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Zhu M, Kawamoto J, Imai T, Ogawa T, Kurihara T. Enhancing extracellular membrane vesicle productivity of Shewanella vesiculosa HM13, a prospective host for vesiculation-mediated protein secretion, by weakening outer membrane-peptidoglycan linkage. J Biosci Bioeng 2024:S1389-1723(24)00134-8. [PMID: 38796341 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2024.05.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2024] [Revised: 04/19/2024] [Accepted: 05/09/2024] [Indexed: 05/28/2024]
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Shewanella vesiculosa HM13, a psychrotrophic gram-negative bacterium isolated from the intestinal contents of horse mackerel, produces abundant extracellular membrane vesicles (EMVs) by budding the outer membrane. The EMVs of this bacterium carry a single major cargo protein, P49, of unknown function, which may be useful as a carrier for the secretory production of heterologous proteins as cargoes of EMVs. In this study, to increase the utility of S. vesiculosa HM13 as a host for EMV-mediated protein production, we improved its EMV productivity by weakening the linkage between the outer membrane and underlying peptidoglycan layer. In gram-negative bacteria, the outer membrane is connected to peptidoglycans predominantly through Braun's lipoprotein (Lpp), and the formation of this linkage is catalyzed by an l,d-transpeptidase (Ldt). We constructed gene-disrupted mutants of Lpp and Ldt and assessed their EMV productivity. The EMVs of the lpp- and ldt-disrupted mutants grown at 18 °C were evaluated using nanoparticle tracking analysis, and their morphologies were observed using transmission electron microscopy. As a result, an approximately 2.5-fold increase in EMV production was achieved, whereas the morphology of the EMVs of these mutants remained almost identical to that of the parent strain. In accordance with the increase in EMV production, the mutants secreted approximately 2-fold higher amounts of P49 than the parent strain into the culture broth as the EMV cargo. These findings will contribute to the development of an EMV-based secretory production system for heterologous proteins using S. vesiculosa HM13 as a host.
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- Mengshan Zhu
- Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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- Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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- Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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- Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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- Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan.
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A pyrF-Based Efficient Genetic Manipulation Platform in Acinetobacter baumannii To Explore the Vital DNA Components of Adaptive Immunity for I-F CRISPR-Cas. Microbiol Spectr 2022; 10:e0195722. [PMID: 36047802 PMCID: PMC9602844 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.01957-22] [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] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Acinetobacter baumannii is an important pathogenic bacterium with multidrug resistance which causes infections with high mortality rates. In-depth genetic analysis of A. baumannii virulence and drug-resistant genes is highly desirable. In this study, we utilized the conserved pyrF-flanking fragment to rapidly generate uracil auxotrophy hosts with pyrF deleted in model and clinical A. baumannii strains and then introduced the pyrF gene as the selectable and counterselectable marker to establish a series of gene manipulation vectors. For gene deletion with the suicide pyrF-based plasmid, the second-crossover colonies screened with the pyrF/5-fluoroorotic acid (5-FOA) system were obtained more quickly and efficiently than those screened with the sacB/sucrose system. By using the replicative plasmid, the recognized protospacer-adjacent motif (PAM) bias for type I-F CRISPR was experimentally revealed in A. baumannii AYE. Interestingly, interference recognized only the PAM-CC sequence, whereas adaptation priming tolerates 4 PAM sequences. Furthermore, we also performed a rapid and extensive modification of the I-F CRISPR-Cas elements and revealed that the role of double-nucleotide sequence mutants at the end of the repeat could be critical during both CRISPR interference and priming; we also found strong biases for A and demonstrated that adaptation could tolerate certain sequence and size variations of the leader in A. baumannii. In conclusion, this pyrF-based genetic manipulation system was readily applicable and efficient for exploring the genetic characteristics of A. baumannii. IMPORTANCE In this study, we developed the widely applicable and efficient pyrF-based selection and counterselection system in A. baumannii for gene manipulation. In most cases, this pyrF/5-FOA genetic manipulation system was very effective and enabled us to obtain marker-free mutants in a very short period of time. Utilizing this system and the separate mechanism of interference and/or primed adaptation, our experiments revealed some recognition mechanism differences for the key DNA elements of PAM, leader, and repeat in the priming adaptation process of the I-F CRISPR-Cas systems of A. baumannii, which provided some new and original insights for the study of the molecular mechanisms of these processes and laid a foundation for further studies.
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Ogawa T, Kuboshima M, Suwanawat N, Kawamoto J, Kurihara T. Division of the role and physiological impact of multiple lysophosphatidic acid acyltransferase paralogs. BMC Microbiol 2022; 22:241. [PMID: 36203164 PMCID: PMC9541089 DOI: 10.1186/s12866-022-02641-8] [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: 06/14/2022] [Accepted: 09/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Lysophosphatidic acid acyltransferase (LPAAT) is a phospholipid biosynthesis enzyme that introduces a particular set of fatty acids at the sn-2 position of phospholipids. Many bacteria have multiple LPAAT paralogs, and these enzymes are considered to have different fatty acid selectivities and to produce diverse phospholipids with distinct fatty acid compositions. This feature is advantageous for controlling the physicochemical properties of lipid membranes to maintain membrane integrity in response to the environment. However, it remains unclear how LPAAT paralogs are functionally differentiated and biologically significant. Results To better understand the division of roles of the LPAAT paralogs, we analyzed the functions of two LPAAT paralogs, PlsC4 and PlsC5, from the psychrotrophic bacterium Shewanella livingstonensis Ac10. As for their enzymatic function, lipid analysis of plsC4- and plsC5-inactivated mutants revealed that PlsC4 prefers iso-tridecanoic acid (C12-chain length, methyl-branched), whereas PlsC5 prefers palmitoleic acid (C16-chain length, monounsaturated). Regarding the physiological role, we found that plsC4, not plsC5, contributes to tolerance to cold stress. Using bioinformatics analysis, we demonstrated that orthologs of PlsC4/PlsC5 and their close relatives, constituting a new clade of LPAATs, are present in many γ-proteobacteria. We also found that LPAATs of this clade are phylogenetically distant from principal LPAATs, such as PlsC1 of S. livingstonensis Ac10, which are universally conserved among bacteria, suggesting the presence of functionally differentiated LPAATs in these bacteria. Conclusions PlsC4 and PlsC5, which are LPAAT paralogs of S. livingstonensis Ac10, play different roles in phospholipid production and bacterial physiology. An enzyme belonging to PlsC4/PlsC5 subfamilies and their close relatives are present, in addition to principal LPAATs, in many γ-proteobacteria, suggesting that the division of roles is more common than previously thought. Thus, both principal LPAATs and PlsC4/PlsC5-related enzymes should be considered to decipher the metabolism and physiology of bacterial cell membranes. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12866-022-02641-8.
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- Takuya Ogawa
- Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto, 611-0011, Japan
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- Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto, 611-0011, Japan
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- Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto, 611-0011, Japan
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- Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto, 611-0011, Japan
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- Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto, 611-0011, Japan.
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Xin Q, Chen Y, Chen Q, Wang B, Pan L. Development and application of a fast and efficient CRISPR-based genetic toolkit in Bacillus amyloliquefaciens LB1ba02. Microb Cell Fact 2022; 21:99. [PMID: 35643496 PMCID: PMC9148480 DOI: 10.1186/s12934-022-01832-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2022] [Accepted: 05/17/2022] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Background
Bacillus amyloliquefaciens is generally recognized as food safe (GRAS) microbial host and important enzyme-producing strain in the industry. B.amyloliquefaciens LB1ba02 is a production strain suitable for secreting mesophilic α-amylase in the industry. Nevertheless, due to the low transformation efficiency and restriction-modification system, the development of its CRISPR tool lags far behind other species and strains from the genus Bacillus. This work was undertaken to develop a fast and efficient gene-editing tool in B.amyloliquefaciens LB1ba02.
Results
In this study, we fused the nuclease-deficient mutant Cas9n (D10A) of Cas9 with activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID) and developed a fast and efficient base editing system for the first time in B. amyloliquefaciens LB1ba02. The system was verified by inactivating the pyrF gene coding orotidine 5'-phosphate decarboxylase and the mutant could grow normally on M9 medium supplemented with 5-fluoroorotic acid (5-FOA) and uridine (U). Our base editing system has a 6nt editing window consisting of an all-in-one temperature-sensitive plasmid that facilitates multiple rounds of genome engineering in B. amyloliquefaciens LB1ba02. The total editing efficiency of this method reached 100% and it achieved simultaneous editing of three loci with an efficiency of 53.3%. In addition, based on the base editing CRISPR/Cas9n-AID system, we also developed a single plasmid CRISPR/Cas9n system suitable for rapid gene knockout and integration. The knockout efficiency for a single gene reached 93%. Finally, we generated 4 genes (aprE, nprE, wprA, and bamHIR) mutant strain, LB1ba02△4. The mutant strain secreted 1.25-fold more α-amylase into the medium than the wild-type strain.
Conclusions
The CRISPR/Cas9n-AID and CRISPR/Cas9n systems developed in this work proved to be a fast and efficient genetic manipulation tool in a restriction-modification system and poorly transformable strain.
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Yang Y, Sun Q, Liu Y, Yin H, Yang W, Wang Y, Liu Y, Li Y, Pang S, Liu W, Zhang Q, Yuan F, Qiu S, Li J, Wang X, Fan K, Wang W, Li Z, Yin S. Development of a pyrF-based counterselectable system for targeted gene deletion in Streptomyces rimosus. J Zhejiang Univ Sci B 2021; 22:383-396. [PMID: 33973420 DOI: 10.1631/jzus.b2000606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Streptomyces produces many valuable and important biomolecules with clinical and pharmaceutical applications. The development of simple and highly efficient gene editing tools for genetic modification of Streptomyces is highly desirable. In this study, we developed a screening system for targeted gene knockout using a uracil auxotrophic host (ΔpyrF) resistant to the highly toxic uracil analog of 5-fluoroorotic acid (5-FOA) converted by PyrF, and a non-replicative vector pKC1132-pyrF carrying the complemented pyrF gene coding for orotidine-5'-phosphate decarboxylase. The pyrF gene acts as a positive selection and counterselection marker for recombinants during genetic modifications. Single-crossover homologous integration mutants were selected on minimal medium without uracil by reintroducing pyrF along with pKC1132-pyrF into the genome of the mutant ΔpyrF at the targeted locus. Double-crossover recombinants were generated, from which the pyrF gene, plasmid backbone, and targeted gene were excised through homologous recombination exchange. These recombinants were rapidly screened by the counterselection agent, 5-FOA. We demonstrated the feasibility and advantage of using this pyrF-based screening system through deleting the otcR gene, which encodes the cluster-situated regulator that directly activates oxytetracycline biosynthesis in Streptomyces rimosus M4018. This system provides a new genetic tool for investigating the genetic characteristics of Streptomyces species.
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- Yiying Yang
- School of Life Sciences, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan 063210, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- School of Life Sciences, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan 063210, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- School of Life Sciences, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan 063210, China
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- School of Life Sciences, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan 063210, China
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- School of Life Sciences, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan 063210, China
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- School of Life Sciences, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan 063210, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- Shengxue Dacheng Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Shijiazhuang 051430, China
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- Shengxue Dacheng Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Shijiazhuang 051430, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
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- School of Life Sciences, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan 063210, China. ,
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Role of acyl-CoA dehydrogenases from Shewanella livingstonensis Ac10 in docosahexaenoic acid conversion. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2020; 528:453-458. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2020.05.185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2020] [Accepted: 05/25/2020] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Ogawa T, Hirose K, Yusuf Y, Kawamoto J, Kurihara T. Bioconversion From Docosahexaenoic Acid to Eicosapentaenoic Acid in the Marine Bacterium Shewanella livingstonensis Ac10. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:1104. [PMID: 32528457 PMCID: PMC7264947 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.01104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2020] [Accepted: 05/04/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), which belong to the same class of long chain ω-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs), are present in marine γ-proteobacteria. In contrast to their de novo biosynthesis that has been intensively studied, their metabolic fates remain largely unknown. Detailed information regarding bacterial ω-3 PUFA metabolism would be beneficial for understanding the physiological roles of EPA/DHA as well as the industrial production of EPA, DHA, and other PUFAs. Our previous studies revealed that the EPA-producing marine bacterium Shewanella livingstonensis Ac10 produces EPA from exogenous DHA independently of de novo EPA biosynthesis, indicating the presence of an unidentified metabolic pathway that converts DHA into EPA. In this study, we attempted to reveal the molecular basis for the bioconversion through both in vivo and in vitro analyses. Mutagenesis experiments showed that the gene disruption of fadH, which encodes an auxiliary β-oxidation enzyme 2,4-dienoyl-CoA reductase, impaired EPA production under DHA-supplemented conditions, and the estimated conversion rate decreased by 86% compared to that of the parent strain. We also found that the recombinant FadH had reductase activity toward the 2,4-dienoyl-CoA derivative of DHA, whereas the intermediate did not undergo β-oxidation in the absence of the FadH protein. These results indicate that a typical β-oxidation pathway is responsible for the conversion. Furthermore, we assessed whether DHA can act as a substitute for EPA by using an EPA-less and conversion-deficient mutant. The cold-sensitive phenotype of the mutant, which is caused by the lack of EPA, was suppressed by supplementation with EPA, whereas the DHA-supplementation suppressed it to a lesser extent. Therefore, DHA can partly substitute for, but is not biologically equivalent to, EPA in S. livingstonensis Ac10.
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- Takuya Ogawa
- Molecular Microbial Science, Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Molecular Microbial Science, Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Molecular Microbial Science, Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Molecular Microbial Science, Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Molecular Microbial Science, Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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Toyotake Y, Nishiyama M, Yokoyama F, Ogawa T, Kawamoto J, Kurihara T. A Novel Lysophosphatidic Acid Acyltransferase of Escherichia coli Produces Membrane Phospholipids with a cis-vaccenoyl Group and Is Related to Flagellar Formation. Biomolecules 2020; 10:E745. [PMID: 32403425 PMCID: PMC7277886 DOI: 10.3390/biom10050745] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2020] [Revised: 05/02/2020] [Accepted: 05/07/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Lysophosphatidic acid acyltransferase (LPAAT) introduces fatty acyl groups into the sn-2 position of membrane phospholipids (PLs). Various bacteria produce multiple LPAATs, whereas it is believed that Escherichia coli produces only one essential LPAAT homolog, PlsC-the deletion of which is lethal. However, we found that E. coli possesses another LPAAT homolog named YihG. Here, we show that overexpression of YihG in E. coli carrying a temperature-sensitive mutation in plsC allowed its growth at non-permissive temperatures. Analysis of the fatty acyl composition of PLs from the yihG-deletion mutant (∆yihG) revealed that endogenous YihG introduces the cis-vaccenoyl group into the sn-2 position of PLs. Loss of YihG did not affect cell growth or morphology, but ∆yihG cells swam well in liquid medium in contrast to wild-type cells. Immunoblot analysis showed that FliC was highly expressed in ∆yihG cells, and this phenotype was suppressed by expression of recombinant YihG in ∆yihG cells. Transmission electron microscopy confirmed that the flagellar structure was observed only in ∆yihG cells. These results suggest that YihG has specific functions related to flagellar formation through modulation of the fatty acyl composition of membrane PLs.
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- Yosuke Toyotake
- Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan; (Y.T.); (M.N.); (F.Y.); (T.O.); (J.K.)
- Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, 1-1-1 Noji-higashi, Kusatsu, Shiga 525-8577, Japan
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- Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan; (Y.T.); (M.N.); (F.Y.); (T.O.); (J.K.)
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- Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan; (Y.T.); (M.N.); (F.Y.); (T.O.); (J.K.)
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- Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan; (Y.T.); (M.N.); (F.Y.); (T.O.); (J.K.)
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- Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan; (Y.T.); (M.N.); (F.Y.); (T.O.); (J.K.)
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- Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan; (Y.T.); (M.N.); (F.Y.); (T.O.); (J.K.)
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Li B, Lv R, Xiao Y, Hu W, Mai Y, Zhang J, Lin L, Hu X. A Novel Nitrite-Base Aerobic Denitrifying Bacterium Acinetobacter sp. YT03 and Its Transcriptome Analysis. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2580. [PMID: 31803151 PMCID: PMC6872672 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.02580] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2019] [Accepted: 10/24/2019] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Nitrite in a water environment is very harmful to humans and aquatic animals. A novel aerobic denitrifying bacterium able to utilize NO2--N as the only nitrogen source was isolated for the purpose of removing nitrite from water, which was identified as Acinetobacter sp. and named as YT03. The growth and denitrification activity of strain YT03 was assessed comprehensively. Results showed that the nitrite in water with an initial concentration of 10 mg L–1 could be completely removed within 6 h by strain YT03, and the optimal conditions for strain YT03 to remove nitrite were as follows: sodium succinate as the carbon source, C/N ratio of 16, pH of 6.5, temperature of 30°C, and shaking speed of 250 rpm. An RNA-Seq transcriptome analysis was used to find genes associated with nitrite removal. Compared with the removal of ammonia nitrogen, 47 genes were significantly differentially expressed, including 20 up-regulated and 27 down-regulated genes, mainly involved in the transport process, biosynthetic process, and so on. And among the differentially expressed genes, C4-dicarboxylate transporter (DctA) and nitrate/nitrite transporter (Nrt) might be of importance for the efficient utilization of carbon and nitrogen sources in aerobic nitrite denitrification with sodium succinate by strain YT03.
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- Bin Li
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Industrial Surfactant, Guangdong Research Institute of Petrochemical and Fine Chemical Engineering, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Industrial Surfactant, Guangdong Research Institute of Petrochemical and Fine Chemical Engineering, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Industrial Surfactant, Guangdong Research Institute of Petrochemical and Fine Chemical Engineering, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Industrial Surfactant, Guangdong Research Institute of Petrochemical and Fine Chemical Engineering, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Industrial Surfactant, Guangdong Research Institute of Petrochemical and Fine Chemical Engineering, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Industrial Surfactant, Guangdong Research Institute of Petrochemical and Fine Chemical Engineering, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Industrial Surfactant, Guangdong Research Institute of Petrochemical and Fine Chemical Engineering, Guangzhou, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Industrial Surfactant, Guangdong Research Institute of Petrochemical and Fine Chemical Engineering, Guangzhou, China
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Toyotake Y, Cho HN, Kawamoto J, Kurihara T. A novel 1-acyl-sn-glycerol-3-phosphate O-acyltransferase homolog for the synthesis of membrane phospholipids with a branched-chain fatty acyl group in Shewanella livingstonensis Ac10. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2018; 500:704-709. [PMID: 29678574 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2018.04.140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2018] [Accepted: 04/17/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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1-Acyl-sn-glycerol-3-phosphate O-acyltransferase (PlsC) plays an essential role in the formation of phosphatidic acid, a precursor of various membrane phospholipids (PLs), in bacteria by catalyzing the introduction of an acyl group into the sn-2 position of lysophosphatidic acid. Various bacteria produce more than one PlsC. However, the physiological significance of the occurrence of multiple PlsCs is poorly understood. A psychrotrophic bacterium, Shewanella livingstonensis Ac10, which produces eicosapentaenoic acid at low temperatures, has five putative PlsCs (PlsC1-5). We previously showed that PlsC1 is responsible for the production of PLs containing an eicosapentaenoyl group. Here, we characterized another putative PlsC of this bacterium named PlsC4. We generated a plsC4-disrupted mutant and found that PLs containing 13:0 found in the parental strain were almost completely absent in the mutant. The loss of these PLs was suppressed by introduction of a plsC4-expression plasmid. PLs containing 15:0 were also drastically decreased by plsC4 disruption. Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry analysis of fatty acyl methyl esters derived from PLs of the parental strain showed that the 13:0 and 15:0 groups were an 11-methyllauroyl group and a 13-methylmyristoyl group, respectively. Phospholipase A2 treatment revealed that these fatty acyl groups were linked to the sn-2 position of PLs. Thus, PlsC4 is a new type of PlsC homolog that is responsible for the synthesis of PLs containing a branched-chain fatty acyl group at the sn-2 position and plays a clearly different role from that of PlsC1 in vivo.
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- Yosuke Toyotake
- Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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- Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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- Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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- Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan.
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Tokunaga T, Watanabe B, Sato S, Kawamoto J, Kurihara T. Synthesis and Functional Assessment of a Novel Fatty Acid Probe, ω-Ethynyl Eicosapentaenoic Acid Analog, to Analyze the in Vivo Behavior of Eicosapentaenoic Acid. Bioconjug Chem 2017; 28:2077-2085. [PMID: 28682621 DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.7b00235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
Abstract
Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) is an ω-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid that plays various beneficial roles in organisms from bacteria to humans. Although its beneficial physiological functions are well-recognized, a molecular probe that enables the monitoring of its in vivo behavior without abolishing its native functions has not yet been developed. Here, we designed and synthesized an ω-ethynyl EPA analog (eEPA) as a tool for analyzing the in vivo behavior and function of EPA. eEPA has an ω-ethynyl group tag in place of the ω-methyl group of EPA. An ethynyl group has a characteristic Raman signal and can be visualized by Raman scattering microscopy. Moreover, this group can specifically react in situ with azide compounds, such as those with fluorescent group, via click chemistry. In this study, we first synthesized eEPA efficiently based on the following well-known strategies. To introduce four C-C double bonds, a coupling reaction between terminal acetylene and propargylic halide or tosylate was employed, and then, by simultaneous and stereoselective partial hydrogenation with P-2 nickel, the triple bonds were converted to cis double bonds. One double bond and an ω-terminal C-C triple bond were introduced by Wittig reaction with a phosphonium salt harboring an ethynyl group. Then, we evaluated the in vivo function of the resulting probe by using an EPA-producing bacterium, Shewanella livingstonensis Ac10. This cold-adapted bacterium inducibly produces EPA at low temperatures, and the EPA-deficient mutant (ΔEPA) shows growth retardation and abnormal morphology at low temperatures. When eEPA was exogenously supplemented to ΔEPA, eEPA was incorporated into the membrane phospholipids as an acyl chain, and the amount of eEPA was about 5% of the total fatty acids in the membrane, which is comparable to the amount of EPA in the membrane of the parent strain. Notably, by supplementation with eEPA, the growth retardation and abnormal morphology of ΔEPA were almost completely suppressed. These results indicated that eEPA mimics EPA well and is useful for analyzing the in vivo behavior of EPA.
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Affiliation(s)
- Tomohisa Tokunaga
- Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University , Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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- Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University , Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
| | - Sho Sato
- Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University , Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
| | - Jun Kawamoto
- Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University , Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
| | - Tatsuo Kurihara
- Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University , Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
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