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Yang H, Qian Z, Liu Y, Yu F, Huang T, Zhang B, Peng T, Hu Z. Comparative genomics reveals evidence of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon degradation in the moderately halophilic genus Pontibacillus. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2024; 462:132724. [PMID: 37839372 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.132724] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2023] [Revised: 09/22/2023] [Accepted: 10/04/2023] [Indexed: 10/17/2023]
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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are a common class of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) that are widely distributed in various environments and pose significant threats to both environmental and human health. The genus Pontibacillus, a type of moderately halophilic bacteria, has demonstrated potential for biodegrading aromatic compounds in high-salinity environments. However, no previous study has comprehensively investigated the PAH degradation mechanisms and environmental adaptability in the genus Pontibacillus. In this study, we sequenced the whole genome of the PAH-degrading strain Pontibacillus chungwhensis HN14 and conducted a comparative genomics analysis of genes associated with PAH degradation, as well as salt and arsenic tolerance using ten other Pontibacillus sp. strains. Here, we elucidated potential degradation pathways for benzo[a]pyrene and phenanthrene, which were initiated by cytochrome P450 monooxygenases, in most Pontibacillus strains. Moreover, four Pontibacillus strains were selected to investigate the biodegradation of benzo[a]pyrene and phenanthrene under high-salt (5% NaCl) stress, and all four strains exhibited exceptional degradation abilities. The results of comparative genomics and phenotypic analyses demonstrate that the genus Pontibacillus have the potential to degrade polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in high-salinity environments, thus providing valuable insights for biodegradation in extreme environments.
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- Haichen Yang
- Department of Biology, Shantou University, Shantou, Guangdong 515063, PR China
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- Department of Biology, Shantou University, Shantou, Guangdong 515063, PR China
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- Department of Biology, Shantou University, Shantou, Guangdong 515063, PR China
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- Department of Biology, Shantou University, Shantou, Guangdong 515063, PR China
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- Department of Biology, Shantou University, Shantou, Guangdong 515063, PR China
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- Department of Biology, Shantou University, Shantou, Guangdong 515063, PR China
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- Department of Biology, Shantou University, Shantou, Guangdong 515063, PR China.
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- Department of Biology, Shantou University, Shantou, Guangdong 515063, PR China; Guangdong Research Center of Offshore Environmental Pollution Control Engineering, Shantou University, Shantou 515063, Guangdong, PR China.
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Yang H, Yu F, Qian Z, Huang T, Peng T, Hu Z. Cytochrome P450 for environmental remediation: catalytic mechanism, engineering strategies and future prospects. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 2023; 40:33. [PMID: 38057619 DOI: 10.1007/s11274-023-03823-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2023] [Accepted: 10/29/2023] [Indexed: 12/08/2023]
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Environmental pollution is a global concern. Various organic compounds are released into the environment through wastewater, waste gas, and waste residue, ultimately accumulating in the environment and the food chain. This poses a significant threat to both human health and ecology. Currently, a growing body of research has demonstrated that microorganisms employ their Cytochrome P450 (CYP450) system for biodegradation, offering a crucial approach for eliminating these pollutants in environmental remediation. CYP450, a ubiquitous catalyst in nature, includes a vast array of family members distributed widely across various organisms, including bacteria, fungi, and mammals. These enzymes participate in the metabolism of diverse organic compounds. Furthermore, the rapid advancements in enzyme and protein engineering have led to increased utilization of engineered CYP450s in environmental remediation, enhancing their efficiency in pollutant removal. This article presents an overview of the current understanding of various members of the CYP450 superfamily involved in transforming organic pollutants and the engineering of biodegrading CYP450s. Additionally, it explores the catalytic mechanisms, current practical applications of CYP450-based systems, their potential applications, and the prospects in bioremediation.
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- Haichen Yang
- Department of Biology, Shantou University, Shantou, 515063, Guangdong, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Biology, Shantou University, Shantou, 515063, Guangdong, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Biology, Shantou University, Shantou, 515063, Guangdong, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Biology, Shantou University, Shantou, 515063, Guangdong, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Biology, Shantou University, Shantou, 515063, Guangdong, People's Republic of China.
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- Department of Biology, Shantou University, Shantou, 515063, Guangdong, People's Republic of China.
- Guangdong Research Center of Offshore Environmental Pollution Control Engineering, Shantou University, Shantou, 515063, Guangdong, People's Republic of China.
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Ma Y, Wang J, Liu Y, Wang X, Zhang B, Zhang W, Chen T, Liu G, Xue L, Cui X. Nocardioides: "Specialists" for Hard-to-Degrade Pollutants in the Environment. Molecules 2023; 28:7433. [PMID: 37959852 PMCID: PMC10649934 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28217433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2023] [Revised: 10/24/2023] [Accepted: 11/01/2023] [Indexed: 11/15/2023] Open
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Nocardioides, a genus belonging to Actinomycetes, can endure various low-nutrient conditions. It can degrade pollutants using multiple organic materials such as carbon and nitrogen sources. The characteristics and applications of Nocardioides are described in detail in this review, with emphasis on the degradation of several hard-to-degrade pollutants by using Nocardioides, including aromatic compounds, hydrocarbons, haloalkanes, nitrogen heterocycles, and polymeric polyesters. Nocardioides has unique advantages when it comes to hard-to-degrade pollutants. Compared to other strains, Nocardioides has a significantly higher degradation rate and requires less time to break down substances. This review can be a theoretical basis for developing Nocardioides as a microbial agent with significant commercial and application potential.
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- Yecheng Ma
- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Lanzhou Jiaotong University, Lanzhou 730070, China
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- Key Laboratory of Extreme Environmental Microbial Resources and Engineering, Lanzhou 730000, China
- Key Laboratory of Desert and Desertification, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Extreme Environmental Microbial Resources and Engineering, Lanzhou 730000, China
- State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Sciences, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Extreme Environmental Microbial Resources and Engineering, Lanzhou 730000, China
- State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Sciences, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Extreme Environmental Microbial Resources and Engineering, Lanzhou 730000, China
- State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Sciences, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Extreme Environmental Microbial Resources and Engineering, Lanzhou 730000, China
- Key Laboratory of Desert and Desertification, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Extreme Environmental Microbial Resources and Engineering, Lanzhou 730000, China
- State Key Laboratory of Cryospheric Sciences, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- Key Laboratory of Extreme Environmental Microbial Resources and Engineering, Lanzhou 730000, China
- Key Laboratory of Desert and Desertification, Northwest Institute of Eco-Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Lanzhou Jiaotong University, Lanzhou 730070, China
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- College of Geography and Environment Science, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou 730070, China
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Peña-Montenegro TD, Kleindienst S, Allen AE, Eren AM, McCrow JP, Sánchez-Calderón JD, Arnold J, Joye SB. Species-specific responses of marine bacteria to environmental perturbation. ISME COMMUNICATIONS 2023; 3:99. [PMID: 37736763 PMCID: PMC10516948 DOI: 10.1038/s43705-023-00310-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2023] [Revised: 09/05/2023] [Accepted: 09/13/2023] [Indexed: 09/23/2023]
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Environmental perturbations shape the structure and function of microbial communities. Oil spills are a major perturbation and resolving spills often requires active measures like dispersant application that can exacerbate the initial disturbance. Species-specific responses of microorganisms to oil and dispersant exposure during such perturbations remain largely unknown. We merged metatranscriptomic libraries with pangenomes to generate Core-Accessory Metatranscriptomes (CA-Metatranscriptomes) for two microbial hydrocarbon degraders that played important roles in the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The Colwellia CA-Metatranscriptome illustrated pronounced dispersant-driven acceleration of core (~41%) and accessory gene (~59%) transcription, suggesting an opportunistic strategy. Marinobacter responded to oil exposure by expressing mainly accessory genes (~93%), suggesting an effective hydrocarbon-degrading lifestyle. The CA-Metatranscriptome approach offers a robust way to identify the underlying mechanisms of key microbial functions and highlights differences of specialist-vs-opportunistic responses to environmental disturbance.
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- Tito D Peña-Montenegro
- Department of Marine Sciences, University of Georgia, 325 Sanford Dr., Athens, GA, 30602-3636, USA
- Institute of Bioinformatics, University of Georgia, 120 Green St., Athens, GA, 30602-7229, USA
- Grupo de Investigación y Desarrollo en Ciencias, Tecnología e Innovación (BioGRID), Sociedad de Doctores e Investigadores de Colombia (SoPhIC), Bogotá, Colombia
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- Department of Marine Sciences, University of Georgia, 325 Sanford Dr., Athens, GA, 30602-3636, USA
- Department of Environmental Microbiology, Institute for Sanitary Engineering, Water Quality and Solid Waste Management (ISWA), University of Stuttgart, Bandtäle 2, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany
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- Microbial and Environmental Genomics, J. Craig Venter Institute, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA
- Integrative Oceanography Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA
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- Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity at the University of Oldenburg, University of Oldenburg, Oldenburg, 26129, Germany
- Josephine Bay Paul Center, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA, USA
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- Microbial and Environmental Genomics, J. Craig Venter Institute, La Jolla, CA, 92037, USA
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- Grupo de Investigación en Gestión Ecológica y Agroindustrial (GEA), Programa de Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Libre, Seccional Barranquilla, Barranquilla, Colombia
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- Institute of Bioinformatics, University of Georgia, 120 Green St., Athens, GA, 30602-7229, USA
- Department of Genetics, University of Georgia, 120 Green St., Athens, GA, 30602-7223, USA
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- Department of Marine Sciences, University of Georgia, 325 Sanford Dr., Athens, GA, 30602-3636, USA.
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Silva NM, Romagnoli CL, Santiago CRDN, de Lacerda JPA, Leão SC, Digiampietri LA, Viana-Niero C. Multi-Approach Characterization of Novel Pyrene-Degrading Mycolicibacterium austroafricanum Isolates Lacking nid Genes. Microorganisms 2023; 11:1413. [PMID: 37374915 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms11061413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2023] [Revised: 05/21/2023] [Accepted: 05/22/2023] [Indexed: 06/29/2023] Open
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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are chemical compounds that are widespread in the environment, arising from the incomplete combustion of organic material, as well as from human activities involving petrol exploitation, petrochemical industrial waste, gas stations, and environmental disasters. PAHs of high molecular weight, such as pyrene, have carcinogenic and mutagenic effects and are considered pollutants. The microbial degradation of PAHs occurs through the action of multiple dioxygenase genes (nid), which are localized in genomic island denominate region A, and cytochrome P450 monooxygenases genes (cyp) dispersed in the bacterial genome. This study evaluated pyrene degradation by five isolates of Mycolicibacterium austroafricanum using 2,6-dichlorophenol indophenol (DCPIP assay), gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (CG/MS), and genomic analyses. Two isolates (MYC038 and MYC040) exhibited pyrene degradation indexes of 96% and 88%, respectively, over a seven-day incubation period. Interestingly, the genomic analyses showed that the isolates do not have nid genes, which are involved in PAH biodegradation, despite their ability to degrade pyrene, suggesting that degradation may occur due to the presence of cyp150 genes, or even genes that have not yet been described. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of isolates without nid genes demonstrating the ability to degrade pyrene.
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- Natalia Maria Silva
- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo 04023-901, Brazil
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo 04023-901, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Chemistry and Manufactured Products, Institute of Technological Research, São Paulo 05508-901, Brazil
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo 04023-901, Brazil
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo 04023-901, Brazil
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Bharti M, Khurana H, Sharma M, Choksket S, Nagar S, Yadav S, Modeel S, Korpole S, Negi RK. Taxonomic and genomic characterization of Sporosarcina cyprini sp. nov., moderately tolerant of Cr +6 and Cd +2 isolated from the gut of invasive fish Cyprinus carpio var. communis (Linn., 1758). Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2023; 116:193-206. [PMID: 36400900 DOI: 10.1007/s10482-022-01794-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2022] [Accepted: 11/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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A Gram-stain-positive, motile, and rod-shaped bacterium, designated as strain MB25T, was isolated from the gut of Cyprinus carpio from the highly polluted river Yamuna, India. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequence revealed that strain MB25T belonged to the genus Sporosarcina, sharing the highest sequence similarity with S. luteola Y1T (98.98%) and S. koreensis S-K12T (98.91%). Digital DNA-DNA hybridization and average nucleotide identity values of strain MB25T with strain Y1T and S-K12T were 18.9, 77.69, and 18.2, 76.80 respectively. Genome analysis of strain MB25T revealed its biotechnological properties such as tolerance to potent heavy metals, genes for the production of carbohydrate-active enzymes, antimicrobial compounds, and also degradation of aromatic compounds. The G + C content of strain MB25T genome was 45%. Growth observed at 10-40 °C (optimum, 28-30 °C), pH 6.0-8.5 (optimum pH 7.5-8.0); NaCl concentrations up to 6.0% (w/v). The dominant respiratory quinone was MK-7, cell wall peptidoglycan is of the A-4 type containing amino acids Lys-Glu and the major fatty acids are anteiso-C11:0 and iso-C15: 0. The major polar lipids of strain MB25T are diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol, and phosphatidylethanolamine. On the basis of phenotypic, chemotaxonomic, phylogenetic, and phylogenomic data, strain MB25T represents a novel species of the genus Sporosarcina, for which the name Sporosarcina cyprini sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is MB25T (= MCC 4366 T = JCM 34521 T = CCM 9113 T).
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- Meghali Bharti
- Fish Molecular Biology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Delhi, Delhi, New Delhi, 110007, India
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- Fish Molecular Biology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Delhi, Delhi, New Delhi, 110007, India
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- Fish Molecular Biology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Delhi, Delhi, New Delhi, 110007, India
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- CSIR-Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh, 160036, India
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- Fish Molecular Biology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Delhi, Delhi, New Delhi, 110007, India.,Deshbandhu College, University of Delhi, Delhi, 110019, India
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- Fish Molecular Biology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Delhi, Delhi, New Delhi, 110007, India
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- Fish Molecular Biology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Delhi, Delhi, New Delhi, 110007, India
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- CSIR-Institute of Microbial Technology, Chandigarh, 160036, India
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- Fish Molecular Biology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, University of Delhi, Delhi, New Delhi, 110007, India.
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Becerril Mercado JE, García de Llasera MP, Méndez García M. Size Exclusion Chromatography Protein Profile of Selenastrum capricornutum Culture Extracts Degrading Benzo( a)Pyrene. Polycycl Aromat Compd 2022. [DOI: 10.1080/10406638.2022.2159987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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- José Eduardo Becerril Mercado
- Departamento de Química Analítica, Facultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, México, México
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- Departamento de Química Analítica, Facultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, México, México
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- Departamento de Química Analítica, Facultad de Química, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, México, México
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Zhang L, Liu H, Dai J, Xu P, Tang H. Unveiling degradation mechanism of PAHs by a Sphingobium strain from a microbial consortium. MLIFE 2022; 1:287-302. [PMID: 38818225 PMCID: PMC10989954 DOI: 10.1002/mlf2.12032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2022] [Revised: 05/08/2022] [Accepted: 05/19/2022] [Indexed: 06/01/2024]
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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are a class of persistent pollutants with adverse biological effects and pose a serious threat to ecological environments and human health. The previously isolated phenanthrene-degrading bacterial consortium (PDMC) consists of the genera Sphingobium and Pseudomonas and can degrade a wide range of PAHs. To identify the degradation mechanism of PAHs in the consortium PDMC, metagenomic binning was conducted and a Sphingomonadales assembly genome with 100% completeness was obtained. Additionally, Sphingobium sp. SHPJ-2, an efficient degrader of PAHs, was successfully isolated from the consortium PDMC. Strain SHPJ-2 has powerful degrading abilities and various degradation pathways of high-molecular-weight PAHs, including fluoranthene, pyrene, benzo[a]anthracene, and chrysene. Two ring-hydroxylating dioxygenases, five cytochrome P450s, and a pair of electron transfer chains associated with PAH degradation in strain SHPJ-2, which share 83.0%-99.0% similarity with their corresponding homologous proteins, were identified by a combination of Sphingomonadales assembly genome annotation, reverse-transcription quantitative polymerase chain reaction and heterologous expression. Furthermore, when coexpressed in Escherichia coli BL21(DE3) with the appropriate electron transfer chain, PhnA1B1 could effectively degrade chrysene and benzo[a]anthracene, while PhnA2B2 degrade fluoranthene. Altogether, these results provide a comprehensive assessment of strain SHPJ-2 and contribute to a better understanding of the molecular mechanism responsible for the PAH degradation.
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic and Developmental Sciences, and School of Life Sciences and BiotechnologyShanghai Jiao Tong UniversityShanghaiChina
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Quantitative Engineering Biology, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Synthetic Genomics and Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Synthetic Genomics, Shenzhen Institute of Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced TechnologyChinese Academy of SciencesShenzhenChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic and Developmental Sciences, and School of Life Sciences and BiotechnologyShanghai Jiao Tong UniversityShanghaiChina
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic and Developmental Sciences, and School of Life Sciences and BiotechnologyShanghai Jiao Tong UniversityShanghaiChina
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Sphingopyxis lutea sp. nov., a novel moderately halotolerant bacterium isolated from pebbles. Arch Microbiol 2022; 204:406. [PMID: 35723741 DOI: 10.1007/s00203-022-03042-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2022] [Accepted: 05/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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A Gram-stain-negative, aerobic, motile and rod-shaped bacterium was isolated from pebbles collected from the coast near Taejongdae Park, Busan, South Korea. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis revealed that strain DHUNG17T belonged to the family Sphingomonadaceae, and it showed the highest sequence similarity found with Sphingopyxis panaciterrulae DCY34T (98.4%) and Sphingopyxis granuli TFAT (98.4%). The strain grew at 10-45 °C, at pH 5.0-9.0 and with 0-12% (w/v) NaCl. Chemotaxonomic data revealed that strain DHUNG17T possessed ubiquinone Q-10 as the predominant respiratory lipoquinone. The predominant fatty acids were C16: 0, C18: 0, summed feature 4 (C16: 1 ω7c and/or C15: 0 iso 2-OH) and summed feature 8 (C19: 1 ω6c and/or unknown 18.864). The major polar lipids were phosphatidylethanolamine, diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylcholine and a sphingoglycolipid and spermidine were detected as the major polyamines. Strain DHUNG17T was able to produce carotenoid-type pigment. The average nucleotide identity (ANI) and digital DNA-DNA hybridization (dDDH) values with its closest neighbors were 79.3-81.7% and 22.0-24.4%, respectively. The genome of strain DHUNG17T is 3,129,415 bp long with a DNA G + C content of 64.7% and encodes 2,951 predicted proteins, 3 rRNAs and 47 tRNAs. Gene related to transportation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) was found in the genome of strain DHUNG17T. According to the genotypic, phylogenetic and chemotaxonomic data, strain DHUNG17T represents a novel species within the genus Sphingopyxis, for which the name Sphingopyxis lutea sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is DHUNG17T (= KACC 21746T = NBRC 114643T).
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Vanwijnsberghe S, Peeters C, Cnockaert M, De Canck E, Vandamme P. Paraburkholderia gardini sp. nov. and Paraburkholderia saeva sp. nov.: novel aromatic compound degrading bacteria isolated from garden and forest soil samples. Syst Appl Microbiol 2022; 45:126318. [DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2022.126318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2021] [Revised: 02/28/2022] [Accepted: 03/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Zhao L, Brugel S, Ramasamy KP, Andersson A. Response of Coastal Shewanella and Duganella Bacteria to Planktonic and Terrestrial Food Substrates. Front Microbiol 2022; 12:726844. [PMID: 35250896 PMCID: PMC8888917 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.726844] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2021] [Accepted: 12/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Global warming scenarios indicate that in subarctic regions, the precipitation will increase in the future. Coastal bacteria will thus receive increasing organic carbon sources from land runoff. How such changes will affect the function and taxonomic composition of coastal bacteria is poorly known. We performed a 10-day experiment with two isolated bacteria: Shewanella baltica from a seaside location and Duganella sp. from a river mouth, and provided them with a plankton and a river extract as food substrate. The bacterial growth and carbon consumption were monitored over the experimental period. Shewanella and Duganella consumed 40% and 30% of the plankton extract, respectively, while the consumption of the river extract was low for both bacteria, ∼1%. Shewanella showed the highest bacterial growth efficiency (BGE) (12%) when grown on plankton extract, while when grown on river extract, the BGE was only 1%. Duganella showed low BGE when grown on plankton extract (< 1%) and slightly higher BGE when grown on river extract (2%). The cell growth yield of Duganella was higher than that of Shewanella when grown on river extract. These results indicate that Duganella is more adapted to terrestrial organic substrates with low nutritional availability, while Shewanella is adapted to eutrophied conditions. The different growth performance of the bacteria could be traced to genomic variations. A closely related genome of Shewanella was shown to harbor genes for the sequestration of autochthonously produced carbon substrates, while Duganella contained genes for the degradation of relatively refractive terrestrial organic matter. The results may reflect the influence of environmental drivers on bacterial community composition in natural aquatic environments. Elevated inflows of terrestrial organic matter to coastal areas in subarctic regions would lead to increased occurrence of bacteria adapted to the degradation of complex terrestrial compounds with a low bioavailability.
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- Li Zhao
- Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
- Umeå Marine Sciences Centre, Umeå University, Hörnefors, Sweden
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- Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
- Umeå Marine Sciences Centre, Umeå University, Hörnefors, Sweden
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- Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
- Umeå Marine Sciences Centre, Umeå University, Hörnefors, Sweden
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- Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
- Umeå Marine Sciences Centre, Umeå University, Hörnefors, Sweden
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Genetic and Comparative Genome Analysis of Exiguobacterium aurantiacum SW-20, a Petroleum-Degrading Bacteria with Salt Tolerance and Heavy Metal-Tolerance Isolated from Produced Water of Changqing Oilfield, China. Microorganisms 2021; 10:microorganisms10010066. [PMID: 35056515 PMCID: PMC8779447 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms10010066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2021] [Revised: 12/27/2021] [Accepted: 12/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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The genome of Exiguobacterium aurantiacum SW-20 (E. aurantiacum SW-20), a salt-tolerant microorganism with petroleum hydrocarbon-degrading ability isolated from the Changqing Oilfield, was sequenced and analyzed. Genomic data mining even comparative transcriptomics revealed that some genes existed in SW-20 might be related to the salt tolerance. Besides, genes related to petroleum hydrocarbon degradation discovered in genomic clusters were also found in the genome, indicating that these genes have a certain potential in the bioremediation of petroleum pollutants. Multiple natural product biosynthesis gene clusters were detected, which was critical for survival in the extreme conditions. Transcriptomic studies revealed that some genes were significantly up-regulated as salinity increased, implying that these genes might be related to the salt tolerance of SW-20 when living in a high salt environment. In our study, gene clusters including salt tolerance, heavy metal tolerance and alkane degradation were all compared. When the same functional gene clusters from different strains, it was discovered that the gene composition differed. Comparative genomics and in-depth analysis provided insights into the physiological features and adaptation strategies of E. aurantiacum SW-20 in the oilfield environment. Our research increased the understanding of niches adaption of SW-20 at genomic level.
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Méndez García M, García de Llasera MP. A review on the enzymes and metabolites identified by mass spectrometry from bacteria and microalgae involved in the degradation of high molecular weight PAHs. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2021; 797:149035. [PMID: 34303250 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.149035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2021] [Revised: 07/09/2021] [Accepted: 07/10/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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High molecular weight PAHs (HMW PAHs) are dangerous pollutants widely distributed in the environment. The use of microorganisms represents an important tool for HMW PAHs bioremediation, so, the understanding of their biochemical pathways facilitates the development of biodegradation strategies. For this reason, the potential role of species of microalgae, bacteria, and microalga-bacteria consortia in the degradation of HMW PAHs is discussed. The identification of their metabolites, mostly by GC-MS and LC-MS, allows a better approach to the enzymes involved in the key steps of the metabolic pathways of HMW PAHs biodegradation. So, this review intends to address the proteomic research on enzyme activities and their involvement in regulating essential biochemical functions that help bacteria and microalgae in the biodegradation processes of HMW PAHs. It is noteworthy that, given that to the best of our knowledge, this is the first review focused on the mass spectrometry identification of the HMW PAHs metabolites; whereby and due to the great concern of the presence of HMW PAHs in the environment, this material could help the urgency of developing new bioremediation methods. The elucidation of the metabolic pathways of persistent pollutant degrading microorganisms should lead to a better knowledge of the enzymes involved, which could contribute to a very ecological route to the control of environmental contamination in the future.
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- Manuel Méndez García
- Facultad de Química, Departamento de Química Analítica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, México, D. F. 04510, Mexico
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- Facultad de Química, Departamento de Química Analítica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad Universitaria, México, D. F. 04510, Mexico.
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Iizaka Y, Sherman DH, Anzai Y. An overview of the cytochrome P450 enzymes that catalyze the same-site multistep oxidation reactions in biotechnologically relevant selected actinomycete strains. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2021; 105:2647-2661. [PMID: 33710358 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-021-11216-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2020] [Revised: 02/17/2021] [Accepted: 02/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Cytochrome P450 enzymes (P450s) are one of the major factors responsible for the diversity of metabolites produced through many biosynthetic and biodegradative processes in actinomycetes. P450s typically catalyze a single oxidative modification; however, several P450s have been identified with the unique ability to iteratively oxidize the same-site of the substrate. These P450s are capable of forming diverse compounds that affect biological processes, including alcohols, ketones, aldehydes, and carboxylic acids. Although further structural and functional studies are needed to elucidate the mechanisms that allow multistep oxidative modification, recent studies have revealed the enzymatic properties and reaction mechanisms of these P450s. This mini-review covers the current knowledge of P450s that catalyze the multistep oxidation reactions and contribute to the production of a wide variety of metabolites by selected actinomycete strains, along with insights into their application and utility. Understanding the characteristics of these remarkable enzymes will facilitate their utilization in biotechnological applications to create biologically active and other high-value compounds. KEY POINTS: • The multistep oxidation by P450s plays a key role in the diversity of metabolites. • The mechanisms that enable P450s to catalyze iterative oxidation remains unknown. • The effective use of P450s that iteratively oxidize the same-site is discussed.
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- Yohei Iizaka
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Toho University, 2-2-1 Miyama, Funabashi, Chiba, 274-8510, Japan.
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- Life Sciences Institute, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Chemistry, and Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Toho University, 2-2-1 Miyama, Funabashi, Chiba, 274-8510, Japan
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Miao LL, Qu J, Liu ZP. Hydroxylation at Multiple Positions Initiated the Biodegradation of Indeno[1,2,3-cd]Pyrene in Rhodococcus aetherivorans IcdP1. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:568381. [PMID: 33072027 PMCID: PMC7536264 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.568381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2020] [Accepted: 08/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Nowadays, contamination by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) has become a serious problem all over the world; in particular, high-molecular-weight PAHs (HWM PAHs, four to seven rings) are more harmful to human health and environment due to their more complex structure and metabolic pathway. Biodegradation of PAHs with six or more rings, such as indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene (IcdP), was rarely described. An IcdP-degrading strain, Rhodococcus aetherivorans IcdP1, was isolated from HWM PAH-contaminated soil. It could grow on and efficiently degrade various HWM PAHs, such as IcdP, benzo[a]pyrene, and benzo[j]fluoranthene. It showed highest degrading ability toward IcdP (> 70% within 10 days). The IcdP degradation was initiated by ring hydroxylation with multiple pathways, including the hydroxylation at the 1,2 and 7,8 positions, according to the relevant metabolites detected, e.g., cyclopenta[cd]pyrene-3,4-dicarboxylic acid and 2,3-dimethoxy-2,3-dihydrofluoranthene. The transcriptional patterns of the genes encoding ring-hydroxylating oxygenases (RHOs) and cytochrome P450 monooxygenases (CYP450s) under the induction of IcdP, pyrene, and benzo[b]fluoranthene (BbF) were compared to determine the key initial RHOs in the conversion of IcdP. The expression of genes encoding RHOs 1892-1894, 1917-1920, and 4740-4741 was induced strictly by IcdP, and the amino acid sequences of these proteins showed very low identities with their homologs. These results suggested that IcdP was degraded through a dioxygenation-initiated metabolism pattern, and RHOs 1892-1894, 1917-1920, and 4740-4741 responded to the initial ring cleavage of IcdP through 1,2-dihydrodiol or 7,8-dihydrodiol. The studies would contribute to the understanding of the molecular mechanism of initial degradation of IcdP.
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- Li-Li Miao
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.,Shandong Key Laboratory of Biophysics, Shandong Engineering Laboratory of Porcine Health Big Data and Intelligent Monitoring, Institute of Biophysics, Dezhou University, Dezhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Zheng R, Sun C. Sphingosinithalassobacter tenebrarum sp. nov., isolated from a deep-sea cold seep. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5561-5566. [PMID: 32924915 DOI: 10.1099/ijsem.0.004448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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A Gram-stain-negative, facultatively anaerobic, yellow-pigmented, non-motile, rod-shaped bacterium, designated zrk23T, was isolated from a deep-sea cold seep. The strain was characterized by a polyphasic approach to clarify its taxonomic position. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequences placed zrk23T within the genus Sphingosinithalassobacter and showed the highest similarity to Sphingosinithalassobacter portus FM6T (97.93 %). Growth occurs at temperatures from 16 to 45 °C (optimum, 30 °C), at pH values between pH 6.0 and 8.5 (optimum, pH 7.0) and in 0-5.0 % (w/v) NaCl (optimum, 1.5 %). The major fatty acids were C16 : 0, C14 : 0 2-OH and summed feature 8 (C18 : 1ω7c and/or C18 : 1ω6c). The major isoprenoid quinone was ubiquinone-10. Predominant polar lipids were diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylglycerol, one unidentified phosphoglycolipid, three unidentified glycolipids and three unidentified phospholipids. The G+C content of the genomic DNA was 64.69 %. The average nucleotide identity values between zrk23T and the most closely related available genome, of Sphingosinithalassobacter portus FM6T, was 82.21 %, indicating that zrk23T was clearly distinguished from S. portus. The analysis of genome sequence of zrk23T revealed that there were many genes associated with degradation of aromatic compounds existing in the genome of zrk23T. As a result of the combination of the results of phylogenetic analysis and phenotypic and chemotaxonomic data, zrk23T was considered to represent a novel species of the genus Sphingosinithalassobacter, for which the name Sphingosinithalassobacter tenebrarum sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is zrk23T (=KCTC 72896T=MCCC 1K04416T).
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- Rikuan Zheng
- Center of Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, PR China
- College of Earth Science, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, PR China
- Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266071, PR China
- Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, PR China
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- Laboratory for Marine Biology and Biotechnology, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao 266071, PR China
- Key Laboratory of Experimental Marine Biology, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao 266071, PR China
- Center of Ocean Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, PR China
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Pereira AC, Ramos B, Reis AC, Cunha MV. Non-Tuberculous Mycobacteria: Molecular and Physiological Bases of Virulence and Adaptation to Ecological Niches. Microorganisms 2020; 8:microorganisms8091380. [PMID: 32916931 PMCID: PMC7563442 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms8091380] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2020] [Revised: 09/06/2020] [Accepted: 09/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are paradigmatic colonizers of the total environment, circulating at the interfaces of the atmosphere, lithosphere, hydrosphere, biosphere, and anthroposphere. Their striking adaptive ecology on the interconnection of multiple spheres results from the combination of several biological features related to their exclusive hydrophobic and lipid-rich impermeable cell wall, transcriptional regulation signatures, biofilm phenotype, and symbiosis with protozoa. This unique blend of traits is reviewed in this work, with highlights to the prodigious plasticity and persistence hallmarks of NTM in a wide diversity of environments, from extreme natural milieus to microniches in the human body. Knowledge on the taxonomy, evolution, and functional diversity of NTM is updated, as well as the molecular and physiological bases for environmental adaptation, tolerance to xenobiotics, and infection biology in the human and non-human host. The complex interplay between individual, species-specific and ecological niche traits contributing to NTM resilience across ecosystems are also explored. This work hinges current understandings of NTM, approaching their biology and heterogeneity from several angles and reinforcing the complexity of these microorganisms often associated with a multiplicity of diseases, including pulmonary, soft-tissue, or milliary. In addition to emphasizing the cornerstones of knowledge involving these bacteria, we identify research gaps that need to be addressed, stressing out the need for decision-makers to recognize NTM infection as a public health issue that has to be tackled, especially when considering an increasingly susceptible elderly and immunocompromised population in developed countries, as well as in low- or middle-income countries, where NTM infections are still highly misdiagnosed and neglected.
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- André C. Pereira
- Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes (cE3c), Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal; (A.C.P.); (B.R.); (A.C.R.)
- Biosystems & Integrative Sciences Institute (BioISI), Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes (cE3c), Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal; (A.C.P.); (B.R.); (A.C.R.)
- Biosystems & Integrative Sciences Institute (BioISI), Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes (cE3c), Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal; (A.C.P.); (B.R.); (A.C.R.)
- Biosystems & Integrative Sciences Institute (BioISI), Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal
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- Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes (cE3c), Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal; (A.C.P.); (B.R.); (A.C.R.)
- Biosystems & Integrative Sciences Institute (BioISI), Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +351-217-500-000 (ext. 22461)
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Wolf DC, Cryder Z, Khoury R, Carlan C, Gan J. Bioremediation of PAH-contaminated shooting range soil using integrated approaches. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2020; 726:138440. [PMID: 32315846 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2020] [Revised: 04/02/2020] [Accepted: 04/02/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Serious contamination of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) occurs at outdoor shooting ranges due to the accumulation of clay target fragments containing coal tar or petroleum pitch. These contaminated sites are characterized with high-molecular-weight PAHs that are low in bioavailability and recalcitrant to bioremediation. We evaluated the effectiveness of different remediation strategies, used individually or in combinations, to decontaminate PAHs in a shooting range soil. The treatments included vegetation with bermudagrass [Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers] or switchgrass [Panicum virgatum]), bioaugmentation of Mycobacterium vanbaalenii PYR-1, and addition of surfactants (Brij-35, rhamnolipid biosurfactant, or Brij-35/sodium dodecyl sulfate mixture). The initial total PAH concentration in the shooting range soil was 373 mg/kg and consisted of primarily high-molecular-weight PAHs (84%). Planting of bermudagrass and switchgrass resulted in 36% and 27% ∑16PAH reduction compared to the non-vegetated control, respectively. Bermudagrass enhanced soil dehydrogenase activity and both vegetation treatments also increased polyphenol oxidase activity. Bioaugmentation of M. vanbaalenii PYR-1 had a significant effect only on the dissipation of high-molecular-weight PAHs, leading to a 15% decrease (∑10PAH) compared to the control. In the non-vegetated soil, Brij-35/sodium dodecyl sulfate mixture increased PAH degradation compared to the no surfactant control. The increased PAH biodegradation in the vegetated and bioaugmented treatments improved lettuce [Lactuca sativa] seed germination, suggesting reduced toxicity in the treated soils. Phytoremediation using bermudagrass or switchgrass with bioaugmentation of M. vanbaalenii PYR-1 was an effective in situ remediation option for shooting range soils with heavy PAH contamination.
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- D C Wolf
- Department of Environmental Sciences, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, United States of America.
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, United States of America
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, United States of America
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- Department of Neuroscience, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, United States of America
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- Department of Environmental Sciences, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, United States of America
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Kweon O, Kim SJ, Kim JH, Nho SW, Bae D, Chon J, Hart M, Baek DH, Kim YC, Wang W, Kim SK, Sutherland JB, Cerniglia CE. CYPminer: an automated cytochrome P450 identification, classification, and data analysis tool for genome data sets across kingdoms. BMC Bioinformatics 2020; 21:160. [PMID: 32349673 PMCID: PMC7191761 DOI: 10.1186/s12859-020-3473-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2019] [Accepted: 03/27/2020] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Background Cytochrome P450 monooxygenases (termed CYPs or P450s) are hemoproteins ubiquitously found across all kingdoms, playing a central role in intracellular metabolism, especially in metabolism of drugs and xenobiotics. The explosive growth of genome sequencing brings a new set of challenges and issues for researchers, such as a systematic investigation of CYPs across all kingdoms in terms of identification, classification, and pan-CYPome analyses. Such investigation requires an automated tool that can handle an enormous amount of sequencing data in a timely manner. Results CYPminer was developed in the Python language to facilitate rapid, comprehensive analysis of CYPs from genomes of all kingdoms. CYPminer consists of two procedures i) to generate the Genome-CYP Matrix (GCM) that lists all occurrences of CYPs across the genomes, and ii) to perform analyses and visualization of the GCM, including pan-CYPomes (pan- and core-CYPome), CYP co-occurrence networks, CYP clouds, and genome clustering data. The performance of CYPminer was evaluated with three datasets from fungal and bacterial genome sequences. Conclusions CYPminer completes CYP analyses for large-scale genomes from all kingdoms, which allows systematic genome annotation and comparative insights for CYPs. CYPminer also can be extended and adapted easily for broader usage.
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- Ohgew Kweon
- Division of Microbiology, National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR)/U.S. FDA, Jefferson, AR, 72079, USA
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- Division of Microbiology, National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR)/U.S. FDA, Jefferson, AR, 72079, USA
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- Division of Microbiology, National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR)/U.S. FDA, Jefferson, AR, 72079, USA
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- Division of Microbiology, National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR)/U.S. FDA, Jefferson, AR, 72079, USA
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- Division of Microbiology, National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR)/U.S. FDA, Jefferson, AR, 72079, USA
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- Division of Microbiology, National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR)/U.S. FDA, Jefferson, AR, 72079, USA
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- Department of Oral Microbiology and Immunology, School of Dentistry, Dankook University, Yongin, 16889, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Microbiology, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, 28644, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Business Information Systems, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, AR, 72204, USA
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- Department of Business Information Systems, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, AR, 72204, USA
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- Division of Microbiology, National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR)/U.S. FDA, Jefferson, AR, 72079, USA
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- Division of Microbiology, National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR)/U.S. FDA, Jefferson, AR, 72079, USA.
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Lau ICK, Feyereisen R, Nelson DR, Bell SG. Analysis and preliminary characterisation of the cytochrome P450 monooxygenases from Frankia sp. EuI1c (Frankia inefficax sp.). Arch Biochem Biophys 2019; 669:11-21. [PMID: 31082352 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2019.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2019] [Revised: 05/09/2019] [Accepted: 05/09/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Frankia bacteria are nitrogen fixing species from the Actinobacterium phylum which live on the root nodules of plants. They have been hypothesised to have significant potential for natural product biosynthesis. The cytochrome P450 monooxygenase complement of Frankia sp. EuI1c (Frankia inefficax sp.), which comprises 68 members, was analysed. Several members belonged to previously uncharacterised bacterial P450 families. There was an unusually high number of CYP189 family members (21) suggesting that this family has undergone gene duplication events which are classified as "blooms". The likely electron transfer partners for the P450 enzymes were also identified and analysed. These consisted of predominantly [3Fe-4S] cluster containing ferredoxins (eight), a single [2Fe-2S] ferredoxin and a couple of ferredoxin reductases. Three of these CYP family members were produced and purified, using Escherichia coli as a host, and their substrate range was characterised. CYP1027H1 and CYP150A20 bound a broad range of norisoprenoids and terpenoids. CYP1074A2 was highly specific for certain steroids including testosterone, progesterone, stanolone and 4-androstene-3,17-dione. It is likely that steroids are the physiological substrates of CYP1074A2. These results also give an indication that terpenoids are the likely substrates of CYP1027H1 and CYP150A2. The large number of P450s belonging to distinct families as well as the associated electron transfer partners found in different Frankia strains highlights the importance of this family of enzymes has in the secondary metabolism of these bacteria.
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- Ian C K Lau
- Department of Chemistry, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Dept. of Microbiology, Immunology and Biochemistry, 858 Madison Ave. Suite G01, Memphis, TN, 38163, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, 5005, Australia.
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Dimitrov SD, Dermen IA, Dimitrova NH, Vasilev KG, Schultz TW, Mekenyan OG. Mechanistic relationship between biodegradation and bioaccumulation. Practical outcomes. Regul Toxicol Pharmacol 2019; 107:104411. [PMID: 31226393 DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2019.104411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2019] [Revised: 06/04/2019] [Accepted: 06/17/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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According to the REACH Regulation, for all substances manufactured or imported in amounts of 10 or more tons per year, that are not exempted from the registration requirement, a Chemical Safety Assessment (CSA) must be conducted. According to CSA criteria, for these substances persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic (PBT), and very persistent and very bioaccumulative (vPvB) assessment is requested. In order to reduce the number of applications of the expensive bioaccumulation test it seems useful to search thresholds for other related parameters above which no bioaccumulation is observed. Given the known relationship between ready biodegradability and bioaccumulation, one such parameter is biodegradation. This article addresses this relationship in searching for BOD threshold above which no vB and B chemicals could be observed. It was found that the regulatory criteria for persistency could be used for identification of not vB and B chemicals. In addition, fish liver metabolism is determined as the most significant factor in reducing of maximum bioaccumulation potential of the chemicals. It was found that parameters associated with the models simulating fish metabolism could be also used for identification of not vB and B chemicals.
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- Sabcho D Dimitrov
- Laboratory of Mathematical Chemistry, University "Prof. As. Zlatarov", 8010, Bourgas, Bulgaria
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- Laboratory of Mathematical Chemistry, University "Prof. As. Zlatarov", 8010, Bourgas, Bulgaria.
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- Laboratory of Mathematical Chemistry, University "Prof. As. Zlatarov", 8010, Bourgas, Bulgaria.
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- Laboratory of Mathematical Chemistry, University "Prof. As. Zlatarov", 8010, Bourgas, Bulgaria.
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- The University of Tennessee, College of Veterinary Medicine, 2407 River Drive, Knoxville, TN, 37996-4500, USA.
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- Laboratory of Mathematical Chemistry, University "Prof. As. Zlatarov", 8010, Bourgas, Bulgaria.
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Child SA, Flint KL, Bruning JB, Bell SG. The characterisation of two members of the cytochrome P450 CYP150 family: CYP150A5 and CYP150A6 from Mycobacterium marinum. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2019; 1863:925-934. [PMID: 30826435 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2019.02.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2018] [Revised: 02/20/2019] [Accepted: 02/27/2019] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Actinobacteria, including the Mycobacteria, have a large component of cytochrome P450 family monooxygenases. This includes Mycobacterium tuberculosis, M. ulcerans and M. marinum, and M. vanbaalenii. These enzymes can abstract CH bonds and have important roles in natural product biosynthesis. METHODS Two members of the bacterial CYP150 family, CYP150A5 and CYP150A6 from M. marinum, were produced, purified and characterised. The potential substrate ranges of both enzymes were analysed and the monooxygenase activity of CYP150A5 was reconstituted using a physiological electron transfer partner system. CYP150A6 was structurally characterised by X-ray crystallography. RESULTS CYP150A5 was shown to bind various norisoprenoids and terpenoids. It could regioselectively hydroxylate β-ionol. The X-ray crystal structure of substrate-free CYP150A6 was solved to 1.5 Å. This displayed an open conformation with short F and G helices, an unresolved F-G loop region and exposed active site pocket. The active site residues could be identified and important variations were found among the CYP150A enzymes. Haem-binding azole inhibitors were identified for both enzymes. CONCLUSIONS The structure of CYP150A6 will facilitate the identification of physiological substrates and the design of better inhibitors for members of this P450 family. Based on the observed differences in substrate binding preference and sequence variations among the active site residues, their roles are predicted to be different. GENERAL SIGNIFICANCE Multiple CYP150 family members were found in many bacteria and are prevalent in the Mycobacteria including several human pathogens. Inhibition and structural data are reported here for these enzymes for the first time.
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- Stella A Child
- Department of Chemistry, University of Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia.
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Guo F, Zhang T, Li B, Wang Z, Ju F, Liang YT. Mycobacterial species and their contribution to cholesterol degradation in wastewater treatment plants. Sci Rep 2019; 9:836. [PMID: 30696864 PMCID: PMC6351609 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-37332-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2018] [Accepted: 12/04/2018] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Mycobacterium often presents as an abundant bacterial genus in activated sludge in many wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), but the species-level taxonomy and functions remain poorly understood. In this study, we profiled the mycobacterial communities in eleven WWTPs from five countries by pyrosequencing the rpoB amplicons and searching against a customized database of mycobacterial rpoB sequences. Results indicated that major mycobacterial species were related to M. brumae, M. crocinum, M. sphagni, etc., most of which belong to poorly characterized rapidly-growing group. A few opportunistic pathogenic species were detected, suggesting the potential risk of mycobacteria in WWTPs. Genomic analysis of four isolates from activated sludge indicated these genomes contained genes of degradations of alkane, aromatics, steroids and a variety of cytochrome P450 families. Additionally, a few key genes responsible for cholesterol degradation were detected in a full-scale activated sludge metatranscriptomic dataset reported previously and taxonomically assigned to mycobacteria. Evidence showed that all isolates can degrade cholesterol, a major composition of sewage. Relative abundance of mycobacteria in activated sludge was enriched by 4.7 folds after adding cholesterol into the influent for one week. Our results provided the insights into mycobacterial species and functions in WWTPs.
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- Feng Guo
- School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.
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- Environmental Biotechnology Laboratory, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Key Laboratory of Microorganism Application and Risk Control of Shenzhen, Graduate School at Shenzhen, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, China
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- School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
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- Environmental Biotechnology Laboratory, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China
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Child SA, Bradley JM, Pukala TL, Svistunenko DA, Le Brun NE, Bell SG. Electron transfer ferredoxins with unusual cluster binding motifs support secondary metabolism in many bacteria. Chem Sci 2018; 9:7948-7957. [PMID: 30542550 PMCID: PMC6237146 DOI: 10.1039/c8sc01286e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2018] [Accepted: 08/21/2018] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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The proteins responsible for controlling electron transfer in bacterial secondary metabolism are not always known or characterised. Here we demonstrate that many bacteria contain a set of unfamiliar ferredoxin encoding genes which are associated with those of cytochrome P450 (CYP) monooxygenases and as such are involved in anabolic and catabolic metabolism. The model organism Mycobacterium marinum M contains eleven of these genes which encode [3Fe-4S] or [4Fe-4S] single cluster containing ferredoxins but which have unusual iron-sulfur cluster binding motif sequences, CXX?XXC(X) n CP, where '?' indicates a variable amino acid residue. Rather than a cysteine residue, which is highly conserved in [4Fe-4S] clusters, or alanine or glycine residues, which are common in [3Fe-4S] ferredoxins, these genes encode at this position histidine, asparagine, tyrosine, serine, threonine or phenylalanine. We have purified, characterised and reconstituted the activity of several of these CYP/electron transfer partner systems and show that all those examined contain a [3Fe-4S] cluster. Furthermore, the ferredoxin used and the identity of the variable motif residue in these proteins affects the functionality of the monooxygenase system and has a significant influence on the redox properties of the ferredoxins. Similar ferredoxin encoding genes were identified across Mycobacterium species, including in the pathogenic M. tuberculosis and M. ulcerans, as well as in a wide range of other bacteria such as Rhodococcus and Streptomyces. In the majority of instances these are associated with CYP genes. These ferredoxin systems are important in controlling electron transfer across bacterial secondary metabolite production processes which include antibiotic and pigment formation among others.
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- Stella A Child
- Department of Chemistry , University of Adelaide , SA 5005 , Australia .
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- Centre for Molecular and Structural Biochemistry , School of Chemistry , University of East Anglia , Norwich Research Park , Norwich , NR4 7TJ , UK
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Adelaide , SA 5005 , Australia .
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- School of Biological Sciences , University of Essex , Wivenhoe Park , Colchester CO4 3SQ , UK
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- Centre for Molecular and Structural Biochemistry , School of Chemistry , University of East Anglia , Norwich Research Park , Norwich , NR4 7TJ , UK
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- Department of Chemistry , University of Adelaide , SA 5005 , Australia .
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Aberrant GSH reductase and NOX activities concur with defective CFTR to pro-oxidative imbalance in cystic fibrosis airways. J Bioenerg Biomembr 2018. [PMID: 29524019 DOI: 10.1007/s10863-018-9748-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Cystic fibrosis (CF) is associated to impaired Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (CFTR) channel also causing decreased glutathione (GSH) secretion, defective airway bacterial clearance and inflammation. Here we checked the main ROS-producing and ROS-scavenging enzymes as potential additional factors involved in CF pathogenesis. We found that CFBE41o-cells, expressing F508del CFTR, have increased NADPH oxidase (NOX) activity and expression level, mainly responsible of the increased ROS production, and decreased glutathione reductase (GR) activity, not dependent on GR protein level decrease. Furthermore, defective CFTR proved to cause both extracellular and intracellular GSH level decrease, probably by reducing the amount of extracellular GSH-derived cysteine required for cytosolic GSH synthesis. Importantly, we provide evidence that defective CFTR and NOX/GR activity imbalance both contribute to NADPH and GSH level decrease and ROS overproduction in CF cells.
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Structural and functional characterisation of the cytochrome P450 enzyme CYP268A2 from Mycobacterium marinum. Biochem J 2018; 475:705-722. [DOI: 10.1042/bcj20170946] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2017] [Revised: 01/10/2018] [Accepted: 01/16/2018] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Members of the cytochrome P450 monooxygenase family CYP268 are found across a broad range of Mycobacterium species including the pathogens Mycobacterium avium, M. colombiense, M. kansasii, and M. marinum. CYP268A2, from M. marinum, which is the first member of this family to be studied, was purified and characterised. CYP268A2 was found to bind a variety of substrates with high affinity, including branched and straight chain fatty acids (C10–C12), acetate esters, and aromatic compounds. The enzyme was also found to bind phenylimidazole inhibitors but not larger azoles, such as ketoconazole. The monooxygenase activity of CYP268A2 was efficiently reconstituted using heterologous electron transfer partner proteins. CYP268A2 hydroxylated geranyl acetate and trans-pseudoionone at a terminal methyl group to yield (2E,6E)-8-hydroxy-3,7-dimethylocta-2,6-dien-1-yl acetate and (3E,5E,9E)-11-hydroxy-6,10-dimethylundeca-3,5,9-trien-2-one, respectively. The X-ray crystal structure of CYP268A2 was solved to a resolution of 2.0 Å with trans-pseudoionone bound in the active site. The overall structure was similar to that of the related phytanic acid monooxygenase CYP124A1 enzyme from Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which shares 41% sequence identity. The active site is predominantly hydrophobic, but includes the Ser99 and Gln209 residues which form hydrogen bonds with the terminal carbonyl group of the pseudoionone. The structure provided an explanation on why CYP268A2 shows a preference for shorter substrates over the longer chain fatty acids which bind to CYP124A1 and the selective nature of the catalysed monooxygenase activity.
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Sowada J, Lemoine L, Schön K, Hutzler C, Luch A, Tralau T. Toxification of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by commensal bacteria from human skin. Arch Toxicol 2017; 91:2331-2341. [PMID: 28378121 PMCID: PMC5429354 DOI: 10.1007/s00204-017-1964-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2016] [Accepted: 03/21/2017] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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The ubiquitous occurrence of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) leads to constant human exposure at low levels. Toxicologically relevant are especially the high-molecular weight substances due to their (pro-)carcinogenic potential. Following ingestion or uptake, the eukaryotic phase I metabolism often activates these substances to become potent DNA binders, and unsurprisingly metabolism and DNA-adduct formation of model substances such as benzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P) are well studied. However, apart from being subjected to eukaryotic transformations PAHs are also carbon and energy sources for the myriads of commensal microbes inhabiting man's every surface. Yet, we know little about the microbiome's PAH-metabolism capacity and its potentially adverse impact on the human host. This study now shows that readily isolable skin commensals transform B[a]P into a range of highly cyto- and genotoxic metabolites that are excreted in toxicologically relevant concentrations during growth. The respective bacterial supernatants contain a mixture of established eukaryotic as well as hitherto unknown prokaryotic metabolites, the combination of which leads to an increased toxicity. Altogether we show that PAH metabolism of the microbiome has to be considered a potential hazard.
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- Juliane Sowada
- Department of Chemical and Product Safety, German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), Max-Dohrn-Strasse 8-10, 10589, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Chemical and Product Safety, German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), Max-Dohrn-Strasse 8-10, 10589, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Chemical and Product Safety, German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), Max-Dohrn-Strasse 8-10, 10589, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Chemical and Product Safety, German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), Max-Dohrn-Strasse 8-10, 10589, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Chemical and Product Safety, German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), Max-Dohrn-Strasse 8-10, 10589, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Chemical and Product Safety, German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), Max-Dohrn-Strasse 8-10, 10589, Berlin, Germany.
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Zychowski GV, Godard-Codding CAJ. Reptilian exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and associated effects. ENVIRONMENTAL TOXICOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY 2017; 36:25-35. [PMID: 27557365 DOI: 10.1002/etc.3602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2016] [Accepted: 08/16/2016] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Reptiles are an underrepresented taxon in ecotoxicological literature, and the means by which toxicants play a role in population declines are only partially understood. Among the contaminants of interest for reptiles are polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), a class of organic compounds that is already a concern for numerous other taxa. The objectives of the present review are to summarize the existing literature on reptilian exposure to PAHs and synthesize general conclusions, to identify knowledge gaps within this niche of research, and to suggest future directions for research. Results confirm a relative scarcity of information on reptilian exposure to PAHs, although research continues to grow, particularly after significant contamination events. The orders Testudines and Squamata are better represented than the orders Crocodilia and Rhynchocephalia. For the taxonomic orders with relevant literature (all but Rhynchocephalia), some species are more frequently represented than others. Few studies establish solid cause-effect relationships after reptilian exposure to PAHs, and many more studies are suggestive of effect or increased risk of effect. Despite the scarcity of information in this area, researchers have already employed a wide variety of approaches to address PAH-related questions for reptiles, including molecular techniques, modeling, and field surveys. As more research is completed, a thoughtful interpretation of available and emerging data is necessary to make the most effective use of this information. Environ Toxicol Chem 2017;36:25-35. © 2016 SETAC.
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- Gregory V Zychowski
- The Institute of Environmental and Human Health, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, USA
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Luo A, Wu YR, Xu Y, Kan J, Qiao J, Liang L, Huang T, Hu Z. Characterization of a cytochrome P450 monooxygenase capable of high molecular weight PAHs oxidization from Rhodococcus sp. P14. Process Biochem 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.procbio.2016.07.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Dynamic Response of Mycobacterium vanbaalenii PYR-1 to BP Deepwater Horizon Crude Oil. Appl Environ Microbiol 2015; 81:4263-76. [PMID: 25888169 DOI: 10.1128/aem.00730-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/06/2015] [Accepted: 04/09/2015] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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We investigated the response of the hydrocarbon-degrading Mycobacterium vanbaalenii PYR-1 to crude oil from the BP Deepwater Horizon (DWH) spill, using substrate depletion, genomic, and proteome analyses. M. vanbaalenii PYR-1 cultures were incubated with BP DWH crude oil, and proteomes and degradation of alkanes and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were analyzed at four time points over 30 days. Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) analysis showed a chain length-dependent pattern of alkane degradation, with C12 and C13 being degraded at the highest rate, although alkanes up to C28 were degraded. Whereas phenanthrene and pyrene were completely degraded, a significantly smaller amount of fluoranthene was degraded. Proteome analysis identified 3,948 proteins, with 876 and 1,859 proteins up- and downregulated, respectively. We observed dynamic changes in protein expression during BP crude oil incubation, including transcriptional factors and transporters potentially involved in adaptation to crude oil. The proteome also provided a molecular basis for the metabolism of the aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbon components in the BP DWH crude oil, which included upregulation of AlkB alkane hydroxylase and an expression pattern of PAH-metabolizing enzymes different from those in previous proteome expression studies of strain PYR-1 incubated with pure or mixed PAHs, particularly the ring-hydroxylating oxygenase (RHO) responsible for the initial oxidation of aromatic hydrocarbons. Based on these results, a comprehensive cellular response of M. vanbaalenii PYR-1 to BP crude oil was proposed. This study increases our fundamental understanding of the impact of crude oil on the cellular response of bacteria and provides data needed for development of practical bioremediation applications.
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Kweon O, Kim SJ, Blom J, Kim SK, Kim BS, Baek DH, Park SI, Sutherland JB, Cerniglia CE. Comparative functional pan-genome analyses to build connections between genomic dynamics and phenotypic evolution in polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon metabolism in the genus Mycobacterium. BMC Evol Biol 2015; 15:21. [PMID: 25880171 PMCID: PMC4342237 DOI: 10.1186/s12862-015-0302-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2014] [Accepted: 01/29/2015] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background The bacterial genus Mycobacterium is of great interest in the medical and biotechnological fields. Despite a flood of genome sequencing and functional genomics data, significant gaps in knowledge between genome and phenome seriously hinder efforts toward the treatment of mycobacterial diseases and practical biotechnological applications. In this study, we propose the use of systematic, comparative functional pan-genomic analysis to build connections between genomic dynamics and phenotypic evolution in polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) metabolism in the genus Mycobacterium. Results Phylogenetic, phenotypic, and genomic information for 27 completely genome-sequenced mycobacteria was systematically integrated to reconstruct a mycobacterial phenotype network (MPN) with a pan-genomic concept at a network level. In the MPN, mycobacterial phenotypes show typical scale-free relationships. PAH degradation is an isolated phenotype with the lowest connection degree, consistent with phylogenetic and environmental isolation of PAH degraders. A series of functional pan-genomic analyses provide conserved and unique types of genomic evidence for strong epistatic and pleiotropic impacts on evolutionary trajectories of the PAH-degrading phenotype. Under strong natural selection, the detailed gene gain/loss patterns from horizontal gene transfer (HGT)/deletion events hypothesize a plausible evolutionary path, an epistasis-based birth and pleiotropy-dependent death, for PAH metabolism in the genus Mycobacterium. This study generated a practical mycobacterial compendium of phenotypic and genomic changes, focusing on the PAH-degrading phenotype, with a pan-genomic perspective of the evolutionary events and the environmental challenges. Conclusions Our findings suggest that when selection acts on PAH metabolism, only a small fraction of possible trajectories is likely to be observed, owing mainly to a combination of the ambiguous phenotypic effects of PAHs and the corresponding pleiotropy- and epistasis-dependent evolutionary adaptation. Evolutionary constraints on the selection of trajectories, like those seen in PAH-degrading phenotypes, are likely to apply to the evolution of other phenotypes in the genus Mycobacterium. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12862-015-0302-8) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Ohgew Kweon
- Division of Microbiology, National Center for Toxicological Research/FDA, Jefferson, Arkansas, USA.
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- Division of Microbiology, National Center for Toxicological Research/FDA, Jefferson, Arkansas, USA.
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- Center for Biotechnology, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.
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- Department of Management, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA.
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- Department of Life Science, Hallym University, Chuncheon, Gangwon-do, 200-702, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Oral Microbiology and Immunology, School of Dentistry, Dankook University, Chonan, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA.
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- Division of Microbiology, National Center for Toxicological Research/FDA, Jefferson, Arkansas, USA.
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- Division of Microbiology, National Center for Toxicological Research/FDA, Jefferson, Arkansas, USA.
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Choi JY, Podust LM, Roush WR. Drug strategies targeting CYP51 in neglected tropical diseases. Chem Rev 2014; 114:11242-71. [PMID: 25337991 PMCID: PMC4254036 DOI: 10.1021/cr5003134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2014] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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- Jun Yong Choi
- Department
of Chemistry, Scripps Florida, 130 Scripps Way, Jupiter, Florida 33458, United States
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- Center for Discovery and Innovation in Parasitic Diseases, and Department of
Pathology, University of California—San
Francisco, San Francisco, California 94158, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Scripps Florida, 130 Scripps Way, Jupiter, Florida 33458, United States
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Yuan H, Yao J, Masakorala K, Wang F, Cai M, Yu C. Isolation and characterization of a newly isolated pyrene-degrading Acinetobacter strain USTB-X. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2014; 21:2724-2732. [PMID: 24122268 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-013-2221-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2013] [Accepted: 10/04/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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The pryene-degradation bacterium strain USTB-X was newly isolated from the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH)-contaminated soil in Beijing Coking Plant, China. The strain was identified as Acinetobacter with respect to its 16S rDNA and morphological and physiological characteristics. The strain was Gram-negative, non-mobile, non-acid-fast, and non-spore-forming, short rods in young culture and 0.8-1.6 μm in diameter and 1.2-2.5 μm long in the stationary phase of growth. Strain USTB-X could utilize pyrene, naphthalene, fluorene, phenanthrene, benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, ethanol, methanol, and Tween 80 as sole source of carbon and energy. The strain could produce biosurfactants which enhanced the removal of pyrene and could remove 63 % of pyrene with an initial concentration of 100 mg·L-1 in 16 days without other substrates. Based on the intermediates analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, we also deduced the possible metabolic pathway of strain USTBX for pyrene biodegradation. Results indicated that the strain USTB-X had high potential to enhance the removal of PAHs in contaminated sites.
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Draft Genome Sequence of Sphingobium sp. Strain C100, a Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon-Degrading Bacterium from the Deep-Sea Sediment of the Arctic Ocean. GENOME ANNOUNCEMENTS 2014; 2:2/1/e01210-13. [PMID: 24482512 PMCID: PMC3907727 DOI: 10.1128/genomea.01210-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Sphingobium sp. strain C100 was isolated from a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH)-degrading consortium from the deep-sea sediment of the Arctic Ocean. It can degrade two- to four-ring PAHs at 25°C. Here we present the draft genome sequence of this strain, which is 4,776,810 bp with a G+C content of 63.9%.
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Draft Genome Sequence of Marinomonas sp. Strain D104, a Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon-Degrading Bacterium from the Deep-Sea Sediment of the Arctic Ocean. GENOME ANNOUNCEMENTS 2014; 2:2/1/e01211-13. [PMID: 24459272 PMCID: PMC3900904 DOI: 10.1128/genomea.01211-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Marinomonas sp. strain D104 was isolated from a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-degrading consortium enriched from deep-sea sediment from the Arctic Ocean. The draft genome sequence of D104 (approximately 3.83 Mbp) contains 62 contigs and 3,576 protein-encoding genes, with a G+C content of 44.8%.
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Kim D, Nah JH, Choi SS, Shin HS, Sherman DH, Kim ES. Biological activities of an engineered tautomycetin analogue via disruption of tmcR-encoding hydroxylase in Streptomyces sp. CK4412. J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol 2012; 39:1563-8. [PMID: 22733296 DOI: 10.1007/s10295-012-1157-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2012] [Accepted: 05/31/2012] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Tautomycetin (TMC), originally isolated from Streptomyces griseochromogenes, has been reported to possess biological functions including T cell-specific immunosuppressive and anticancer activities through a mechanism of differential inhibition of protein phosphatases such as PP1, PP2A, and SHP2. Independently isolated Streptomyces sp. CK4412 was also reported to produce a structurally identical TMC compound. Previously, we isolated and characterized the entire TMC biosynthetic gene cluster from Streptomyces sp. CK4412. In silico database comparison revealed a 1,359-bp tmcR as a putative bacterial Cytochrome P450 hydroxylase gene in the TMC biosynthetic gene cluster. Through targeted gene disruption and complementation, the tmcR mutant was confirmed to produce a C5-deoxy-TMC, the same analogue produced by the S. griseochromogenes ttnI mutant, implying that TmcR behaves as a regiospecific C5-oxygenase in the TMC biosynthetic pathway in Streptomyces sp. CK4412. In particular, the C5-deoxy-TMC from the tmcR mutant exhibited 3.2-fold higher inhibition activity toward SHP2 with significantly reduced inhibition activities toward PP1, and human Vero and lung cancer cells. These results suggested that C5 regiospecific modification of the TMC polyketide moiety may result in a drug development target for use in preferentially enhancing immunosuppressive activity while minimizing its undesirable biological activities.
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- Dongju Kim
- Department of Biological Engineering, Inha University, Incheon 402-751, Korea
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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon metabolic network in Mycobacterium vanbaalenii PYR-1. J Bacteriol 2011; 193:4326-37. [PMID: 21725022 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00215-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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This study investigated a metabolic network (MN) from Mycobacterium vanbaalenii PYR-1 for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) from the perspective of structure, behavior, and evolution, in which multilayer omics data are integrated. Initially, we utilized a high-throughput proteomic analysis to assess the protein expression response of M. vanbaalenii PYR-1 to seven different aromatic compounds. A total of 3,431 proteins (57.38% of the genome-predicted proteins) were identified, which included 160 proteins that seemed to be involved in the degradation of aromatic hydrocarbons. Based on the proteomic data and the previous metabolic, biochemical, physiological, and genomic information, we reconstructed an experiment-based system-level PAH-MN. The structure of PAH-MN, with 183 metabolic compounds and 224 chemical reactions, has a typical scale-free nature. The behavior and evolution of the PAH-MN reveals a hierarchical modularity with funnel effects in structure/function and intimate association with evolutionary modules of the functional modules, which are the ring cleavage process (RCP), side chain process (SCP), and central aromatic process (CAP). The 189 commonly upregulated proteins in all aromatic hydrocarbon treatments provide insights into the global adaptation to facilitate the PAH metabolism. Taken together, the findings of our study provide the hierarchical viewpoint from genes/proteins/metabolites to the network via functional modules of the PAH-MN equipped with the engineering-driven approaches of modularization and rationalization, which may expand our understanding of the metabolic potential of M. vanbaalenii PYR-1 for bioremediation applications.
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Tiwari JN, Reddy MMK, Patel DK, Jain SK, Murthy RC, Manickam N. Isolation of pyrene degrading Achromobacter xylooxidans and characterization of metabolic product. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 2010. [DOI: 10.1007/s11274-010-0350-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Kanaly RA, Harayama S. Advances in the field of high-molecular-weight polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon biodegradation by bacteria. Microb Biotechnol 2010; 3:136-64. [PMID: 21255317 PMCID: PMC3836582 DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7915.2009.00130.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 138] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2009] [Revised: 05/22/2009] [Accepted: 05/26/2009] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Interest in understanding prokaryotic biotransformation of high-molecular-weight polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (HMW PAHs) has continued to grow and the scientific literature shows that studies in this field are originating from research groups from many different locations throughout the world. In the last 10 years, research in regard to HMW PAH biodegradation by bacteria has been further advanced through the documentation of new isolates that represent diverse bacterial types that have been isolated from different environments and that possess different metabolic capabilities. This has occurred in addition to the continuation of in-depth comprehensive characterizations of previously isolated organisms, such as Mycobacterium vanbaalenii PYR-1. New metabolites derived from prokaryotic biodegradation of four- and five-ring PAHs have been characterized, our knowledge of the enzymes involved in these transformations has been advanced and HMW PAH biodegradation pathways have been further developed, expanded upon and refined. At the same time, investigation of prokaryotic consortia has furthered our understanding of the capabilities of microorganisms functioning as communities during HMW PAH biodegradation.
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- Robert A Kanaly
- Department of Genome Systems, Faculty of Bionanoscience, Yokohama City University, 22-2 Seto, Kanazawa-ku, Kanagawa-ken, Yokohama 236-0027, Japan.
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Actions of Mycobacterium sp. strain AP1 on the saturated- and aromatic-hydrocarbon fractions of fuel oil in a marine medium. Appl Environ Microbiol 2009; 75:6232-9. [PMID: 19666730 DOI: 10.1128/aem.02726-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The pyrene-degrading Mycobacterium sp. strain AP1 grew in nutrient-supplemented artificial seawater with a heavy fuel oil as the sole carbon source, causing the complete removal of all linear (C(12) to C(40)) and branched alkanes from the aliphatic fraction, as well as an extensive degradation of the three- and four-ring polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) phenanthrene (95%), anthracene (80%), fluoranthene (80%), pyrene (75%), and benzo(a)anthracene (30%). Alkylated PAHs, which are more abundant in crude oils than the nonsubstituted compounds, were selectively attacked at extents that varied from more than 90% for dimethylnaphthalenes, methylphenanthrenes, methylfluorenes, and methyldibenzothiophenes to about 30% for monomethylated fluoranthenes/pyrenes and trimethylated phenanthrenes and dibenzothiophenes. Identification of key metabolites indicated the utilization of phenanthrene, pyrene, and fluoranthene by known assimilatory metabolic routes, while other components were cooxidized. Detection of mono- and dimethylated phthalic acids demonstrated ring cleavage and further oxidation of alkyl PAHs. The extensive degradation of the alkanes, the two-, three-, and four-ring PAHs, and their 1-, 2-, and 3-methyl derivatives from a complex mixture of hydrocarbons by Mycobacterium sp. strain AP1 illustrates the great substrate versatility of alkane- and PAH-degrading mycobacteria.
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Degradation of pyrene by an enteric bacterium, Leclercia adecarboxylata PS4040. Biodegradation 2009; 21:59-69. [DOI: 10.1007/s10532-009-9281-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2008] [Accepted: 06/18/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Wu Y, He T, Zhong M, Zhang Y, Li E, Huang T, Hu Z. Isolation of marine benzo[a]pyrene-degrading Ochrobactrum sp. BAP5 and proteins characterization. J Environ Sci (China) 2009; 21:1446-1451. [PMID: 20000001 DOI: 10.1016/s1001-0742(08)62438-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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A bacterial strain BAP5 with a relatively high degradation ability of benzo[a]pyrene (BaP) was isolated from marine sediments of Xiamen Western Sea, China and identified as Ochrobactrum sp. according to 16S rRNA gene sequence as well as Biolog microbial identification system. Strain BAP5 could grow in mineral salt medium with 50 mg/L of BaP and degrade about 20% BaP after 30 d of incubation. Ochrobactrum sp. BAP5 was able to utilize other polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) (such as phenanthrene, pyrene and fluoranthene) as the sole carbon source and energy source, suggesting its potential application in PAHs bioremediation. The profile of total soluble protein from Ochrobactrum sp. BAP5 was also investigated. Some over- and special-expressed proteins of strain BAP5 when incubated with the presence of BaP were detected by two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, and found to be related with PAHs metabolism, DNA translation, and energy production based on peptide fingerprint analysis through matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization-time of flight mass spectrometry.
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- Yirui Wu
- Department of Biology, Science College, Shantou University, Shantou 515063, China
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Peng RH, Xiong AS, Xue Y, Fu XY, Gao F, Zhao W, Tian YS, Yao QH. Microbial biodegradation of polyaromatic hydrocarbons. FEMS Microbiol Rev 2008; 32:927-55. [PMID: 18662317 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6976.2008.00127.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 393] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are widespread in various ecosystems and are pollutants of great concern due to their potential toxicity, mutagenicity and carcinogenicity. Because of their hydrophobic nature, most PAHs bind to particulates in soil and sediments, rendering them less available for biological uptake. Microbial degradation represents the major mechanism responsible for the ecological recovery of PAH-contaminated sites. The goal of this review is to provide an outline of the current knowledge of microbial PAH catabolism. In the past decade, the genetic regulation of the pathway involved in naphthalene degradation by different gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria was studied in great detail. Based on both genomic and proteomic data, a deeper understanding of some high-molecular-weight PAH degradation pathways in bacteria was provided. The ability of nonligninolytic and ligninolytic fungi to transform or metabolize PAH pollutants has received considerable attention, and the biochemical principles underlying the degradation of PAHs were examined. In addition, this review summarizes the information known about the biochemical processes that determine the fate of the individual components of PAH mixtures in polluted ecosystems. A deeper understanding of the microorganism-mediated mechanisms of catalysis of PAHs will facilitate the development of new methods to enhance the bioremediation of PAH-contaminated sites.
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- Ri-He Peng
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Agricultural Genetics and Breeding, Agro-Biotechnology Research Institute, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai, China
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Eddine AN, von Kries JP, Podust MV, Warrier T, Kaufmann SHE, Podust LM. X-ray structure of 4,4'-dihydroxybenzophenone mimicking sterol substrate in the active site of sterol 14alpha-demethylase (CYP51). J Biol Chem 2008; 283:15152-9. [PMID: 18367444 PMCID: PMC2397474 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m801145200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2008] [Revised: 03/13/2008] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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A universal step in the biosynthesis of membrane sterols and steroid hormones is the oxidative removal of the 14alpha-methyl group from sterol precursors by sterol 14alpha-demethylase (CYP51). This enzyme is a primary target in treatment of fungal infections in organisms ranging from humans to plants, and development of more potent and selective CYP51 inhibitors is an important biological objective. Our continuing interest in structural aspects of substrate and inhibitor recognition in CYP51 led us to determine (to a resolution of 1.95A) the structure of CYP51 from Mycobacterium tuberculosis (CYP51(Mt)) co-crystallized with 4,4'-dihydroxybenzophenone (DHBP), a small organic molecule previously identified among top type I binding hits in a library screened against CYP51(Mt). The newly determined CYP51(Mt)-DHBP structure is the most complete to date and is an improved template for three-dimensional modeling of CYP51 enzymes from fungal and prokaryotic pathogens. The structure demonstrates the induction of conformational fit of the flexible protein regions and the interactions of conserved Phe-89 essential for both fungal drug resistance and catalytic function, which were obscure in the previously characterized CYP51(Mt)-estriol complex. DHBP represents a benzophenone scaffold binding in the CYP51 active site via a type I mechanism, suggesting (i) a possible new class of CYP51 inhibitors targeting flexible regions, (ii) an alternative catalytic function for bacterial CYP51 enzymes, and (iii) a potential for hydroxybenzophenones, widely distributed in the environment, to interfere with sterol biosynthesis. Finally, we show the inhibition of M. tuberculosis growth by DHBP in a mouse macrophage model.
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- Ali Nasser Eddine
- Max-Planck-Institute for Infection Biology, Berlin, 10117, Germany, the Screening Unit, Leibniz-Institute for Molecular Pharmacology (FMP), Berlin, 13125, Germany, and the Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco, California 94158
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- Max-Planck-Institute for Infection Biology, Berlin, 10117, Germany, the Screening Unit, Leibniz-Institute for Molecular Pharmacology (FMP), Berlin, 13125, Germany, and the Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco, California 94158
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- Max-Planck-Institute for Infection Biology, Berlin, 10117, Germany, the Screening Unit, Leibniz-Institute for Molecular Pharmacology (FMP), Berlin, 13125, Germany, and the Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco, California 94158
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- Max-Planck-Institute for Infection Biology, Berlin, 10117, Germany, the Screening Unit, Leibniz-Institute for Molecular Pharmacology (FMP), Berlin, 13125, Germany, and the Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco, California 94158
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- Max-Planck-Institute for Infection Biology, Berlin, 10117, Germany, the Screening Unit, Leibniz-Institute for Molecular Pharmacology (FMP), Berlin, 13125, Germany, and the Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco, California 94158
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- Max-Planck-Institute for Infection Biology, Berlin, 10117, Germany, the Screening Unit, Leibniz-Institute for Molecular Pharmacology (FMP), Berlin, 13125, Germany, and the Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of California, San Francisco, California 94158
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Chauhan A, Fazlurrahman, Oakeshott JG, Jain RK. Bacterial metabolism of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: strategies for bioremediation. Indian J Microbiol 2008; 48:95-113. [PMID: 23100704 DOI: 10.1007/s12088-008-0010-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2007] [Revised: 01/21/2008] [Accepted: 02/04/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are compounds of intense public concern due to their persistence in the environment and potentially deleterious effects on human, environmental and ecological health. The clean up of such contaminants using invasive technologies has proven to be expensive and more importantly often damaging to the natural resource properties of the soil, sediment or aquifer. Bioremediation, which exploits the metabolic potential of microbes for the clean-up of recalcitrant xenobiotic compounds, has come up as a promising alternative. Several approaches such as improvement in PAH solubilization and entry into the cell, pathway and enzyme engineering and control of enzyme expression etc. are in development but far from complete. Successful application of the microorganisms for the bioremediation of PAH-contaminated sites therefore requires a deeper understanding of the physiology, biochemistry and molecular genetics of potential catabolic pathways. In this review, we briefly summarize important strategies adopted for PAH bioremediation and discuss the potential for their improvement.
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- Archana Chauhan
- Institute of Microbial Technology, Sector-39A, Chandigarh, India
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Kim SJ, Kweon O, Jones RC, Edmondson RD, Cerniglia CE. Genomic analysis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon degradation in Mycobacterium vanbaalenii PYR-1. Biodegradation 2008; 19:859-81. [PMID: 18421421 DOI: 10.1007/s10532-008-9189-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2008] [Accepted: 03/28/2008] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Mycobacterium vanbaalenii PYR-1 is well known for its ability to degrade a wide range of high-molecular-weight (HMW) polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). The genome of this bacterium has recently been sequenced, allowing us to gain insights into the molecular basis for the degradation of PAHs. The 6.5 Mb genome of PYR-1 contains 194 chromosomally encoded genes likely associated with degradation of aromatic compounds. The most distinctive feature of the genome is the presence of a 150 kb major catabolic region at positions 494 approximately 643 kb (region A), with an additional 31 kb region at positions 4,711 approximately 4,741 kb (region B), which is predicted to encode most enzymes for the degradation of PAHs. Region A has an atypical mosaic structure made of several gene clusters in which the genes for PAH degradation are complexly arranged and scattered around the clusters. Significant differences in the gene structure and organization as compared to other well-known aromatic hydrocarbon degraders including Pseudomonas and Burkholderia were revealed. Many identified genes were enriched with multiple paralogs showing a remarkable range of diversity, which could contribute to the wide variety of PAHs degraded by M. vanbaalenii PYR-1. The PYR-1 genome also revealed the presence of 28 genes involved in the TCA cycle. Based on the results, we proposed a pathway in which HMW PAHs are degraded into the beta-ketoadipate pathway through protocatechuate and then mineralized to CO2 via TCA cycle. We also identified 67 and 23 genes involved in PAH degradation and TCA cycle pathways, respectively, to be expressed as proteins.
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- Seong-Jae Kim
- Division of Microbiology, National Center for Toxicological Research/U.S. FDA, Jefferson, AR 72079, USA
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Kweon O, Kim SJ, Jones RC, Freeman JP, Adjei MD, Edmondson RD, Cerniglia CE. A polyomic approach to elucidate the fluoranthene-degradative pathway in Mycobacterium vanbaalenii PYR-1. J Bacteriol 2007; 189:4635-47. [PMID: 17449607 PMCID: PMC1913438 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00128-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Mycobacterium vanbaalenii PYR-1 is capable of degrading a wide range of high-molecular-weight polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), including fluoranthene. We used a combination of metabolomic, genomic, and proteomic technologies to investigate fluoranthene degradation in this strain. Thirty-seven fluoranthene metabolites including potential isomers were isolated from the culture medium and analyzed by high-performance liquid chromatography, gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, and UV-visible absorption. Total proteins were separated by one-dimensional gel and analyzed by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry in conjunction with the M. vanbaalenii PYR-1 genome sequence (http://jgi.doe.gov), which resulted in the identification of 1,122 proteins. Among them, 53 enzymes were determined to be likely involved in fluoranthene degradation. We integrated the metabolic information with the genomic and proteomic results and proposed pathways for the degradation of fluoranthene. According to our hypothesis, the oxidation of fluoranthene is initiated by dioxygenation at the C-1,2, C-2,3, and C-7,8 positions. The C-1,2 and C-2,3 dioxygenation routes degrade fluoranthene via fluorene-type metabolites, whereas the C-7,8 routes oxidize fluoranthene via acenaphthylene-type metabolites. The major site of dioxygenation is the C-2,3 dioxygenation route, which consists of 18 enzymatic steps via 9-fluorenone-1-carboxylic acid and phthalate with the initial ring-hydroxylating oxygenase, NidA3B3, oxidizing fluoranthene to fluoranthene cis-2,3-dihydrodiol. Nonspecific monooxygenation of fluoranthene with subsequent O methylation of dihydroxyfluoranthene also occurs as a detoxification reaction.
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- Ohgew Kweon
- Division of Microbiology, National Center for Toxicological Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, 3900 NCTR Road, Jefferson, AR 72079, USA
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Liang Y, Gardner DR, Miller CD, Chen D, Anderson AJ, Weimer BC, Sims RC. Study of biochemical pathways and enzymes involved in pyrene degradation by Mycobacterium sp. strain KMS. Appl Environ Microbiol 2006; 72:7821-8. [PMID: 17041157 PMCID: PMC1694249 DOI: 10.1128/aem.01274-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2006] [Accepted: 10/05/2006] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Pyrene degradation is known in bacteria. In this study, Mycobacterium sp. strain KMS was used to study the metabolites produced during, and enzymes involved in, pyrene degradation. Several key metabolites, including pyrene-4,5-dione, cis-4,5-pyrene-dihydrodiol, phenanthrene-4,5-dicarboxylic acid, and 4-phenanthroic acid, were identified during pyrene degradation. Pyrene-4,5-dione, which accumulates as an end product in some gram-negative bacterial cultures, was further utilized and degraded by Mycobacterium sp. strain KMS. Enzymes involved in pyrene degradation by Mycobacterium sp. strain KMS were studied, using 2-D gel electrophoresis. The first protein in the catabolic pathway, aromatic-ring-hydroxylating dioxygenase, which oxidizes pyrene to cis-4,5-pyrene-dihydrodiol, was induced with the addition of pyrene and pyrene-4,5-dione to the cultures. The subcomponents of dioxygenase, including the alpha and beta subunits, 4Fe-4S ferredoxin, and the Rieske (2Fe-2S) region, were all induced. Other proteins responsible for further pyrene degradation, such as dihydrodiol dehydrogenase, oxidoreductase, and epoxide hydrolase, were also found to be significantly induced by the presence of pyrene and pyrene-4,5-dione. Several nonpathway-related proteins, including sterol-binding protein and cytochrome P450, were induced. A pyrene degradation pathway for Mycobacterium sp. strain KMS was proposed and confirmed by proteomic study by identifying almost all the enzymes required during the initial steps of pyrene degradation.
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- Yanna Liang
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 4105 Old Main Hill, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322-4105, USA
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Kim SJ, Kweon O, Jones RC, Freeman JP, Edmondson RD, Cerniglia CE. Complete and integrated pyrene degradation pathway in Mycobacterium vanbaalenii PYR-1 based on systems biology. J Bacteriol 2006; 189:464-72. [PMID: 17085566 PMCID: PMC1797382 DOI: 10.1128/jb.01310-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 168] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Mycobacterium vanbaalenii PYR-1 was the first bacterium isolated by virtue of its ability to metabolize the high-molecular-weight polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) pyrene. We used metabolic, genomic, and proteomic approaches in this investigation to construct a complete and integrated pyrene degradation pathway for M. vanbaalenii PYR-1. Genome sequence analyses identified genes involved in the pyrene degradation pathway that we have proposed for this bacterium. To identify proteins involved in the degradation, we conducted a proteome analysis of cells exposed to pyrene using one-dimensional gel electrophoresis in combination with liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. Database searching performed with the M. vanbaalenii PYR-1 genome resulted in identification of 1,028 proteins with a protein false discovery rate of <1%. Based on both genomic and proteomic data, we identified 27 enzymes necessary for constructing a complete pathway for pyrene degradation. Our analyses indicate that this bacterium degrades pyrene to central intermediates through o-phthalate and the beta-ketoadipate pathway. Proteomic analysis also revealed that 18 enzymes in the pathway were upregulated more than twofold, as indicated by peptide counting when the organism was grown with pyrene; three copies of the terminal subunits of ring-hydroxylating oxygenase (NidAB2, MvanDraft_0817/0818, and PhtAaAb), dihydrodiol dehydrogenase (MvanDraft_0815), and ring cleavage dioxygenase (MvanDraft_3242) were detected only in pyrene-grown cells. The results presented here provide a comprehensive picture of pyrene metabolism in M. vanbaalenii PYR-1 and a useful framework for understanding cellular processes involved in PAH degradation.
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- Seong-Jae Kim
- Division of Microbiology, National Center for Toxicological Research, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Jefferson, AR 72079, USA
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Kim YH, Kang I, Bergeron H, Lau PCK, Engesser KH, Kim SJ. Physiological, biochemical, and genetic characterization of an alicyclic amine-degrading Mycobacterium sp. strain THO100 isolated from a morpholine-containing culture of activated sewage sludge. Arch Microbiol 2006; 186:425-34. [PMID: 16912859 DOI: 10.1007/s00203-006-0157-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2006] [Revised: 06/02/2006] [Accepted: 07/21/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Mycobacterium sp. strain THO100 was isolated from a morpholine-containing culture of activated sewage sludge. This strain was able to utilize pyrrolidine, morpholine, piperidine, piperazine, and 1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine as the sole sources of carbon, nitrogen, and energy. The degradation pathway of pyrrolidine as the best substrate for cellular growth was proposed based on the assays of substrate-induced cytochrome P450 and constitutive enzyme activities toward 4-aminobutyric acid (GABA) and succinic semialdehyde (SSA). Its 16S ribosomal RNA gene sequence (16S rDNA) was identical to that of Mycobacterium tokaiense ATCC 27282(T). The morABC genes responsible for alicyclic amine degradation were nearly identical among different species of Mycobacteria. Remarkably, repetitive sequences at the intergenic spacer (IGS) region between morC and orf1' were detected by comparison of the nearly identical mor gene cluster regions. Considering the strain activity for alicyclic amine degradation, the deleted 65-bp DNA segment did not significantly alter the open reading frames, and the expression and functions of the P450(mor) system remained unaltered. In addition, we found a spontaneous deletion of P450(mor) from another strain HE5 containing the archetypal mor gene cluster, which indicated a possible occurrence of DNA recombination to rearrange the DNA.
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- Yong-Hak Kim
- School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University, San 56-1 Shinrim, Kwanak, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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