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Zhang Q, Charles PD, Bendif EM, Hester SS, Mohammad S, Rickaby REM. Stimulating and toxic effect of chromium on growth and photosynthesis of a marine chlorophyte. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2024; 241:676-686. [PMID: 37974482 DOI: 10.1111/nph.19376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2023] [Accepted: 10/09/2023] [Indexed: 11/19/2023]
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Marine phytoplankton can interchange trace metals in various biochemical functions, particularly under metal-limiting conditions. Here, we investigate the stimulating and toxicity effect of chromium (Cr) on a marine Chlorophyceae Osetreococcus tauri under Fe-replete and Fe-deficient conditions. We determined the growth, photosynthesis, and proteome expressions of Osetreococcus tauri cultured under different Cr and Fe concentrations. In Fe-replete conditions, the presence of Cr(VI) stimulated significantly the growth rate and the maximum yield of photochemistry of photosystem II (Fv /Fm ) of the phytoplankton, while the functional absorption cross-section of photosystem II (σPSII ) did not change. Minor additions of Cr(VI) partially rescued phytoplankton growth under Fe-limited conditions. Proteomic analysis of this alga grown in Fe-replete normal and Fe-replete with Cr addition media (10 μM Cr) showed that the presence of Cr significantly decreased the expression of phosphate-transporting proteins and photosynthetic proteins, while increasing the expression of proteins related to carbon assimilation. Cr can stimulate the growth and photosynthesis of O. tauri, but the effects are dependent on both the Cr(VI) concentration and the availability of Fe. The proteomic results further suggest that Cr(VI) addition might significantly increase starch production and carbon fixation.
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- Qiong Zhang
- Department of Ocean Science and Center for Ocean Research in Hong Kong and Macau (CORE), The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Hong Kong SAR, 999077, China
- Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), Tang Qi Road, Zhuhai, 519000, China
- Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3AN, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QU, UK
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- Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3AN, UK
- Institut des sciences de la mer de Rimouski (ISMER), Université du Québec à Rimouski, Rimouski, G5L 3A1, QC, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QU, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QU, UK
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- Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3AN, UK
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Paudel L, Ghimire N, Han SR, Park H, Jung SH, Oh TJ. Complete genome of Nakamurella sp. PAMC28650: genomic insights into its environmental adaptation and biotechnological potential. Funct Integr Genomics 2022; 23:18. [PMID: 36564681 PMCID: PMC9789016 DOI: 10.1007/s10142-022-00937-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2022] [Revised: 11/21/2022] [Accepted: 11/21/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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The mechanisms underlying the survival of bacteria in low temperature and high radiation are not yet fully understood. Nakamurella sp. PAMC28650 was isolated from a glacier of Rwenzori Mountain, Uganda, which species belonged to Nakamurella genus based on 16S rRNA phylogeny, ANI (average nucleotide identity), and BLAST Ring Image Generator (BRIG) analysis among Frankineae suborder. We conducted the whole genome sequencing and comparative genomics of Nakamurella sp. PAMC28650, to understand the genomic features pertaining to survival in cold environment, along with high UV (ultraviolet) radiation. This study highlights the role of polysaccharide in cold adaptation, mining of the UV protection-related secondary metabolites and other related to cold adaptation mechanism through different bioinformatics tools, and providing a brief overview of the genes present in DNA repair systems. Nakamurella sp. PAMC28650 contained glycogen and cellulose metabolism pathways, mycosporine-like amino acids and isorenieratene-synthesizing gene cluster, and a number of DNA repair systems. Also, the genome analysis showed osmoregulation-related genes and cold shock proteins. We infer these genomic features are linked to bacterial survival in cold and UV radiation.
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- Lakshan Paudel
- Department of Life Science and Biochemical Engineering, Graduate School, Sun-Moon University, Asan, 31460, Korea
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- Department of Life Science and Biochemical Engineering, Graduate School, Sun-Moon University, Asan, 31460, Korea
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- Department of Life Science and Biochemical Engineering, Graduate School, Sun-Moon University, Asan, 31460, Korea
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- Division of Biotechnology, College of Life Science and Biotechnology, Korea University, Seoul, 02841, Korea
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- Department of Dental Hygiene, Gangneung Yeongdong University, Gangneung, 25521, Korea
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- Department of Life Science and Biochemical Engineering, Graduate School, Sun-Moon University, Asan, 31460, Korea. .,Genome-Based Bio-IT Convergence Institute, Asan, 31460, Korea. .,Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering and Biotechnology, Sun-Moon University, Asan, 31460, Korea.
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Castrejón-Godínez ML, Tovar-Sánchez E, Ortiz-Hernández ML, Encarnación-Guevara S, Martínez-Batallar ÁG, Hernández-Ortiz M, Sánchez-Salinas E, Rodríguez A, Mussali-Galante P. Proteomic analysis of Burkholderia zhejiangensis CEIB S4-3 during the methyl parathion degradation process. PESTICIDE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY 2022; 187:105197. [PMID: 36127069 DOI: 10.1016/j.pestbp.2022.105197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2022] [Revised: 06/24/2022] [Accepted: 08/02/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Methyl parathion is an organophosphorus pesticide widely employed worldwide to control pests in agricultural and domestic environments. However, due to its intensive use, high toxicity, and environmental persistence, methyl parathion is recognized as an important ecosystem and human health threat, causing severe environmental pollution events and numerous human poisoning and deaths each year. Therefore, identifying and characterizing microorganisms capable of fully degrading methyl parathion and its degradation metabolites is a crucial environmental task for the bioremediation of pesticide-polluted sites. Burkholderia zhejiangensis CEIB S4-3 is a bacterial strain isolated from agricultural soils capable of immediately hydrolyzing methyl parathion at a concentration of 50 mg/L and degrading the 100% of the released p-nitrophenol in a 12-hour lapse when cultured in minimal salt medium. In this study, a comparative proteomic analysis was conducted in the presence and absence of methyl parathion to evaluate the biological mechanisms implicated in the methyl parathion biodegradation and resistance by the strain B. zhejiangensis CEIB S4-3. In each treatment, the changes in the protein expression patterns were evaluated at three sampling times, zero, three, and nine hours through the use of two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (2D-PAGE), and the differentially expressed proteins were identified by mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF). The proteomic analysis allowed the identification of 72 proteins with differential expression, 35 proteins in the absence of the pesticide, and 37 proteins in the experimental condition in the presence of methyl parathion. The identified proteins are involved in different metabolic processes such as the carbohydrate and amino acids metabolism, carbon metabolism and energy production, fatty acids β-oxidation, and the aromatic compounds catabolism, including enzymes of the both p-nitrophenol degradation pathways (Hydroquinone dioxygenase and Hydroxyquinol 1,2 dioxygenase), as well as the overexpression of proteins implicated in cellular damage defense mechanisms such as the response and protection of the oxidative stress, reactive oxygen species defense, detoxification of xenobiotics, and DNA repair processes. According to these data, B. zhejiangensis CEIB S4-3 overexpress different proteins related to aromatic compounds catabolism and with the p-nitrophenol degradation pathways, the higher expression levels observed in the two subunits of the enzyme Hydroquinone dioxygenase, suggest a preferential use of the Hydroquinone metabolic pathway in the p-nitrophenol degradation process. Moreover the overexpression of several proteins implicated in the oxidative stress response, xenobiotics detoxification, and DNA damage repair reveals the mechanisms employed by B. zhejiangensis CEIB S4-3 to counteract the adverse effects caused by the methyl parathion and p-nitrophenol exposure.
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- María Luisa Castrejón-Godínez
- Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Av. Universidad 1001, Col. Chamilpa, C.P. 62209 Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
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- Centro de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Conservación, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Av. Universidad 1001, Col. Chamilpa, C.P. 62209 Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico.
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- Misión Sustentabilidad México A.C., Priv. Laureles 6, Col. Chamilpa, C.P. 62210 Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
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- Centro de Ciencias Genómicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Av. Universidad s/n, Col. Chamilpa, C.P. 62210 Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
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- Centro de Ciencias Genómicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Av. Universidad s/n, Col. Chamilpa, C.P. 62210 Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
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- Centro de Ciencias Genómicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Av. Universidad s/n, Col. Chamilpa, C.P. 62210 Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
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- Misión Sustentabilidad México A.C., Priv. Laureles 6, Col. Chamilpa, C.P. 62210 Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
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- Centro de Investigación en Biotecnología, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Av. Universidad 1001, Col. Chamilpa, C.P. 62209 Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico.
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- Centro de Investigación en Biotecnología, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Av. Universidad 1001, Col. Chamilpa, C.P. 62209 Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico.
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Alghamdi MA, Hussien RA, Zheng Y, Patel HP, Asencion Diez MD, A. Iglesias A, Liu D, Ballicora MA. Site-directed mutagenesis of Serine-72 reveals the location of the fructose 6-phosphate regulatory site of the Agrobacterium tumefaciens ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase. Protein Sci 2022; 31:e4376. [PMID: 35762722 PMCID: PMC9234290 DOI: 10.1002/pro.4376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2022] [Revised: 05/27/2022] [Accepted: 06/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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The allosteric regulation of ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase is critical for the biosynthesis of glycogen in bacteria and starch in plants. The enzyme from Agrobacterium tumefaciens is activated by fructose 6-phosphate (Fru6P) and pyruvate (Pyr). The Pyr site has been recently found, but the site where Fru6P binds has remained unknown. We hypothesize that a sulfate ion previously found in the crystal structure reveals a part of the regulatory site mimicking the presence of the phosphoryl moiety of the activator Fru6P. Ser72 interacts with this sulfate ion and, if the hypothesis is correct, Ser72 would affect the interaction with Fru6P and activation of the enzyme. Here, we report structural, binding, and kinetic analysis of Ser72 mutants of the A. tumefaciens ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase. By X-ray crystallography, we found that when Ser72 was replaced by Asp or Glu side chain carboxylates protruded into the sulfate-binding pocket. They would present a strong steric and electrostatic hindrance to the phosphoryl moiety of Fru6P, while being remote from the Pyr site. In agreement, we found that Fru6P could not activate or bind to S72E or S72D mutants, whereas Pyr was still an effective activator. These mutants also blocked the binding of the inhibitor AMP. This could potentially have biotechnological importance in obtaining enzyme forms insensitive to inhibition. Other mutations in this position (Ala, Cys, and Trp) confirmed the importance of Ser72 in regulation. We propose that the ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase from A. tumefaciens have two distinct sites for Fru6P and Pyr working in tandem to regulate glycogen biosynthesis.
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- Mashael A. Alghamdi
- Department of Chemistry and BiochemistryLoyola University ChicagoChicagoIllinois
- Department of ChemistryImam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMSIU)RiyadhSaudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry and BiochemistryLoyola University ChicagoChicagoIllinois
- Department of ChemistryAl Baha UniversityAl BahaSaudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry and BiochemistryLoyola University ChicagoChicagoIllinois
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- Department of Chemistry and BiochemistryLoyola University ChicagoChicagoIllinois
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- Department of Chemistry and BiochemistryLoyola University ChicagoChicagoIllinois
- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología del Litoral (UNL‐CONICET)FBCB Paraje “El Pozo”, CCT‐Santa FeSanta FeArgentina
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología del Litoral (UNL‐CONICET)FBCB Paraje “El Pozo”, CCT‐Santa FeSanta FeArgentina
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- Department of Chemistry and BiochemistryLoyola University ChicagoChicagoIllinois
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- Department of Chemistry and BiochemistryLoyola University ChicagoChicagoIllinois
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Zeng Z, Zeng X, Guo Y, Wu Z, Cai Z, Pan D. Determining the Role of UTP-Glucose-1-Phosphate Uridylyltransferase (GalU) in Improving the Resistance of Lactobacillus acidophilus NCFM to Freeze-Drying. Foods 2022; 11:foods11121719. [PMID: 35741917 PMCID: PMC9223153 DOI: 10.3390/foods11121719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2022] [Revised: 06/05/2022] [Accepted: 06/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Lactobacillus acidophilus NCFM is widely used in the fermentation industry; using it as a freeze-dried powder can greatly reduce the costs associated with packaging and transportation, and even prolong the storage period. Previously published research has reported that the expression of galU (EC: 2.7.7.9) is significantly increased as a result of freezing and drying. Herein, we aimed to explore how galU plays an important role in improving the resistance of Lactobacillus acidophilus NCFM to freeze-drying. For this study, galU was first knocked out and then re-expressed in L. acidophilus NCFM to functionally characterize its role in the pertinent metabolic pathways. The knockout strain ΔgalU showed lactose/galactose deficiency and displayed irregular cell morphology, shortened cell length, thin and rough capsules, and abnormal cell division, and the progeny could not be separated. In the re-expression strain pgalU, these inhibited pathways were restored; moreover, the pgalU cells showed a strengthened cell wall and capsule, which enhanced their resistance to adverse environments. The pgalU cells showed GalU activity that was 229% higher than that shown by the wild-type strain, and the freeze-drying survival rate was 84%, this being 4.7 times higher than that of the wild-type strain. To summarize, expression of the galU gene can significantly enhance gene expression in galactose metabolic pathway and make the strain form a stronger cell wall and cell capsule and enhance the resistance of the bacteria to an adverse external environment, to improve the freeze-drying survival rate of L. acidophilus NCFM.
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- Zhidan Zeng
- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Ningbo 315211, China; (Z.Z.); (Y.G.); (Z.W.); (Z.C.); (D.P.)
- Key Laboratory of Animal Protein Food Processing Technology of Zhejiang Province, College of Food and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315800, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Ningbo 315211, China; (Z.Z.); (Y.G.); (Z.W.); (Z.C.); (D.P.)
- Key Laboratory of Animal Protein Food Processing Technology of Zhejiang Province, College of Food and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315800, China
- Correspondence:
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Ningbo 315211, China; (Z.Z.); (Y.G.); (Z.W.); (Z.C.); (D.P.)
- School of Food Science and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Normal University, Nanjing 210097, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Ningbo 315211, China; (Z.Z.); (Y.G.); (Z.W.); (Z.C.); (D.P.)
- Key Laboratory of Animal Protein Food Processing Technology of Zhejiang Province, College of Food and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315800, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Ningbo 315211, China; (Z.Z.); (Y.G.); (Z.W.); (Z.C.); (D.P.)
- Key Laboratory of Animal Protein Food Processing Technology of Zhejiang Province, College of Food and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315800, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Managing Biotic and Chemical Threats to the Quality and Safety of Agro-Products, Ningbo 315211, China; (Z.Z.); (Y.G.); (Z.W.); (Z.C.); (D.P.)
- Key Laboratory of Animal Protein Food Processing Technology of Zhejiang Province, College of Food and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ningbo University, Ningbo 315800, China
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Tran PL, An Y, Jeong GY, Ban SY, Nguyen PC, Woo E, You S, Park JT. One-step synthesis of glycogen-type polysaccharides from maltooctaose and its structural characteristics. Carbohydr Polym 2022; 284:119175. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2022.119175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2021] [Revised: 01/16/2022] [Accepted: 01/20/2022] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Ferretti MV, Hussien RA, Ballicora MA, Iglesias AA, Figueroa CM, Asencion Diez MD. The ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase from Melainabacteria: a comparative study between photosynthetic and non-photosynthetic bacterial sources. Biochimie 2021; 192:30-37. [PMID: 34560201 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2021.09.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2021] [Revised: 08/11/2021] [Accepted: 09/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Until recently, the cyanobacterial phylum only included oxygenic photosynthesizer members. The discovery of Melainabacteria as a group of supposed non-photosynthetic cyanobacteria asked to revisit such scenario. From metagenomic data, we were able to identify sequences encoding putative ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylases (ADP-GlcPPase) from free-living and intestinal Melainabacteria. The respective genes were de novo synthesized and over-expressed in Escherichia coli. The purified recombinant proteins from both Melainabacteria species were active as ADP-GlcPPases, exhibiting Vmax values of 2.3 (free-living) and 7.1 U/mg (intestinal). The enzymes showed similar S0.5 values (∼0.3 mM) for ATP, while the one from the intestinal source exhibited a 6-fold higher affinity toward glucose-1P. Both recombinant ADP-GlcPPases were sensitive to glucose-6P activation (A0.5 ∼0.3 mM) and Pi and ADP inhibition (I0.5 between 0.2 and 3 mM). Interestingly, the enzymes from Melainabacteria were insensitive to 3-phosphoglycerate, which is the principal activator of ADP-GlcPPases from photosynthetic cyanobacteria. As far as we know, this is the first biochemical characterization of an active enzyme from Melainabacteria. This work contributes to a better understanding of the evolution of allosteric regulation in the ADP-GlcPPase family, which is critical for synthesizing the main reserve polysaccharide in prokaryotes (glycogen) and plants (starch). In addition, our results offer further information to discussions regarding the phylogenetic position of Melainabacteria.
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- María V Ferretti
- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología del Litoral, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Facultad de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas, Santa Fe, Argentina
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA; Department of Chemistry, Al Baha University, Al Baha, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología del Litoral, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Facultad de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas, Santa Fe, Argentina
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología del Litoral, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Facultad de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas, Santa Fe, Argentina
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología del Litoral, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Facultad de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas, Santa Fe, Argentina.
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Lee A, Bae E, Park J, Choi KH, Cha J. Identification of the Genes Related to the Glycogen Metabolism in Hyperthermophilic Archaeon, Sulfolobus acidocaldarius. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:661053. [PMID: 34054761 PMCID: PMC8158581 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.661053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2021] [Accepted: 03/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Glycogen is a polysaccharide that comprises α-1,4-linked glucose backbone and α-1,6-linked glucose polymers at the branching points. It is widely found in organisms ranging from bacteria to eukaryotes. The physiological role of glycogen is not confined to being an energy reservoir and carbon source but varies depending on organisms. Sulfolobus acidocaldarius, a thermoacidophilic archaeon, was observed to accumulate granular glycogen in the cell. However, the role of glycogen and genes that are responsible for glycogen metabolism in S. acidocaldarius has not been identified clearly. The objective of this study is to identify the gene cluster, which is composed of enzymes that are predicted to be involved in the glycogen metabolism, and confirm the role of each of these genes by constructing deletion mutants. This study also compares the glycogen content of mutant and wild type and elucidates the role of glycogen in this archaeon. The glycogen content of S. acidocaldarius MR31, which is used as a parent strain for constructing the deletion mutant in this study, was increased in the early and middle exponential growth phases and decreased during the late exponential and stationary growth phases. The pattern of the accumulated glycogen was independent to the type of supplemented sugar. In the comparison of the glycogen content between the gene deletion mutant and MR31, glycogen synthase (GlgA) and α-amylase (AmyA) were shown to be responsible for the synthesis of glycogen, whereas glycogen debranching enzyme (GlgX) and glucoamylase (Gaa) appeared to affect the degradation of glycogen. The expressions of glgC-gaa-glgX and amyA-glgA were detected by the promoter assay. This result suggests that the gradual decrease of glycogen content in the late exponential and stationary phases occurs due to the increase in the gene expression of glgC-gaa-glgX. When the death rate in nutrient limited condition was compared among the wild type strain, the glycogen deficient strain and the strain with increased glycogen content, the death rate of the glycogen deficient strain was found to be higher than any other strain, thereby suggesting that the glycogen in S. acidocaldarius supports cell maintenance in harsh conditions.
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- Areum Lee
- Department of Integrated Biological Science, Pusan National University, Busan, South Korea
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- Research Development Institute, Cowellmedi, Busan, South Korea
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- Department of Southern Area Crop Science, Upland Crop Breeding Research Division, National Institute of Crop Science, Rural Development Administration, Miryang, South Korea
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- Department of Microbiology, Pusan National University, Busan, South Korea
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- Department of Integrated Biological Science, Pusan National University, Busan, South Korea
- Department of Microbiology, Pusan National University, Busan, South Korea
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Okabe S, Shafdar AA, Kobayashi K, Zhang L, Oshiki M. Glycogen metabolism of the anammox bacterium "Candidatus Brocadia sinica". THE ISME JOURNAL 2021; 15:1287-1301. [PMID: 33288860 PMCID: PMC8115630 DOI: 10.1038/s41396-020-00850-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2020] [Revised: 11/03/2020] [Accepted: 11/18/2020] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Presence of glycogen granules in anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing (anammox) bacteria has been reported so far. However, very little is known about their glycogen metabolism and the exact roles. Here, we studied the glycogen metabolism in "Ca. Brocadia sinica" growing in continuous retentostat cultures with bicarbonate as a carbon source. The effect of the culture growth phase was investigated. During the growing phase, intracellular glycogen content increased up to 32.6 mg-glucose (g-biomass dry wt)-1 while the specific growth rate and ATP/ADP ratio decreased. The accumulated glycogen begun to decrease at the onset of entering the near-zero growth phase and was consumed rapidly when substrates were depleted. This clearly indicates that glycogen was synthesized and utilized as an energy storage. The proteomic analysis revealed that "Ca. B. sinica" synthesized glycogen via three known glycogen biosynthesis pathways and simultaneously degraded during the progress of active anammox, implying that glycogen is being continuously recycled. When cells were starved, a part of stored glycogen was converted to trehalose, a potential stress protectant. This suggests that glycogen serves at least as a primary carbon source of trehalose synthesis for survival. This study provides the first physiological evidence of glycogen metabolism in anammox bacteria and its significance in survival under natural substrate-limited habitat.
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- Satoshi Okabe
- Division of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, North-13, West-8, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060-8628, Japan.
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- Division of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, North-13, West-8, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060-8628, Japan
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- Division of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, North-13, West-8, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060-8628, Japan
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- Division of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, North-13, West-8, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060-8628, Japan
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- Division of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Hokkaido University, North-13, West-8, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060-8628, Japan
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Hinchliffe JD, Parassini Madappura A, Syed Mohamed SMD, Roy I. Biomedical Applications of Bacteria-Derived Polymers. Polymers (Basel) 2021; 13:1081. [PMID: 33805506 PMCID: PMC8036740 DOI: 10.3390/polym13071081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2021] [Revised: 03/23/2021] [Accepted: 03/24/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Plastics have found widespread use in the fields of cosmetic, engineering, and medical sciences due to their wide-ranging mechanical and physical properties, as well as suitability in biomedical applications. However, in the light of the environmental cost of further upscaling current methods of synthesizing many plastics, work has recently focused on the manufacture of these polymers using biological methods (often bacterial fermentation), which brings with them the advantages of both low temperature synthesis and a reduced reliance on potentially toxic and non-eco-friendly compounds. This can be seen as a boon in the biomaterials industry, where there is a need for highly bespoke, biocompatible, processable polymers with unique biological properties, for the regeneration and replacement of a large number of tissue types, following disease. However, barriers still remain to the mass-production of some of these polymers, necessitating new research. This review attempts a critical analysis of the contemporary literature concerning the use of a number of bacteria-derived polymers in the context of biomedical applications, including the biosynthetic pathways and organisms involved, as well as the challenges surrounding their mass production. This review will also consider the unique properties of these bacteria-derived polymers, contributing to bioactivity, including antibacterial properties, oxygen permittivity, and properties pertaining to cell adhesion, proliferation, and differentiation. Finally, the review will select notable examples in literature to indicate future directions, should the aforementioned barriers be addressed, as well as improvements to current bacterial fermentation methods that could help to address these barriers.
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Sheffield, Sheffield S1 3JD, UK; (J.D.H.); (A.P.M.); (S.M.D.S.M.)
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Asencion Diez MD, Figueroa CM, Esper MC, Mascarenhas R, Aleanzi MC, Liu D, Ballicora MA, Iglesias AA. On the simultaneous activation of Agrobacterium tumefaciens ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase by pyruvate and fructose 6-phosphate. Biochimie 2020; 171-172:23-30. [PMID: 32014504 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2020.01.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2019] [Accepted: 01/28/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Bacterial ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylases are allosterically regulated by metabolites that are key intermediates of central pathways in the respective microorganism. Pyruvate (Pyr) and fructose 6-phosphate (Fru6P) activate the enzyme from Agrobacterium tumefaciens by increasing Vmax about 10- and 20-fold, respectively. Here, we studied the combined effect of both metabolites on the enzyme activation. Our results support a model in which there is a synergistic binding of these two activators to two distinct sites and that each activator leads the enzyme to distinct active forms with different properties. In presence of both activators, Pyr had a catalytically dominant effect over Fru6P determining the active conformational state. By mutagenesis we obtained enzyme variants still sensitive to Pyr activation, but in which the allosteric signal by Fru6P was disrupted. This indicated that the activation mechanism for each effector was not the same. The ability for this enzyme to have more than one allosteric activator site, active forms, and allosteric signaling mechanisms is critical to expand the evolvability of its regulation. These synergistic interactions between allosteric activators may represent a feature in other allosteric enzymes.
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- Matías D Asencion Diez
- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología Del Litoral, UNL, CONICET, FBCB, Colectora Ruta Nacional 168 Km 0, 3000, Santa Fe, Argentina; Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Loyola University Chicago, 1068 W. Sheridan Rd., Chicago, IL, 60660, USA
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología Del Litoral, UNL, CONICET, FBCB, Colectora Ruta Nacional 168 Km 0, 3000, Santa Fe, Argentina
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología Del Litoral, UNL, CONICET, FBCB, Colectora Ruta Nacional 168 Km 0, 3000, Santa Fe, Argentina
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Loyola University Chicago, 1068 W. Sheridan Rd., Chicago, IL, 60660, USA
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología Del Litoral, UNL, CONICET, FBCB, Colectora Ruta Nacional 168 Km 0, 3000, Santa Fe, Argentina
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Loyola University Chicago, 1068 W. Sheridan Rd., Chicago, IL, 60660, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Loyola University Chicago, 1068 W. Sheridan Rd., Chicago, IL, 60660, USA.
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología Del Litoral, UNL, CONICET, FBCB, Colectora Ruta Nacional 168 Km 0, 3000, Santa Fe, Argentina.
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Zeibich L, Schmidt O, Drake HL. Dietary polysaccharides: fermentation potentials of a primitive gut ecosystem. Environ Microbiol 2019; 21:1436-1451. [DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.14556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2018] [Revised: 01/25/2019] [Accepted: 02/01/2019] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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- Lydia Zeibich
- Department of Ecological MicrobiologyUniversity of Bayreuth 95440 Bayreuth Germany
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- Department of Ecological MicrobiologyUniversity of Bayreuth 95440 Bayreuth Germany
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- Department of Ecological MicrobiologyUniversity of Bayreuth 95440 Bayreuth Germany
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Noreña-Caro D, Benton MG. Cyanobacteria as photoautotrophic biofactories of high-value chemicals. J CO2 UTIL 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcou.2018.10.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Regulatory Properties of the ADP-Glucose Pyrophosphorylase from the Clostridial Firmicutes Member Ruminococcus albus. J Bacteriol 2018; 200:JB.00172-18. [PMID: 29941423 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00172-18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2018] [Accepted: 06/19/2018] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase from Firmicutes is encoded by two genes (glgC and glgD) leading to a heterotetrameric protein structure, unlike those in other bacterial phyla. The enzymes from two groups of Firmicutes, Bacillales and Lactobacillales, present dissimilar kinetic and regulatory properties. Nevertheless, no ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase from Clostridiales, the third group in Firmicutes, has been characterized. For this reason, we cloned the glgC and glgD genes from Ruminococcus albus Different quaternary forms of the enzyme (GlgC, GlgD, and GlgC/GlgD) were purified to homogeneity and their kinetic parameters were analyzed. We observed that GlgD is an inactive monomer when expressed alone but increased the catalytic efficiency of the heterotetramer (GlgC/GlgD) compared to the homotetramer (GlgC). The heterotetramer is regulated by fructose-1,6-bisphosphate, phosphoenolpyruvate, and NAD(P)H. The first characterization of the Bacillales enzyme suggested that heterotetrameric ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylases from Firmicutes were unregulated. Our results, together with data from Lactobacillales, indicate that heterotetrameric Firmicutes enzymes are mostly regulated. Thus, the ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase from Bacillales seems to have distinctive insensitivity to regulation.IMPORTANCE The enzymes involved in glycogen synthesis from Firmicutes have been less characterized in comparison with other bacterial groups. We performed kinetic and regulatory characterization of the ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase from Ruminococcus albus Our results showed that this protein that belongs to different groups from Firmicutes (Bacillales, Lactobacillales, and Clostridiales) presents dissimilar features. This study contributes to the understanding of how this critical enzyme for glycogen biosynthesis is regulated in the Firmicutes group, whereby we propose that these heterotetrameric enzymes, with the exception of Bacillales, are allosterically regulated. Our results provide a better understanding of the evolutionary relationship of this enzyme family in Firmicutes.
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Ferrero DML, Asencion Diez MD, Kuhn ML, Falaschetti CA, Piattoni CV, Iglesias AA, Ballicora MA. On the Roles of Wheat Endosperm ADP-Glucose Pyrophosphorylase Subunits. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2018; 9:1498. [PMID: 30459778 PMCID: PMC6232684 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2018.01498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2018] [Accepted: 09/25/2018] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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The ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase from wheat endosperm controls starch synthesis in seeds and has unique regulatory properties compared to others from this family. It comprises two types of subunits, but despite its importance little is known about their roles. Here, we synthesized de novo the wheat endosperm ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase small (S) and large (L) subunit genes, heterologously expressed them in Escherichia coli, and kinetically characterized the recombinant proteins. To understand their distinct roles, we co-expressed them with well characterized subunits from the potato tuber enzyme to obtain hybrids with one S subunit from one source and an L subunit from the other. After kinetic analyses of these hybrids, we concluded that the unusual insensitivity to activation of the wheat endosperm enzyme is caused by a pre-activation of the L subunit. In addition, the heat stability and sensitivity to phosphate are given by the S subunit.
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- Danisa M. L. Ferrero
- Laboratorio de Enzimología Molecular, Instituto de Agrobiotecnología del Litoral (CONICET – UNL), Facultad de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Santa Fe, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Enzimología Molecular, Instituto de Agrobiotecnología del Litoral (CONICET – UNL), Facultad de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Santa Fe, Argentina
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States
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- Laboratorio de Enzimología Molecular, Instituto de Agrobiotecnología del Litoral (CONICET – UNL), Facultad de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Santa Fe, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Enzimología Molecular, Instituto de Agrobiotecnología del Litoral (CONICET – UNL), Facultad de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Santa Fe, Argentina
- *Correspondence: Alberto A. Iglesias, Miguel A. Ballicora,
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States
- *Correspondence: Alberto A. Iglesias, Miguel A. Ballicora,
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MacNeill GJ, Mehrpouyan S, Minow MAA, Patterson JA, Tetlow IJ, Emes MJ. Starch as a source, starch as a sink: the bifunctional role of starch in carbon allocation. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY 2017; 68:4433-4453. [PMID: 28981786 DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erx291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 146] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Starch commands a central role in the carbon budget of the majority of plants on earth, and its biological role changes during development and in response to the environment. Throughout the life of a plant, starch plays a dual role in carbon allocation, acting as both a source, releasing carbon reserves in leaves for growth and development, and as a sink, either as a dedicated starch store in its own right (in seeds and tubers), or as a temporary reserve of carbon contributing to sink strength, in organs such as flowers, fruits, and developing non-starchy seeds. The presence of starch in tissues and organs thus has a profound impact on the physiology of the growing plant as its synthesis and degradation governs the availability of free sugars, which in turn control various growth and developmental processes. This review attempts to summarize the large body of information currently available on starch metabolism and its relationship to wider aspects of carbon metabolism and plant nutrition. It highlights gaps in our knowledge and points to research areas that show promise for bioengineering and manipulation of starch metabolism in order to achieve more desirable phenotypes such as increased yield or plant biomass.
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- Gregory J MacNeill
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, College of Biological Science, Summerlee Science Complex, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, College of Biological Science, Summerlee Science Complex, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, College of Biological Science, Summerlee Science Complex, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, College of Biological Science, Summerlee Science Complex, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, College of Biological Science, Summerlee Science Complex, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, College of Biological Science, Summerlee Science Complex, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1, Canada
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Tavormina PL, Kellermann MY, Antony CP, Tocheva EI, Dalleska NF, Jensen AJ, Valentine DL, Hinrichs K, Jensen GJ, Dubilier N, Orphan VJ. Starvation and recovery in the deep‐sea methanotroph
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ethyloprofundus sedimenti. Mol Microbiol 2016; 103:242-252. [DOI: 10.1111/mmi.13553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/08/2016] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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- Patricia L. Tavormina
- Division of Geological and Planetary SciencesCalifornia Institute of Technology1200 E. California BlvdPasadena CA91125 USA
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- Department of Earth Science and Marine Science InstituteUniversity of CaliforniaSanta Barbara CA93106 USA
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- Department of Stomatology and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular MedicineUniversité de MontréalP. O. Box 6128 Station Centre‐VilleMontreal QCH3C 3J7 Canada
- Division of Biology and Biological Engineering andCalifornia Institute of Technology1200 E. California BlvdPasadena CA91125 USA
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- Environmental Analysis CenterCalifornia Institute of Technology1200 E. California BlvdPasadena CA91125 USA
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- Division of Biology and Biological Engineering andCalifornia Institute of Technology1200 E. California BlvdPasadena CA91125 USA
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- Department of Earth Science and Marine Science InstituteUniversity of CaliforniaSanta Barbara CA93106 USA
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- MARUM Center for Marine Environmental SciencesUniversity of Bremen, Leobener StrBremen28359 Germany
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- Division of Biology and Biological Engineering and Howard Hughes Medical InstituteCalifornia Institute of Technology1200 E. California BlvdPasadena CA91125 USA
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- Max Planck Institute for Marine MicrobiologyCelsiusstraße 1Bremen28359 Germany
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- Division of Geological and Planetary SciencesCalifornia Institute of Technology1200 E. California BlvdPasadena CA91125 USA
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Wolf J, Stark H, Fafenrot K, Albersmeier A, Pham TK, Müller KB, Meyer BH, Hoffmann L, Shen L, Albaum SP, Kouril T, Schmidt-Hohagen K, Neumann-Schaal M, Bräsen C, Kalinowski J, Wright PC, Albers SV, Schomburg D, Siebers B. A systems biology approach reveals major metabolic changes in the thermoacidophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus in response to the carbon source L-fucose versus D-glucose. Mol Microbiol 2016; 102:882-908. [PMID: 27611014 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.13498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/03/2016] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Archaea are characterised by a complex metabolism with many unique enzymes that differ from their bacterial and eukaryotic counterparts. The thermoacidophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus is known for its metabolic versatility and is able to utilize a great variety of different carbon sources. However, the underlying degradation pathways and their regulation are often unknown. In this work, the growth on different carbon sources was analysed, using an integrated systems biology approach. The comparison of growth on L-fucose and D-glucose allows first insights into the genome-wide changes in response to the two carbon sources and revealed a new pathway for L-fucose degradation in S. solfataricus. During growth on L-fucose major changes in the central carbon metabolic network, as well as an increased activity of the glyoxylate bypass and the 3-hydroxypropionate/4-hydroxybutyrate cycle were observed. Within the newly discovered pathway for L-fucose degradation the following key reactions were identified: (i) L-fucose oxidation to L-fuconate via a dehydrogenase, (ii) dehydration to 2-keto-3-deoxy-L-fuconate via dehydratase, (iii) 2-keto-3-deoxy-L-fuconate cleavage to pyruvate and L-lactaldehyde via aldolase and (iv) L-lactaldehyde conversion to L-lactate via aldehyde dehydrogenase. This pathway as well as L-fucose transport shows interesting overlaps to the D-arabinose pathway, representing another example for pathway promiscuity in Sulfolobus species.
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- Jacqueline Wolf
- Department of Bioinformatics and Biochemistry, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, 38106, Germany
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- Department of Bioinformatics and Biochemistry, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, 38106, Germany
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- Molecular Enzyme Technology and Biochemistry, Biofilm Centre, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Essen, 45141, Germany
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- Center for Biotechnology - CeBiTec, Universität Bielefeld, Bielefeld, 33615, Germany
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- Departement of Chemical and Biological Engineering, ChELSI Institute, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S1 3JD, UK
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- Department of Bioinformatics and Biochemistry, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, 38106, Germany
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- Molecular Biology of Archaea, Institute for Biology II - Microbiology, Universität Freiburg, Freiburg, 79104, Germany
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- Molecular Biology of Archaea, Institute for Biology II - Microbiology, Universität Freiburg, Freiburg, 79104, Germany
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- Molecular Enzyme Technology and Biochemistry, Biofilm Centre, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Essen, 45141, Germany
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- Center for Biotechnology - CeBiTec, Universität Bielefeld, Bielefeld, 33615, Germany
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- Molecular Enzyme Technology and Biochemistry, Biofilm Centre, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Essen, 45141, Germany
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- Department of Bioinformatics and Biochemistry, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, 38106, Germany
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- Department of Bioinformatics and Biochemistry, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, 38106, Germany
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- Molecular Enzyme Technology and Biochemistry, Biofilm Centre, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Essen, 45141, Germany
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- Center for Biotechnology - CeBiTec, Universität Bielefeld, Bielefeld, 33615, Germany
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- Departement of Chemical and Biological Engineering, ChELSI Institute, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S1 3JD, UK
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- Molecular Biology of Archaea, Institute for Biology II - Microbiology, Universität Freiburg, Freiburg, 79104, Germany
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- Department of Bioinformatics and Biochemistry, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, 38106, Germany
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- Molecular Enzyme Technology and Biochemistry, Biofilm Centre, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Essen, 45141, Germany
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Structural comparison, substrate specificity, and inhibitor binding of AGPase small subunit from monocot and dicot: present insight and future potential. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2014; 2014:583606. [PMID: 25276800 PMCID: PMC4167649 DOI: 10.1155/2014/583606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2014] [Revised: 04/08/2014] [Accepted: 04/21/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase (AGPase) is the first rate limiting enzyme of starch biosynthesis pathway and has been exploited as the target for greater starch yield in several plants. The structure-function analysis and substrate binding specificity of AGPase have provided enormous potential for understanding the role of specific amino acid or motifs responsible for allosteric regulation and catalytic mechanisms, which facilitate the engineering of AGPases. We report the three-dimensional structure, substrate, and inhibitor binding specificity of AGPase small subunit from different monocot and dicot crop plants. Both monocot and dicot subunits were found to exploit similar interactions with the substrate and inhibitor molecule as in the case of their closest homologue potato tuber AGPase small subunit. Comparative sequence and structural analysis followed by molecular docking and electrostatic surface potential analysis reveal that rearrangements of secondary structure elements, substrate, and inhibitor binding residues are strongly conserved and follow common folding pattern and orientation within monocot and dicot displaying a similar mode of allosteric regulation and catalytic mechanism. The results from this study along with site-directed mutagenesis complemented by molecular dynamics simulation will shed more light on increasing the starch content of crop plants to ensure the food security worldwide.
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Asención Diez MD, Aleanzi MC, Iglesias AA, Ballicora MA. A novel dual allosteric activation mechanism of Escherichia coli ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase: the role of pyruvate. PLoS One 2014; 9:e103888. [PMID: 25102309 PMCID: PMC4125136 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0103888] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2014] [Accepted: 07/07/2014] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Fructose-1,6-bisphosphate activates ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase and the synthesis of glycogen in Escherichia coli. Here, we show that although pyruvate is a weak activator by itself, it synergically enhances the fructose-1,6-bisphosphate activation. They increase the enzyme affinity for each other, and the combination increases Vmax, substrate apparent affinity, and decreases AMP inhibition. Our results indicate that there are two distinct interacting allosteric sites for activation. Hence, pyruvate modulates E. coli glycogen metabolism by orchestrating a functional network of allosteric regulators. We postulate that this novel dual activator mechanism increases the evolvability of ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase and its related metabolic control.
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- Matías D. Asención Diez
- Department of Chemistry, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
- Laboratorio de Enzimología Molecular, Instituto de Agrobiotecnología del Litoral (UNL-CONICET), FBCB Ciudad Universitaria, Santa Fe, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Enzimología Molecular, Instituto de Agrobiotecnología del Litoral (UNL-CONICET), FBCB Ciudad Universitaria, Santa Fe, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Enzimología Molecular, Instituto de Agrobiotecnología del Litoral (UNL-CONICET), FBCB Ciudad Universitaria, Santa Fe, Argentina
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- Department of Chemistry, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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van Niftrik L, Jetten MSM. Anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria: unique microorganisms with exceptional properties. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 2012; 76:585-96. [PMID: 22933561 PMCID: PMC3429623 DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.05025-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 126] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing (anammox) bacteria defy many microbiological concepts and share numerous properties with both eukaryotes and archaea. Among their most intriguing characteristics are their compartmentalized cell plan and archaeon-like cell wall. Here we review our current knowledge about anammox cell biology. The anammox cell is divided into three separate compartments by bilayer membranes. The anammox cell consists of (from outside to inside) the cell wall, paryphoplasm, riboplasm, and anammoxosome. Not much is known about the composition or function of both the anammox cell wall and the paryphoplasm compartment. The cell wall is proposed to be proteinaceous and to lack both peptidoglycan and an outer membrane typical of Gram-negative bacteria. The function of the paryphoplasm is unknown, but it contains the cell division ring. The riboplasm resembles the standard cytoplasmic compartment of other bacteria; it contains ribosomes and the nucleoid. The anammoxosome occupies most of the cell volume and is a so-called "prokaryotic organelle" analogous to the eukaryotic mitochondrion. This is the site where the anammox reaction takes place, coupled over the curved anammoxosome membrane, possibly giving rise to a proton motive force and subsequent ATP synthesis. With these unique properties, anammox bacteria are food for thought concerning the early evolution of the domains Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukarya.
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- Laura van Niftrik
- Department of Microbiology, Institute for Water & Wetland Research, Faculty of Science, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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Understanding the allosteric trigger for the fructose-1,6-bisphosphate regulation of the ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase from Escherichia coli. Biochimie 2011; 93:1816-23. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2011.06.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2011] [Accepted: 06/24/2011] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Sheng F, Jia X, Yep A, Preiss J, Geiger JH. The crystal structures of the open and catalytically competent closed conformation of Escherichia coli glycogen synthase. J Biol Chem 2009; 284:17796-807. [PMID: 19244233 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m809804200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Escherichia coli glycogen synthase (EcGS, EC 2.4.1.21) is a retaining glycosyltransferase (GT) that transfers glucose from adenosine diphosphate glucose to a glucan chain acceptor with retention of configuration at the anomeric carbon. EcGS belongs to the GT-B structural superfamily. Here we report several EcGS x-ray structures that together shed considerable light on the structure and function of these enzymes. The structure of the wild-type enzyme bound to ADP and glucose revealed a 15.2 degrees overall domain-domain closure and provided for the first time the structure of the catalytically active, closed conformation of a glycogen synthase. The main chain carbonyl group of His-161, Arg-300, and Lys-305 are suggested by the structure to act as critical catalytic residues in the transglycosylation. Glu-377, previously thought to be catalytic is found on the alpha-face of the glucose and plays an electrostatic role in the active site and as a glucose ring locator. This is also consistent with the structure of the EcGS(E377A)-ADP-HEPPSO complex where the glucose moiety is either absent or disordered in the active site.
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- Fang Sheng
- Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
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van Niftrik L, Geerts WJC, van Donselaar EG, Humbel BM, Webb RI, Fuerst JA, Verkleij AJ, Jetten MSM, Strous M. Linking ultrastructure and function in four genera of anaerobic ammonium-oxidizing bacteria: cell plan, glycogen storage, and localization of cytochrome C proteins. J Bacteriol 2008; 190:708-17. [PMID: 17993524 PMCID: PMC2223682 DOI: 10.1128/jb.01449-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2007] [Accepted: 10/31/2007] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox) is an ecologically and industrially important process and is performed by a clade of deeply branching Planctomycetes. Anammox bacteria possess an intracytoplasmic membrane-bounded organelle, the anammoxosome. In the present study, the ultrastructures of four different genera of anammox bacteria were compared with transmission electron microscopy and electron tomography. The four anammox genera shared a common cell plan and contained glycogen granules. Differences between the four genera included cell size (from 800 to 1,100 nm in diameter), presence or absence of cytoplasmic particles, and presence or absence of pilus-like appendages. Furthermore, cytochrome c proteins were detected exclusively inside the anammoxosome. This detection provides further support for the hypothesis that this organelle is the locus of anammox catabolism.
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- Laura van Niftrik
- Department of Microbiology, Radboud University Nijmegen, Toernooiveld 1, 6525 ED Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Seibold GM, Eikmanns BJ. The glgX gene product of Corynebacterium glutamicum is required for glycogen degradation and for fast adaptation to hyperosmotic stress. MICROBIOLOGY-SGM 2007; 153:2212-2220. [PMID: 17600065 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.2006/005181-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Corynebacterium glutamicum cells growing in medium containing sugars accumulate glycogen in the early exponential-growth phase, and start to degrade this polymer at entry into the stationary phase. In a first attempt to investigate glycogen degradation, the C. glutamicum glgX gene, which encodes a protein with 46 % identity to the isoamylase-type debranching enzyme of Escherichia coli, was analysed, expressed and inactivated. The purified C. glutamicum gene product showed debranching activity towards glycogen, amylopectin and starch. Chromosomal inactivation of glgX in C. glutamicum wild-type led to slower growth and to a higher intracellular glycogen pool throughout growth, when compared to those in the parental strain. This result suggests that glycogen synthesis and degradation occur simultaneously in C. glutamicum. When exposed to hyperosmotic shock, C. glutamicum rapidly degrades glycogen, and at the same time, synthesizes the osmoprotectant trehalose. The glgX mutant, however, synthesized only minor amounts of trehalose throughout cultivation, and its growth ceased after hyperosmotic shock. Taken together, the results indicate that the glgX gene product is essential for glycogen degradation in C. glutamicum, that glycogen is constantly recycled in C. glutamicum, and that it serves as a carbon store for trehalose synthesis via the TreYZ pathway after hyperosmotic shock.
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- Gerd M Seibold
- Institute of Microbiology and Biotechnology, University of Ulm, D-89069 Ulm, Germany
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- Institute of Microbiology and Biotechnology, University of Ulm, D-89069 Ulm, Germany
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Ballicora MA, Erben ED, Yazaki T, Bertolo AL, Demonte AM, Schmidt JR, Aleanzi M, Bejar CM, Figueroa CM, Fusari CM, Iglesias AA, Preiss J. Identification of regions critically affecting kinetics and allosteric regulation of the Escherichia coli ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase by modeling and pentapeptide-scanning mutagenesis. J Bacteriol 2007; 189:5325-33. [PMID: 17496097 PMCID: PMC1951854 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00481-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2007] [Accepted: 04/30/2007] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase (ADP-Glc PPase) is the enzyme responsible for the regulation of bacterial glycogen synthesis. To perform a structure-function relationship study of the Escherichia coli ADP-Glc PPase enzyme, we studied the effects of pentapeptide insertions at different positions in the enzyme and analyzed the results with a homology model. We randomly inserted 15 bp in a plasmid with the ADP-Glc PPase gene. We obtained 140 modified plasmids with single insertions of which 21 were in the coding region of the enzyme. Fourteen of them generated insertions of five amino acids, whereas the other seven created a stop codon and produced truncations. Correlation of ADP-Glc PPase activity to these modifications validated the enzyme model. Six of the insertions and one truncation produced enzymes with sufficient activity for the E. coli cells to synthesize glycogen and stain in the presence of iodine vapor. These were in regions away from the substrate site, whereas the mutants that did not stain had alterations in critical areas of the protein. The enzyme with a pentapeptide insertion between Leu(102) and Pro(103) was catalytically competent but insensitive to activation. We postulate this region as critical for the allosteric regulation of the enzyme, participating in the communication between the catalytic and regulatory domains.
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Bejar CM, Jin X, Ballicora MA, Preiss J. Molecular architecture of the glucose 1-phosphate site in ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylases. J Biol Chem 2006; 281:40473-84. [PMID: 17079236 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m607088200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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ADP-Glc pyrophosphorylase (PPase), a key regulatory enzyme in the biosynthetic pathway of starch and bacterial glycogen, catalyzes the synthesis of ADP-Glc from Glc-1-P and ATP. A homology model of the three-dimensional structure of the Escherichia coli enzyme complexed with ADP-Glc has been generated to study the substrate-binding site in detail. A set of amino acids in the model has been identified to be in close proximity to the glucose moiety of the ADP-Glc ligand. The role of these amino acids (Glu(194), Ser(212), Tyr(216), Asp(239), Phe(240), Trp(274), and Asp(276)) was studied by site-directed mutagenesis through the characterization of the kinetic properties and thermal stability of the designed mutants. All purified alanine mutants had 1 or 2 orders of magnitude lower apparent affinity for Glc-1-P compared with the wild type, indicating that the selected set of amino acids plays an important role in their interaction with the substrate. These amino acids, which are conserved within the ADP-Glc PPase family, were replaced with other residues to investigate the effect of size, hydrophobicity, polarity, aromaticity, or charge on the affinity for Glc-1-P. In this study, the architecture of the Glc-1-P-binding site is characterized. The model overlaps with the Glc-1-P site of other PPases such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa dTDP-Glc PPase and Salmonella typhi CDP-Glc PPase. Therefore, the data reported here may have implications for other members of the nucleotide-diphosphoglucose PPase family.
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- Clarisa Maria Bejar
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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Iglesias AA, Ballicora MA, Sesma JI, Preiss J. Domain swapping between a cyanobacterial and a plant subunit ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2006; 47:523-30. [PMID: 16501256 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcj021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase (ADP-Glc PPase) catalyzes the regulatory step in the pathway for synthesis of bacterial glycogen and starch in plants. ADP-Glc PPases from cyanobacteria (homotetramer) and from potato (Solanum tuberosum) tuber (heterotetramer) are activated by 3-phosphoglycerate and inhibited by inorganic orthophosphate. To study the function of two putative domains, chimeric enzymes were constructed. PSSANA contained the N-terminus (292 amino acids) of the potato tuber ADP-Glc PPase small subunit (PSS) and the C-terminus (159 residues) of the Anabaena PCC 7120 enzyme. ANAPSS was the inverse chimera. These constructs were expressed separately or together with the large subunit of the potato tuber ADP-Glc PPase (PLS), to obtain homo- and heterotetrameric chimeric proteins. Characterization of these forms showed that the N-terminus determines stability and regulatory redox-dependent properties. The chimeric forms exhibited intermediate 3-phosphoglycerate activation properties with respect to the wild-type homotetrameric enzymes, indicating that the interaction between the putative N- and C-domains determines the affinity for the activator. Characterization of the chimeric heterotetramers showed the functionality of the large subunit, mainly in modulating regulation of the enzyme by the coordinate action of 3-phosphoglycerate and inorganic orthophosphate.
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- Alberto A Iglesias
- Laboratorio de Enzimología Molecular, Facultad de Bioquímica y Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional del Litoral. Paraje El Pozo, CC 242, S3000ZAA, Santa Fe, Argentina
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Jin X, Ballicora MA, Preiss J, Geiger JH. Crystal structure of potato tuber ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase. EMBO J 2005; 24:694-704. [PMID: 15692569 PMCID: PMC549618 DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7600551] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2004] [Accepted: 12/20/2004] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase catalyzes the first committed and rate-limiting step in starch biosynthesis in plants and glycogen biosynthesis in bacteria. It is the enzymatic site for regulation of storage polysaccharide accumulation in plants and bacteria, being allosterically activated or inhibited by metabolites of energy flux. We report the first atomic resolution structure of ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase. Crystals of potato tuber ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase alpha subunit were grown in high concentrations of sulfate, resulting in the sulfate-bound, allosterically inhibited form of the enzyme. The N-terminal catalytic domain resembles a dinucleotide-binding Rossmann fold and the C-terminal domain adopts a left-handed parallel beta helix that is involved in cooperative allosteric regulation and a unique oligomerization. We also report structures of the enzyme in complex with ATP and ADP-glucose. Communication between the regulator-binding sites and the active site is both subtle and complex and involves several distinct regions of the enzyme including the N-terminus, the glucose-1-phosphate-binding site, and the ATP-binding site. These structures provide insights into the mechanism for catalysis and allosteric regulation of the enzyme.
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- Xiangshu Jin
- Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA. Tel.: +1 517 353 3137; Fax: +1 517 353 9334; E-mail:
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- Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
- Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA. Tel.: +1 517 355 9715 Ext. 234; Fax: +1 517 353 1793; E-mail:
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Yep A, Bejar CM, Ballicora MA, Dubay JR, Iglesias AA, Preiss J. An assay for adenosine 5'-diphosphate (ADP)-glucose pyrophosphorylase that measures the synthesis of radioactive ADP-glucose with glycogen synthase. Anal Biochem 2004; 324:52-9. [PMID: 14654045 DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2003.09.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Adenosine 5'-diphosphate (ADP)-glucose pyrophosphorylase (ADP-Glc PPase) catalyzes the conversion of glucose 1-phosphate and adenosine 5'-triphosphate to ADP-glucose and pyrophosphate. We present a radioactive assay of this enzyme with a higher signal/noise ratio. After stopping the reaction that uses [14C]glucose 1-phosphate as a substrate, the ADP-[14C]glucose formed as a product is converted to [14C]glycogen by the addition of glycogen synthase and nonradioactive glycogen as primer. The final product is precipitated and washed, and the radioactivity is measured in a scintillation counter. The [14C]glucose 1-phosphate that did not react is easily eliminated during the washes. We have found that this assay produces much lower blanks than previously described radioactive methods based on binding of ADP-[14C]glucose to O-(diethylaminoethyl)-cellulose paper. In addition, we tested the kinetic parameters for the effectors of the Escherichia coli ADP-Glc PPase and both assays yielded identical results. The presented method is more suitable for Km or S(0.5) determinations of ADP-Glc PPases having high apparent affinity for glucose 1-phosphate. It is possible to use a higher specific radioactivity to increase the sensitivity at lower concentrations of [14C]glucose 1-phosphate without compromising the blanks obtained at higher concentrations.
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- Alejandra Yep
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
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Bejar CM, Ballicora MA, Gómez-Casati DF, Iglesias AA, Preiss J. The ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase from Escherichia coli comprises two tightly bound distinct domains. FEBS Lett 2004; 573:99-104. [PMID: 15327982 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2004.07.060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2004] [Revised: 07/19/2004] [Accepted: 07/20/2004] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Computational analysis of ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylases predicts a fold with two domains. Co-expression of two polypeptides comprising residues 1-323 and 328-431 from the Escherichia coli ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase yielded an enzyme form as active as the wild type. The only difference from the wild type was a slightly modified affinity for allosteric effectors. The two polypeptides could not be separated by chromatographic procedures. Separate expression of these polypeptides produced inactive unstable forms. All these results indicated that the ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase comprises two domains with a strong interaction between them. That interaction is important for allosteric properties and structural stability.
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- Clarisa M Bejar
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
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Ballicora MA, Iglesias AA, Preiss J. ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase, a regulatory enzyme for bacterial glycogen synthesis. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 2003; 67:213-25, table of contents. [PMID: 12794190 PMCID: PMC156471 DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.67.2.213-225.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 182] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The accumulation of alpha-1,4-polyglucans is an important strategy to cope with transient starvation conditions in the environment. In bacteria and plants, the synthesis of glycogen and starch occurs by utilizing ADP-glucose as the glucosyl donor for elongation of the alpha-1,4-glucosidic chain. The main regulatory step takes place at the level of ADP-glucose synthesis, a reaction catalyzed by ADP-Glc pyrophosphorylase (PPase). Most of the ADP-Glc PPases are allosterically regulated by intermediates of the major carbon assimilatory pathway in the organism. Based on specificity for activator and inhibitor, classification of ADP-Glc PPases has been expanded into nine distinctive classes. According to predictions of the secondary structure of the ADP-Glc PPases, they seem to have a folding pattern common to other sugar nucleotide pyrophosphorylases. All the ADP-Glc PPases as well as other sugar nucleotide pyrophosphorylases appear to have evolved from a common ancestor, and later, ADP-Glc PPases developed specific regulatory properties, probably by addition of extra domains. Studies of different domains by construction of chimeric ADP-Glc PPases support this hypothesis. In addition to previous chemical modification experiments, the latest random and site-directed mutagenesis experiments with conserved amino acids revealed residues important for catalysis and regulation.
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- Miguel A Ballicora
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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Gómez-Casati DF, Cortassa S, Aon MA, Iglesias AA. Ultrasensitive behavior in the synthesis of storage polysaccharides in cyanobacteria. PLANTA 2003; 216:969-975. [PMID: 12687364 DOI: 10.1007/s00425-002-0949-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2002] [Accepted: 11/06/2002] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The glycogen synthetic pathway operates ultrasensitively as a function of the ADPglucose pyrophosphorylase (ADPGlcPPase) allosteric effectors, 3-phosphoglycerate and Pi, in permeabilized cells of the cyanobacterium Anabaena PCC 7120. In vitro data previously showed that the ultrasensitive behavior of ADPGlcPPase depends upon cross-talk between the two allosteric effectors, the enzyme's response being additionally modulated by molecular crowding [D.F. Gómez Casatiet al. (2000) Biochem J 350:139-147]. In the present work we show, experimentally and with a mathematical model, that alpha-1,4-glucan synthesis is also ultrasensitive in cells due to the propagation of the switch-like behavior of ADPGlcPPase to the synthetic pathway. Amplifications of up to 20-fold in storage-polysaccharide synthesis can be achieved with a modest 6.7-fold increase in 3-phosphoglycerate in the presence of 5 mM Pi in contrast to the 30-fold necessary in its absence. This is the first time that this phenomenon has been reported to occur in the glycogen synthetic pathway of a photosynthetic prokaryote. The implications of the results for plant cell physiology during light-dark transitions are discussed.
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- Diego F Gómez-Casati
- Instituto Tecnológico de Chascomús (IIB INTECH), Camino de Circunvalación Laguna km 6, CC 164 (7130) Chascomús, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Gómez-Casati DF, Preiss J, Iglesias AA. Studies on the effect of temperature on the activity and stability of cyanobacterial ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase. Arch Biochem Biophys 2001; 384:319-26. [PMID: 11368319 DOI: 10.1006/abbi.2000.2101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The effect of temperature on the activity and stability of ADPglucose pyrophosphorylase from Anabaena PCC 7120 was studied. Experimental optima temperatures were found around 37-40 degrees C or 42-45 degrees C, depending on the absence or the presence of allosteric effectors in the assay medium, respectively. In the range of temperature where the enzyme is stable, curved Arrhenius plots were obtained, indicating a transition temperature between 9 and 12 degrees C. Since these results were observed for both the forward and reverse reaction, with two different sets of substrates and two entirely different assay procedures, it seems unlikely that the effect can be on any component of the system other than the enzyme itself. Results suggest that cyanobacterial ADPglucose pyrophosphorylase undergoes conformational changes at different temperatures, rendering structures with different catalytic efficiencies. The different structures of the enzyme were visualized by emission fluorescence. ADPglucose pyrophosphorylase was irreversibly inactivated when exposed to temperatures above 40 degrees C. Inactivation was dependent on temperature and followed first order kinetics. The substrate, ATP, and the allosteric effectors, 3PGA and Pi, effectively protected the enzyme against thermal inactivation. Protection afforded by ATP was affected by MgCl2. These results suggest that the binding of the effectors to the enzyme resulted in conformational changes of the protein, rendering structures more stable to temperature treatments. Similar structures could be adopted by the enzyme in different environments, since the higher stability was observed in media containing either high ionic strength or high hydrophobicity.
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- D F Gómez-Casati
- Instituto Technológico de Chascomús (IIB-INTECH, CONICET), Argentina
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Aon MA, Cortassa S, Iglesias AA. Effects of stress on cellular infrastructure and metabolic organization in plant cells. INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF CYTOLOGY 1999; 194:239-73. [PMID: 10494628 DOI: 10.1016/s0074-7696(08)62398-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Ample evidence shows the role of cytoskeleton mainly in cell division, cell form, and general orientation by the perception of physical forces such as gravity and mechanical ones in plant cells. However, the problem of how cytoskeleton organization and its dynamics at the cellular level in turn affects main metabolic pathways of gene expression and cellular energetics is yet unsolved. The response given by cells to environmental challenges such as stress responses is crucially dependent on the organization of their architecture. Drought, high salinity, and low temperature are sensed by plants as a water stress condition. The latter is known to entrain a series of physiological and metabolic changes at the cellular level. This review hypothesizes that the cytoskeletal network of plant cells and tissues may transduce environmental stress into changes in the organization and dynamics of metabolism and gene expression. Accordingly, experimental evidence concerning the current models of cytoplasmic architecture that have emerged in recent years and the effects of stress on the cytostructure are analyzed.
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- MA Aon
- Instituto Tecnologico de Chascomus (INTECH-CONICET), Chascomus, Argentina
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Cyanobacter ADPglucose pyrophosphorylase exhibits a ultrasensitive response in activity towards its allosteric effector 3-phosphoglycerate, elicited by orthophosphate and polyethyleneglycol-induced molecular crowding. The ultrasensitive response was observed either when the enzyme operates in the zero or first order region for its physiological substrates. The ultrasensitivity exhibited maximal amplification factors of 15-19-fold with respect to 1% of the maximal system velocity. Only a 2.4-3.8-fold increase in 3PGA concentration was necessary to augment the flux from 10% to 90% through AGPase as compared with 200-fold required for the control. The results are discussed in terms of finely tuned regulatory mechanisms of polysaccharide synthesis in oxygenic photosynthetic organisms.
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Uttaro AD, Ugalde RA, Preiss J, Iglesias AA. Cloning and expression of the glgC gene from Agrobacterium tumefaciens: purification and characterization of the ADPglucose synthetase. Arch Biochem Biophys 1998; 357:13-21. [PMID: 9721178 DOI: 10.1006/abbi.1998.0786] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The gene encoding ADPglucose synthetase (EC 2.7.7.27) from Agrobacterium tumefaciens was isolated and expressed in Escherichia coli. The recombinant protein was purified to electrophoretic homogeneity in steps including ion-exchange and hydrophobic chromatography. The same purification procedure was utilized to purify ADPglucose synthetase from A. tumefaciens cells. The enzymes from the two sources were purified and characterized and were found to have identical kinetic, regulatory, and structural properties. In polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis in the presence of sodium dodecyl sulfate, only one polypeptide band of 50 kDa was detected. In immunoblotting following electrophoresis, the 50-kDa band reacted with antibodies raised against the Escherichia coli ADPglucose synthetase; there was no reaction with antibodies raised against the spinach enzyme. The immunoreactivity of the A. tumefaciens ADPglucose synthetase was confirmed in antibody neutralization assays. Using gel filtration, the native enzyme was shown to be a tetramer. Fructose 6-phosphate and pyruvate were the most effective activators of the enzyme; maximal activation was observed in the ADPglucose synthesis direction, in which the enzyme was activated about ninefold by fructose 6-phosphate and fivefold by pyruvate. Both activators increased the affinity of the enzyme for the substrates ATP and glucose 1-phosphate. Inorganic orthophospate, ADP, AMP, and pyridoxal phosphate behaved as inhibitors of the enzyme. The distinctive regulatory properties of the enzyme from A. tumefaciens are compared with those of two enterobacterial enzymes and discussed in the context of their deduced amino acid sequences.
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- A D Uttaro
- Department of Biochemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
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Preiss J, Romeo T. Molecular biology and regulatory aspects of glycogen biosynthesis in bacteria. PROGRESS IN NUCLEIC ACID RESEARCH AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1994; 47:299-329. [PMID: 8016324 DOI: 10.1016/s0079-6603(08)60255-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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- J Preiss
- Department of Biochemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48824
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