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Yasin R, Rashid GM, Ali I, Bugg TD. Engineering of Rhodococcus jostii RHA1 for utilisation of carboxymethylcellulose. Heliyon 2023; 9:e19511. [PMID: 37810037 PMCID: PMC10558750 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e19511] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2023] [Revised: 08/22/2023] [Accepted: 08/24/2023] [Indexed: 10/10/2023] Open
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Rhodococcus jostii RHA1 was engineered to utilise the cellulose component of lignocellulose, as well as the lignin fraction, by introduction of cellulase genes. The genome of R. jostii RHA1 was found to contain two β-glucosidase genes, RHA1_ro01034 and RHA1_ro02947, which support growth on cellobiose as growth substrate. Five Gram-positive endocellulase genes and one exocellulase gene were cloned into expression vector pTipQC2, and expressed in R. jostii RHA1. Endoglucanase activity was detected, with highest activity using Cellulomonas fimi cenA, and this recombinant strain grew on minimal media containing 0.5% carboxymethylcellulose (CMC). The R. jostii RHA1 genome was also found to contain a 3-dehydroshikimate dehydratase gene RHA1_ro01367, which supports growth on quinic acid as growth substrate, and conversion to protocatechuic acid. Therefore, this bacterium shows promise for further engineering to utilise cellulose for conversion to protocatechuic acid-derived bioproducts.
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- Rabia Yasin
- Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK
- Department of Biotechnology, Mirpur University of Science and Technology (MUST), Mirpur, 10250, AJK, Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK
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- Department of Biotechnology, Mirpur University of Science and Technology (MUST), Mirpur, 10250, AJK, Pakistan
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK
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Kubota T, Tanaka Y, Takemoto N, Hiraga K, Yukawa H, Inui M. Identification and expression analysis of a gene encoding a shikimate transporter of Corynebacterium glutamicum. Microbiology (Reading) 2015; 161:254-263. [DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.083733-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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- Takeshi Kubota
- Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth, 9-2 Kizugawadai, Kizugawa, Kyoto 619-0292, Japan
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- Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth, 9-2 Kizugawadai, Kizugawa, Kyoto 619-0292, Japan
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- Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth, 9-2 Kizugawadai, Kizugawa, Kyoto 619-0292, Japan
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- Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth, 9-2 Kizugawadai, Kizugawa, Kyoto 619-0292, Japan
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- Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth, 9-2 Kizugawadai, Kizugawa, Kyoto 619-0292, Japan
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- Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, 8916-5 Takayama, Ikoma, Nara 630-0101, Japan
- Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth, 9-2 Kizugawadai, Kizugawa, Kyoto 619-0292, Japan
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Peek J, Christendat D. The shikimate dehydrogenase family: functional diversity within a conserved structural and mechanistic framework. Arch Biochem Biophys 2014; 566:85-99. [PMID: 25524738 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2014.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2014] [Revised: 11/19/2014] [Accepted: 12/07/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Shikimate dehydrogenase (SDH) catalyzes the NADPH-dependent reduction of 3-deydroshikimate to shikimate, an essential reaction in the biosynthesis of the aromatic amino acids and a large number of other secondary metabolites in plants and microbes. The indispensible nature of this enzyme makes it a potential target for herbicides and antimicrobials. SDH is the archetypal member of a large protein family, which contains at least four additional functional classes with diverse metabolic roles. The different members of the SDH family share a highly similar three-dimensional structure and utilize a conserved catalytic mechanism, but exhibit distinct substrate preferences, making the family a particularly interesting system for studying modes of substrate recognition used by enzymes. Here, we review our current understanding of the biochemical and structural properties of each of the five previously identified SDH family functional classes.
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- James Peek
- Department of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3B2, Canada
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- Department of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3B2, Canada; Centre for the Analysis of Genome Evolution and Function, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3B2, Canada.
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Kubota T, Tanaka Y, Takemoto N, Watanabe A, Hiraga K, Inui M, Yukawa H. Chorismate-dependent transcriptional regulation of quinate/shikimate utilization genes by LysR-type transcriptional regulator QsuR inCorynebacterium glutamicum: carbon flow control at metabolic branch point. Mol Microbiol 2014; 92:356-68. [DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12560] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/18/2014] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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- Takeshi Kubota
- Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth (RITE); 9-2, Kizugawadai, Kizugawa Kyoto 619-0292 Japan
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- Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth (RITE); 9-2, Kizugawadai, Kizugawa Kyoto 619-0292 Japan
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- Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth (RITE); 9-2, Kizugawadai, Kizugawa Kyoto 619-0292 Japan
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- Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth (RITE); 9-2, Kizugawadai, Kizugawa Kyoto 619-0292 Japan
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- Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth (RITE); 9-2, Kizugawadai, Kizugawa Kyoto 619-0292 Japan
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- Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth (RITE); 9-2, Kizugawadai, Kizugawa Kyoto 619-0292 Japan
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- Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth (RITE); 9-2, Kizugawadai, Kizugawa Kyoto 619-0292 Japan
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Regulation of expression of genes involved in quinate and shikimate utilization in Corynebacterium glutamicum. Appl Environ Microbiol 2009; 75:3461-8. [PMID: 19376919 DOI: 10.1128/aem.00163-09] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The utilization of the hydroaromatic compounds quinate and shikimate by Corynebacterium glutamicum was investigated. C. glutamicum grew well with either quinate or shikimate as the sole carbon source. The disruption of qsuD, encoding quinate/shikimate dehydrogenase, completely suppressed growth with either substrate but did not affect growth with glucose, indicating that the enzyme encoded by qsuD catalyzes the first step of the catabolism of quinate/shikimate but is not involved in the shikimate pathway required for the biosynthesis of various aromatic compounds. On the chromosome of C. glutamicum, the qsuD gene is located in a gene cluster also containing qsuA, qsuB, and qsuC genes, which are probably involved in the quinate/shikimate utilization pathway to form protocatechuate. Reverse transcriptase PCR analyses revealed that the expression of the qsuABCD genes was markedly induced during growth with either quinate or shikimate relative to expression during growth with glucose. The induction level by shikimate was significantly decreased by the disruption of qsuR, which is located immediately upstream of qsuA in the opposite direction and encodes a LysR-type transcriptional regulator, suggesting that QsuR acts as an activator of the qsuABCD genes. The high level of induction of qsuABCD genes by shikimate was still observed in the presence of glucose, and simultaneous consumption of glucose and shikimate during growth was observed.
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The shikimate pathway links metabolism of carbohydrates to biosynthesis of aromatic compounds. In a sequence of seven metabolic steps, phosphoenolpyruvate and erythrose 4-phosphate are converted to chorismate, the precursor of the aromatic amino acids and many aromatic secondary metabolites. All pathway intermediates can also be considered branch point compounds that may serve as substrates for other metabolic pathways. The shikimate pathway is found only in microorganisms and plants, never in animals. All enzymes of this pathway have been obtained in pure form from prokaryotic and eukaryotic sources and their respective DNAs have been characterized from several organisms. The cDNAs of higher plants encode proteins with amino terminal signal sequences for plastid import, suggesting that plastids are the exclusive locale for chorismate biosynthesis. In microorganisms, the shikimate pathway is regulated by feedback inhibition and by repression of the first enzyme. In higher plants, no physiological feedback inhibitor has been identified, suggesting that pathway regulation may occur exclusively at the genetic level. This difference between microorganisms and plants is reflected in the unusually large variation in the primary structures of the respective first enzymes. Several of the pathway enzymes occur in isoenzymic forms whose expression varies with changing environmental conditions and, within the plant, from organ to organ. The penultimate enzyme of the pathway is the sole target for the herbicide glyphosate. Glyphosate-tolerant transgenic plants are at the core of novel weed control systems for several crop plants.
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- Klaus M. Herrmann
- Department of Biochemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907; e-mail: , Monsanto Company, St. Louis, Missouri 63198; e-mail:
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The beta-ketoadipate pathway is a chromosomally encoded convergent pathway for aromatic compound degradation that is widely distributed in soil bacteria and fungi. One branch converts protocatechuate, derived from phenolic compounds including p-cresol, 4-hydroxybenzoate and numerous lignin monomers, to beta-ketoadipate. The other branch converts catechol, generated from various aromatic hydrocarbons, amino aromatics, and lignin monomers, also to beta-ketoadipate. Two additional steps accomplish the conversion of beta-ketoadipate to tricarboxylic acid cycle intermediates. Enzyme studies and amino acid sequence data indicate that the pathway is highly conserved in diverse bacteria, including Pseudomonas putida, Acinetobacter calcoaceticus, Agrobacterium tumefaciens, Rhodococcus erythropolis, and many others. The catechol branch of the beta-ketoadipate pathway appears to be the evolutionary precursor for portions of the plasmid-borne ortho-pathways for chlorocatechol degradation. However, accumulating evidence points to an independent and convergent evolutionary origin for the eukaryotic beta-ketoadipate pathway. In the face of enzyme conservation, the beta-ketoadipate pathway exhibits many permutations in different bacterial groups with respect to enzyme distribution (isozymes, points of branch convergence), regulation (inducing metabolites, regulatory proteins), and gene organization. Diversity is also evident in the behavioral responses of different bacteria to beta-ketoadipate pathway-associated aromatic compounds. The presence and versatility of transport systems encoded by beta-ketoadipate pathway regulons is just beginning to be explored in various microbial groups. It appears that in the course of evolution, natural selection has caused the beta-ketoadipate pathway to assume a characteristic set of features or identity in different bacteria. Presumably such identities have been shaped to optimally serve the diverse lifestyles of bacteria.
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- C S Harwood
- Department of Microbiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242, USA
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Elsemore DA, Ornston LN. The pca-pob supraoperonic cluster of Acinetobacter calcoaceticus contains quiA, the structural gene for quinate-shikimate dehydrogenase. J Bacteriol 1994; 176:7659-66. [PMID: 8002591 PMCID: PMC197224 DOI: 10.1128/jb.176.24.7659-7666.1994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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An 18-kbp Acinetobacter calcoaceticus chromosomal segment contains the pcaIJFBDKCHG operon, which is required for catabolism of protocatechuate, and pobSRA, genes associated with conversion of p-hydroxybenzoate to protocatechuate. The genetic function of the 6.5 kbp of DNA between pcaG and pobS was unknown. Deletions in this DNA were designed by removal of fragments between restriction sites, and the deletion mutations were introduced into A. calcoaceticus by natural transformation. The mutations prevented growth with either quinate or shikimate, growth substrates that depend upon qui gene function for their catabolism to protocatechuate. The location of quiA, a gene encoding quinate-shikimate dehydrogenase, was indicated by its expression in one of the deletion mutants, and the position of the gene was confirmed by determination of its 2,427-bp nucleotide sequence. The deduced amino acid sequence of QuiA confirmed that it is a member of a family of membrane-associated, pyrrolo-quinoline quinone-dependent dehydrogenases, as had been suggested by earlier biochemical investigations. Catabolism of quinate and skikimate is initiated by NAD(+)-dependent dehydrogenases in other microorganisms, so it is evident that different gene pools were called upon to provide the ancestral enzyme for this metabolic step.
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- D A Elsemore
- Department of Biology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520
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Rhodococci display a diverse range of metabolic capabilities and they are a ubiquitous feature of many environments. They are able to degrade short-chain, long-chain, and halogenated hydrocarbons, and numerous aromatic compounds, including halogenated and other substituted aromatics, heteroaromatics, hydroaromatics, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. They possess a wide variety of pathways for degrading and modifying aromatic compounds, including dioxygenase and monooxygenase ring attack, and cleavage of catechol by both ortho- and meta-routes, and some strains possess a modified 3-oxoadipate pathway. Biotransformations catalyzed by rhodococci include steroid modification, enantioselective synthesis, and the transformation of nitriles to amides and acids. Tolerance of rhodococci to starvation, their frequent lack of catabolite repression, and their environmental persistence make them excellent candidates for bioremediation treatments. Some strains can produce poly(3-hydroxyalkanoate)s, others can accumulate cesium, and still others are the source of useful enzymes such as phenylalanine dehydrogenase and endoglycosidases. Other actual or potential applications of rhodococci include desulfurization of coal, bioleaching, use of their surfactants in enhancement of oil recovery and as industrial dispersants, and the construction of biosensors.
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- A M Warhurst
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Glasgow, U.K
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Anaerobic degradation of hydroaromatic compounds by newly isolated fermenting bacteria. Arch Microbiol 1992. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00245360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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