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Gene Networks and Pathways Involved in Escherichia coli Response to Multiple Stressors. Microorganisms 2022; 10:microorganisms10091793. [PMID: 36144394 PMCID: PMC9501238 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms10091793] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2022] [Revised: 08/19/2022] [Accepted: 08/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Stress response helps microorganisms survive extreme environmental conditions and host immunity, making them more virulent or drug resistant. Although both reductionist approaches investigating specific genes and systems approaches analyzing individual stress conditions are being used, less is known about gene networks involved in multiple stress responses. Here, using a systems biology approach, we mined hundreds of transcriptomic data sets for key genes and pathways involved in the tolerance of the model microorganism Escherichia coli to multiple stressors. Specifically, we investigated the E. coli K-12 MG1655 transcriptome under five stresses: heat, cold, oxidative stress, nitrosative stress, and antibiotic treatment. Overlaps of transcriptional changes between studies of each stress factor and between different stressors were determined: energy-requiring metabolic pathways, transport, and motility are typically downregulated to conserve energy, while genes related to survival, bona fide stress response, biofilm formation, and DNA repair are mainly upregulated. The transcription of 15 genes with uncharacterized functions is higher in response to multiple stressors, which suggests they may play pivotal roles in stress response. In conclusion, using rank normalization of transcriptomic data, we identified a set of E. coli stress response genes and pathways, which could be potential targets to overcome antibiotic tolerance or multidrug resistance.
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Zhao L, Zhang H, Wang X, Han G, Ma W, Hu X, Li Y. Transcriptomic analysis of an l-threonine-producing Escherichia coli TWF001. Biotechnol Appl Biochem 2020; 67:414-429. [PMID: 31976571 DOI: 10.1002/bab.1890] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2019] [Accepted: 01/21/2020] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Wild-type Escherichia coli usually does not accumulate l-threonine, but E. coli strain TWF001 could produce 30.35 g/L l-threonine after 23-H fed-batch fermentation. To understand the mechanism for the high yield of l-threonine production in TWF001, transcriptomic analyses of the TWF001 cell samples collected at the logarithmic and stationary phases were performed, using the wild-type E. coli strain W3110 as the control. Compared with W3110, 1739 and 2361 genes were differentially transcribed in the logarithmic and stationary phases, respectively. Most genes related to the biosynthesis of l-threonine were significantly upregulated. Some key genes related to the NAD(P)H regeneration were upregulated. Many genes relevant to glycolysis and TCA cycle were downregulated. The key genes involved in the l-threonine degradation were downregulated. The gene rhtA encoding the l-threonine exporter was upregulated, whereas the genes sstT and tdcC encoding the l-threonine importer were downregulated. The upregulated genes in the glutamate pathway might form an amino-providing loop, which is beneficial for the high yield of l-threonine production. Many genes encoding the 30S and 50S subunits of ribosomes were also upregulated. The findings are useful for gene engineering to increase l-threonine production in E. coli.
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- Lei Zhao
- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, China.,Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, China
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- Department of Biological Engineering, College of Life Science, Yantai University, Shandong, 408100, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, China.,Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, China.,International Joint Laboratory on Food Safety, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, China
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- College of Modern Agriculture and Biological Engineering, Yangtze Normal University, Chongqing, 264005, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, China.,International Joint Laboratory on Food Safety, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, China.,International Joint Laboratory on Food Safety, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, China
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The biosynthesis of serine, glycine, and one-carbon (C1) units constitutes a major metabolic pathway in Escherichia coli and Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium. C1 units derived from serine and glycine are used in the synthesis of purines, histidine, thymine, pantothenate, and methionine and in the formylation of the aminoacylated initiator fMet-TRNAfMet used to start translation in E. coli and serovar Typhimurium. The need for serine, glycine, and C1 units in many cellular functions makes it necessary for the genes encoding enzymes for their synthesis to be carefully regulated to meet the changing demands of the cell for these intermediates. This review discusses the regulation of the following genes: serA, serB, and serC; gly gene; gcvTHP operon; lpdA; gcvA and gcvR; and gcvB genes. Threonine utilization (the Tut cycle) constitutes a secondary pathway for serine and glycine biosynthesis. L-Serine inhibits the growth of E. coli cells in GM medium, and isoleucine releases this growth inhibition. The E. coli glycine transport system (Cyc) has been shown to transport glycine, D-alanine, D-serine, and the antibiotic D-cycloserine. Transport systems often play roles in the regulation of gene expression, by transporting effector molecules into the cell, where they are sensed by soluble or membrane-bound regulatory proteins.
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Fujita H, Syono K, Machida Y, Kawaguchi M. Morphological effects of sinefungin, an inhibitor of S-adenosylmethionine-dependent methyltransferases, on Anabaena sp. PCC 7120. Microbes Environ 2011; 23:346-9. [PMID: 21558729 DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.me08519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Anabaena cells develop regular one-dimensional filaments through cell division in planes parallel to each other. A gcvP mutant displayed morphological defects such as filaments with sharp bends and/or branching and irregular cell clumps. The defects probably result from depletion of S-adenosylmethionine (AdoMet), because they were rescued by the application of methionine, an AdoMet precursor, and because sinefungin, a strong inhibitor of AdoMet-dependent methyltransferases, caused morphological abnormalities in wild-type Anabaena similar to those of the mutant. AdoMet-dependent methylation is involved in the spatial regulation of cell polarity in Anabaena.
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- Hironori Fujita
- Division of Theoretical Biology, National Institute for Basic Biology, Higashiyama 5-1, Myodaiji, Okazaki 444-8787, Japan
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Development of an antibiotic-free plasmid selection system based on glycine auxotrophy for recombinant protein overproduction in Escherichia coli. J Biotechnol 2008; 134:127-36. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2008.01.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2007] [Revised: 12/17/2007] [Accepted: 01/11/2008] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Chassagnole C, Diano A, Létisse F, Lindley ND. Metabolic network analysis during fed-batch cultivation of Corynebacterium glutamicum for pantothenic acid production: first quantitative data and analysis of by-product formation. J Biotechnol 2003; 104:261-72. [PMID: 12948644 DOI: 10.1016/s0168-1656(03)00146-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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A first generation genetically modified strain of Corynebacterium glutamicum has been assessed for its potential to synthesise and accumulate the vitamin pantothenic acid in the medium using fed-batch cultivation technology, with biomass concentration controlled by isoleucine limitation. Kinetic analysis of specific rates throughout the process has been used to model carbon flux through both central metabolism and the specific pathways involved in product formation. Flux towards pantothenic acid is potentially high but much of this flux is dissipated as by-products within associated pathways, notably linked to amino acid synthesis. The major limitation of vitamin production in this strain is linked to the tenfold higher flux of keto-isovalerate towards valine rather than pantothenic acid. Attempts to modify this ratio by imposing nitrogen limitation provoked carbon overflow as unidentified non-nitrogenous compounds. The observed accumulation of glycine suggests that the flux towards pantothenate production may by limited by the rate of the pathway intermediate (5,10-methylene-tetrahydrofolate) regeneration.
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- Christophe Chassagnole
- Laboratoire Biotechnologie-Bioprocédés, UMR INSA/CNRS No. 5504, Centre de Bioingénierie Gilbert Durand, Institut National de Sciences Appliquées, 135 Avenue de Rangueil, F-31077 Toulouse cedex 4, France.
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This map is an update of the edition 9 map by Berlyn et al. (M. K. B. Berlyn, K. B. Low, and K. E. Rudd, p. 1715-1902, in F. C. Neidhardt et al., ed., Escherichia coli and Salmonella: cellular and molecular biology, 2nd ed., vol. 2, 1996). It uses coordinates established by the completed sequence, expressed as 100 minutes for the entire circular map, and adds new genes discovered and established since 1996 and eliminates those shown to correspond to other known genes. The latter are included as synonyms. An alphabetical list of genes showing map location, synonyms, the protein or RNA product of the gene, phenotypes of mutants, and reference citations is provided. In addition to genes known to correspond to gene sequences, other genes, often older, that are described by phenotype and older mapping techniques and that have not been correlated with sequences are included.
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- M K Berlyn
- Department of Biology and School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8104, USA.
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We constructed a set of deletions upstream of the gcv promoter and analyzed the effects of the deletions on expression of a gcvT-lacZ gene fusion. A deletion that ends at position -313 upstream of the transcription initiation site (+1) results in reduced levels of gcvT-lacZ expression, but the fusion is still inducible by glycine and repressible by purines. A deletion that ends at position -169 results in loss of both GcvA- and Lrp-mediated activation of the gcvT-lacZ fusion. The endpoints of delta -313 and delta -169 also define a site that down-regulates gcvT-lacZ expression two- to threefold. A deletion that ends at position -89 upstream from the transcription initiation site still shows PurR-mediated repression, suggesting that PurR-mediated repression is not by direct interference with the GcvA- and Lrp-mediated regulatory mechanism(s). Gel mobility shift assays and DNase I footprinting showed that Lrp protein binds to multiple sites upstream of the gcv promoter, from about bp -92 to bp -229. The results suggest that the gcv regulatory region is complex, with numerous cis-acting sites that are required for normal gcv expression.
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- L T Stauffer
- Department of Microbiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242
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The nucleotide (nt) sequence of the Escherichia coli gcvP gene was determined. The polypeptide deduced from the DNA sequence has an M(r) of 104,375 (957 amino acids). In a minicell system, gcvP encodes a polypeptide that migrates at 93.3 kDa on sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gels. After the coding region, there is a 39-nt sequence followed by a T-rich sequence within which transcription appears to terminate. This region is preceded by a G/C-rich sequence that could form a stable stem-loop structure once transcribed, and is characteristic of Rho-independent transcription terminators. A Northern analysis identified an approx. 4700-nt RNA molecule, large enough to encode the T-, H-and P-proteins of the glycine cleavage enzyme complex. Analyses of gcvP::lacZ fusions with and without stop codons in gcvT, the first gene in the operon, confirmed gcvT, gcvH and gcvP lie in an operon. RNA slot blot analyses indicated that induction of gcv by glycine, and PurR-mediated repression of gcv occur at the level of transcription.
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- L T Stauffer
- Department of Microbiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242
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Wilson RL, Stauffer LT, Stauffer GV. Roles of the GcvA and PurR proteins in negative regulation of the Escherichia coli glycine cleavage enzyme system. J Bacteriol 1993; 175:5129-34. [PMID: 8349552 PMCID: PMC204979 DOI: 10.1128/jb.175.16.5129-5134.1993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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When Escherichia coli was grown in medium containing both inosine and glycine, the PurR repressor protein was shown to be responsible for a twofold reduction from the fully induced glycine cleavage enzyme levels. This twofold repression was also seen by measuring beta-galactosidase levels in cells carrying a lambda gcvT-lacZ gene fusion. In this fusion, the synthesis of beta-galactosidase is under the control of the gcv regulatory region. A DNA fragment carrying the gcv control region was shown by gel mobility shift assay and DNase I footprinting to bind purified PurR protein, suggesting a direct involvement of the repressor in gcv regulation. A separate mechanism of purine-mediated regulation of gcv was shown to be independent of the purR gene product and resulted in an approximately 10-fold reduction of beta-galactosidase levels when cells were grown in medium containing inosine but lacking the inducer glycine. This additional repression was dependent upon a functional gcvA gene, a positive activator for the glycine cleavage enzyme system. A dual role for the GcvA protein as both an activator in the presence of glycine and a repressor in the presence of inosine is suggested.
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- R L Wilson
- Department of Microbiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242
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Lin R, D'Ari R, Newman EB. Lambda placMu insertions in genes of the leucine regulon: extension of the regulon to genes not regulated by leucine. J Bacteriol 1992; 174:1948-55. [PMID: 1532173 PMCID: PMC205801 DOI: 10.1128/jb.174.6.1948-1955.1992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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The leucine regulon coordinates the expression of several Escherichia coli genes according to the presence of exogenous leucine, which interacts with the lrp gene product, Lrp. We isolated and characterized 22 strains with lambda placMu insertions in Lrp-regulated genes. Lrp and leucine influenced gene expression in a surprising variety of ways. We identified two genes that are regulated by Lrp and not affected by L-leucine. We therefore rename this the leucine-lrp regulon. Genes coding for glycine cleavage and leucine biosynthesis enzymes have been identified as members of the leucine-lrp regulon. We suggest that the lrp gene product activates genes needed for growth in minimal medium, and we show that the gene is repressed by its own product and is highly repressed during growth in rich medium.
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- R Lin
- Department of Biological Sciences, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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The glycine cleavage system. Molecular cloning of the chicken and human glycine decarboxylase cDNAs and some characteristics involved in the deduced protein structures. J Biol Chem 1991. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)49991-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Stauffer LT, Steiert PS, Steiert JG, Stauffer GV. An Escherichia coli protein with homology to the H-protein of the glycine cleavage enzyme complex from pea and chicken liver. DNA SEQUENCE : THE JOURNAL OF DNA SEQUENCING AND MAPPING 1991; 2:13-7. [PMID: 1802033 DOI: 10.3109/10425179109008434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The nucleotide sequence of an Escherichia coli gene which presumably encodes the H-protein of the glycine cleavage (GCV) enzyme complex is presented. The gene, designated gcvH, encodes a polypeptide of 128 amino acids with a calculated molecular weight of 13,665 daltons. The translation start site was determined by N-terminal amino acid sequence analysis of a gcvH-lacZ encoded fusion protein. The E. coli H-protein shows extensive homology with the H-proteins from the pea (Pisum sativum) and the chicken liver GCV enzyme complexes. 85 of 128 amino acid residues are identical or chemically similar between the E. coli and the pea H-proteins, and 74 of 128 amino acid residues are identical or chemically similar between the E. coli and the chicken liver H-proteins. All three proteins have identical amino acid sequences from residues 61-65. This sequence contains the lysyl residue involved in lipoic acid attachment in the chicken liver H-protein.
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- L T Stauffer
- Department of Microbiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242
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Freudenberg W, Dietrichs D, Lebertz H, Andreesen JR. Isolation of an atypically small lipoamide dehydrogenase involved in the glycine decarboxylase complex from Eubacterium acidaminophilum. J Bacteriol 1989; 171:1346-54. [PMID: 2537814 PMCID: PMC209752 DOI: 10.1128/jb.171.3.1346-1354.1989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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The lipoamide dehydrogenase of the glycine decarboxylase complex was purified to homogeneity (8 U/mg) from cells of the anaerobe Eubacterium acidaminophilum that were grown on glycine. In cell extracts four radioactive protein fractions labeled with D-[2-14C]riboflavin could be detected after gel filtration, one of which coeluted with lipoamide dehydrogenase activity. The molecular mass of the native enzyme could be determined by several methods to be 68 kilodaltons, and an enzyme with a molecular mass of 34.5 kilodaltons was obtained by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Immunoblot analysis of cell extracts separated by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide or linear polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis resulted in a single fluorescent band. NADPH instead of NADH was the preferred electron donor of this lipoamide dehydrogenase. This was also indicated by Michaelis constants of 0.085 mM for NADPH and 1.1 mM for NADH at constant lipoamide and enzyme concentrations. The enzyme exhibited no thioredoxin reductase, glutathione reductase, or mercuric reductase activity. Immunological cross-reactions were obtained with cell extracts of Clostridium cylindrosporum, Clostridium sporogenes, Clostridium sticklandii, and bacterium W6, but not with extracts of other glycine- or purine-utilizing anaerobic or aerobic bacteria, for which the lipoamide dehydrogenase has already been characterized.
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- W Freudenberg
- Institut für Mikrobiologie der Universität, Göttingen, Federal Republic of Germany
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