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Vincent CV, Bignell DRD. Regulation of virulence mechanisms in plant-pathogenic Streptomyces. Can J Microbiol 2024; 70:199-212. [PMID: 38190652 DOI: 10.1139/cjm-2023-0171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2024]
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Streptomyces have a uniquely complex developmental life cycle that involves the coordination of morphological differentiation with the production of numerous bioactive specialized metabolites. The majority of Streptomyces spp. are soil-dwelling saprophytes, while plant pathogenicity is a rare attribute among members of this genus. Phytopathogenic Streptomyces are responsible for economically important diseases such as common scab, which affects potato and other root crops. Following the acquisition of genes encoding virulence factors, Streptomyces pathogens are expected to have specifically adapted their regulatory pathways to enable transition from a primarily saprophytic to a pathogenic lifestyle. Investigations of the regulation of pathogenesis have primarily focused on Streptomyces scabiei and the principal pathogenicity determinant thaxtomin A. The coordination of growth and thaxtomin A production in this species is controlled in a hierarchical manner by cluster-situated regulators, pleiotropic regulators, signalling and plant-derived molecules, and nutrients. Although the majority of phytopathogenic Streptomyces produce thaxtomins, many also produce additional virulence factors, and there are scab-causing pathogens that do not produce thaxtomins. The development of effective control strategies for common scab and other Streptomyces plant diseases requires a more in-depth understanding of the genetic and environmental factors that modulate the plant pathogenic lifestyle of these organisms.
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- Corrie V Vincent
- Department of Biology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NL, Canada
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- Department of Biology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, NL, Canada
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Martin CP, Chen M, Martinez MF, Ding Y, Caranto JD. The Ferric-Superoxo Intermediate of the TxtE Nitration Pathway Resists Reduction, Facilitating Its Reaction with Nitric Oxide. Biochemistry 2021; 60:2436-2446. [PMID: 34319079 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.1c00416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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TxtE is a cytochrome P450 (CYP) homologue that mediates the nitric oxide (NO)-dependent direct nitration of l-tryptophan (Trp) to form 4-nitro-l-tryptophan (4-NO2-Trp). A recent report showed evidence that TxtE activity requires NO to react with a ferric-superoxo intermediate. Given this minimal mechanism, it is not clear how TxtE avoids Trp hydroxylation, a mechanism that also traverses the ferric-superoxo intermediate. To provide insight into canonical CYP intermediates that TxtE can access, electron coupling efficiencies to form 4-NO2-Trp under single- or limited-turnover conditions were measured and compared to steady-state efficiencies. As previously reported, Trp nitration by TxtE is supported by the engineered self-sufficient variant, TB14, as well as by reduced putidaredoxin. Ferrous (FeII) TxtE exhibits excellent electron coupling (70%), which is 50-fold higher than that observed under turnover conditions. In addition, two- or four-electron reduced TB14 exhibits electron coupling (∼6%) that is 2-fold higher than that of one-electron reduced TB14 (3%). The combined results suggest (1) autoxidation is the sole TxtE uncoupling pathway and (2) the TxtE ferric-superoxo intermediate cannot be reduced by these electron transfer partners. The latter conclusion is further supported by ultraviolet-visible absorption spectral time courses showing neither spectral nor kinetic evidence for reduction of the ferric-superoxo intermediate. We conclude that resistance of the ferric-superoxo intermediate to reduction is a key feature of TxtE that increases the lifetime of the intermediate and enables its reaction with NO and efficient nitration activity.
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- Christopher P Martin
- Department of Chemistry, University of Central Florida, 4111 Libra Drive, Room 255, Orlando, Florida 32816, United States
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Center for Natural Products, Drug Discovery and Development, University of Florida, 1345 Center Drive, Room P6-27, Gainesville, Florida 32610, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Central Florida, 4111 Libra Drive, Room 255, Orlando, Florida 32816, United States
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- Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Center for Natural Products, Drug Discovery and Development, University of Florida, 1345 Center Drive, Room P6-27, Gainesville, Florida 32610, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Central Florida, 4111 Libra Drive, Room 255, Orlando, Florida 32816, United States
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Sousa EH, Carepo MS, Moura JJ. Nitrate-nitrite fate and oxygen sensing in dormant Mycobacterium tuberculosis: A bioinorganic approach highlighting the importance of transition metals. Coord Chem Rev 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2020.213476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/09/2022]
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Caranto JD. The emergence of nitric oxide in the biosynthesis of bacterial natural products. Curr Opin Chem Biol 2019; 49:130-138. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2018.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2018] [Revised: 09/28/2018] [Accepted: 11/09/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Pal HA, Singh A, Sheikh PA, Panjla A, Kumar A, Verma S. Peptide-Based Scaffold for Nitric Oxide Induced Differentiation of Neuroblastoma Cells. Chembiochem 2018; 19:1127-1131. [PMID: 29600533 DOI: 10.1002/cbic.201800065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2018] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Nitric oxide is a gaseous messenger involved in neuronal differentiation, development and synaptogenesis, in addition to many other physiological functions. Therefore, it is imperative to maintain an optimal nitric oxide concentration to ensure its biochemical function. A sustained nitric oxide releasing scaffold, which supports neuronal cell differentiation, as determined by morphometric analysis of neurite outgrowth, is described. Moreover, the effect of nitric oxide on the neuroblastoma cell line was also confirmed by immunofluorescent analysis of neuronal nuclear protein (NeuN), specific neuronal marker and neurofilament (NF) protein, which revealed a significant increase in their expression levels, in comparison with undifferentiated cells.
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- Hilal Ahmad Pal
- Department of Chemistry, Centre for Nanoscience, and Centre for Environmental Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, UP, 208016, India
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- Department of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, UP, 208016, India
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- Department of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, UP, 208016, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Centre for Nanoscience, and Centre for Environmental Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, UP, 208016, India
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- Department of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, UP, 208016, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Centre for Nanoscience, and Centre for Environmental Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, UP, 208016, India
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Santana MM, Gonzalez JM, Cruz C. Nitric Oxide Accumulation: The Evolutionary Trigger for Phytopathogenesis. Front Microbiol 2017; 8:1947. [PMID: 29067010 PMCID: PMC5641340 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.01947] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2017] [Accepted: 09/22/2017] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Many publications highlight the importance of nitric oxide (NO) in plant–bacteria interactions, either in the promotion of health and plant growth or in pathogenesis. However, the role of NO in the signaling between bacteria and plants and in the fate of their interaction, as well as the reconstruction of their interactive evolution, remains largely unknown. Despite the complexity of the evolution of life on Earth, we explore the hypothesis that denitrification and aerobic respiration were responsible for local NO accumulation, which triggered primordial antagonistic biotic interactions, namely the first phytopathogenic interactions. N-oxides, including NO, could globally accumulate via lightning synthesis in the early anoxic ocean and constitute pools for the evolution of denitrification, considered an early step of the biological nitrogen cycle. Interestingly, a common evolution may be proposed for components of denitrification and aerobic respiration pathways, namely for NO and oxygen reductases, a theory compatible with the presence of low amounts of oxygen before the great oxygenation event (GOE), which was generated by Cyanobacteria. During GOE, the increase in oxygen caused the decrease of Earth’s temperature and the consequent increase of oxygen dissolution and availability, making aerobic respiration an increasingly dominant trait of the expanding mesophilic lifestyle. Horizontal gene transfer was certainly important in the joint expansion of mesophily and aerobic respiration. First denitrification steps lead to NO formation through nitrite reductase activity, and NO may further accumulate when oxygen binds NO reductase, resulting in denitrification blockage. The consequent transient NO surplus in an oxic niche could have been a key factor for a successful outcome of an early denitrifying prokaryote able to scavenge oxygen by NO/oxygen reductase or by an independent heterotrophic aerobic respiration pathway. In fact, NO surplus could result in toxicity causing “the first disease” in oxygen-producing Cyanobacteria. We inspected in bacteria the presence of sequences similar to the NO-producing nitrite reductase nirS gene of Thermus thermophilus, an extreme thermophilic aerobe of the Thermus/Deinococcus group, which constitutes an ancient lineage related to Cyanobacteria. In silico analysis revealed the relationship between the presence of nirS genes and phytopathogenicity in Gram-negative bacteria.
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- Margarida M Santana
- Centro de Ecologia, Evolução e Alterações Ambientais (cE3c), Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Sevilla, Spain
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- Centro de Ecologia, Evolução e Alterações Ambientais (cE3c), Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
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Nitrite reduction by molybdoenzymes: a new class of nitric oxide-forming nitrite reductases. J Biol Inorg Chem 2015; 20:403-33. [DOI: 10.1007/s00775-014-1234-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2014] [Accepted: 12/14/2014] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Sapp AM, Mogen AB, Almand EA, Rivera FE, Shaw LN, Richardson AR, Rice KC. Contribution of the nos-pdt operon to virulence phenotypes in methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus. PLoS One 2014; 9:e108868. [PMID: 25275514 PMCID: PMC4183505 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0108868] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2014] [Accepted: 09/04/2014] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Nitric oxide (NO) is emerging as an important regulator of bacterial stress resistance, biofilm development, and virulence. One potential source of endogenous NO production in the pathogen Staphylococcus aureus is its NO-synthase (saNOS) enzyme, encoded by the nos gene. Although a role for saNOS in oxidative stress resistance, antibiotic resistance, and virulence has been recently-described, insights into the regulation of nos expression and saNOS enzyme activity remain elusive. To this end, transcriptional analysis of the nos gene in S. aureus strain UAMS-1 was performed, which revealed that nos expression increases during low-oxygen growth and is growth-phase dependent. Furthermore, nos is co-transcribed with a downstream gene, designated pdt, which encodes a prephenate dehydratase (PDT) enzyme involved in phenylalanine biosynthesis. Deletion of pdt significantly impaired the ability of UAMS-1 to grow in chemically-defined media lacking phenylalanine, confirming the function of this enzyme. Bioinformatics analysis revealed that the operon organization of nos-pdt appears to be unique to the staphylococci. As described for other S. aureus nos mutants, inactivation of nos in UAMS-1 conferred sensitivity to oxidative stress, while deletion of pdt did not affect this phenotype. The nos mutant also displayed reduced virulence in a murine sepsis infection model, and increased carotenoid pigmentation when cultured on agar plates, both previously-undescribed nos mutant phenotypes. Utilizing the fluorescent stain 4-Amino-5-Methylamino-2',7'-Difluorofluorescein (DAF-FM) diacetate, decreased levels of intracellular NO/reactive nitrogen species (RNS) were detected in the nos mutant on agar plates. These results reinforce the important role of saNOS in S. aureus physiology and virulence, and have identified an in vitro growth condition under which saNOS activity appears to be upregulated. However, the significance of the operon organization of nos-pdt and potential relationship between these two enzymes remains to be elucidated.
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- April M. Sapp
- Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Cell Biology, Microbiology and Molecular Biology, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America
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- Department of Cell Biology, Microbiology and Molecular Biology, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
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Arasimowicz-Jelonek M, Floryszak-Wieczorek J. Nitric oxide: an effective weapon of the plant or the pathogen? MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2014; 15:406-16. [PMID: 24822271 PMCID: PMC6638900 DOI: 10.1111/mpp.12095] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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An explosion of research in plant nitric oxide (NO) biology during the last two decades has revealed that NO is a key signal involved in plant development, abiotic stress responses and plant immunity. During the course of evolutionary changes, microorganisms parasitizing plants have developed highly effective offensive strategies, in which NO also seems to be implicated. NO production has been demonstrated in several plant pathogens, including fungi, but the origin of NO seems to be as puzzling as in plants. So far, published studies have been spread over multiple species of pathogenic microorganisms in various developmental stages; however, the data clearly indicate that pathogen-derived NO is an important regulatory molecule involved not only in developmental processes, but also in pathogen virulence and its survival in the host. This review also focuses on the search for potential mechanisms by which pathogens convert NO messages into a physiological response or detoxify both endo- and exogenous NO. Finally, taking into account the data available from model bacteria and yeast, a basic draft for the mode of NO action in phytopathogenic microorganisms is proposed.
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- Luisa B. Maia
- REQUIMTE/CQFB, Departamento
de Química, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
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- REQUIMTE/CQFB, Departamento
de Química, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal
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Saad WZ, Hashim M, Ahmad S, Abdullah N. Effects of Heat Treatment on Total Phenolic Contents, Antioxidant and Anti-Inflammatory Activities ofPleurotus Sajor-CajuExtract. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FOOD PROPERTIES 2013. [DOI: 10.1080/10942912.2011.619290] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Cytochrome P450–catalyzed L-tryptophan nitration in thaxtomin phytotoxin biosynthesis. Nat Chem Biol 2013; 8:814-6. [PMID: 22941045 PMCID: PMC3522571 DOI: 10.1038/nchembio.1048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 143] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2012] [Accepted: 07/07/2012] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Thaxtomin phytotoxins produced by plant-pathogenic Streptomyces species contain a nitro group that is essential for phytotoxicity. The N,N’-dimethyldiketopiperazine core of thaxtomins is assembled from L-phenylalanine and L-4-nitrotryptophan by a nonribosomal peptide synthetase and nitric oxide synthase-generated NO is incorporated into the nitro group, but the biosynthesis of the non-proteinogenic amino acid L-4-nitrotryptophan is unclear. Here we report that TxtE, a unique cytochrome P450, catalyzes L-tryptophan nitration using NO and O2.
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Protein nitrotryptophan: formation, significance and identification. J Proteomics 2011; 74:2300-12. [PMID: 21679780 DOI: 10.1016/j.jprot.2011.05.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2011] [Revised: 05/17/2011] [Accepted: 05/23/2011] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Reactive nitrogen species are formed during a variety of disease states and have been shown to modify several amino acids on proteins. To date, the majority of research in this area has focused on the nitration of tyrosine residues to form 3-nitrotyrosine. However, emerging evidence suggests that another modification, nitration of tryptophan residues, to form nitrotryptophan (NO(2)-Trp), may also play a significant role in the biology of nitrosative stress. This review takes an in-depth look at NO(2)-Trp, presenting the current research about its formation, prevalence and biological significance, as well as the methods used to identify NO(2)-Trp-modified proteins. Although more research is needed to understand the full biological role of NO(2)-Trp, the data presented herein suggest a contribution to nitrosative stress-induced cell dysregulation and perhaps even in physiological cell processes.
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Unlike mammalian NO synthases, bacterial NO synthases do not contain a reductase domain. The only exception from this rule is the NO synthase from myxobacterium Sorangium cellulosum, but its reductase domain has unusual structure and location in the enzyme molecule. Recent achievements in bacterial genome sequencing have revealed the gene coding NO synthase (represented as an oxygenase domain) in some bacteria and have advanced the study of structure and functions of bacterial NO synthases. Important features of structure, sources of reducing equivalents, evolutionary connections, and functions of bacterial NO synthases (i.e. participation in nitration of the indole ring of Trp, in reparation of UV-radiation damage, role in adaptation of bacteria to oxidative stress, participation in the synthesis of cGMP, and resistance of bacteria against antibiotics) are described.
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- S Iu Filippovich
- Bach Institute of Biochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853;
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El-Shenawy NS. Effect of Streptomyces 23-2B metabolites on hepatic lipid peroxidation and some antioxidant parameters in Wister rats. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 2010. [DOI: 10.1007/s11274-010-0403-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Johnson EG, Krasnoff SB, Bignell DRD, Chung WC, Tao T, Parry RJ, Loria R, Gibson DM. 4-Nitrotryptophan is a substrate for the non-ribosomal peptide synthetase TxtB in the thaxtomin A biosynthetic pathway. Mol Microbiol 2009; 73:409-18. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2009.06780.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Sudhamsu J, Crane BR. Bacterial nitric oxide synthases: what are they good for? Trends Microbiol 2009; 17:212-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2009.02.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2008] [Revised: 02/09/2009] [Accepted: 02/11/2009] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Ratnayake AS, Haltli B, Feng X, Bernan VS, Singh MP, He H, Carter GT. Investigating the biosynthetic origin of the nitro group in pyrrolomycins. JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS 2008; 71:1923-1926. [PMID: 18986197 DOI: 10.1021/np800401h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Feasible modes of introducing the nitro group into pyrrolomycin antibiotics were investigated based on incorporation of (15)N-labeled arginine and proline into dioxapyrrolomycin, produced by the actinomycete culture LL-F42248. Biosynthesis of nitrated pyrrolomycins was unaffected by the presence of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) inhibitors. The culture was able to grow in nitrogen-free (minimal) media and produce nitrated secondary metabolites. These results indicate that LL-F42248 is capable of fixing nitrogen.
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- Anokha S Ratnayake
- Chemical and Screening Sciences, Wyeth Research, 401 North Middletown Road, Pearl River, New York 10965, USA.
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Development of a genotyping method for potato scab pathogens based on multiplex PCR. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2008; 72:2324-34. [PMID: 18776692 DOI: 10.1271/bbb.80234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Scab disease significantly damages potato and other root crops. Streptomyces scabiei, S. acidiscabiei, and S. turgidiscabiei are the best-known causal agents of this disease. We have developed a novel genotyping method for these potato scab pathogens using multiplex PCR, whose benefits include rapid and easy detection of multiple species. We designed a species-specific primer set (6 primers, 3 pairs) for the 16S rRNA genes and 16S-23S ITS regions of these potato scab pathogens. The specificity of the primer set was confirmed by testing 18 strains containing potato scab pathogens, other Streptomyces species, and strains of other genera. The application of the developed method to potato field soil and potato tissue samples resulted in the clear detection and identification of pathogens. Since this method is applicable to a large number of environmental samples, it is expected to be useful for a high-throughput analysis of soil and plant tissues of scab disease.
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Johnson EG, Sparks JP, Dzikovski B, Crane BR, Gibson DM, Loria R. Plant-pathogenic Streptomyces species produce nitric oxide synthase-derived nitric oxide in response to host signals. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008; 15:43-50. [PMID: 18215772 DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2007.11.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2007] [Revised: 10/22/2007] [Accepted: 11/26/2007] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Nitric oxide (NO) is a potent intercellular signal for defense, development, and metabolism in animals and plants. In mammals, highly regulated nitric oxide synthases (NOSs) generate NO. NOS homologs exist in some prokaryotes, but direct evidence for NO production by these proteins has been lacking. Here, we demonstrate that a NOS in plant-pathogenic Streptomyces species produces diffusible NO. NOS-dependent NO production increased in response to cellobiose, a plant cell wall component, and occurred at the host-pathogen interface, demonstrating induction by host signals. These data document in vivo production of NO by prokaryotic NOSs and implicate pathogen-derived NO in host-pathogen interactions. NO may serve as a signaling molecule in other NOS-containing bacteria, including the medically and environmentally important organisms Bacillus anthracis, Staphylococcus aureus, and Deinococcus radiodurans.
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- Evan G Johnson
- Department of Plant Pathology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
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Thaxtomin biosynthesis: the path to plant pathogenicity in the genus Streptomyces. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 2008; 94:3-10. [PMID: 18392685 DOI: 10.1007/s10482-008-9240-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2007] [Accepted: 03/14/2008] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Floryszak-Wieczorek J, Arasimowicz M, Milczarek G, Jelen H, Jackowiak H. Only an early nitric oxide burst and the following wave of secondary nitric oxide generation enhanced effective defence responses of pelargonium to a necrotrophic pathogen. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2007; 175:718-730. [PMID: 17688587 DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2007.02142.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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Participation of nitric oxide (NO) in cross-talk between ivy pelargonium (Pelargonium peltatum) leaves and Botrytis cinerea was investigated using electrochemical and biochemical approaches. In response to the necrotroph, leaves initiated a near-immediate NO burst, but the specificity of its generation was dependent on the genetic makeup of the host plant. In the resistant cultivar, a strong NO burst was followed by a wave of secondary NO generation, shown by bio-imaging with DAF-2DA. The epicentre of NO synthesis was located in targeted cells, which exhibited a TUNEL-positive reaction. Soon after the challenge, an elevated concentration of hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2)) was correlated with a reversible inhibition of catalase (CAT), ascorbate peroxidase (APX), and suppression of ethylene synthesis. The induced NO generation initially expanded and then gradually disappeared on successive days, provoking noncell-death-associated resistance with an enhanced pool of antioxidants, which finally favoured the maintenance of homeostasis of surrounding cells. By contrast, in the susceptible pelargonium, a weak NO burst was recorded and further NO generation increased only as the disease progressed, which was accompanied by very intensive H(2)O(2) and ethylene synthesis. The pathogen colonizing susceptible cells also acquired the ability to produce considerable amounts of NO and enhanced nitrosative and oxidative stress in host tissues.
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- Jolanta Floryszak-Wieczorek
- Department of Plant Physiology, August Cieszkowski Agricultural University, Wołyñska 35, 60-637 Poznañ, Poland
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- Department of Plant Physiology, August Cieszkowski Agricultural University, Wołyñska 35, 60-637 Poznañ, Poland
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- Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Institute of Chemistry and Technical Electrochemistry, Poznañ University of Technology, Piotrowo 3, 60-965 Poznañ, Poland
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- August Cieszkowski Agricultural University, Wojska Polskiego 31, 60-624 Poznañ, Poland
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- Department of Animal Anatomy, August Cieszkowski Agricultural University, Wojska Polskiego 71C, 60-625 Poznañ, Poland
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Abstract
Among the multitude of soil-inhabiting, saprophytic Streptomyces species are a growing number of plant pathogens that cause economically important diseases, including potato scab. Streptomyces scabies is the dominant pathogenic species worldwide, but is only one of many that cause very similar disease symptoms on plants. Molecular genetic analysis is beginning to identify the mechanisms used by plant pathogenic species to manipulate their hosts. The nitrated dipeptide phytotoxin, thaxtomin, inhibits cellulose biosynthesis in expanding plant tissues, stimulates Ca2+ spiking, and causes cell death. A secreted necrogenic protein, Nec1, contributes to virulence on diverse plant species. The thaxtomin biosynthetic genes and nec1 lie on a large mobilizable PAI, along with other putative virulence genes including a cytokinin biosynthetic pathway and a saponinase homolog. The PAI is mobilized during conjugation and site-specifically inserts in the linear chromosome of recipient species, accounting for the emergence of new pathogens in agricultural systems. The recently available genome sequence of S. scabies will accelerate research on host-pathogen interactions.
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Affiliation(s)
- Rosemary Loria
- Department of Plant Pathology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853-4203, USA.
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