreno R, Fonseca P, Rojo F. The Crc global regulator inhibits the Pseudomonas putida pWW0 toluene/xylene assimilation pathway by repressing the translation of regulatory and structural genes. J Biol Chem 2010; 285:24412-9. [PMID: 20529863 PMCID: PMC2915677 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.126615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2010] [Revised: 05/13/2010] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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In Pseudomonas putida, the expression of the pWW0 plasmid genes for the toluene/xylene assimilation pathway (the TOL pathway) is subject to complex regulation in response to environmental and physiological signals. This includes strong inhibition via catabolite repression, elicited by the carbon sources that the cells prefer to hydrocarbons. The Crc protein, a global regulator that controls carbon flow in pseudomonads, has an important role in this inhibition. Crc is a translational repressor that regulates the TOL genes, but how it does this has remained unknown. This study reports that Crc binds to sites located at the translation initiation regions of the mRNAs coding for XylR and XylS, two specific transcription activators of the TOL genes. Unexpectedly, eight additional Crc binding sites were found overlapping the translation initiation sites of genes coding for several enzymes of the pathway, all encoded within two polycistronic mRNAs. Evidence is provided supporting the idea that these sites are functional. This implies that Crc can differentially modulate the expression of particular genes within polycistronic mRNAs. It is proposed that Crc controls TOL genes in two ways. First, Crc inhibits the translation of the XylR and XylS regulators, thereby reducing the transcription of all TOL pathway genes. Second, Crc inhibits the translation of specific structural genes of the pathway, acting mainly on proteins involved in the first steps of toluene assimilation. This ensures a rapid inhibitory response that reduces the expression of the toluene/xylene degradation proteins when preferred carbon sources become available.
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- Renata Moreno
- From the Department of Microbial Biotechnology, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC), Campus Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- From the Department of Microbial Biotechnology, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC), Campus Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- From the Department of Microbial Biotechnology, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC), Campus Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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Pmr, a histone-like protein H1 (H-NS) family protein encoded by the IncP-7 plasmid pCAR1, is a key global regulator that alters host function. J Bacteriol 2010; 192:4720-31. [PMID: 20639326 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00591-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Histone-like protein H1 (H-NS) family proteins are nucleoid-associated proteins (NAPs) conserved among many bacterial species. The IncP-7 plasmid pCAR1 is transmissible among various Pseudomonas strains and carries a gene encoding the H-NS family protein, Pmr. Pseudomonas putida KT2440 is a host of pCAR1, which harbors five genes encoding the H-NS family proteins PP_1366 (TurA), PP_3765 (TurB), PP_0017 (TurC), PP_3693 (TurD), and PP_2947 (TurE). Quantitative reverse transcription-PCR (qRT-PCR) demonstrated that the presence of pCAR1 does not affect the transcription of these five genes and that only pmr, turA, and turB were primarily transcribed in KT2440(pCAR1). In vitro pull-down assays revealed that Pmr strongly interacted with itself and with TurA, TurB, and TurE. Transcriptome comparisons of the pmr disruptant, KT2440, and KT2440(pCAR1) strains indicated that pmr disruption had greater effects on the host transcriptome than did pCAR1 carriage. The transcriptional levels of some genes that increased with pCAR1 carriage, such as the mexEF-oprN efflux pump genes and parI, reverted with pmr disruption to levels in pCAR1-free KT2440. Transcriptional levels of putative horizontally acquired host genes were not altered by pCAR1 carriage but were altered by pmr disruption. Identification of genome-wide Pmr binding sites by ChAP-chip (chromatin affinity purification coupled with high-density tiling chip) analysis demonstrated that Pmr preferentially binds to horizontally acquired DNA regions. The Pmr binding sites overlapped well with the location of the genes differentially transcribed following pmr disruption on both the plasmid and the chromosome. Our findings indicate that Pmr is a key factor in optimizing gene transcription on pCAR1 and the host chromosome.
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Rodríguez-Herva JJ, Duque E, Molina-Henares MA, Navarro-Avilés G, Van Dillewijn P, De La Torre J, Molina-Henares AJ, La Campa ASD, Ran FA, Segura A, Shingler V, Ramos JL. Physiological and transcriptomic characterization of a fliA mutant of Pseudomonas putida KT2440. ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY REPORTS 2010; 2:373-380. [PMID: 23766109 DOI: 10.1111/j.1758-2229.2009.00084.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Pseudomonas putida KT2440 encodes 23 alternative sigma factors. The fliA gene, which encodes σ(28) , is in a cluster with other genes involved in flagella biosynthesis and chemotaxis. Reverse transcriptase-PCR revealed that this cluster is comprised of four independent transcriptional units: flhAF, fleNfliA, cheYZA and cheBmotAB. We generated a nonpolar fliA mutant by homologous recombination and tested its motility, adhesion to biotic and abiotic surfaces, and responses to various stress conditions. The mutant strain was nonmotile and exhibited decreased capacity to bind to corn seeds, although its ability to colonize the rhizosphere of plants was unaffected. The mutant was also affected in binding to abiotic surfaces and its ability to form biofilms decreased by almost threefold. In the fliA mutant background expression of 25 genes was affected: two genes were upregulated and 23 genes were downregulated. In addition to a number of motility and chemotaxis genes, the fliA gene product is also necessary for the expression of some genes potentially involved in amino acid utilization or stress responses; however, we were unable to assign specific phenotypes linked to these genes since the fliA mutant used the same range of amino acids as the parental strain, and was as tolerant as the wild type to stress imposed by heat, antibiotics, NaCl, sodium dodecyl sulfate, H2 O2 and benzoate. Based on the sequence alignment of promoters recognized by FliA and genome in silico analysis, we propose that P. putidaσ(28) recognizes a TCAAG-t-N12 -GCCGATA consensus sequence located between -34 and -8 and that this sequence is preferentially associated with an AT-rich upstream region.
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- José Juan Rodríguez-Herva
- Department of Environmental Protection, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, E-18008 Granada, Spain. Department of Molecular Biology, Umeå University, S-901 87 Umeå, Sweden. Unidad Asociada de Contaminación Atmosférica, CSIC-Universidad de Huelva, Huelva, Spain
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Rojo F. Carbon catabolite repression in Pseudomonas : optimizing metabolic versatility and interactions with the environment. FEMS Microbiol Rev 2010; 34:658-84. [PMID: 20412307 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6976.2010.00218.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 332] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Metabolically versatile free-living bacteria have global regulation systems that allow cells to selectively assimilate a preferred compound among a mixture of several potential carbon sources. This process is known as carbon catabolite repression (CCR). CCR optimizes metabolism, improving the ability of bacteria to compete in their natural habitats. This review summarizes the regulatory mechanisms responsible for CCR in the bacteria of the genus Pseudomonas, which can live in many different habitats. Although the information available is still limited, the molecular mechanisms responsible for CCR in Pseudomonas are clearly different from those of Enterobacteriaceae or Firmicutes. An understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying CCR is important to know how metabolism is regulated and how bacteria degrade compounds in the environment. This is particularly relevant for compounds that are degraded slowly and accumulate, creating environmental problems. CCR has a major impact on the genes involved in the transport and metabolism of nonpreferred carbon sources, but also affects the expression of virulence factors in several bacterial species, genes that are frequently directed to allow the bacterium to gain access to new sources of nutrients. Finally, CCR has implications in the optimization of biotechnological processes such as biotransformations or bioremediation strategies.
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- Fernando Rojo
- Departamento de Biotecnología Microbiana, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología, CSIC, Madrid, Spain.
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Molina-Henares MA, de la Torre J, García-Salamanca A, Molina-Henares AJ, Herrera MC, Ramos JL, Duque E. Identification of conditionally essential genes for growth ofPseudomonas putidaKT2440 on minimal medium through the screening of a genome-wide mutant library. Environ Microbiol 2010; 12:1468-85. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2010.02166.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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He S, Kunin V, Haynes M, Martin HG, Ivanova N, Rohwer F, Hugenholtz P, McMahon KD. Metatranscriptomic array analysis of 'Candidatus Accumulibacter phosphatis'-enriched enhanced biological phosphorus removal sludge. Environ Microbiol 2010; 12:1205-17. [PMID: 20148930 DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2010.02163.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Here we report the first metatranscriptomic analysis of gene expression and regulation of 'Candidatus Accumulibacter'-enriched lab-scale sludge during enhanced biological phosphorus removal (EBPR). Medium density oligonucleotide microarrays were generated with probes targeting most predicted genes hypothesized to be important for the EBPR phenotype. RNA samples were collected at the early stage of anaerobic and aerobic phases (15 min after acetate addition and switching to aeration respectively). We detected the expression of a number of genes involved in the carbon and phosphate metabolisms, as proposed by EBPR models (e.g. polyhydroxyalkanoate synthesis, a split TCA cycle through methylmalonyl-CoA pathway, and polyphosphate formation), as well as novel genes discovered through metagenomic analysis. The comparison between the early stage anaerobic and aerobic gene expression profiles showed that expression levels of most genes were not significantly different between the two stages. The majority of upregulated genes in the aerobic sample are predicted to encode functions such as transcription, translation and protein translocation, reflecting the rapid growth phase of Accumulibacter shortly after being switched to aerobic conditions. Components of the TCA cycle and machinery involved in ATP synthesis were also upregulated during the early aerobic phase. These findings support the predictions of EBPR metabolic models that the oxidation of intracellularly stored carbon polymers through the TCA cycle provides ATP for cell growth when oxygen becomes available. Nitrous oxide reductase was among the very few Accumulibacter genes upregulated in the anaerobic sample, suggesting that its expression is likely induced by the deprivation of oxygen.
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- Shaomei He
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Wisconsin at Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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Navarro Llorens JM, Tormo A, Martínez-García E. Stationary phase in gram-negative bacteria. FEMS Microbiol Rev 2010; 34:476-95. [PMID: 20236330 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6976.2010.00213.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 301] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Conditions that sustain constant bacterial growth are seldom found in nature. Oligotrophic environments and competition among microorganisms force bacteria to be able to adapt quickly to rough and changing situations. A particular lifestyle composed of continuous cycles of growth and starvation is commonly referred to as feast and famine. Bacteria have developed many different mechanisms to survive in nutrient-depleted and harsh environments, varying from producing a more resistant vegetative cell to complex developmental programmes. As a consequence of prolonged starvation, certain bacterial species enter a dynamic nonproliferative state in which continuous cycles of growth and death occur until 'better times' come (restoration of favourable growth conditions). In the laboratory, microbiologists approach famine situations using batch culture conditions. The entrance to the stationary phase is a very regulated process governed by the alternative sigma factor RpoS. Induction of RpoS changes the gene expression pattern, aiming to produce a more resistant cell. The study of stationary phase revealed very interesting phenomena such as the growth advantage in stationary phase phenotype. This review focuses on some of the interesting responses of gram-negative bacteria when they enter the fascinating world of stationary phase.
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Amador CI, Canosa I, Govantes F, Santero E. Lack of CbrB in Pseudomonas putida affects not only amino acids metabolism but also different stress responses and biofilm development. Environ Microbiol 2010; 12:1748-61. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2010.02254.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Renzi F, Rescalli E, Galli E, Bertoni G. Identification of genes regulated by the MvaT-like paralogues TurA and TurB ofPseudomonas putidaKT2440. Environ Microbiol 2010; 12:254-63. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2009.02064.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Herrera MC, Duque E, Rodríguez-Herva JJ, Fernández-Escamilla AM, Ramos JL. Identification and characterization of the PhhR regulon in Pseudomonas putida. Environ Microbiol 2009; 12:1427-38. [PMID: 20050871 DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2009.02124.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Pseudomonas putida is a soil microorganism that utilizes aromatic amino acids present in root exudates as a nitrogen source. We have previously shown that the PhhR transcriptional regulator induces phhAB genes encoding a phenylalanine hydroxylase. In this study we show, using microarray assays and promoter fusions, that PhhR is a global regulator responsible for the activation of genes essential for phenylalanine degradation, phenylalanine homeostasis and other genes of unknown function. Recently, it has been shown that phenylalanine catabolism occurs through more than one pathway. One of these possible pathways involves the metabolism of phenylalanine via tyrosine, p-hydroxyphenylpyruvate, and homogentisate. We identified two genes within this pathway that encode an acyl-CoA transferase involved in the metabolism of acetoacetate. All genes in this pathway were induced in response to phenylalanine in a PhhR-proficient background. The second potential degradative pathway involves the degradation of phenylalanine to produce phenylpyruvate, which seems to be degraded via phenylacetyl-CoA. A number of mutants in the paa genes encoding phenylacetyl-CoA degradation enzymes fail to grow on phenylpyruvate or phenylacetate, further supporting the existence of this second pathway. We found that the PhhR regulon also includes genes involved in the biosynthesis of aromatic amino acids that are repressed in the presence of phenylalanine, suggesting the possibility of feedback at the transcriptional level. In addition, we found that PhhR modulates the level of expression of the broad-substrate-specificity MexEF/OprN efflux pump. Expression from this pump is under the control of mexT gene product because phenylalanine-dependent transcription from the mexE promoter does not occur in a mexT mutant background. These results place PhhR as an important regulator in the control of bacterial responses to aromatic amino acids.
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- M Carmen Herrera
- Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Department of Environmental Protection, E-18008 Granada, Spain
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Shintani M, Takahashi Y, Tokumaru H, Kadota K, Hara H, Miyakoshi M, Naito K, Yamane H, Nishida H, Nojiri H. Response of thePseudomonashost chromosomal transcriptome to carriage of the IncP-7 plasmid pCAR1. Environ Microbiol 2009; 12:1413-26. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2009.02110.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Tetralin-induced and ThnR-regulated aldehyde dehydrogenase and beta-oxidation genes in Sphingomonas macrogolitabida strain TFA. Appl Environ Microbiol 2009; 76:110-8. [PMID: 19897762 DOI: 10.1128/aem.01846-09] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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A new cluster of genes has been found downstream of the previously identified thnA2 gene. The gene products are similar to nonacylating aldehyde dehydrogenases (ThnG) and to proteins representing a complete beta-oxidation pathway (ThnH to ThnP). ThnG has a nonacylating NAD-dependent pimelic semialdehyde dehydrogenase activity that renders pimelic acid a seven-carbon dicarboxylic acid. For further metabolism via beta-oxidation, pimelic acid could be acylated by a constitutive acyl coenzyme A (acyl-CoA) ligase found in Sphingomonas macrogolitabida strain TFA or by ThnH, which would transfer CoA from a previously acylated molecule. The first round of beta-oxidation is expected to render glutaryl-CoA and acetyl-CoA. Glutaryl-CoA dehydrogenase (ThnN) would catalyze the oxidation and decarboxylation of glutaryl-CoA and yield crotonyl-CoA, which enters the central metabolism via acetyl-CoA. Mutagenesis studies have shown that these genes are not essential for growth on tetralin or fatty acids, although a thnG disruption mutant showed threefold less pimelic semialdehyde dehydrogenase activity. Transcriptional analysis indicated that these genes are induced by tetralin, subjected to catabolite repression, and regulated by the same regulatory factors previously identified to regulate other thn structural genes. In the present study, transcription initiation upstream of thnH and thnM has been detected by primer extension analysis, and putative promoters were identified by sequence analysis. In addition, binding of the activator ThnR to its putative binding sites at the PH and PM promoter regions has been characterized. These results provide a complete characterization of the biodegradation pathway of tetralin to central metabolites and describe the transcriptional organization of the thn operons in S. macrogolitabida strain TFA.
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López-Sánchez A, Rivas-Marín E, Martínez-Pérez O, Floriano B, Santero E. Co-ordinated regulation of two divergent promoters through higher-order complex formation by the LysR-type regulator ThnR. Mol Microbiol 2009; 73:1086-100. [PMID: 19682246 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2009.06834.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The genes required for tetralin biodegradation by Sphingomonas macrogolitabida strain TFA are clustered in two divergent and closely linked operons. ThnR, a LysR-type regulator, activates transcription from each operon in response to tetralin. The regulatory thnR gene is co-transcribed with the catabolic genes thnC, thnA3 and thnA4, resulting in positive autoregulation. ThnR binds with different affinity to two primary binding sites, designated B and C, in the intervening region between the two operons and makes additional contact with secondary sites that extend towards the promoters. In addition, ThnR may interact with itself when bound to each site via the formation of a DNA loop, as evidenced by the distortion of the DNA between the primary binding sites and the elimination of the higher-order complexes following the introduction of a half-turn of the DNA helix between the primary binding sites. Transcription from each promoter is not fully independent since mutations in each binding site affected transcription from both promoters. Based on these results, we propose a model of transcription activation that involves the formation of a complex structure by interactions between ThnR molecules bound to distant binding sites and favours transcription from one promoter to the detriment of the other.
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- Aroa López-Sánchez
- Centro Andaluz de Biología del Desarrollo, Universidad Pablo de Olavide/CSIC, Carretera de Utrera, Sevilla, Spain
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Moreno R, Martínez-Gomariz M, Yuste L, Gil C, Rojo F. The Pseudomonas putida
Crc global regulator controls the hierarchical assimilation of amino acids in a complete medium: Evidence from proteomic and genomic analyses. Proteomics 2009; 9:2910-28. [DOI: 10.1002/pmic.200800918] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Teras R, Jakovleva J, Kivisaar M. Fis negatively affects binding of Tn4652 transposase by out-competing IHF from the left end of Tn4652. MICROBIOLOGY-SGM 2009; 155:1203-1214. [PMID: 19332822 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.022830-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Transposition activity in bacteria is generally maintained at a low level. The activity of mobile DNA elements can be controlled by bacterially encoded global regulators. Regulation of transposition of Tn4652 in Pseudomonas putida is one such example. Activation of transposition of Tn4652 in starving bacteria requires the stationary-phase sigma factor RpoS and integration host factor (IHF). IHF plays a dual role in Tn4652 translocation by activating transcription of the transposase gene tnpA of the transposon and facilitating TnpA binding to the inverted repeats of the transposon. Our previous results have indicated that besides IHF some other P. putida-encoded global regulator(s) might bind to the ends of Tn4652 and regulate transposition activity. In this study, employing a DNase I footprint assay we have identified a binding site of P. putida Fis (factor for inversion stimulation) centred 135 bp inside the left end of Tn4652. Our results of gel mobility shift and DNase I footprint studies revealed that Fis out-competes IHF from the left end of Tn4652, thereby abolishing the binding of TnpA. Thus, the results obtained in this study indicate that the transposition of Tn4652 is regulated by the cellular amount of P. putida global regulators Fis and IHF.
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- Riho Teras
- Department of Genetics, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Tartu University and Estonian Biocentre, 51010 Tartu, Estonia
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- Department of Genetics, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Tartu University and Estonian Biocentre, 51010 Tartu, Estonia
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- Department of Genetics, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Tartu University and Estonian Biocentre, 51010 Tartu, Estonia
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Wang Y, Morimoto S, Ogawa N, Oomori T, Fujii T. An improved method to extract RNA from soil with efficient removal of humic acids. J Appl Microbiol 2009; 107:1168-77. [PMID: 19486421 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2009.04298.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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AIMS To remove humic substances from RNA extracted from soil for the study of bacterial gene expression in soil. METHODS AND RESULTS A soil RNA extraction method was improved by optimization of lysis conditions and further purification by a spin column, to efficiently remove humic substances that may hinder enzymatic reactions of extracted RNA. Fluorescence spectrophotometry demonstrated that the improved method removed both humic and fulvic acids efficiently. Using the improved method, the signal of gene expression detected by real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) increased 10-fold compared with that using the previous method. Using the method, we extracted RNA from a sterilized field soil, which was inoculated with Pseudomonas putida KT2440 transformed with a chloroaromatic degrading plasmid, in the presence or absence of 3-chlorobenzoate (3CB). Real-time RT-PCR performed using the extracted RNA as a template confirmed the induction of chloroaromatic degrading genes in 3CB-amended soil. CONCLUSIONS The modified soil RNA extraction method succeeded in removing the co-extracted humic substances from soil RNA efficiently and improving the detection efficiency of the bacterial gene expression in soil. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY This improved method is a useful tool for the extraction of RNA to detect gene expression in soil.
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- Y Wang
- National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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de Lorenzo V. Systems biology approaches to bioremediation. Curr Opin Biotechnol 2008; 19:579-89. [PMID: 19000761 DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2008.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 132] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2008] [Revised: 10/08/2008] [Accepted: 10/16/2008] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Víctor de Lorenzo
- Centro Nacional de Biotecnología-CSIC, Campus de Cantoblanco, Madrid 28049, Spain.
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A two-component regulatory system integrates redox state and population density sensing in Pseudomonas putida. J Bacteriol 2008; 190:7666-74. [PMID: 18820016 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00868-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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A two-component system formed by a sensor histidine kinase and a response regulator has been identified as an element participating in cell density signal transduction in Pseudomonas putida KT2440. It is a homolog of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa RoxS/RoxR system, which in turn belongs to the RegA/RegB family, described in photosynthetic bacteria as a key regulatory element. In KT2440, the two components are encoded by PP_0887 (roxS) and PP_0888 (roxR), which are transcribed in a single unit. Characterization of this two-component system has revealed its implication in redox signaling and cytochrome oxidase activity, as well as in expression of the cell density-dependent gene ddcA, involved in bacterial colonization of plant surfaces. Whole-genome transcriptional analysis has been performed to define the P. putida RoxS/RoxR regulon. It includes genes involved in sugar and amino acid metabolism and the sulfur starvation response and elements of the respiratory chain (a cbb3 cytochrome oxidase, Fe-S clusters, and cytochrome c-related proteins) or genes participating in the maintenance of the redox balance. A putative RoxR recognition element containing a conserved hexamer (TGCCAG) has also been identified in promoters of genes regulated by this two-component system.
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Nogales J, Palsson BØ, Thiele I. A genome-scale metabolic reconstruction of Pseudomonas putida KT2440: iJN746 as a cell factory. BMC SYSTEMS BIOLOGY 2008; 2:79. [PMID: 18793442 PMCID: PMC2569920 DOI: 10.1186/1752-0509-2-79] [Citation(s) in RCA: 166] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2008] [Accepted: 09/16/2008] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Background Pseudomonas putida is the best studied pollutant degradative bacteria and is harnessed by industrial biotechnology to synthesize fine chemicals. Since the publication of P. putida KT2440's genome, some in silico analyses of its metabolic and biotechnology capacities have been published. However, global understanding of the capabilities of P. putida KT2440 requires the construction of a metabolic model that enables the integration of classical experimental data along with genomic and high-throughput data. The constraint-based reconstruction and analysis (COBRA) approach has been successfully used to build and analyze in silico genome-scale metabolic reconstructions. Results We present a genome-scale reconstruction of P. putida KT2440's metabolism, iJN746, which was constructed based on genomic, biochemical, and physiological information. This manually-curated reconstruction accounts for 746 genes, 950 reactions, and 911 metabolites. iJN746 captures biotechnologically relevant pathways, including polyhydroxyalkanoate synthesis and catabolic pathways of aromatic compounds (e.g., toluene, benzoate, phenylacetate, nicotinate), not described in other metabolic reconstructions or biochemical databases. The predictive potential of iJN746 was validated using experimental data including growth performance and gene deletion studies. Furthermore, in silico growth on toluene was found to be oxygen-limited, suggesting the existence of oxygen-efficient pathways not yet annotated in P. putida's genome. Moreover, we evaluated the production efficiency of polyhydroxyalkanoates from various carbon sources and found fatty acids as the most prominent candidates, as expected. Conclusion Here we presented the first genome-scale reconstruction of P. putida, a biotechnologically interesting all-surrounder. Taken together, this work illustrates the utility of iJN746 as i) a knowledge-base, ii) a discovery tool, and iii) an engineering platform to explore P. putida's potential in bioremediation and bioplastic production.
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- Juan Nogales
- Departamento de Microbiología Molecular, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas-CSIC, Ramiro de Maeztu 9, Madrid, 28040, Spain.
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Genomic analysis of the role of RNase R in the turnover of Pseudomonas putida mRNAs. J Bacteriol 2008; 190:6258-63. [PMID: 18641145 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00630-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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RNase R is a 3'-5' highly processive exoribonuclease that can digest RNAs with extensive secondary structure. We analyzed the global effect of eliminating RNase R on the Pseudomonas putida transcriptome and the expression of the rnr gene under diverse conditions. The absence of RNase R led to increased levels of many mRNAs, indicating that it plays an important role in mRNA turnover.
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Ugidos A, Morales G, Rial E, Williams HD, Rojo F. The coordinate regulation of multiple terminal oxidases by the Pseudomonas putida ANR global regulator. Environ Microbiol 2008; 10:1690-702. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2008.01586.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Matilla MA, Espinosa-Urgel M, Rodríguez-Herva JJ, Ramos JL, Ramos-González MI. Genomic analysis reveals the major driving forces of bacterial life in the rhizosphere. Genome Biol 2008; 8:R179. [PMID: 17784941 PMCID: PMC2375017 DOI: 10.1186/gb-2007-8-9-r179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 168] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2007] [Revised: 07/09/2007] [Accepted: 09/04/2007] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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A global analysis of Pseudomonas putida gene expression performed during the interaction with maize roots revealed how a bacterial population adjusts its genetic program to the specific conditions of this lifestyle. Background Mutualistic interactions less well known than those between rhizobia and legumes are commonly found between plants and bacteria, frequently pseudomonads, which colonize roots and adjacent soil areas (the rhizosphere). Results A global analysis of Pseudomonas putida genes expressed during their interaction with maize roots revealed how a bacterial population adjusts its genetic program to this lifestyle. Differentially expressed genes were identified by comparing rhizosphere-colonizing populations with three distinct controls covering a variety of nutrients, growth phases and life styles (planktonic and sessile). Ninety rhizosphere up-regulated (rup) genes, which were induced relative to all three controls, were identified, whereas there was no repressed gene in common between the experiments. Genes involved in amino acid uptake and metabolism of aromatic compounds were preferentially expressed in the rhizosphere, which reflects the availability of particular nutrients in root exudates. The induction of efflux pumps and enzymes for glutathione metabolism indicates that adaptation to adverse conditions and stress (oxidative) response are crucial for bacterial life in this environment. The finding of a GGDEF/EAL domain response regulator among the induced genes suggests a role for the turnover of the secondary messenger c-diGMP in root colonization. Several mutants in rup genes showed reduced fitness in competitive root colonization. Conclusion Our results show the importance of two selective forces of different nature to colonize the rhizosphere: stress adaptation and availability of particular nutrients. We also identify new traits conferring bacterial survival in this niche and open a way to the characterization of specific signalling and regulatory processes governing the plant-Pseudomonas association.
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- Miguel A Matilla
- Department of Environmental Protection, Estación Experimental de Zaidín, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Profesor Albareda 1, Granada 18008, Spain
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- Department of Environmental Protection, Estación Experimental de Zaidín, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Profesor Albareda 1, Granada 18008, Spain
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- Department of Environmental Protection, Estación Experimental de Zaidín, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Profesor Albareda 1, Granada 18008, Spain
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- Department of Environmental Protection, Estación Experimental de Zaidín, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Profesor Albareda 1, Granada 18008, Spain
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- Department of Environmental Protection, Estación Experimental de Zaidín, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Profesor Albareda 1, Granada 18008, Spain
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Roca A, Rodríguez‐Herva J, Duque E, Ramos JL. Physiological responses of Pseudomonas putida to formaldehyde during detoxification. Microb Biotechnol 2008; 1:158-69. [PMID: 21261833 PMCID: PMC3864449 DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7915.2007.00014.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2007] [Accepted: 10/20/2007] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Pseudomonas putida KT2440 exhibits two formaldehyde dehydrogenases and two formate dehydrogenase complexes that allow the strain to stoichiometrically convert formaldehyde into CO(2). The strain tolerated up to 1.5 mM formaldehyde and died in the presence of 10 mM. In the presence of 0.5 mM formaldehyde, a sublethal concentration of this chemical, the growth rate decreased by about 40% with respect to growth in the absence of the toxicant. Transcriptomic analysis revealed that in response to low formaldehyde concentrations, a limited number of genes (52) were upregulated. Based on the function of these genes it seems that sublethal concentrations of HCOH trigger responses to overcome DNA and protein damage, extrude this toxic compound, and detoxify it by converting the chemical to CO(2). In strains bearing mutations of the upregulated genes we analysed growth inhibition by 1.5 mM HCOH and killing rates by 10 mM HCOH. Mutants in the MexEF/OprN efflux pump and in the DNA repair genes recA and uvrB were hypersensitive to 10 mM HCOH, the killing rate being three to four orders of magnitude higher than those in the wild-type strain. Mutants in other upregulated genes died at slightly higher or at similar rates to the parental strain. Regarding growth inhibition, we found that mutants in glutathione biosynthesis, stress response mediated by 2-hydroxy acid dehydrogenases and two efflux pumps of the MSF family were unable to grow in the presence of 1.5 mM HCOH. In an independent screening test we searched for mutants which were hypersensitive to formaldehyde, but whose expression did not change in response to this chemical. Two mutants with insertions in recD and fhdA were found which were unable to grow in the presence of 1.5 mM HCOH. The recD mutant was hypersensitive to 10 mM HCOH and died at a higher rate than the parental strain.
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- Amalia Roca
- Department of Environmental Protection, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, C/Prof. Albareda, 1, E‐18008 Granada, Spain
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- Department of Environmental Protection, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, C/Prof. Albareda, 1, E‐18008 Granada, Spain
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- Department of Environmental Protection, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, C/Prof. Albareda, 1, E‐18008 Granada, Spain
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- Department of Environmental Protection, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, C/Prof. Albareda, 1, E‐18008 Granada, Spain
- Unidad de Química Atmosférica, CSIC‐Universidad de Huelva, Huelva, Spain
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A set of activators and repressors control peripheral glucose pathways in Pseudomonas putida to yield a common central intermediate. J Bacteriol 2008; 190:2331-9. [PMID: 18245293 DOI: 10.1128/jb.01726-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Pseudomonas putida KT2440 channels glucose to the central Entner-Doudoroff intermediate 6-phosphogluconate through three convergent pathways. The genes for these convergent pathways are clustered in three independent regions on the host chromosome. A number of monocistronic units and operons coexist within each of these clusters, favoring coexpression of catabolic enzymes and transport systems. Expression of the three pathways is mediated by three transcriptional repressors, HexR, GnuR, and PtxS, and by a positive transcriptional regulator, GltR-2. In this study, we generated mutants in each of the regulators and carried out transcriptional assays using microarrays and transcriptional fusions. These studies revealed that HexR controls the genes that encode glucokinase/glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase that yield 6-phosphogluconate; the genes for the Entner-Doudoroff enzymes that yield glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate and pyruvate; and gap-1, which encodes glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase. GltR-2 is the transcriptional regulator that controls specific porins for the entry of glucose into the periplasmic space, as well as the gtsABCD operon for glucose transport through the inner membrane. GnuR is the repressor of gluconate transport and gluconokinase responsible for the conversion of gluconate into 6-phosphogluconate. PtxS, however, controls the enzymes for oxidation of gluconate to 2-ketogluconate, its transport and metabolism, and a set of genes unrelated to glucose metabolism.
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The target for the Pseudomonas putida Crc global regulator in the benzoate degradation pathway is the BenR transcriptional regulator. J Bacteriol 2007; 190:1539-45. [PMID: 18156252 DOI: 10.1128/jb.01604-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Crc protein is a global regulator involved in catabolite repression control of several pathways for the assimilation of carbon sources in pseudomonads when other preferred substrates are present. In Pseudomonas putida cells growing exponentially in a complete medium containing benzoate, Crc strongly inhibits the expression of the benzoate degradation genes. These genes are organized into several transcriptional units. We show that Crc directly inhibits the expression of the peripheral genes that transform benzoate into catechol (the ben genes) but that its effect on genes corresponding to further steps of the pathway (the cat and pca genes of the central catechol and beta-ketoadipate pathways) is indirect, since these genes are not induced because the degradation intermediates, which act as inducers, are not produced. Crc inhibits the translation of target genes by binding to mRNA. The expression of the ben, cat, and pca genes requires the BenR, CatR, and PcaR transcriptional activators, respectively. Crc significantly reduced benABCD mRNA levels but did not affect those of benR. Crc bound to the 5' end of benR mRNA but not to equivalent regions of catR and pcaR mRNAs. A translational fusion of the benR and lacZ genes was sensitive to Crc, but a transcriptional fusion was not. We propose that Crc acts by reducing the translation of benR mRNA, decreasing BenR levels below those required for the full expression of the benABCD genes. This strategy provides great metabolic flexibility, allowing the hierarchical assimilation of different structurally related compounds that share a common central pathway by selectively regulating the entry of each substrate into the central pathway.
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In Pseudomonas aeruginosa, as in most bacterial species, the expression of genes is tightly controlled by a repertoire of transcriptional regulators, particularly the so-called sigma (sigma) factors. The basic understanding of these proteins in bacteria has initially been described in Escherichia coli where seven sigma factors are involved in core RNA polymerase interactions and promoter recognition. Now, 7 years have passed since the completion of the first genome sequence of the opportunistic pathogen P. aeruginosa. Information from the genome of P. aeruginosa PAO1 identified 550 transcriptional regulators and 24 putative sigma factors. Of the 24 sigma, 19 were of extracytoplasmic function (ECF). Here, basic knowledge of sigma and ECF proteins was reviewed with particular emphasis on their role in P. aeruginosa global gene regulation. Summarized data are obtained from in silico analysis of P. aeruginosasigma and ECF including rpoD (sigma(70)), RpoH (sigma(32)), RpoF (FliA or sigma(28)), RpoS (sigma(S) or sigma(38)), RpoN (NtrA, sigma(54) or sigma(N)), ECF including AlgU (RpoE or sigma(22)), PvdS, SigX and a collection of uncharacterized sigma ECF, some of which are implicated in iron transport. Coupled to systems biology, identification and functional genomics analysis of P. aeruginosasigma and ECF are expected to provide new means to prevent infection, new targets for antimicrobial therapy, as well as new insights into the infection process.
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- Eric Potvin
- Centre de Recherche sur la Fonction, Structure et Ingénierie des Protéines, Faculté de Médecine, Pavillon Charles-Eugène Marchand, Université Laval, Sainte-Foy, Quebec, Canada
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Transcriptome analysis of Pseudomonas putida in response to nitrogen availability. J Bacteriol 2007; 190:416-20. [PMID: 17965157 DOI: 10.1128/jb.01230-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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This work describes a regulatory network of Pseudomonas putida controlled in response to nitrogen availability. We define NtrC as the master nitrogen regulator and suggest that it not only activates pathways for the assimilation of alternative nitrogen sources but also represses carbon catabolism under nitrogen-limited conditions, possibly to prevent excessive carbon and energy flow in the cell.
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In contrast to the vast majority of the members of the domain Bacteria, several Pseudomonas and Xanthomonas species have two lexA genes, whose products have been shown to recognize different LexA binding motifs, making them an interesting target for studying the interplay between cohabiting LexA regulons in a single species. Here we report an analysis of the genetic composition of the two LexA regulons of Pseudomonas putida KT2440 performed with a genomic microarray. The data obtained indicate that one of the two LexA proteins (LexA1) seems to be in control of the conventional Escherichia coli-like SOS response, while the other LexA protein (LexA2) regulates only its own transcriptional unit, which includes the imuA, imuB, and dnaE2 genes, and a gene (PP_3901) from a resident P. putida prophage. Furthermore, PP_3901 is also regulated by LexA1 and is required for DNA damage-mediated induction of several P. putida resident prophage genes. In silico searches suggested that this marked asymmetry in regulon contents also occurs in other Pseudomonas species with two lexA genes, and the implications of this asymmetry in the evolution of the SOS network are discussed.
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Miyakoshi M, Shintani M, Terabayashi T, Kai S, Yamane H, Nojiri H. Transcriptome analysis of Pseudomonas putida KT2440 harboring the completely sequenced IncP-7 plasmid pCAR1. J Bacteriol 2007; 189:6849-60. [PMID: 17675379 PMCID: PMC2045235 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00684-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2007] [Accepted: 07/19/2007] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The IncP-7 plasmid pCAR1 of Pseudomonas resinovorans CA10 confers the ability to degrade carbazole upon transfer to the recipient strain P. putida KT2440. We designed a customized whole-genome oligonucleotide microarray to study the coordinated expression of pCAR1 and the chromosome in the transconjugant strain KT2440(pCAR1). First, the transcriptome of KT2440(pCAR1) during growth with carbazole as the sole carbon source was compared to that during growth with succinate. The carbazole catabolic car and ant operons were induced, along with the chromosomal cat and pca genes involved in the catechol branch of the beta-ketoadipate pathway. Additionally, the regulatory gene antR encoding the AraC/XylS family transcriptional activator specific for car and ant operons was upregulated. The characterization of the antR promoter revealed that antR is transcribed from an RpoN-dependent promoter, suggesting that the successful expression of the carbazole catabolic operons depends on whether the chromosome contains the specific RpoN-dependent activator. Next, to analyze whether the horizontal transfer of a plasmid alters the transcription network of its host chromosome, we compared the chromosomal transcriptomes of KT2440(pCAR1) and KT2440 under the same growth conditions. Only subtle changes were caused by the transfer of pCAR1, except for the significant induction of the hypothetical gene PP3700, designated parI, which encodes a putative ParA-like ATPase with an N-terminal Xre-type DNA-binding motif. Further transcriptional analyses showed that the parI promoter was positively regulated by ParI itself and the pCAR1-encoded protein ParA.
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- Masatoshi Miyakoshi
- Biotechnology Research Center, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan
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del Castillo T, Ramos JL. Simultaneous catabolite repression between glucose and toluene metabolism in Pseudomonas putida is channeled through different signaling pathways. J Bacteriol 2007; 189:6602-10. [PMID: 17616587 PMCID: PMC2045187 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00679-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Pseudomonas putida KT2440(pWW0) can use toluene via the TOL plasmid-encoded catabolic pathways and can use glucose via a series of three peripheral chromosome-encoded routes that convert glucose into 6-phosphogluconate (6PG), namely, the glucokinase pathway, in which glucose is transformed to 6PG through the action of glucokinase and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase. Alternatively, glucose can be oxidized to gluconate, which can be phosphorylated by gluconokinase to 6PG or oxidized to 2-ketogluconate, which, in turn, is converted into 6PG. Our results show that KT2440 metabolizes glucose and toluene simultaneously, as revealed by net flux analysis of [(13)C]glucose. Determination of glucokinase and gluconokinase activities in glucose metabolism, gene expression assays using a fusion of the promoter of the Pu TOL upper pathway to 'lacZ, and global transcriptomic assays revealed simultaneous catabolite repression in the use of these two carbon sources. The effect of toluene on glucose metabolism was directed to the glucokinase branch and did not affect gluconate metabolism. Catabolite repression of the glucokinase pathway and the TOL pathway was triggered by two different catabolite repression systems. Expression from Pu was repressed mainly via PtsN in response to high levels of 2-dehydro-3-deoxygluconate-6-phosphate, whereas repression of the glucokinase pathway was channeled through Crc.
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Rodríguez-Herva JJ, García V, Hurtado A, Segura A, Ramos JL. The ttgGHI solvent efflux pump operon of Pseudomonas putida DOT-T1E is located on a large self-transmissible plasmid. Environ Microbiol 2007; 9:1550-61. [PMID: 17504492 DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2007.01276.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Pseudomonas putida DOT-T1E is a solvent-tolerant strain able to grow in the presence of > 1% (v/v) toluene in the culture medium. A set of multidrug efflux pumps have been found to play a major role in the tolerance of this bacterium to organic solvents (Rojas et al., J Bacteriol 183: 3967-3973). In the course of studies of the mechanisms underlying solvent tolerance in DOT-T1E, we isolated a spontaneous solvent-sensitive mutant derivative which had lost the genes encoding the TtgGHI efflux pump, the most important extrusion element in quantitative terms. Genomic comparisons between the mutant and its parental strain by microarray analysis revealed that in addition to the ttgVW-ttgGHI gene cluster, another group of genes, highly similar to those found in the Tn4653A and ISPpu12 transposable elements of the TOL plasmid pWW0 from P. putida mt-2, were also absent from this strain. Further analysis demonstrated that strain DOT-T1E harboured a large plasmid (named pGRT1) that was lost from the solvent-sensitive mutant. Mapping analysis revealed that the ttgVW-ttgGHI genes and the Tn4653A-like transposon are borne by the pGRT1 plasmid. Plasmid pGRT1 is highly stable and its frequency of loss is below 10(-8) per cell per generation under a variety of growth conditions, including nutritional and physical stresses. The pGRT1 plasmid is self-transmissible, and its acquisition by the toluene-sensitive P. putida KT2440 and Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 increased the recipient's tolerance to toluene up to levels similar to those exhibited by P. putida DOT-T1E. We discuss the importance and potential benefits of this plasmid for the development of bacteria with enhanced solvent tolerance, and its potential impact for bioremediation and whole-cell biotransformations.
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- José J Rodríguez-Herva
- Department of Environmental Protection, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, E-18008 Granada, Spain
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