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Further Identification of Novel Lantibiotic Operons Using LanM-Based Genome Mining. Probiotics Antimicrob Proteins 2011; 3:27-40. [DOI: 10.1007/s12602-011-9062-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Gene cloning and protein expression of γ-glutamyltranspeptidases from Thermus thermophilus and Deinococcus radiodurans: comparison of molecular and structural properties with mesophilic counterparts. Extremophiles 2011; 15:259-70. [PMID: 21298394 DOI: 10.1007/s00792-011-0355-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2010] [Accepted: 01/10/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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γ-Glutamyltranspeptidase (γ-GT) is an ubiquitous enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of γ-glutamyl bonds in glutathione and glutamine and the transfer of the released γ-glutamyl group to amino acids or short peptides. γ-GTs from extremophiles, bacteria adapted to live in hostile environments, were selected as model systems to study the molecular underpinnings of their adaptation to extreme conditions and to find out special properties of potential biotechnological interest. Here, we report the cloning, expression and purification of two members of γ-GT family from two different extremophilic species, Thermus thermophilus (TtGT) and Deinococcus radiodurans (DrGT); the first is an aerobic eubacterium, growing at high temperatures (50-82°C), the second is a polyextremophile, as it tolerates radiations, cold, dehydration, vacuum, and acid. TtGT and DrGT were both synthesized as precursor proteins of 59-60 kDa, undergoing an intramolecular auto-cleavage to yield two subunits of 40 and 19-20 kDa, respectively. However, like the γ-GT from Geobacillus thermodenitrificans, but differently from the other characterized bacterial and eukaryotic γ-GTs, the two new extremophilic enzymes displayed γ-glutamyl hydrolase, but not transpeptidase activity in the 37-50°C temperature range, pH 8.0. The comparison of sequences and structural models of these two proteins with experimental-determined structures of other known mesophilic γ-GTs suggests that the extremophilic members of this protein family have found a common strategy to adapt to different hostile environments. Moreover, a phylogenetic analysis suggests that γ-GTs displaying only γ-glutamyl hydrolase activity could represent the progenitors of the bacterial and eukaryotic counterparts.
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Proteases are ubiquitous in biosystems where they have diverse roles in the biochemical, physiological, and regulatory aspects of cells and organisms. Proteases represent the largest segment of the industrial enzyme market where they are used in detergents, in food processing, in leather and fabric upgrading, as catalysts in organic synthesis, and as therapeutics. Microbial protease overproducing strains have been developed by conventional screening, mutation/selection strategies and genetic engineering, and wholly new enzymes, with altered specificity or stability have been designed through techniques such as site-directed mutagenesis and directed evolution. Complete sequencing of the genomes of key Bacillus and Aspergillus workhorse extracellular enzyme producers and other species of interest has contributed to enhanced production yields of indigenous proteases as well as to production of heterologous proteases. With annual protease sales of about $1.5–1.8 billion, proteases account for 60% of the total enzyme market. Detergent proteases, with an annual market of about $1 billion account for the largest protease application segment. Subtilisin Carlsberg and related subtilisin serine proteases represent the first generation of detergent proteases with pH optima of 9–10. The second generation, having higher pH optima (10–11) and greater temperature stability, is produced from alkalophilic strains including Bacillus clausii and B. halodurans. The third generation consists of detergent proteases whose active sites and/or stability have been modified by protein engineering. The principal applications of proteases in food processing are in brewing, cereal mashing, and beer haze clarification, in the coagulation step in cheese making, in altering the viscoelastic properties of dough in baking and in production of protein hydrolysates. In organic synthesis, proteases have application in synthesis and/or hydrolysis of peptide, ester, and amide bonds involving carboxylic acids and are effective tools for resolution of pairs of enantiomers. Proteases have applications in nutrition as digestive aids and in therapy in thrombosis and cancer treatment. Hyperproteolytic endogenous activity may play significant roles in abnormal physiological functioning as well as in microbial and viral pathophysiological conditions and this has created substantial momentum for development of protease inhibitors as therapeutic agents against disease-causing proteases.
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Proteases are ubiquitous in biosystems where they have diverse roles in the biochemical, physiological, and regulatory aspects of cells and organisms. Proteases represent the largest segment of the industrial enzyme market where they are used in detergents, in food processing, in leather and fabric upgrading, as catalysts in organic synthesis, and as therapeutics. Microbial protease overproducing strains have been developed by conventional screening, mutation/selection strategies and genetic engineering, and wholly new enzymes, with altered specificity or stability, have been designed through techniques such as site-directed mutagenesis and directed evolution. Complete sequencing of the genomes of key Bacillus and Aspergillus workhorse extracellular enzyme producers and other species of interest has contributed to enhanced production yields of indigenous proteases as well as to production of heterologous proteases. With annual protease sales of about $1.5–1.8 billion, proteases account for 60% of the total enzyme market. Detergent proteases, with an annual market of about $1 billion account for the largest protease application segment. Subtilisin Carlsberg and related subtilisin serine proteases represent the first generation of detergent proteases with pH optima of 9–10. The second generation, having higher pH optima (10–11) and greater temperature stability, is produced from alkalophilic strains including Bacillusclausii and B. halodurans. The third generation consists of detergent proteases whose active sites and/or stability have been modified by protein engineering. The principal applications of proteases in food processing are in brewing, cereal mashing, and beer haze clarification, in the coagulation step in cheese making, in altering the viscoelastic properties of dough in baking and in production of protein hydrolysates. In organic synthesis, proteases have application in synthesis and/or hydrolysis of peptide, ester, and amide bonds involving carboxylic acids and are effective tools for resolution of pairs of enantiomers. Proteases have applications in nutrition as digestive aids and in therapy in thrombosis and cancer treatment. Hyperproteolytic endogenous activity may play significant roles in abnormal physiological functioning as well as in microbial and viral pathophysiological conditions and this has created substantial momentum for development of protease inhibitors as therapeutic agents against disease-causing proteases.
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Nunoura T, Takaki Y, Kakuta J, Nishi S, Sugahara J, Kazama H, Chee GJ, Hattori M, Kanai A, Atomi H, Takai K, Takami H. Insights into the evolution of Archaea and eukaryotic protein modifier systems revealed by the genome of a novel archaeal group. Nucleic Acids Res 2010; 39:3204-23. [PMID: 21169198 PMCID: PMC3082918 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkq1228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 204] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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The domain Archaea has historically been divided into two phyla, the Crenarchaeota and Euryarchaeota. Although regarded as members of the Crenarchaeota based on small subunit rRNA phylogeny, environmental genomics and efforts for cultivation have recently revealed two novel phyla/divisions in the Archaea; the 'Thaumarchaeota' and 'Korarchaeota'. Here, we show the genome sequence of Candidatus 'Caldiarchaeum subterraneum' that represents an uncultivated crenarchaeotic group. A composite genome was reconstructed from a metagenomic library previously prepared from a microbial mat at a geothermal water stream of a sub-surface gold mine. The genome was found to be clearly distinct from those of the known phyla/divisions, Crenarchaeota (hyperthermophiles), Euryarchaeota, Thaumarchaeota and Korarchaeota. The unique traits suggest that this crenarchaeotic group can be considered as a novel archaeal phylum/division. Moreover, C. subterraneum harbors an ubiquitin-like protein modifier system consisting of Ub, E1, E2 and small Zn RING finger family protein with structural motifs specific to eukaryotic system proteins, a system clearly distinct from the prokaryote-type system recently identified in Haloferax and Mycobacterium. The presence of such a eukaryote-type system is unprecedented in prokaryotes, and indicates that a prototype of the eukaryotic protein modifier system is present in the Archaea.
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- Takuro Nunoura
- Subsurface Geobiology & Advanced Research Project, Institute of Biogeosciences, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science & Technology, 2-15 Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka 237-0061, Japan.
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Wörmann ME, Corrigan RM, Simpson PJ, Matthews SJ, Gründling A. Enzymatic activities and functional interdependencies of Bacillus subtilis lipoteichoic acid synthesis enzymes. Mol Microbiol 2010; 79:566-83. [PMID: 21255105 PMCID: PMC3089822 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2010.07472.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Lipoteichoic acid (LTA) is an important cell wall polymer in Gram-positive bacteria. The enzyme responsible for polyglycerolphosphate LTA synthesis is LtaS, first described in Staphylococcus aureus. Four LtaS orthologues, LtaSBS, YfnI, YqgS and YvgJ, are present in Bacillus subtilis. Using an in vitro enzyme assay, we determined that all four proteins are Mn2+-dependent metal enzymes that use phosphatidylglycerol as a substrate. We show that LtaSBS, YfnI and YqgS can produce polymers, suggesting that these three proteins are bona-fide LTA synthases while YvgJ functions as an LTA primase, as indicated by the accumulation of a GroP-Glc2-DAG glycolipid. Western blot analysis of LTA produced by ltaSBS, yfnI, yqgS and yvgJ single, triple and the quadruple mutant, showed that LTA production was only abolished in the quadruple and the YvgJ-only expressing mutant. B. subtilis strains expressing YfnI in the absence of LtaSBS produced LTA of retarded mobility, presumably caused by an increase in chain length as suggested by a structural analysis of purified LTA. Taken together, the presented results indicate that the mere presence or absence of LTA cannot account for cell division and sporulation defects observed in the absence of individual enzymes and revealed an unexpected enzymatic interdependency of LtaS-type proteins in B. subtilis.
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- Mirka E Wörmann
- Section of Microbiology Division of Molecular Biosciences, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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Zhu D, Zhang W, Zhang Q, Nagata S. Accumulation and role of compatible solutes in fast-growing Salinivibrio costicola subsp. yaniae. Can J Microbiol 2010; 56:1020-7. [DOI: 10.1139/w10-092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The moderately halophilic bacterium Salinivibrio costicola subsp. yaniae showed an extremely fast growth rate. Optimal growth was observed in artificial seawater containing 1.4 mol/L NaCl and in MM63 media containing 0.6 mol/L NaCl. We analyzed a variety of compatible solutes that had accumulated in this strain grown in the media. The supplementation effect of the compatible solutes glycine betaine, glutamate, and ectoine to the growth of S. costicola subsp. yaniae was examined. Glycine betaine and glutamate had no supplementation effect on the fast growth rate. Growth of salt-sensitive mutants MU1 and MU2, both of which were defective in the ability to synthesize ectoine, was not observed in MM63 medium in the presence of more than 1.0 mol/L NaCl. From these data, we conclude that ectoine was the predominant compatible solute synthesized in this bacterium that effected an extremely fast growth rate.
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- Daochen Zhu
- Environmental Biochemistry Division, Research Center for Inland Seas, Kobe University, 5-1-1 Fukae, Higashinada-ku, Kobe 658-0022, Japan
- Guangdong Institute of Microbiology, 100 Central Xian Lie Road, Guangzhou 510070, China
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- Environmental Biochemistry Division, Research Center for Inland Seas, Kobe University, 5-1-1 Fukae, Higashinada-ku, Kobe 658-0022, Japan
- Guangdong Institute of Microbiology, 100 Central Xian Lie Road, Guangzhou 510070, China
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- Environmental Biochemistry Division, Research Center for Inland Seas, Kobe University, 5-1-1 Fukae, Higashinada-ku, Kobe 658-0022, Japan
- Guangdong Institute of Microbiology, 100 Central Xian Lie Road, Guangzhou 510070, China
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- Environmental Biochemistry Division, Research Center for Inland Seas, Kobe University, 5-1-1 Fukae, Higashinada-ku, Kobe 658-0022, Japan
- Guangdong Institute of Microbiology, 100 Central Xian Lie Road, Guangzhou 510070, China
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McDonald GD, Storrie-Lombardi MC. Biochemical constraints in a protobiotic earth devoid of basic amino acids: the "BAA(-) world". ASTROBIOLOGY 2010; 10:989-1000. [PMID: 21162678 DOI: 10.1089/ast.2010.0484] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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It has been hypothesized in this journal and elsewhere, based on surveys of published data from prebiotic synthesis experiments and carbonaceous meteorite analyses, that basic amino acids such as lysine and arginine were not abundant on prebiotic Earth. If the basic amino acids were incorporated only rarely into the first peptides formed in that environment, it is important to understand what protobiotic chemistry is possible in their absence. As an initial test of the hypothesis that basic amino acid negative [BAA(-)] proteins could have performed at least a subset of protobiotic chemistry, the current work reports on a survey of 13 archaeal and 13 bacterial genomes that has identified 61 modern gene sequences coding for known or putative proteins not containing arginine or lysine. Eleven of the sequences found code for proteins whose functions are well known and important in the biochemistry of modern microbial life: lysine biosynthesis protein LysW, arginine cluster proteins, copper ion binding proteins, bacterial flagellar proteins, and PE or PPE family proteins. These data indicate that the lack of basic amino acids does not prevent peptides or proteins from serving useful structural and biochemical functions. However, as would be predicted from fundamental physicochemical principles, we see no fossil evidence of prebiotic BAA(-) peptide sequences capable of interacting directly with nucleic acids.
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- Gene D McDonald
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, USA.
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Tanaka R, Kunisada T, Kushida N, Yamada K, Ikeda S, Noike M, Ono Y, Itoh N, Takami H, Seto H, Dairi T. Branched fatty acids inhibit the biosynthesis of menaquinone in Helicobacter pylori. J Antibiot (Tokyo) 2010; 64:151-3. [DOI: 10.1038/ja.2010.133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Miethke M, Pierik AJ, Peuckert F, Seubert A, Marahiel MA. Identification and characterization of a novel-type ferric siderophore reductase from a gram-positive extremophile. J Biol Chem 2010; 286:2245-60. [PMID: 21051545 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.192468] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Iron limitation is one major constraint of microbial life, and a plethora of microbes use siderophores for high affinity iron acquisition. Because specific enzymes for reductive iron release in gram-positives are not known, we searched Firmicute genomes and found a novel association pattern of putative ferric siderophore reductases and uptake genes. The reductase from the schizokinen-producing alkaliphile Bacillus halodurans was found to cluster with a ferric citrate-hydroxamate uptake system and to catalyze iron release efficiently from Fe[III]-dicitrate, Fe[III]-schizokinen, Fe[III]-aerobactin, and ferrichrome. The gene was hence named fchR for ferric citrate and hydroxamate reductase. The tightly bound [2Fe-2S] cofactor of FchR was identified by UV-visible, EPR, CD spectroscopy, and mass spectrometry. Iron release kinetics were determined with several substrates by using ferredoxin as electron donor. Catalytic efficiencies were strongly enhanced in the presence of an iron-sulfur scaffold protein scavenging the released ferrous iron. Competitive inhibition of FchR was observed with Ga(III)-charged siderophores with K(i) values in the micromolar range. The principal catalytic mechanism was found to couple increasing K(m) and K(D) values of substrate binding with increasing k(cat) values, resulting in high catalytic efficiencies over a wide redox range. Physiologically, a chromosomal fchR deletion led to strongly impaired growth during iron limitation even in the presence of ferric siderophores. Inductively coupled plasma-MS analysis of ΔfchR revealed intracellular iron accumulation, indicating that the ferric substrates were not efficiently metabolized. We further show that FchR can be efficiently inhibited by redox-inert siderophore mimics in vivo, suggesting that substrate-specific ferric siderophore reductases may present future targets for microbial pathogen control.
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- Marcus Miethke
- Fachbereich Chemie/Biochemie, Philipps Universität Marburg, Hans-Meerwein-Strasse, D-35032 Marburg, Germany.
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Xu H, Xiong AS, Zhao W, Tian YS, Peng RH, Chen JM, Yao QH. Characterization of a Glucose-, Xylose-, Sucrose-, and d-Galactose-Stimulated β-Glucosidase from the Alkalophilic Bacterium Bacillus halodurans C-125. Curr Microbiol 2010; 62:833-9. [DOI: 10.1007/s00284-010-9766-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2010] [Accepted: 09/08/2010] [Indexed: 09/29/2022]
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McMillan DGG, Velasquez I, Nunn BL, Goodlett DR, Hunter KA, Lamont I, Sander SG, Cook GM. Acquisition of iron by alkaliphilic bacillus species. Appl Environ Microbiol 2010; 76:6955-61. [PMID: 20802068 PMCID: PMC2953014 DOI: 10.1128/aem.01393-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2010] [Accepted: 08/19/2010] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The biochemical and molecular mechanisms used by alkaliphilic bacteria to acquire iron are unknown. We demonstrate that alkaliphilic (pH > 9) Bacillus species are sensitive to artificial iron (Fe³+) chelators and produce iron-chelating molecules. These alkaliphilic siderophores contain catechol and hydroxamate moieties, and their synthesis is stimulated by manganese(II) salts and suppressed by FeCl₃ addition. Purification and mass spectrometric characterization of the siderophore produced by Caldalkalibacillus thermarum failed to identify any matches to previously observed fragmentation spectra of known siderophores, suggesting a novel structure.
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- Duncan G. G. McMillan
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Department of Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Otago, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand, Medicinal Chemistry Department, University of Washington, Box 358610, Seattle, Washington 98115
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Department of Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Otago, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand, Medicinal Chemistry Department, University of Washington, Box 358610, Seattle, Washington 98115
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Department of Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Otago, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand, Medicinal Chemistry Department, University of Washington, Box 358610, Seattle, Washington 98115
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Department of Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Otago, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand, Medicinal Chemistry Department, University of Washington, Box 358610, Seattle, Washington 98115
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Department of Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Otago, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand, Medicinal Chemistry Department, University of Washington, Box 358610, Seattle, Washington 98115
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Department of Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Otago, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand, Medicinal Chemistry Department, University of Washington, Box 358610, Seattle, Washington 98115
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Department of Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Otago, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand, Medicinal Chemistry Department, University of Washington, Box 358610, Seattle, Washington 98115
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Department of Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Otago, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand, Medicinal Chemistry Department, University of Washington, Box 358610, Seattle, Washington 98115
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Cloning and characterization of a rhamnose isomerase from Bacillus halodurans. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2010; 89:635-44. [DOI: 10.1007/s00253-010-2844-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2010] [Revised: 08/07/2010] [Accepted: 08/14/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Averhoff B, Müller V. Exploring research frontiers in microbiology: recent advances in halophilic and thermophilic extremophiles. Res Microbiol 2010; 161:506-14. [DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2010.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2010] [Revised: 05/05/2010] [Accepted: 05/11/2010] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Fujinami S, Fujisawa M. Industrial applications of alkaliphiles and their enzymes--past, present and future. ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY 2010; 31:845-856. [PMID: 20662376 DOI: 10.1080/09593331003762807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Alkaliphiles are microorganisms that can grow in alkaline environments, i.e. pH >9.0. Their enzymes, especially extracellular enzymes, are able to function in their catalytic activities under high alkaline pH values because of their stability under these conditions. Proteases, protein degrading enzymes, are one of the most produced enzymes in industry. Among proteases, alkaline proteases, which are added to some detergents, are the most produced. Other alkaline enzymes, e.g. alkaline cellulases, alkaline amylases, and alkaline lipases, are also adjuncts to detergents for improving cleaning efficiency. Alkaline enzymes often show activities in a broad pH range, thermostability, and tolerance to oxidants compared to neutral enzymes. Alkaliphilic Bacillus species are the most characterized organisms among alkaliphiles. They produce so many extracellular alkaline-adapted enzymes that they are often good sources for industrial enzymes. As a patent strain, the whole genome sequence of alkaliphilic Bacillus halodurans C-125 has been sequenced for the first time. In addition, an increasing number of whole genomic sequences and structural analyses of proteins in alkaliphiles, development of genetic engineering techniques and physiological analyses will reveal the alkaline adaptation mechanisms of alkaliphilic Bacillus species and the structural basis of their enzymatic functions. This information opens up the possibility of new applications. In this paper we describe, first, the physiologies of environmental adaptations, and then the applications of enzymes and microorganisms themselves in alkaliphilic Bacillus species.
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- Shun Fujinami
- NITE Bioresource Information Center, Department of Biotechnology, National Institute of Technology and Evaluation, 2-10-49 Nishihara, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 151-0066, Japan
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Pollet A, Schoepe J, Dornez E, Strelkov SV, Delcour JA, Courtin CM. Functional analysis of glycoside hydrolase family 8 xylanases shows narrow but distinct substrate specificities and biotechnological potential. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2010; 87:2125-35. [PMID: 20552357 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-010-2659-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2010] [Revised: 04/30/2010] [Accepted: 05/01/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Cloning, purification and characterisation of a recombinant purine nucleoside phosphorylase from Bacillus halodurans Alk36. Extremophiles 2010; 14:185-92. [PMID: 20063024 PMCID: PMC2832885 DOI: 10.1007/s00792-009-0297-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2009] [Accepted: 12/16/2009] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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A purine nucleoside phosphorylase from the alkaliphile Bacillus halodurans Alk36 was cloned and overexpressed in Escherichia coli. The enzyme was purified fivefold by membrane filtration and ion exchange. The purified enzyme had a Vmax of 2.03 × 10−9 s −1 and a Km of 206 μM on guanosine. The optimal pH range was between 5.7 and 8.4 with a maximum at pH 7.0. The optimal temperature for activity was 70°C and the enzyme had a half life at 60°C of 20.8 h.
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Alcaraz LD, Moreno-Hagelsieb G, Eguiarte LE, Souza V, Herrera-Estrella L, Olmedo G. Understanding the evolutionary relationships and major traits of Bacillus through comparative genomics. BMC Genomics 2010; 11:332. [PMID: 20504335 PMCID: PMC2890564 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-11-332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2009] [Accepted: 05/26/2010] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND The presence of Bacillus in very diverse environments reflects the versatile metabolic capabilities of a widely distributed genus. Traditional phylogenetic analysis based on limited gene sampling is not adequate for resolving the genus evolutionary relationships. By distinguishing between core and pan-genome, we determined the evolutionary and functional relationships of known Bacillus. RESULTS Our analysis is based upon twenty complete and draft Bacillus genomes, including a newly sequenced Bacillus isolate from an aquatic environment that we report for the first time here. Using a core genome, we were able to determine the phylogeny of known Bacilli, including aquatic strains whose position in the phylogenetic tree could not be unambiguously determined in the past. Using the pan-genome from the sequenced Bacillus, we identified functional differences, such as carbohydrate utilization and genes involved in signal transduction, which distinguished the taxonomic groups. We also assessed the genetic architecture of the defining traits of Bacillus, such as sporulation and competence, and showed that less than one third of the B. subtilis genes are conserved across other Bacilli. Most variation was shown to occur in genes that are needed to respond to environmental cues, suggesting that Bacilli have genetically specialized to allow for the occupation of diverse habitats and niches. CONCLUSIONS The aquatic Bacilli are defined here for the first time as a group through the phylogenetic analysis of 814 genes that comprise the core genome. Our data distinguished between genomic components, especially core vs. pan-genome to provide insight into phylogeny and function that would otherwise be difficult to achieve. A phylogeny may mask the diversity of functions, which we tried to uncover in our approach. The diversity of sporulation and competence genes across the Bacilli was unexpected based on previous studies of the B. subtilis model alone. The challenge of uncovering the novelties and variations among genes of the non-subtilis groups still remains. This task will be best accomplished by directing efforts toward understanding phylogenetic groups with similar ecological niches.
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- Luis David Alcaraz
- Departamento de Ingeniería Genética, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios Avanzados del IPN Campus Guanajuato, Guanajuato, México.
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Mio K, Mio M, Arisaka F, Sato M, Sato C. The C-terminal coiled-coil of the bacterial voltage-gated sodium channel NaChBac is not essential for tetramer formation, but stabilizes subunit-to-subunit interactions. PROGRESS IN BIOPHYSICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2010; 103:111-21. [PMID: 20678983 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2010.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2009] [Revised: 04/10/2010] [Accepted: 05/19/2010] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The NaChBac is a prokaryotic homologue of the voltage-gated sodium channel found in the genome of the alkalophilic bacterium Bacillus halodurans C-125. Like a repeating cassette of mammalian sodium channel, the NaChBac possesses hydrophobic domains corresponding to six putative transmembrane segments and a pore loop, and exerts channel function by forming a tetramer although detailed mechanisms of subunit assembly remain unclear. We generated truncated mutants from NaChBac, and investigated their ability to form tetramers in relation to their channel functions. A mutant that deletes almost all of the C-terminal coiled-coil structure lost its voltage-dependent ion permeability, although it was properly translocated to the cell surface. The mutant protein was purified as a tetramer using a reduced concentration of detergent, but the association between the subunits was shown to be much weaker than the wild type. The chemical cross-linking, blue native PAGE, sedimentation velocity experiments, size exclusion chromatography, immunoprecipitation, and electron microscopy all supported its tetrameric assembly. We further purified the C-terminal cytoplasmic domain alone and confirmed its self-oligomerization. These data suggest that the C-terminal coiled-coil structure stabilizes subunit-to-subunit interactions of NaChBac, but is not critical for their tetramer formation.
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- Kazuhiro Mio
- Biomedicinal Information Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Aomi 2-3-26, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0064, Japan.
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Naz S, Ikram N, Rajoka MI, Sadaf S, Akhtar MW. Enhanced production and characterization of a β-glucosidase from Bacillus halodurans expressed in Escherichia coli. BIOCHEMISTRY (MOSCOW) 2010; 75:513-25. [DOI: 10.1134/s0006297910040164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Clostridial spore germination versus bacilli: genome mining and current insights. Food Microbiol 2010; 28:266-74. [PMID: 21315983 DOI: 10.1016/j.fm.2010.03.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2009] [Revised: 03/24/2010] [Accepted: 03/25/2010] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Bacilli and clostridia share the characteristic of forming metabolically inactive endospores. Spores are highly resistant to adverse environmental conditions including heat, and their ubiquitous presence in nature makes them inevitable contaminants of foods and food ingredients. Spores can germinate under favourable conditions, and the following outgrowth can lead to food spoilage and foodborne illness. Germination of spores has been best studied in Bacillus species, but the process of spore germination is less well understood in anaerobic clostridia. This paper describes a genome mining approach focusing on the genes related to spore germination of clostridia. To this end, 12 representative sequenced Bacillus genomes and 24 Clostridium genomes were analyzed for the distribution of known and putative germination-related genes and their homologues. Overall, the number of ger operons encoding germinant receptors is lower in clostridia than in bacilli, and some Clostridium species are predicted to produce cortex-lytic enzymes that are different from the ones encountered in bacilli. The in silico germination model constructed for clostridia was linked to recently obtained experimental data for selected germination determinants, mainly in Clostridium perfringens. Similarities and differences between germination mechanisms of bacilli and clostridia will be discussed.
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Pollet A, Delcour JA, Courtin CM. Structural determinants of the substrate specificities of xylanases from different glycoside hydrolase families. Crit Rev Biotechnol 2010; 30:176-91. [DOI: 10.3109/07388551003645599] [Citation(s) in RCA: 176] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Fujinami S, Terahara N, Krulwich TA, Ito M. Motility and chemotaxis in alkaliphilic Bacillus species. Future Microbiol 2010; 4:1137-49. [PMID: 19895217 DOI: 10.2217/fmb.09.76] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Alkaliphilic Bacillus species grow at pH values up to approximately 11. Motile alkaliphilic Bacillus use electrochemical gradients of Na(+) (sodium-motive force) to power ion-coupled, flagella-mediated motility as opposed to the electrochemical gradients of H(+) (proton-motive force) used by most neutralophilic bacteria. Membrane-embedded stators of bacterial flagella contain ion channels through which either H(+) or Na(+) flow to energize flagellar rotation. Stators of the major H(+)-coupled type, MotAB, are distinguishable from Na(+)-coupled stators, PomAB of marine bacteria and MotPS of alkaliphilic Bacillus. Dual ion-coupling capacity is found in neutralophilic Bacillus strains with both MotAB and MotPS. There is also a MotAB variant that uses both coupling ions, switching as a function of pH. Chemotaxis of alkaliphilic Bacillus depends upon flagellar motility but also requires a distinct voltage-gated NaChBac-type channel. The two alkaliphile Na(+) channels provide new vistas on the diverse adaptations of sensory responses in bacteria.
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- Shun Fujinami
- NITE Bioresource Information Center, Department of Biotechnology, National Institute of Technology and Evaluation, Nishihara, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
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Genomic analysis of the aromatic catabolic pathways fromSilicibacter pomeroyi DSS-3. ANN MICROBIOL 2009. [DOI: 10.1007/bf03179225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022] Open
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Nitric oxide production by the human intestinal microbiota by dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium. J Biomed Biotechnol 2009; 2009:284718. [PMID: 19888436 PMCID: PMC2771278 DOI: 10.1155/2009/284718] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2009] [Accepted: 08/03/2009] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The free radical nitric oxide (NO) is an important signaling molecule in the gastrointestinal tract. Besides eukaryotic cells, gut microorganisms are also capable of producing NO. However, the exact mechanism of NO production by the gut microorganisms is unknown. Microbial NO production was examined under in vitro conditions simulating the gastrointestinal ecosystem using L-arginine or nitrate as substrates. L-arginine did not influence the microbial NO production. However, NO concentrations in the order of 90 ng NO-N per L feed medium were produced by the fecal microbiota from nitrate. 15N tracer experiments showed that nitrate was mainly reduced to ammonium by the dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium (DNRA) pathway. To our knowledge, this is the first study showing that gastrointestinal microbiota can generate substantial amounts of NO by DNRA and not by the generally accepted denitrification or L-arginine pathway. Further work is needed to elucidate the exact role between NO produced by the gastrointestinal microbiota and host cells.
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The evolution of RecD outside of the RecBCD complex. J Mol Evol 2009; 69:360-71. [PMID: 19841849 DOI: 10.1007/s00239-009-9290-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2009] [Accepted: 09/18/2009] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The common understanding of the function of RecD, as derived predominantly from studies in Escherichia coli, is that RecD is one of three enzymes in the RecBCD double-stranded break repair DNA recombination complex. However, comparative genomics has revealed that many organisms possess a recD gene even though the other members of the complex, recB and recC, are not present. Further, bioinformatic analyses have shown that there is substantial sequence dissimilarity between recD genes associated with recB and recC (recD1), and those that are not associated with recBC (recD2). Deinococcus radiodurans, known for its extraordinary DNA repair capability, is one such organism that does not possess either recB or recC, and yet does possess a recD gene. The recD of D. radiodurans was deleted and this mutant was shown to have a capacity to repair double-stranded DNA breaks equivalent to wild-type. The phylogenetic history of recD was studied using a dataset of 120 recD genes from 91 fully sequenced species. The analysis focused upon the role of gene duplication and functional genomic context in the evolution of recD2, which appears to have undergone numerous independent events resulting in duplicate recD2 genes. The role of RecD as part of the RecBCD complex appears to have a divergence from an earlier ancestral RecD function still preserved in many species including D. radiodurans.
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Biswas SB, Wydra E, Biswas EE. Mechanisms of DNA binding and regulation of Bacillus anthracis DNA primase. Biochemistry 2009; 48:7373-82. [PMID: 19583259 DOI: 10.1021/bi900086z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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DNA primases are pivotal enzymes in chromosomal DNA replication in all organisms. In this article, we report unique mechanistic characteristics of recombinant DNA primase from Bacillus anthracis. The mechanism of action of B. anthracis DNA primase (DnaG(BA)) may be described in several distinct steps as follows. Its mechanism of action is initiated when it binds to single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) in the form of a trimer. Although DnaG(BA) binds to different DNA sequences with moderate affinity (as expected of a mobile DNA binding protein), we found that DnaG(BA) bound to the origin of bacteriophage G4 (G4ori) with approximately 8-fold higher affinity. DnaG(BA) was strongly stimulated (>or=75-fold) by its cognate helicase, DnaB(BA), during RNA primer synthesis. With the G4ori ssDNA template, DnaG(BA) formed short (<or=20 nucleotides) primers in the absence of DnaB(BA). The presence of DnaB(BA) increased the rate of primer synthesis. The observed stimulation of primer synthesis by cognate DnaB(BA) is thus indicative of a positive effector role for DnaB(BA). By contrast, Escherichia coli DnaB helicase (DnaB(EC)) did not stimulate DnaG(BA) and inhibited primer synthesis to near completion. This observed effect of E. coli DnaB(EC) is indicative of a strong negative effector role for heterologous DnaB(EC). We conclude that DnaG(BA) is capable of interacting with DnaB proteins from both B. anthracis and E. coli; however, between DnaB proteins derived from these two organisms, only the homologous DNA helicase (DnaB(BA)) acted as a positive effector of primer synthesis.
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- Subhasis B Biswas
- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Stratford, New Jersey 08084, USA.
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Slonczewski JL, Fujisawa M, Dopson M, Krulwich TA. Cytoplasmic pH measurement and homeostasis in bacteria and archaea. Adv Microb Physiol 2009; 55:1-79, 317. [PMID: 19573695 DOI: 10.1016/s0065-2911(09)05501-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 277] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Of all the molecular determinants for growth, the hydronium and hydroxide ions are found naturally in the widest concentration range, from acid mine drainage below pH 0 to soda lakes above pH 13. Most bacteria and archaea have mechanisms that maintain their internal, cytoplasmic pH within a narrower range than the pH outside the cell, termed "pH homeostasis." Some mechanisms of pH homeostasis are specific to particular species or groups of microorganisms while some common principles apply across the pH spectrum. The measurement of internal pH of microbes presents challenges, which are addressed by a range of techniques under varying growth conditions. This review compares and contrasts cytoplasmic pH homeostasis in acidophilic, neutralophilic, and alkaliphilic bacteria and archaea under conditions of growth, non-growth survival, and biofilms. We present diverse mechanisms of pH homeostasis including cell buffering, adaptations of membrane structure, active ion transport, and metabolic consumption of acids and bases.
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Dischinger J, Josten M, Szekat C, Sahl HG, Bierbaum G. Production of the novel two-peptide lantibiotic lichenicidin by Bacillus licheniformis DSM 13. PLoS One 2009; 4:e6788. [PMID: 19707558 PMCID: PMC2727956 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006788] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2009] [Accepted: 07/27/2009] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Background Lantibiotics are small microbial peptide antibiotics that are characterized by the presence of the thioether amino acids lanthionine and methyllanthionine. Lantibiotics possess structural genes which encode inactive prepeptides. During maturation, the prepeptide undergoes posttranslational modifications including the introduction of rare amino acids as lanthionine and methyllanthione as well as the proteolytic removal of the leader. The structural gene (lanA) as well as the other genes which are involved in lantibiotic modification (lanM, lanB, lanC, lanP), regulation (lanR, lanK), export (lanT(P)) and immunity (lanEFG) are organized in biosynthetic gene clusters. Methodology/Principal Findings Sequence comparisons in the NCBI database showed that Bacillus licheniformis DSM 13 harbours a putative lantibiotic gene cluster which comprises two structural genes (licA1, licA2) and two modification enzymes (licM1, licM2) in addition to 10 ORFs that show sequence similarities to proteins involved in lantibiotic production. A heat labile antimicrobial activity was detected in the culture supernatant and a heat stabile activity was present in the isopropanol cell wash extract of this strain. In agar well diffusion assays both fractions exhibited slightly different activity spectra against Gram-positive bacteria. In order to demonstrate the connection between the lantibiotic gene cluster and one of the antibacterial activities, two Bacillus licheniformis DSM 13 mutant strains harbouring insertions in the structural genes of the modification enzymes licM1 and licM2 were constructed. These strains were characterized by a loss of activity in the isopropanol extract and substractive MALDI-TOF predicted masses of 3020.6 Da and 3250.6 Da for the active peptides. Conclusions/Significance In conclusion, B. licheniformis DSM 13 produces an antimicrobial substance that represents the two-peptide lantibiotic lichenicidin and that shows activity against a wide range of Gram-positive bacteria including methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains.
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- Jasmin Dischinger
- Institute of Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology (IMMIP), University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology (IMMIP), University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology (IMMIP), University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology (IMMIP), University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology (IMMIP), University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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Singh M, Patel SK, Kalia VC. Bacillus subtilis as potential producer for polyhydroxyalkanoates. Microb Cell Fact 2009; 8:38. [PMID: 19619289 PMCID: PMC2719590 DOI: 10.1186/1475-2859-8-38] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2009] [Accepted: 07/20/2009] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are biodegradable polymers produced by microbes to overcome environmental stress. Commercial production of PHAs is limited by the high cost of production compared to conventional plastics. Another hindrance is the brittle nature and low strength of polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB), the most widely studied PHA. The needs are to produce PHAs, which have better elastomeric properties suitable for biomedical applications, preferably from inexpensive renewable sources to reduce cost. Certain unique properties of Bacillus subtilis such as lack of the toxic lipo-polysaccharides, expression of self-lysing genes on completion of PHA biosynthetic process – for easy and timely recovery, usage of biowastes as feed enable it to compete as potential candidate for commercial production of PHA.
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- Mamtesh Singh
- Microbial Biotechnology and Genomics, Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB), CSIR, Delhi University Campus, Mall Road, Delhi-110007, India.
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Nong G, Rice JD, Chow V, Preston JF. Aldouronate utilization in Paenibacillus sp. strain JDR-2: Physiological and enzymatic evidence for coupling of extracellular depolymerization and intracellular metabolism. Appl Environ Microbiol 2009; 75:4410-8. [PMID: 19395566 PMCID: PMC2704816 DOI: 10.1128/aem.02354-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2008] [Accepted: 04/19/2009] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Paenibacillus sp. strain JDR-2, an aggressively xylanolytic bacterium isolated from decaying sweet gum wood, secretes a multimodular glycohydrolase family GH10 endoxylanase (XynA1) anchored to the cell surface. The gene encoding XynA1 is part of a xylan utilization regulon that includes an aldouronate utilization gene cluster with genes encoding a GH67 alpha-glucuronidase (AguA), a GH10 endoxylanase (XynA2), and a GH43 arabinofuranosidase/beta-xylosidase (XynB). Here we show that this Paenibacillus sp. strain is able to utilize methylglucuronoxylose (MeGAX(1)), an aldobiuronate product that accumulates during acid pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass, and methylglucuronoxylotriose (MeGAX(3)), the product of the extracellular XynA1 acting on methylglucuronoxylan (MeGAX(n)). The average rates of utilization of MeGAX(n), MeGAX(1), and MeGAX(3) were 149.8, 59.4, and 54.3 microg xylose equivalents.ml(-1).h(-1), respectively, and were proportional to the specific growth rates on the substrates. AguA was active with MeGAX(1) and MeGAX(3), releasing 4-O-methyl-d-glucuronate alpha-1,2 linked to a nonreducing terminal xylose residue. XynA2 converted xylotriose, generated by the action of AguA on MeGAX(3), to xylose and xylobiose. The ability to utilize MeGAX(1) provides a novel metabolic potential for bioconversion of acid hydrolysates of lignocellulosics. The 2.8-fold-greater rate of utilization of polymeric MeGAX(n) than that of MeGAX(3) indicates that there is coupling of extracellular depolymerization, assimilation, and intracellular metabolism, allowing utilization of lignocellulosics with minimal pretreatment. Along with adjacent genes encoding transcriptional regulators and ABC transporter proteins, the aguA and xynA2 genes in the cluster described above contribute to the efficient utilization of aldouronates derived from dilute acid and/or enzyme pretreatment protocols applied to the conversion of hemicellulose to biofuels and chemicals.
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- Guang Nong
- Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, 32611-0700, USA
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Zhang G, Li H, Fang B. Discriminating acidic and alkaline enzymes using a random forest model with secondary structure amino acid composition. Process Biochem 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.procbio.2009.02.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Kovács AT, Smits WK, Mirończuk AM, Kuipers OP. Ubiquitous late competence genes in Bacillus species indicate the presence of functional DNA uptake machineries. Environ Microbiol 2009; 11:1911-22. [PMID: 19453701 DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2009.01937.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Natural competence for genetic transformation, i.e. the ability to take up DNA and stably integrate it in the genome, has so far only been observed in the bacterial kingdom (both in gram-negative and gram-positive species) and may contribute to survival under adverse growth conditions. Bacillus subtilis, the model organism for the Bacillus genus, possesses a well-characterized competence machinery. Phylogenetic analysis of several genome sequences of different Bacillus species reveals the presence of many, but not all genes potentially involved in competence and its regulation. The recent demonstration of functional DNA uptake by B. cereus supports the significance of our genome analyses and shows that the ability for functional DNA uptake might be widespread among Bacilli.
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- Akos T Kovács
- Department of Genetics, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, 9751 NN Haren, The Netherlands
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Reece SY, Woodward JJ, Marletta MA. Synthesis of Nitric Oxide by the NOS-like Protein from Deinococcus radiodurans: A Direct Role for Tetrahydrofolate. Biochemistry 2009; 48:5483-91. [DOI: 10.1021/bi900385g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Department of Chemistry
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology
- California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences
- Division of Physical Biosciences, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
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Evidence for the transport of maltose by the sucrose permease, CscB, of Escherichia coli. J Membr Biol 2009; 228:79-88. [PMID: 19294451 DOI: 10.1007/s00232-009-9161-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2008] [Accepted: 02/16/2009] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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The purpose of this study was to examine the sugar recognition and transport properties of the sucrose permease (CscB), a secondary active transporter from Escherichia coli. We tested the hypothesis that maltose transport is conferred by the wild-type CscB transporter. Cells of E. coli HS4006 harboring pSP72/cscB were red on maltose MacConkey agar indicator plates. We were able to measure "downhill" maltose transport and establish definitive kinetic behavior for maltose entry in such cells. Maltose was an effective competitor of sucrose transport in cells with CscB, suggesting that the respective maltose and sucrose binding sites and translocation pathways through the CscB channel overlap. Accumulation ("uphill" transport) of maltose by cells with CscB was profound, demonstrating active transport of maltose by CscB. Sequencing of cscB encoded on plasmid pSP72/cscB used in cells for transport studies indicate an unaltered primary CscB structure, ruling out the possibility that mutation conferred maltose transport by CscB. We conclude that maltose is a bona fide substrate for the sucrose permease of E. coli. Thus, future studies of sugar binding, transport, and permease structure should consider maltose, as well as sucrose.
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Molecular analysis of an extrachromosomal element containing the C2 toxin gene discovered in Clostridium botulinum type C. J Bacteriol 2009; 191:3282-91. [PMID: 19270093 DOI: 10.1128/jb.01797-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Clostridium botulinum cultures are classified into seven types, types A to G, based on the antigenicity of the neurotoxins produced. Of these seven types, only types C and D produce C2 toxin in addition to the neurotoxin. The C2 toxin consists of two components designated C2I and C2II. The genes encoding the C2 toxin components have been cloned, and it has been stated that they might be on the cell chromosome. The present study confirmed by using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and subsequent Southern hybridization that these genes are on a large plasmid. The complete nucleotide sequence of this plasmid was determined by using a combination of inverse PCR and primer walking. The sequence was 106,981 bp long and contained 123 potential open reading frames, including the c2I and c2II genes. The 57 products of these open reading frames had sequences similar to those of well-known proteins. It was speculated that 9 these 57 gene products were related to DNA replication, 2 were responsible for the two-component regulatory system, and 3 were sigma factors. In addition, a total of 20 genes encoding proteins related to diverse processes in purine catabolism were found in two regions. In these regions, there were 9 and 11 genes rarely found in plasmids, indicating that this plasmid plays an important role in purine catabolism, as well as in C2 toxin production.
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Porwal S, Lal S, Cheema S, Kalia VC. Phylogeny in aid of the present and novel microbial lineages: diversity in Bacillus. PLoS One 2009; 4:e4438. [PMID: 19212464 PMCID: PMC2639701 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004438] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2008] [Accepted: 12/18/2008] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Bacillus represents microbes of high economic, medical and biodefense importance. Bacillus strain identification based on 16S rRNA sequence analyses is invariably limited to species level. Secondly, certain discrepancies exist in the segregation of Bacillus subtilis strains. In the RDP/NCBI databases, out of a total of 2611 individual 16S rDNA sequences belonging to the 175 different species of the genus Bacillus, only 1586 have been identified up to species level. 16S rRNA sequences of Bacillus anthracis (153 strains), B. cereus (211 strains), B. thuringiensis (108 strains), B. subtilis (271 strains), B. licheniformis (131 strains), B. pumilus (83 strains), B. megaterium (47 strains), B. sphaericus (42 strains), B. clausii (39 strains) and B. halodurans (36 strains) were considered for generating species-specific framework and probes as tools for their rapid identification. Phylogenetic segregation of 1121, 16S rDNA sequences of 10 different Bacillus species in to 89 clusters enabled us to develop a phylogenetic frame work of 34 representative sequences. Using this phylogenetic framework, 305 out of 1025, 16S rDNA sequences presently classified as Bacillus sp. could be identified up to species level. This identification was supported by 20 to 30 nucleotides long signature sequences and in silico restriction enzyme analysis specific to the 10 Bacillus species. This integrated approach resulted in identifying around 30% of Bacillus sp. up to species level and revealed that B. subtilis strains can be segregated into two phylogenetically distinct groups, such that one of them may be renamed.
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- Shalini Porwal
- Microbial Biotechnology and Genomics, Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB), CSIR, Delhi University Campus, Delhi, India
- Department of Biotechnology, University of Pune, Pune, India
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- Microbial Biotechnology and Genomics, Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB), CSIR, Delhi University Campus, Delhi, India
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- Microbial Biotechnology and Genomics, Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB), CSIR, Delhi University Campus, Delhi, India
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- Microbial Biotechnology and Genomics, Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB), CSIR, Delhi University Campus, Delhi, India
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Kitaoka M, Honda Y, Fushinobu S, Hidaka M, Katayama T, Yamamoto K. Conversion of inverting glycoside hydrolases into catalysts for synthesizing glycosides employing a glycosynthase strategy. TRENDS GLYCOSCI GLYC 2009. [DOI: 10.4052/tigg.21.23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The membrane lipoprotein LppX of Paenibacillus sp. strain W-61 serves as a molecular chaperone for xylanase of glycoside hydrolase family 11 during secretion across the cytoplasmic membrane. J Bacteriol 2008; 191:1641-9. [PMID: 19103919 DOI: 10.1128/jb.01285-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Paenibacillus sp. strain W-61, which can utilize xylan as the sole source of carbon and energy, produces extracellular xylanases 1 and 3 (Xyn1 and Xyn3) and cell surface xylanase 5. In this study we found that lppX, immediately downstream of xyn1, encodes a lipoprotein located on the outer layer of the cytoplasmic membrane and that the LppX lipoprotein is essential for the secretion of active Xyn1 across the cytoplasmic membranes. In Escherichia coli, wild-type LppX was destined for the inner layer of the outer membrane. Mutant LppX(C19A), in which Cys-19, a possible lipomodification residue, is replaced with Ala, was located in the periplasm without being anchored to the membranes. Another mutant, LppX(S20D S21D), with substitutions of Asp for Ser-20 and Ser-21 (conversion to an Asp-Asp signal for sorting to the inner membrane), resided on the outer layer of the inner membrane, demonstrating that LppX has the sorting property of a lipoprotein. E. coli harboring both xyn1 and lppX secreted active Xyn1 into the periplasm. In contrast, E. coli carrying xyn1 alone failed to do so, accumulating inactive Xyn1 in the cytoplasmic membranes. Exogenous LppX(C19A) liberated the inactive Xyn1, which had been stagnating in the inner membrane, into the medium as an active enzyme. Thus, we propose that LppX is a novel type of lipoprotein that assists Xyn1 in making the proper fold necessary for traveling across the cytoplasmic membranes to be secreted as an active enzyme.
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Complete genome sequence of Macrococcus caseolyticus strain JCSCS5402, [corrected] reflecting the ancestral genome of the human-pathogenic staphylococci. J Bacteriol 2008; 191:1180-90. [PMID: 19074389 DOI: 10.1128/jb.01058-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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We isolated the methicillin-resistant Macrococcus caseolyticus strain JCSC5402 from animal meat in a supermarket and determined its whole-genome nucleotide sequence. This is the first report on the genome analysis of a macrococcal species that is evolutionarily closely related to the human pathogens Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus anthracis. The essential biological pathways of M. caseolyticus are similar to those of staphylococci. However, the species has a small chromosome (2.1 MB) and lacks many sugar and amino acid metabolism pathways and a plethora of virulence genes that are present in S. aureus. On the other hand, M. caseolyticus possesses a series of oxidative phosphorylation machineries that are closely related to those in the family Bacillaceae. We also discovered a probable primordial form of a Macrococcus methicillin resistance gene complex, mecIRAm, on one of the eight plasmids harbored by the M. caseolyticus strain. This is the first finding of a plasmid-encoding methicillin resistance gene. Macrococcus is considered to reflect the genome of ancestral bacteria before the speciation of staphylococcal species and may be closely associated with the origin of the methicillin resistance gene complex of the notorious human pathogen methicillin-resistant S. aureus.
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McShan WM, Ferretti JJ, Karasawa T, Suvorov AN, Lin S, Qin B, Jia H, Kenton S, Najar F, Wu H, Scott J, Roe BA, Savic DJ. Genome sequence of a nephritogenic and highly transformable M49 strain of Streptococcus pyogenes. J Bacteriol 2008; 190:7773-85. [PMID: 18820018 PMCID: PMC2583620 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00672-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2008] [Accepted: 09/17/2008] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The 1,815,783-bp genome of a serotype M49 strain of Streptococcus pyogenes (group A streptococcus [GAS]), strain NZ131, has been determined. This GAS strain (FCT type 3; emm pattern E), originally isolated from a case of acute post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis, is unusually competent for electrotransformation and has been used extensively as a model organism for both basic genetic and pathogenesis investigations. As with the previously sequenced S. pyogenes genomes, three unique prophages are a major source of genetic diversity. Two clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeat (CRISPR) regions were present in the genome, providing genetic information on previous prophage encounters. A unique cluster of genes was found in the pathogenicity island-like emm region that included a novel Nudix hydrolase, and, further, this cluster appears to be specific for serotype M49 and M82 strains. Nudix hydrolases eliminate potentially hazardous materials or prevent the unbalanced accumulation of normal metabolites; in bacteria, these enzymes may play a role in host cell invasion. Since M49 S. pyogenes strains have been known to be associated with skin infections, the Nudix hydrolase and its associated genes may have a role in facilitating survival in an environment that is more variable and unpredictable than the uniform warmth and moisture of the throat. The genome of NZ131 continues to shed light upon the evolutionary history of this human pathogen. Apparent horizontal transfer of genetic material has led to the existence of highly variable virulence-associated regions that are marked by multiple rearrangements and genetic diversification while other regions, even those associated with virulence, vary little between genomes. The genome regions that encode surface gene products that will interact with host targets or aid in immune avoidance are the ones that display the most sequence diversity. Thus, while natural selection favors stability in much of the genome, it favors diversity in these regions.
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- W Michael McShan
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, P.O. Box 26901, CPB307, Oklahoma City, OK, USA.
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Gray MJ, Tavares NK, Escalante-Semerena JC. The genome of Rhodobacter sphaeroides strain 2.4.1 encodes functional cobinamide salvaging systems of archaeal and bacterial origins. Mol Microbiol 2008; 70:824-36. [PMID: 18808385 PMCID: PMC2602876 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2008.06437.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Bacteria and archaea use distinct pathways for salvaging exogenous cobinamide (Cbi), a precursor of adenosylcobalamin (coenzyme B(12)). The bacterial pathway depends on a bifunctional enzyme with kinase and guanylyltransferase activities (CobP in aerobic adenosylcobalamin synthesizers) to convert adenosylcobinamide (AdoCbi) to AdoCbi-guanosine diphosphate (AdoCbi-GDP) via an AdoCbi-phosphate intermediate. Archaea lack CobP, and use a different strategy for the synthesis of AdoCbi-GDP. Archaea cleave off the aminopropanol group of AdoCbi using the CbiZ AdoCbi amidohydrolase to generate adenosylcobyric acid, which is converted to AdoCbi-phosphate by the CbiB synthetase, and to AdoCbi-GDP by the CobY guanylyltransferase. We report phylogenetic, in vivo and in vitro evidence that the genome of Rhodobacter sphaeroides encodes functional enzymes for Cbi salvaging systems of both bacterial and archaeal origins. Products of the reactions were identified by high-performance liquid chromatography, UV-visible spectroscopy and bioassay. The cbiZ genes of several bacteria and archaea restored Cbi salvaging in a strain of Salmonella enterica unable to salvage Cbi. Phylogenetic data led us to conclude that CbiZ is an enzyme of archaeal origin that was horizontally transferred to bacteria. Reasons why some bacteria may contain both types of Cbi salvaging systems are discussed.
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- Corresponding author: Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin, 6478 Microbial Sciences Building, 1550 Linden Drive, Madison, WI 53706. Tel: 608-262-7379; Fax: 608-265-7909;
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Characterization of Bacillus halodurans alpha-galactosidase Mel4A encoded by the mel4A gene (BH2228). Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2008; 72:2459-62. [PMID: 18776668 DOI: 10.1271/bbb.80242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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A family-4 alpha-galactosidase Mel4A of Bacillus halodurans was expressed in Escherichia coli and characterized. Recombinant enzyme rMel4A depended on NAD+, some divalent cations such as Mn2+, and reducing reagents such as dithiothreitol. rMel4A was active on small saccharides such as raffinose but not on highly polymerized galactomannan. Immunological analysis indicated that raffinose induced the production of Mel4A in B. halodurans.
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Fujita K, Ehira S, Tanaka K, Asai K, Ohta N. Molecular phylogeny and evolution of the plastid and nuclear encoded cbbX genes in the unicellular red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae. Genes Genet Syst 2008; 83:127-33. [PMID: 18506096 DOI: 10.1266/ggs.83.127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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The cbbX gene is generally encoded in proteobacterial genomes and red-algal plastid genomes. In this study, we found two distinct cbbX genes of Cyanidioschyzon merolae, a unicellular red alga, one encoded in the plastid genome and the other encoded in the cell nucleus. The phylogenetic tree inferred from cbbX genes and strongly conserved gene organization (rbcLS-cbbX) suggests that the plastid-encoded cbbX gene of C. merolae came from an ancestral proteobacterium by horizontal gene transfer. On the other hand, the nuclear-encoded cbbX gene of C. merolae was classified in another cluster together with the nucleomorph-encoded cbbX gene of Guillardia theta. Furthermore, expression of the two cbbX genes were regulated differently in response to extracellular CO(2) concentration. Our results imply that cbbX gene in the plastid genome was copied and transferred to the cell nucleus after horizontal gene transfer of RuBisCo operon from ancestral beta-proteobacteria at comparatively early stage, and that each cbbX evolved in different ways.
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- Kiyohito Fujita
- Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science, Saitama University, Saitama-City, Japan
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Mulkidjanian AY, Dibrov P, Galperin MY. The past and present of sodium energetics: may the sodium-motive force be with you. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2008; 1777:985-92. [PMID: 18485887 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2008.04.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2008] [Revised: 04/18/2008] [Accepted: 04/18/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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All living cells routinely expel Na(+) ions, maintaining lower concentration of Na(+) in the cytoplasm than in the surrounding milieu. In the vast majority of bacteria, as well as in mitochondria and chloroplasts, export of Na(+) occurs at the expense of the proton-motive force. Some bacteria, however, possess primary generators of the transmembrane electrochemical gradient of Na(+) (sodium-motive force). These primary Na(+) pumps have been traditionally seen as adaptations to high external pH or to high temperature. Subsequent studies revealed, however, the mechanisms for primary sodium pumping in a variety of non-extremophiles, such as marine bacteria and certain bacterial pathogens. Further, many alkaliphiles and hyperthermophiles were shown to rely on H(+), not Na(+), as the coupling ion. We review here the recent progress in understanding the role of sodium-motive force, including (i) the conclusion on evolutionary primacy of the sodium-motive force as energy intermediate, (ii) the mechanisms, evolutionary advantages and limitations of switching from Na(+) to H(+) as the coupling ion, and (iii) the possible reasons why certain pathogenic bacteria still rely on the sodium-motive force.
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Liu J, Krulwich TA, Hicks DB. Purification of two putative type II NADH dehydrogenases with different substrate specificities from alkaliphilic Bacillus pseudofirmus OF4. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOENERGETICS 2008; 1777:453-61. [PMID: 18359284 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbabio.2008.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2008] [Revised: 02/26/2008] [Accepted: 02/27/2008] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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A putative Type II NADH dehydrogenase from Halobacillus dabanensis was recently reported to have Na+/H+ antiport activity (and called Nap), raising the possibility of direct coupling of respiration to antiport-dependent pH homeostasis. This study characterized a homologous type II NADH dehydrogenase of genetically tractable alkaliphilic Bacillus pseudofirmus OF4, in which evidence supports antiport-based pH homeostasis that is mediated entirely by secondary antiport. Two candidate type II NADH dehydrogenase genes with canonical GXGXXG motifs were identified in a draft genome sequence of B. pseudofirmus OF4. The gene product designated NDH-2A exhibited homology to enzymes from Bacillus subtilis and Escherichia coli whereas NDH-2B exhibited homology to the H. dabanensis Nap protein and its alkaliphilic Bacillus halodurans C-125 homologue. The ndh-2A, but not the ndh-2B, gene complemented the growth defect of an NADH dehydrogenase-deficient E. coli mutant. Neither gene conferred Na+-resistance on an antiporter-deficient E. coli strain, nor did they confer Na+/H+ antiport activity in vesicle assays. The purified hexa-histidine-tagged gene products were approximately 50 kDa, contained noncovalently bound FAD and oxidized NADH. They were predominantly cytoplasmic in E. coli, consonant with the absence of antiport activity. The catalytic properties of NDH-2A were more consistent with a major respiratory role than those of NDH-2B.
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- Jun Liu
- Department of Pharmacology and Systems Therapeutics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA
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Characterization of a new rhamnogalacturonan acetyl esterase from Bacillus halodurans C-125 with a new putative carbohydrate binding domain. J Bacteriol 2007; 190:1375-82. [PMID: 18083818 DOI: 10.1128/jb.01104-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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BH1115 is a gene from Bacillus halodurans strain C-125 that hypothetically encodes a rhamnogalacturonan acetyl esterase (RGAE) of the CE-12 family. As confirmation, this gene was cloned, and the product was expressed in Escherichia coli strain Rosetta (DE3) cells and purified. The enzyme obtained was monomeric, with a molecular mass of 45 kDa, and exhibited alkaliphilic properties. A study of the inhibition of the activity by some modulators confirmed that the catalytic triad for the esterase activity was Ser-His-Asp. This enzyme also presents broad substrate specificity and is active toward 7-aminocephalosporanic acid, cephalosporin C, p-nitrophenyl acetate, beta-naphthyl acetate, glucose pentaacetate, and acetylated xylan. Moreover, RGAE from B. halodurans achieves a synergistic effect with xylanase A toward acetylated xylan. As a member of the SGNH family, it does not adopt the common alpha/beta hydrolase fold. The homology between the folds of RGAE from Aspergillus aculeatus and the hypothetical YxiM precursor from Bacillus subtilis, which both belong to the SGNH family, illustrates the divergence of such proteins from a common ancestor. Furthermore, the enzyme possesses a putative substrate binding region at the N terminus of the protein which has never been described to date for any RGAE.
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Wai Liew C, Illias RM, Muhammad Mahadi N, Najimudin N. Expression of the Na+/H+antiporter gene (g1-nhaC) of alkaliphilicBacillussp. G1 inEscherichia coli. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2007; 276:114-22. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2007.00925.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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