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Walker B, Schmiege SC, Sharkey TD. Re-evaluating the energy balance of the many routes of carbon flow through and from photorespiration. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2024; 47:3365-3374. [PMID: 38804248 DOI: 10.1111/pce.14949] [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: 12/18/2023] [Revised: 04/25/2024] [Accepted: 04/29/2024] [Indexed: 05/29/2024]
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Photorespiration is an essential process related to photosynthesis that is initiated following the oxygenation reaction catalyzed by rubisco, the initial enzyme of the Calvin-Benson-Bassham cycle. This reaction produces an inhibitory intermediate that is recycled back into the Calvin-Benson-Bassham cycle by photorespiration which requires the use of energy and the release of a portion of the carbon as CO2. The energy use and CO2 release of canonical photorespiration form a foundation for biochemical models used to describe and predict leaf carbon exchange and energy use (ATP and NAPDH). The ATP and NADPH demand of canonical photorespiration is thought to be different than that of the Calvin-Benson-Bassham cycle, requiring increased flexibility in the ratio of ATP and NADPH from the light reactions. Photorespiration requires many reactions across the chloroplasts, mitochondria and peroxisomes and involves many intermediates. Growing evidence indicates that these intermediates do not all stay in photorespiration as typically assumed and instead feed into other aspects of metabolism and leave as glycine, serine, and methylene-THF. Here we discuss how alternative flux through and from canonical photorespiration alters the ATP and NADPH requirements of metabolism following rubisco oxygenation using additional derivations of biochemical models of leaf photosynthesis and energetics. Using these new derivations, we determine that the ATP and NADPH demands of photorespiration are highly sensitive to alternative flux in ways that fundamentally changes how photorespiration contributes to the ratio of total ATP and NADPH demand. Specifically, alternative flows of carbon through photorespiration could reduce ATP and NADPH demand ratio to values below what is produced from linear electron transport.
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- Berkley Walker
- MSU-DOE Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
- Department of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
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- Plant Resilience Institute, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
- Department of Biology, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
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- MSU-DOE Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
- Plant Resilience Institute, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
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Zhang Z, Xiong J, Chen L, Wang G, Dong R, Wang F, Huang Y, Meng X, Li T, Gu Q, Li P. Potential probiotic characteristics and genomic analysis of a new folate-producing lactic acid bacteria Lactiplantibacillus plantarum ZFM55. JOURNAL OF THE SCIENCE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE 2024; 104:7315-7325. [PMID: 38666511 DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.13552] [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: 12/27/2023] [Revised: 03/19/2024] [Accepted: 04/26/2024] [Indexed: 05/12/2024]
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BACKGROUND Folate is crucial for maintaining health, but humans are unable to synthesize folate and need to obtain it from food. Lactiplantibacillus plantarum can produce the necessary vitamin B for the human body, including folate. Whole genome sequencing technology can clarify the physiological characteristics of folate production in Lactiplantibacillus plantarum. In order to explore new Lactiplantibacillus plantarum that produce folate, the folate production and probiotic characteristics of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum ZFM55 isolated from infant feces were investigated, and whole genome sequencing was performed. RESULTS The folate synthesis ability of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum ZFM55 were measured, and its total folate production was 299.72 ± 28.81 ng mL-1. Subsequently, its probiotic properties were explored. The antibacterial test showed that its inhibition zone diameter against Staphylococcus aureus and Salmonella typhimurium was 15.5 ± 0.82 mm and 13.88 ± 0.98 mm, respectively. The tolerance test results indicated that it maintained good activity in simulated gastrointestinal tract and bile salt environments. In vitro intestinal simulation experiments had confirmed that Lactiplantibacillus plantarum ZFM55 can increase the abundance of beneficial bacteria such as Bifidobacteria in the intestine and inhibit the growth of harmful bacteria such as Escherichia_Shigella. Genomic sequencing indicated that the genetic material of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum ZFM55 contains one chromosome and three plasmids, and it has 20 genes related to folate synthesis, which explains its ability to produce folate. CONCLUSION This study reports a new potential probiotic that produces folate, and provides ideas for exploring probiotics with specific probiotic characteristics. © 2024 Society of Chemical Industry.
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- Zihao Zhang
- College of Food Science and Biotechnology, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, China
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- College of Food Science and Biotechnology, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, China
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- Zhejiang Business College, Hangzhou, China
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- College of Food Science and Biotechnology, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, China
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- College of Food Science and Biotechnology, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, China
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- College of Food Science and Biotechnology, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, China
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- College of Food Science and Biotechnology, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, China
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- College of Food Science and Biotechnology, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, China
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- College of Food Science and Biotechnology, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, China
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- College of Food Science and Biotechnology, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, China
- Key Laboratory for Food Microbial Technology of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China
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- College of Food Science and Biotechnology, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Hangzhou, China
- Key Laboratory for Food Microbial Technology of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, China
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Singh P, Kumari A, Khaladhar VC, Singh N, Pathak PK, Kumar V, Kumar RJ, Jain P, Thakur JK, Fernie AR, Bauwe H, Raghavendra AS, Gupta KJ. Serine hydroxymethyltransferase6 is involved in growth and resistance against pathogens via ethylene and lignin production in Arabidopsis. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2024; 119:1920-1936. [PMID: 38924321 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.16897] [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: 03/07/2024] [Revised: 06/04/2024] [Accepted: 06/13/2024] [Indexed: 06/28/2024]
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Photorespiratory serine hydroxymethyltransferases (SHMTs) are important enzymes of cellular one-carbon metabolism. In this study, we investigated the potential role of SHMT6 in Arabidopsis thaliana. We found that SHMT6 is localized in the nucleus and expressed in different tissues during development. Interestingly SHMT6 is inducible in response to avirulent, virulent Pseudomonas syringae and to Fusarium oxysporum infection. Overexpression of SHMT6 leads to larger flowers, siliques, seeds, roots, and consequently an enhanced overall biomass. This enhanced growth was accompanied by increased stomatal conductance and photosynthetic capacity as well as ATP, protein, and chlorophyll levels. By contrast, a shmt6 knockout mutant displayed reduced growth. When challenged with Pseudomonas syringae pv tomato (Pst) DC3000 expressing AvrRpm1, SHMT6 overexpression lines displayed a clear hypersensitive response which was characterized by enhanced electrolyte leakage and reduced bacterial growth. In response to virulent Pst DC3000, the shmt6 mutant developed severe disease symptoms and becomes very susceptible, whereas SHMT6 overexpression lines showed enhanced resistance with increased expression of defense pathway associated genes. In response to Fusarium oxysporum, overexpression lines showed a reduction in symptoms. Moreover, SHMT6 overexpression lead to enhanced production of ethylene and lignin, which are important components of the defense response. Collectively, our data revealed that SHMT6 plays an important role in development and defense against pathogens.
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- Pooja Singh
- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, 110067, India
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- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, 110067, India
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- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, 110067, India
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- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, 110067, India
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- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, 110067, India
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- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, 110067, India
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- National Institute of Plant Genome Research, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, 110067, India
- AIMMSCR, Amity University Uttar Pradesh, Sector 125, Noida, 201313, India
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- Plant Transcription Regulation Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, 110067, India
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- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, Potsdam, Germany
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- Department of Plant Physiology, University of Rostock, Rostock, D-18051, Germany
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- School of Life Sciences, Department of Plant Sciences University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, 500046, India
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Vanhevel Y, De Moor A, Muylle H, Vanholme R, Boerjan W. Breeding for improved digestibility and processing of lignocellulosic biomass in Zea mays. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2024; 15:1419796. [PMID: 39129761 PMCID: PMC11310149 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2024.1419796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2024] [Accepted: 06/10/2024] [Indexed: 08/13/2024]
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Forage maize is a versatile crop extensively utilized for animal nutrition in agriculture and holds promise as a valuable resource for the production of fermentable sugars in the biorefinery sector. Within this context, the carbohydrate fraction of the lignocellulosic biomass undergoes deconstruction during ruminal digestion and the saccharification process. However, the cell wall's natural resistance towards enzymatic degradation poses a significant challenge during both processes. This so-called biomass recalcitrance is primarily attributed to the presence of lignin and ferulates in the cell walls. Consequently, maize varieties with a reduced lignin or ferulate content or an altered lignin composition can have important beneficial effects on cell wall digestibility. Considerable efforts in genetic improvement have been dedicated towards enhancing cell wall digestibility, benefiting agriculture, the biorefinery sector and the environment. In part I of this paper, we review conventional and advanced breeding methods used in the genetic improvement of maize germplasm. In part II, we zoom in on maize mutants with altered lignin for improved digestibility and biomass processing.
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- Yasmine Vanhevel
- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- Center for Plant Systems Biology, VIB, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- Center for Plant Systems Biology, VIB, Ghent, Belgium
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- Plant Sciences Unit, Institute for Agricultural and Fisheries Research, Melle, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- Center for Plant Systems Biology, VIB, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Plant Biotechnology and Bioinformatics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- Center for Plant Systems Biology, VIB, Ghent, Belgium
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Kawada Y, Hayashi E, Katsuragi Y, Imamura-Jinda A, Hirokawa T, Mizukami T, Hayashi M. Identification of Chemicals That Abrogate Folate-Dependent Inhibition of Starch Accumulation in Non-Photosynthetic Plastids of Arabidopsis. PLANT & CELL PHYSIOLOGY 2023; 64:1551-1562. [PMID: 37801291 DOI: 10.1093/pcp/pcad116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2023] [Revised: 07/26/2023] [Accepted: 10/03/2023] [Indexed: 10/07/2023]
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Folate, also known as vitamin B9, is an essential cofactor for a variety of enzymes and plays a crucial role in many biological processes. We previously reported that plastidial folate prevents starch biosynthesis triggered by the influx of sugar into non-starch-accumulating plastids, such as etioplasts, and chloroplasts under darkness; hence the loss of plastidial folate induces the accumulation of starch in plastids. To understand the molecular mechanism underlying this phenomenon, we screened our in-house chemical library and searched their derivatives to identify chemicals capable of inducing starch accumulation in etioplasts. The results revealed four chemicals, compounds #120 and #375 and their derivatives, compounds #120d and #375d, respectively. The derivative compounds induced starch accumulation in etioplasts and suppressed hypocotyl elongation in dark-grown Arabidopsis seedlings. They also inhibited the post-germinative growth of seedlings under illumination. All four chemicals contained the sulfonamide group as a consensus structure. The sulfonamide group is also found in sulfa drugs, which exhibit antifolate activity, and in sulfonylurea herbicides. Further analyses revealed that compound #375d induces starch accumulation by inhibiting folate biosynthesis. By contrast, compound #120d neither inhibited folate biosynthesis nor exhibited the herbicide activity. Protein and metabolite analyses suggest that compound #120d abrogates folate-dependent inhibition of starch accumulation in etioplasts by enhancing starch biosynthesis.
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- Yoshihiro Kawada
- Department of Bioscience, Nagahama Institute of Bioscience and Technology, 1266 Tamura, Nagahama, Shiga, 526-0829 Japan
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- Department of Bioscience, Nagahama Institute of Bioscience and Technology, 1266 Tamura, Nagahama, Shiga, 526-0829 Japan
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- Department of Bioscience, Nagahama Institute of Bioscience and Technology, 1266 Tamura, Nagahama, Shiga, 526-0829 Japan
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- Department of Bioscience, Nagahama Institute of Bioscience and Technology, 1266 Tamura, Nagahama, Shiga, 526-0829 Japan
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- Transborder Medical Research Center, Tsukuba University, 1-1-1 Tenmondai, Tsukuba, Ibaragi, 305-8577 Japan
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- Department of Bioscience, Nagahama Institute of Bioscience and Technology, 1266 Tamura, Nagahama, Shiga, 526-0829 Japan
- Frontier Pharma, 1281-8 Tamura, Nagahama, Shiga, 526-0829 Japan
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- Department of Bioscience, Nagahama Institute of Bioscience and Technology, 1266 Tamura, Nagahama, Shiga, 526-0829 Japan
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Untargeted Metabolomics Exploration of the Growth Stage-Dependent Chemical Space of the Sclareol-Converting Biocatalyst Hyphozyma roseonigra. Catalysts 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/catal12101225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Hyphozyma roseonigra is a dimorphic yeast used as a biocatalyst to convert sclareol, a plant diterpenoid to ambradiol. The latter is an intermediate in the synthesis of ambrafuran, a high-value chemical in the fragrance industry. Unfortunately, little is known about the underlying biochemistry of this microorganism. In this study, the integration of multi-platform-based metabolomics was used to better comprehend H. roseonigra from a biochemical perspective. The focus on metabolomic changes during growth and development was accomplished using untargeted LC–MS and NMR analyses. Cell suspensions were grown in batch culture over a 14-day period, and cells from the early-, log-, and stationary phases were harvested every second day using platform-compatible extraction procedures. Following chemometric analysis of LC–MS and NMR data acquired from both intra- and extracellular extracts, the identified discriminatory ions annotated from the endo- and exometabolomes (metabo-fingerprinting and metabo-footprinting) were found to fall predominantly in the primary metabolism class. Pathway mapping and feature-based network correlation analysis assisted in gaining insights into the active metabolic pathways during growth and development and did not flag terpene synthesis. This study provides novel insights into the basic metabolic capabilities of H. roseonigra and suggests that sclareol is metabolized as the detoxification of a hydrophobic xenobiotic compound.
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Vadlamani G, Sukhoverkov KV, Haywood J, Breese KJ, Fisher MF, Stubbs KA, Bond CS, Mylne JS. Crystal structure of Arabidopsis thaliana HPPK/DHPS, a bifunctional enzyme and target of the herbicide asulam. PLANT COMMUNICATIONS 2022; 3:100322. [PMID: 35605193 PMCID: PMC9284294 DOI: 10.1016/j.xplc.2022.100322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2022] [Revised: 03/21/2022] [Accepted: 04/06/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Herbicides are vital for modern agriculture, but their utility is threatened by genetic or metabolic resistance in weeds, as well as regulatory barriers. Of the known herbicide modes of action, 7,8-dihydropterin synthase (DHPS), which is involved in folate biosynthesis, is targeted by just one commercial herbicide, asulam. A mimic of the substrate para-aminobenzoic acid, asulam is chemically similar to sulfonamide antibiotics, and although it is still in widespread use, asulam has faced regulatory scrutiny. With an entire mode of action represented by just one commercial agrochemical, we sought to improve the understanding of its plant target. Here we solve a 2.3 Å resolution crystal structure for Arabidopsis thaliana DHPS that is conjoined to 6-hydroxymethyl-7,8-dihydropterin pyrophosphokinase (HPPK), and we reveal a strong structural conservation with bacterial counterparts at the sulfonamide-binding pocket of DHPS. We demonstrate that asulam and the antibiotic sulfamethoxazole have herbicidal as well as antibacterial activity, and we explore the structural basis of their potency by modeling these compounds in mitochondrial HPPK/DHPS. Our findings suggest limited opportunity for the rational design of plant selectivity from asulam and indicate that pharmacokinetic or delivery differences between plants and microbes might be the best ways to safeguard this mode of action.
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- Grishma Vadlamani
- School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia; The ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia; Centre for Crop and Disease Management, School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University, Bentley, WA 6102, Australia
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- School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia; The ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
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- School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia; The ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia; Centre for Crop and Disease Management, School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University, Bentley, WA 6102, Australia
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- School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
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- Centre for Crop and Disease Management, School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University, Bentley, WA 6102, Australia
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- School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
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- School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
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- School of Molecular Sciences, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia; The ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia; Centre for Crop and Disease Management, School of Molecular and Life Sciences, Curtin University, Bentley, WA 6102, Australia.
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Lionaki E, Ploumi C, Tavernarakis N. One-Carbon Metabolism: Pulling the Strings behind Aging and Neurodegeneration. Cells 2022; 11:cells11020214. [PMID: 35053330 PMCID: PMC8773781 DOI: 10.3390/cells11020214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2021] [Revised: 01/04/2022] [Accepted: 01/06/2022] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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One-carbon metabolism (OCM) is a network of biochemical reactions delivering one-carbon units to various biosynthetic pathways. The folate cycle and methionine cycle are the two key modules of this network that regulate purine and thymidine synthesis, amino acid homeostasis, and epigenetic mechanisms. Intersection with the transsulfuration pathway supports glutathione production and regulation of the cellular redox state. Dietary intake of micronutrients, such as folates and amino acids, directly contributes to OCM, thereby adapting the cellular metabolic state to environmental inputs. The contribution of OCM to cellular proliferation during development and in adult proliferative tissues is well established. Nevertheless, accumulating evidence reveals the pivotal role of OCM in cellular homeostasis of non-proliferative tissues and in coordination of signaling cascades that regulate energy homeostasis and longevity. In this review, we summarize the current knowledge on OCM and related pathways and discuss how this metabolic network may impact longevity and neurodegeneration across species.
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- Eirini Lionaki
- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, 70013 Heraklion, Crete, Greece; (E.L.); (C.P.)
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, 70013 Heraklion, Crete, Greece; (E.L.); (C.P.)
- Department of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, 70013 Heraklion, Crete, Greece
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, 70013 Heraklion, Crete, Greece; (E.L.); (C.P.)
- Department of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, 70013 Heraklion, Crete, Greece
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +30-2810-391069
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Reed CJ, Hutinet G, de Crécy-Lagard V. Comparative Genomic Analysis of the DUF34 Protein Family Suggests Role as a Metal Ion Chaperone or Insertase. Biomolecules 2021; 11:1282. [PMID: 34572495 PMCID: PMC8469502 DOI: 10.3390/biom11091282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2021] [Revised: 08/20/2021] [Accepted: 08/24/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Members of the DUF34 (domain of unknown function 34) family, also known as the NIF3 protein superfamily, are ubiquitous across superkingdoms. Proteins of this family have been widely annotated as "GTP cyclohydrolase I type 2" through electronic propagation based on one study. Here, the annotation status of this protein family was examined through a comprehensive literature review and integrative bioinformatic analyses that revealed varied pleiotropic associations and phenotypes. This analysis combined with functional complementation studies strongly challenges the current annotation and suggests that DUF34 family members may serve as metal ion insertases, chaperones, or metallocofactor maturases. This general molecular function could explain how DUF34 subgroups participate in highly diversified pathways such as cell differentiation, metal ion homeostasis, pathogen virulence, redox, and universal stress responses.
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- Colbie J. Reed
- Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA; (C.J.R.); (G.H.)
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- Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA; (C.J.R.); (G.H.)
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- Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA; (C.J.R.); (G.H.)
- Genetics Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
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Zheng Q, Putker V, Goverse A. Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms Involved in Host-Specific Resistance to Cyst Nematodes in Crops. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2021; 12:641582. [PMID: 33767723 PMCID: PMC7986850 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.641582] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2020] [Accepted: 02/16/2021] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Cyst nematodes are able to infect a wide range of crop species and are regarded as a major threat in crop production. In response to invasion of cyst nematodes, plants activate their innate immune system to defend themselves by conferring basal and host-specific defense responses depending on the plant genotype. Basal defense is dependent on the detection of pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) by pattern recognition receptors (PRRs), while host-specific defense mainly relies on the activation of canonical and non-canonical resistance (R) genes or quantitative trait loci (QTL). Currently, application of R genes and QTLs in crop species is a major approach to control cyst nematode in crop cultivation. However, emerging virulent cyst nematode field populations are threatening crop production due to host genetic selection by the application of a limited set of resistance genes in current crop cultivars. To counteract this problem, increased knowledge about the mechanisms involved in host-specific resistance mediated by R genes and QTLs to cyst nematodes is indispensable to improve their efficient and sustainable use in field crops. Despite the identification of an increasing number of resistance traits to cyst nematodes in various crops, the underlying genes and defense mechanisms are often unknown. In the last decade, indebt studies on the functioning of a number of cyst nematode R genes and QTLs have revealed novel insights in how plants respond to cyst nematode infection by the activation of host-specific defense responses. This review presents current knowledge of molecular and cellular mechanisms involved in the recognition of cyst nematodes, the activation of defense signaling and resistance response types mediated by R genes or QTLs. Finally, future directions for research are proposed to develop management strategies to better control cyst nematodes in crop cultivation.
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- Qi Zheng
- Laboratory of Nematology, Department of Plant Sciences, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Nematology, Department of Plant Sciences, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Nematology, Department of Plant Sciences, Wageningen University, Wageningen, Netherlands
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Albano C, Silvetti T, Brasca M. Screening of lactic acid bacteria producing folate and their potential use as adjunct cultures for cheese bio-enrichment. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2020; 367:5818765. [PMID: 32275307 DOI: 10.1093/femsle/fnaa059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2020] [Accepted: 04/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) can be used to increase the folate in foods by in situ fortification. Seventy LAB were screened for their ability to produce folate during growth in de Man, Rogosa and Sharpe/M17 broth. Lactobacillus casei, Lactobacillus plantarum, Lactobacillus paracasei subsp. paracasei, Lactobacillus rhamnosus, Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus, Streptococcus thermophilus, Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis, Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus lactis were able to synthetize folates in the medium, even if to a different extent. The 47 folate-producing strains were further analyzed by microbiological assay, for total, extra and intracellular folate. Enterococcus faecium VC223 and E. lactis BT161 were able to produce in cultural medium 123,625.74 ± 8.00 ng/ml and 384.22 ± 5.00 ng/ml of folate, respectively. Five strains were further examined for their ability to synthesize folate in cheese. The folate content increased with ripening up to by 54% after 30 d when L. casei VC199 was used and up to 108% and 113% after 60 d, with L. paracasei SE160 and E. lactis BT161 respectively exceeding 100 ng/100g. Results encourage the use of specific LAB to obtain natural folate bio-enriched dairy products improving folate intake.
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- Clara Albano
- Institute of Sciences of Food Production, National Research Council, Via G. Celoria 2, Milan, 20133, Italy
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- Institute of Sciences of Food Production, National Research Council, Via G. Celoria 2, Milan, 20133, Italy
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- Institute of Sciences of Food Production, National Research Council, Via G. Celoria 2, Milan, 20133, Italy
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Lebrun M, De Zio E, Miard F, Scippa GS, Renzone G, Scaloni A, Bourgerie S, Morabito D, Trupiano D. Amending an As/Pb contaminated soil with biochar, compost and iron grit: effect on Salix viminalis growth, root proteome profiles and metal(loid) accumulation indexes. CHEMOSPHERE 2020; 244:125397. [PMID: 31812046 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.125397] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2019] [Revised: 09/13/2019] [Accepted: 11/15/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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There is currently a large amount of research being done into the phytoremediation of polluted soils. Plant installation in contaminated soils may require the application of soil amendments, such as biochar, compost and/or iron grit, which can improve the soil conditions and reduce the metal (loid) phytoavailability and mobility. The beneficial effects of these amendments on soil properties, plant growth and metal (loid) accumulation ability have already been described, although their effect on the plants response machinery has been poorly studied. This study aimed to assess the effect of these amendments on Salix viminalis growth and metal (loid) accumulation, as well as elucidating associated molecular mechanisms. The results showed that the amendment applications improved plant growth by three fold, except for the biochar plus iron combination. It also revealed that metal (loid)s were not effectively translocated from the roots to the shoots (translocation factors <1), their bioaccumulation peaked in the roots, and increased in the presence of iron-based amendments. Corresponding proteomic profiles revealed 34 protein spots differentially represented and suggested that plants counteracted metal (loid)-induced oxidative stress after the addition of biochar and/or compost by eliciting proper defense and signaling pathways, and by redirecting the metabolic fluxes towards primary and secondary metabolism. However, they did highlight the occurrence of oxidative stress markers when the biochar plus iron amendment was applied, which could be both the cause and result of protein degradation impairment.
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- Manhattan Lebrun
- Department of Biosciences and Territory, University of Molise, 86090, Pesche, IS, Italy; LBLGC-EA 1207, INRA USC1328, Orléans University, Rue de Chartres, BP 6759, 45067, Orléans Cedex, France
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- Department of Biosciences and Territory, University of Molise, 86090, Pesche, IS, Italy
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- LBLGC-EA 1207, INRA USC1328, Orléans University, Rue de Chartres, BP 6759, 45067, Orléans Cedex, France
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- Department of Biosciences and Territory, University of Molise, 86090, Pesche, IS, Italy
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- Proteomics and Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, ISPAAM, National Research Council, 80147, Napoli, Italy
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- Proteomics and Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, ISPAAM, National Research Council, 80147, Napoli, Italy
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- LBLGC-EA 1207, INRA USC1328, Orléans University, Rue de Chartres, BP 6759, 45067, Orléans Cedex, France
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- LBLGC-EA 1207, INRA USC1328, Orléans University, Rue de Chartres, BP 6759, 45067, Orléans Cedex, France
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- Department of Biosciences and Territory, University of Molise, 86090, Pesche, IS, Italy.
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Liu CJ, Wu B, Zhang SY, Li QK, Zeng XQ, Yang E, Luo YY, Li XR. Transcriptomic analysis of de novo folate biosynthetic genes in Lactobacillus plantarum strain 4_3 in fermented soybean. Food Funct 2019; 10:2426-2438. [PMID: 30968106 DOI: 10.1039/c8fo01952e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2023]
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Folate is an important intermediate in cellular metabolism. However, because of a lack of key enzymes in the folate biosynthetic pathway, humans require supplementation with dietary folate. Some Lactobacillus plantarum strains have the ability to produce folate. To gain a better understanding of the folate biosynthetic pathway in the L. plantarum strain 4_3, which generates high folate yields, L. plantarum strain 4_3 was grown in folic acid casei medium (FACM) and fermented soybean, after obtaining a draft genome sequence. The pH values and folate yields were monitored during culturing, as were the transcriptomic profiles of cultured bacteria. The folate content increased for 12 h and then decreased before increasing again. All the genes involved in the de novo biosynthesis of folate were detected in both the genomic and transcriptomic data. The upregulation of the para-aminobenzoate biosynthesis pathway could explain the folate production in fermented soybean. Soybeans are a good substrate for the production of functional foods because of their well-suited cultivation and nutritional quality. The results of this study provide a good explanation for the high folate production observed during the fermentation of soybeans.
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- Chen-Jian Liu
- Faculty of Life Science and Technology, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Chenggong, Kunming 650500, Yunnan, China.
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Xie H, Engle NL, Venketachalam S, Yoo CG, Barros J, Lecoultre M, Howard N, Li G, Sun L, Srivastava AC, Pattathil S, Pu Y, Hahn MG, Ragauskas AJ, Nelson RS, Dixon RA, Tschaplinski TJ, Blancaflor EB, Tang Y. Combining loss of function of FOLYLPOLYGLUTAMATE SYNTHETASE1 and CAFFEOYL- COA 3- O- METHYLTRANSFERASE1 for lignin reduction and improved saccharification efficiency in Arabidopsis thaliana. BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR BIOFUELS 2019; 12:108. [PMID: 31073332 PMCID: PMC6498598 DOI: 10.1186/s13068-019-1446-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2018] [Accepted: 04/20/2019] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Downregulation of genes involved in lignin biosynthesis and related biochemical pathways has been used as a strategy to improve biofuel production. Plant C1 metabolism provides the methyl units used for the methylation reactions carried out by two methyltransferases in the lignin biosynthetic pathway: caffeic acid 3-O-methyltransferase (COMT) and caffeoyl-CoA 3-O-methyltransferase (CCoAOMT). Mutations in these genes resulted in lower lignin levels and altered lignin compositions. Reduced lignin levels can also be achieved by mutations in the C1 pathway gene, folylpolyglutamate synthetase1 (FPGS1), in both monocotyledons and dicotyledons, indicating a link between the C1 and lignin biosynthetic pathways. To test if lignin content can be further reduced by combining genetic mutations in C1 metabolism and the lignin biosynthetic pathway, fpgs1ccoaomt1 double mutants were generated and functionally characterized. RESULTS Double fpgs1ccoaomt1 mutants had lower thioacidolysis lignin monomer yield and acetyl bromide lignin content than the ccoaomt1 or fpgs1 mutants and the plants themselves displayed no obvious long-term negative growth phenotypes. Moreover, extracts from the double mutants had dramatically improved enzymatic polysaccharide hydrolysis efficiencies than the single mutants: 15.1% and 20.7% higher than ccoaomt1 and fpgs1, respectively. The reduced lignin and improved sugar release of fpgs1ccoaomt1 was coupled with changes in cell-wall composition, metabolite profiles, and changes in expression of genes involved in cell-wall and lignin biosynthesis. CONCLUSION Our observations demonstrate that additional reduction in lignin content and improved sugar release can be achieved by simultaneous downregulation of a gene in the C1 (FPGS1) and lignin biosynthetic (CCOAOMT) pathways. These improvements in sugar accessibility were achieved without introducing unwanted long-term plant growth and developmental defects.
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- Hongli Xie
- Noble Research Institute, LLC, 2510 Sam Noble Parkway, Ardmore, OK 73401 USA
- BioEnergy Science Center, United States Department of Energy, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 USA
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- Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 USA
- BioEnergy Science Center, United States Department of Energy, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 USA
- The Center for Bioenergy Innovation, United States Department of Energy, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 USA
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- Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, 315 Riverbend Road, Athens, GA 30602 USA
- BioEnergy Science Center, United States Department of Energy, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 USA
- The Center for Bioenergy Innovation, United States Department of Energy, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 USA
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- Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 USA
- BioEnergy Science Center, United States Department of Energy, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 USA
- The Center for Bioenergy Innovation, United States Department of Energy, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 USA
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- BioDiscovery Institute and Department of Biological Sciences, University of North Texas, Denton, TX 76203 USA
- BioEnergy Science Center, United States Department of Energy, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 USA
- The Center for Bioenergy Innovation, United States Department of Energy, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 USA
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- Noble Research Institute, LLC, 2510 Sam Noble Parkway, Ardmore, OK 73401 USA
- BioEnergy Science Center, United States Department of Energy, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 USA
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- Noble Research Institute, LLC, 2510 Sam Noble Parkway, Ardmore, OK 73401 USA
- BioEnergy Science Center, United States Department of Energy, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 USA
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- Noble Research Institute, LLC, 2510 Sam Noble Parkway, Ardmore, OK 73401 USA
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- Noble Research Institute, LLC, 2510 Sam Noble Parkway, Ardmore, OK 73401 USA
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- Noble Research Institute, LLC, 2510 Sam Noble Parkway, Ardmore, OK 73401 USA
- BioEnergy Science Center, United States Department of Energy, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 USA
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- Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, 315 Riverbend Road, Athens, GA 30602 USA
- BioEnergy Science Center, United States Department of Energy, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 USA
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- Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 USA
- BioEnergy Science Center, United States Department of Energy, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 USA
- The Center for Bioenergy Innovation, United States Department of Energy, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 USA
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- Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, 315 Riverbend Road, Athens, GA 30602 USA
- BioEnergy Science Center, United States Department of Energy, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 USA
- The Center for Bioenergy Innovation, United States Department of Energy, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 USA
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- Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 USA
- BioEnergy Science Center, United States Department of Energy, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 USA
- The Center for Bioenergy Innovation, United States Department of Energy, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 USA
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- Noble Research Institute, LLC, 2510 Sam Noble Parkway, Ardmore, OK 73401 USA
- BioEnergy Science Center, United States Department of Energy, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 USA
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- BioDiscovery Institute and Department of Biological Sciences, University of North Texas, Denton, TX 76203 USA
- BioEnergy Science Center, United States Department of Energy, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 USA
- The Center for Bioenergy Innovation, United States Department of Energy, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 USA
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- Biosciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 USA
- BioEnergy Science Center, United States Department of Energy, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 USA
- The Center for Bioenergy Innovation, United States Department of Energy, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 USA
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- Noble Research Institute, LLC, 2510 Sam Noble Parkway, Ardmore, OK 73401 USA
- BioEnergy Science Center, United States Department of Energy, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 USA
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- Noble Research Institute, LLC, 2510 Sam Noble Parkway, Ardmore, OK 73401 USA
- BioEnergy Science Center, United States Department of Energy, Oak Ridge, TN 37831 USA
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Kendall IP, Woodward P, Clark JP, Styring AK, Hanna JV, Evershed RP. Compound-specific δ 15N values express differences in amino acid metabolism in plants of varying lignin content. PHYTOCHEMISTRY 2019; 161:130-138. [PMID: 30826700 DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2019.01.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2018] [Revised: 11/27/2018] [Accepted: 01/15/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Amino acid δ15N values of foliage of various plant taxa, grown at the experimental farm stations of North Wyke, UK and Bad Lauchstädt, Germany were determined by GC-C-IRMS. The difference between δ15N values of glutamate (Glx) and phenylalanine (Phe) were found to differ significantly between woody and herbaceous plants, with mean Δ15NGlx-Phe (i.e. δ15NPhe - δ15NGlx) values of -9.3 ± 1.6‰ and -5.8 ± 2.1‰, respectively. These differences in values are hypothesised to be due to the involvement of Phe in the phenylpropanoid pathway, by which lignin and other phenolic secondary metabolites are produced, leading to isotopic fractionation and enrichment of the remaining Phe pool available for protein biosynthesis. This results in the more negative Δ15NGlx-Phe values observed in woody plants relative to herbaceous plants, as the former are assumed to produce more lignin. To test this assumption, plant leaf tissue lignin concentrations were estimated by solid state 13C cross-polarisation, magic-angle-spinning (CPMAS) NMR spectroscopy for a subset of plants, which showed that tree foliage has a higher concentration of lignin (12.6 wt%) than herbaceous foliage (6.3 wt%). The correlation of lignin concentration with Δ15NGlx-Phe values demonstrates that the difference in these values with plant type is indeed due to differential production of lignin. The ability to estimate the lignin content of plants from amino acid δ15N values will, to give one example, allow refinement of estimates of herbivore diet in present and past ecosystems, enabling more accurate environmental niche modelling.
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- Iain P Kendall
- Organic Geochemistry Unit, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TS, UK
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- Organic Geochemistry Unit, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TS, UK
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- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK
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- Organic Geochemistry Unit, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TS, UK; Present Address: Institut für Archäologische Wissenschaften, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt Am Main, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK
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- Organic Geochemistry Unit, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TS, UK.
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Yao S, Zhou R, Jin Y, Huang J, Wu C. Effect of co-culture with Tetragenococcus halophilus on the physiological characterization and transcription profiling of Zygosaccharomyces rouxii. Food Res Int 2019; 121:348-358. [PMID: 31108757 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2019.03.053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2018] [Revised: 03/13/2019] [Accepted: 03/25/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Zygosaccharomyces rouxii and Tetragenococcus halophilus are widely existed and play vital roles during the manufacture of fermented foods such as soy sauce. The aim of this study was to elucidate the effect of T. halophilus CGMCC 3792 on the physiological characterizations and transcription profiling of Z. rouxii CGMCC 3791. Salt tolerance analysis revealed that co-culture with T. halophilus enhanced the salt tolerance of Z. rouxii during salt stress. Analysis of the volatile compounds revealed that co-culture reduced the level of 1-butanol, improved the level of octanoic acid which all were produced by T. halophilus and reduced the level of phenylethyl alcohol produced by Z. rouxii. The presence of Z. rouxii decreased the contents of 3,4-dimethylbenzaldehyde and acetic acid produced by T. halophilus. In addition, co-culture improved the content of benzyl alcohol significantly. Analysis of membrane fatty acid showed that co-culture improved the content of palmitic (C16:0) and stearic (C18:0) acids in cells of Z. rouxii, and reduced the contents of myristic (C14:0), palmitoleic acid (C16:1) and oleic acid (C18:1). In order to further explore the interactions between the two strains, RNA-seq technology was used to investigate the effect of co-culture with T. halophilus on the transcription profiling of Z. rouxii. By comparing cells incubated in co-culture group with cells incubated in single-culture group, a total of 967 genes were considered as differentially expressed genes (DEGs). Among the DEGs, 72 genes were up-regulated, while 895 genes were down-regulated. These DEGs took party in various activities in cells of Z. rouxii, and the result showed co-culture with T. halophilus had a positive effect on proteolysis, the attachment of a cell to another cell, extracellular protein accumulation, energy metabolism, and a negative effect on oxidative phosphorylation, small molecular substances metabolism, DNA replication and repair, and transcription in cells of Z. rouxii. Results presented in this study may contribute to further understand the interactions between Zygosaccharomyces rouxii and Tetragenococcus halophilus.
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- Shangjie Yao
- College of Light Industry, Textile & Food Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China; Key Laboratory of Leather Chemistry and Engineering, Ministry of Education, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
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- College of Light Industry, Textile & Food Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China; Key Laboratory of Leather Chemistry and Engineering, Ministry of Education, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
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- College of Light Industry, Textile & Food Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China; Key Laboratory of Leather Chemistry and Engineering, Ministry of Education, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
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- College of Light Industry, Textile & Food Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China; Key Laboratory of Leather Chemistry and Engineering, Ministry of Education, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
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- College of Light Industry, Textile & Food Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China; Key Laboratory of Leather Chemistry and Engineering, Ministry of Education, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China.
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Pex16 is involved in peroxisome and Woronin body formation in the white koji fungus, Aspergillus luchuensis mut. kawachii. J Biosci Bioeng 2019; 127:85-92. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2018.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2018] [Revised: 06/10/2018] [Accepted: 07/04/2018] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Coenzyme F 420-Dependent Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase-Coupled Polyglutamylation of Coenzyme F 420 in Mycobacteria. J Bacteriol 2018; 200:JB.00375-18. [PMID: 30249701 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00375-18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2018] [Accepted: 09/07/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Coenzyme F420 plays a key role in the redox metabolisms of various archaea and bacteria, including Mycobacterium tuberculosis In M. tuberculosis, F420-dependent reactions have been linked to several virulence factors. F420 carries multiple glutamate residues in the side chain, forming F420-n species (n, number of glutamate residues), and the length of this side chain impacts cellular physiology. M. tuberculosis strains with F420 species carrying shorter side chains exhibit resistance to delamanid and pretomanid, two new tuberculosis (TB) drugs. Thus, the process of polyglutamylation of F420 is of great interest. It has been known from genetic analysis that in mycobacteria an F420-0 γ-glutamyl ligase (FbiB) introduces up to seven glutamate residues into F420 However, purified FbiB of M. tuberculosis (MtbFbiB) is either inefficient or incapable of incorporating more than two glutamates. We found that, in vitro, MtbFbiB synthesized side chains containing up to seven glutamate residues if F420 was presented to the enzyme in a two-electron reduced state (F420H2). Our genetic analysis in Mycobacterium bovis BCG and Mycobacterium smegmatis and an analysis of literature data on M. tuberculosis revealed that in these mycobacteria the polyglutamylation process requires the assistance of F420-dependent glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (Fgd) which reduces F420 to F420H2 We hypothesize that, starting with F420-0H2, the amino-terminal domain of FbiB builds F420-2H2, which is then transferred to the carboxy-terminal domain for further glutamylation; F420-2H2 modifies the carboxy-terminal domain structurally to accommodate longer glutamyl chains. This system is analogous to folylpolyglutamate synthase, which introduces more than one glutamate residue into folate only after this vitamin is reduced to tetrahydrofolate.IMPORTANCE Coenzyme F420-dependent reactions of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which causes tuberculosis, potentially contributes to the virulence of this bacterium. The coenzyme carries a glutamic acid-derived tail, the length of which influences the metabolism of M. tuberculosis Mutations that eliminate the production of F420 with longer tails make M. tuberculosis resistant to two new tuberculosis drugs. This report describes that the synthesis of longer glutamyl tails of F420 requires concerted actions of two enzymes, one of which reduces the coenzyme prior to the action of the other, which catalyzes polyglutamylation. This knowledge will help to develop more effective tuberculosis (TB) drugs. Remarkably, the introduction of multiple glutamate residues into the sidechain of folate (vitamin B9) requires similar concerted actions, where one enzyme reduces the vitamin to tetrahydrofolate and the other catalyzes polyglutamylation; folate is required for DNA and amino acid synthesis. Thus, the reported research has also revealed a key similarity between two important cellular systems.
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Lima LW, Pilon-Smits EAH, Schiavon M. Mechanisms of selenium hyperaccumulation in plants: A survey of molecular, biochemical and ecological cues. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2018; 1862:2343-2353. [PMID: 29626605 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2018.03.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2018] [Revised: 03/20/2018] [Accepted: 03/25/2018] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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BACKGROUND Selenium (Se) is a micronutrient required for many life forms, but toxic at higher concentration. Plants do not have a Se requirement, but can benefit from Se via enhanced antioxidant activity. Some plant species can accumulate Se to concentrations above 0.1% of dry weight and seem to possess mechanisms that distinguish Se from its analog sulfur (S). Research on these so-called Se hyperaccumulators aims to identify key genes for this remarkable trait and to understand ecological implications. SCOPE OF REVIEW This review gives a broad overview of the current knowledge about Se uptake and metabolism in plants, with a special emphasis on hypothesized mechanisms of Se hyperaccumulation. The role of Se in plant defense responses and the associated ecological implications are discussed. MAJOR CONCLUSIONS Hyperaccumulators have enhanced expression of S transport and assimilation genes, and may possess transporters with higher specificity for selenate over sulfate. Genes involved in antioxidant reactions and biotic stress resistance are also upregulated. Key regulators in these processes appear to be the growth regulators jasmonic acid, salicylic acid and ethylene. Hyperaccumulation may have evolved owing to associated ecological benefits, particularly protection against pathogens and herbivores, and as a form of elemental allelopathy. GENERAL SIGNIFICANCE Understanding plant Se uptake and metabolism in hyperaccumulators has broad relevance for the environment, agriculture and human and animal nutrition and may help generate crops with selenate-specific uptake and high capacity to convert selenate to less toxic, anticarcinogenic, organic Se compounds.
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- DAFNAE, University of Padova, Agripolis, 35020 Legnaro, PD, Italy.
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Insights into the role of methionine synthase in the universal 13 C depletion in O - and N -methyl groups of natural products. Arch Biochem Biophys 2017; 635:60-65. [DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2017.10.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2017] [Revised: 10/16/2017] [Accepted: 10/19/2017] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Greppi A, Hemery Y, Berrazaga I, Almaksour Z, Humblot C. Ability of lactobacilli isolated from traditional cereal-based fermented food to produce folate in culture media under different growth conditions. Lebensm Wiss Technol 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.lwt.2017.08.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Subinhibitory Concentrations of Trimethoprim and Sulfamethoxazole Prevent Biofilm Formation by Acinetobacter baumannii through Inhibition of Csu Pilus Expression. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2017; 61:AAC.00778-17. [PMID: 28674047 DOI: 10.1128/aac.00778-17] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2017] [Accepted: 06/25/2017] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Acinetobacter baumannii is emerging as a multidrug-resistant nosocomial pathogen of increasing threat to human health worldwide. Pili are important bacterial virulence factors, playing a role in attachment to host cells and biofilm formation. The Csu pilus, which is assembled via the chaperone-usher secretion system, has been studied in A. baumannii ATCC 19606. Here we show that, in opposition to previous reports, the common laboratory strain ATCC 17978 produces Csu pili. We found that, although ATCC 17978 was resistant to sulfamethoxazole (Smx) and trimethoprim (Tmp), subinhibitory concentrations of these antibiotics abolished the expression of Csu and consequently produced a dramatic reduction in biofilm formation by ATCC 17978. Smx and Tmp acted synergistically to inhibit the enzymatic systems involved in the bacterial synthesis of tetrahydrofolate (THF), which is required for the synthesis of nucleotides. The effects of these antibiotics were partially relieved by exogenous THF addition, indicating that Smx and Tmp turn off Csu assembly by inducing folate stress. We propose that, for Acinetobacter, nanomolar concentrations of Smx and Tmp represent a "danger signal." In response to this signal, Csu expression is repressed, allowing biofilm dispersal and escape from potentially inhibitory concentrations of antibiotics. The roles of antibiotics as signaling molecules are being increasingly acknowledged, with clear implications for both the treatment of bacterial diseases and the understanding of complex microbial interactions in the environment.
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Schiavon M, Pilon-Smits EAH. The fascinating facets of plant selenium accumulation - biochemistry, physiology, evolution and ecology. THE NEW PHYTOLOGIST 2017; 213:1582-1596. [PMID: 27991670 DOI: 10.1111/nph.14378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 156] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2016] [Accepted: 10/31/2016] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Contents 1582 I. 1582 II. 1583 III. 1588 IV. 1590 V. 1592 1592 References 1592 SUMMARY: The importance of selenium (Se) for medicine, industry and the environment is increasingly apparent. Se is essential for many species, including humans, but toxic at elevated concentrations. Plant Se accumulation and volatilization may be applied in crop biofortification and phytoremediation. Topics covered here include beneficial and toxic effects of Se on plants, mechanisms of Se accumulation and tolerance in plants and algae, Se hyperaccumulation, and ecological and evolutionary aspects of these processes. Plant species differ in the concentration and forms of Se accumulated, Se partitioning at the whole-plant and tissue levels, and the capacity to distinguish Se from sulfur. Mechanisms of Se hyperaccumulation and its adaptive significance appear to involve constitutive up-regulation of sulfate/selenate uptake and assimilation, associated with elevated concentrations of defense-related hormones. Hyperaccumulation has evolved independently in at least three plant families, probably as an elemental defense mechanism and perhaps mediating elemental allelopathy. Elevated plant Se protects plants from generalist herbivores and pathogens, but also gives rise to the evolution of Se-resistant specialists. Plant Se accumulation affects ecological interactions with herbivores, pollinators, neighboring plants, and microbes. Hyperaccumulation tends to negatively affect Se-sensitive ecological partners while facilitating Se-resistant partners, potentially affecting species composition and Se cycling in seleniferous ecosystems.
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- Michela Schiavon
- Biology Department, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, 80523-1878, USA
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Schiavon M, Pilon-Smits EAH. Selenium Biofortification and Phytoremediation Phytotechnologies: A Review. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY 2017; 46:10-19. [PMID: 28177413 DOI: 10.2134/jeq2016.09.0342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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The element selenium (Se) is both essential and toxic for most life forms, with a narrow margin between deficiency and toxicity. Phytotechnologies using plants and their associated microbes can address both of these problems. To prevent Se toxicity due to excess environmental Se, plants may be used to phytoremediate Se from soil or water. To alleviate Se deficiency in humans or livestock, crops may be biofortified with Se. These two technologies may also be combined: Se-enriched plant material from phytoremediation could be used as green fertilizer or as fortified food. Plants may also be used to "mine" Se from seleniferous soils. The efficiency of Se phytoremediation and biofortification may be further optimized. Research in the past decades has provided a wealth of knowledge regarding the mechanisms by which plants take up, metabolize, accumulate, and volatilize Se and the role plant-associated microbes play in these processes. Furthermore, ecological studies have revealed important effects of plant Se on interactions with herbivores, detrivores, pollinators, neighboring vegetation, and the plant microbiome. All this knowledge can be exploited in phytotechnology programs to optimize plant Se accumulation, transformation, volatilization, and/or tolerance via plant breeding, genetic engineering, and tailored agronomic practices.
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Serrano-Amatriain C, Ledesma-Amaro R, López-Nicolás R, Ros G, Jiménez A, Revuelta JL. Folic Acid Production by Engineered Ashbya gossypii. Metab Eng 2016; 38:473-482. [PMID: 27989803 DOI: 10.1016/j.ymben.2016.10.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2016] [Revised: 09/13/2016] [Accepted: 10/25/2016] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Folic acid (vitamin B9) is the common name of a number of chemically related compounds (folates), which play a central role as cofactors in one-carbon transfer reactions. Folates are involved in the biosynthesis and metabolism of nucleotides and amino acids, as well as supplying methyl groups to a broad range of substrates, such as hormones, DNA, proteins, and lipids, as part of the methyl cycle. Humans and animals cannot synthesize folic acid and, therefore, need them in the diet. Folic acid deficiency is an important and underestimated problem of micronutrient malnutrition affecting billions of people worldwide. Therefore, the addition of folic acid as food additive has become mandatory in many countries thus contributing to a growing demand of the vitamin. At present, folic acid is exclusively produced by chemical synthesis despite its associated environmental burdens. In this work, we have metabolically engineered the industrial fungus Ashbya gossypii in order to explore its potential as a natural producer of folic acid. Overexpression of FOL genes greatly enhanced the synthesis of folates and identified GTP cyclohydrolase I as the limiting step. Metabolic flux redirection from competing pathways also stimulated folic acid production. Finally, combinatorial engineering synergistically increased the production of different bioactive forms of the folic vitamin. Overall, strains were constructed which produce 146-fold (6595µg/L) more vitamin than the wild-type and by far represents the highest yield reported.
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- Cristina Serrano-Amatriain
- Metabolic Engineering Group, Department of Microbiology and Genetics, University of Salamanca, Campus Miguel de Unamuno, E-37007 Salamanca, Spain
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- Metabolic Engineering Group, Department of Microbiology and Genetics, University of Salamanca, Campus Miguel de Unamuno, E-37007 Salamanca, Spain
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- Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, University of Murcia, Campus de Espinardo, 30071 Espinardo (Murcia), Spain
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- Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, University of Murcia, Campus de Espinardo, 30071 Espinardo (Murcia), Spain
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- Metabolic Engineering Group, Department of Microbiology and Genetics, University of Salamanca, Campus Miguel de Unamuno, E-37007 Salamanca, Spain
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- Metabolic Engineering Group, Department of Microbiology and Genetics, University of Salamanca, Campus Miguel de Unamuno, E-37007 Salamanca, Spain.
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DNA methylation is an epigenetic mechanism that has important functions in transcriptional silencing and is associated with repressive histone methylation (H3K9me). To further investigate silencing mechanisms, we screened a mutagenized Arabidopsis thaliana population for expression of SDCpro-GFP, redundantly controlled by DNA methyltransferases DRM2 and CMT3. Here, we identify the hypomorphic mutant mthfd1-1, carrying a mutation (R175Q) in the cytoplasmic bifunctional methylenetetrahydrofolate dehydrogenase/methenyltetrahydrofolate cyclohydrolase (MTHFD1). Decreased levels of oxidized tetrahydrofolates in mthfd1-1 and lethality of loss-of-function demonstrate the essential enzymatic role of MTHFD1 in Arabidopsis. Accumulation of homocysteine and S-adenosylhomocysteine, genome-wide DNA hypomethylation, loss of H3K9me and transposon derepression indicate that S-adenosylmethionine-dependent transmethylation is inhibited in mthfd1-1. Comparative analysis of DNA methylation revealed that the CMT3 and CMT2 pathways involving positive feedback with H3K9me are mostly affected. Our work highlights the sensitivity of epigenetic networks to one-carbon metabolism due to their common S-adenosylmethionine-dependent transmethylation and has implications for human MTHFD1-associated diseases.
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Mishra P, Mishra V, Takabe T, Rai V, Singh NK. Elucidation of salt-tolerance metabolic pathways in contrasting rice genotypes and their segregating progenies. PLANT CELL REPORTS 2016; 35:1273-86. [PMID: 26993328 DOI: 10.1007/s00299-016-1959-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2015] [Accepted: 02/16/2016] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Differentially expressed antioxidant enzymes, amino acids and proteins in contrasting rice genotypes, and co-location of their genes in the QTLs mapped using bi-parental population, indicated their role in salt tolerance. Soil salinity is a major environmental constraint limiting rice productivity. Salt-tolerant 'CSR27', salt-sensitive 'MI48'and their extreme tolerant and sensitive recombinant inbred line (RIL) progenies were used for the elucidation of salt stress tolerance metabolic pathways. Salt stress-mediated biochemical and molecular changes were analyzed in the two parents along with bulked-tolerant (BT) and bulked-sensitive (BS) extreme RILs. The tolerant parent and BT RILs suffered much lower reduction in the chlorophyll as compared to their sensitive counterparts. Activities of antioxidant enzymes superoxide dismutase (SOD) and peroxidase (POD) and non-enzymatic antioxidant ascorbic acid were much higher in salt-stressed CSR27 and BT RILs than MI48 and BS RILs. Further, the tolerant lines showed significant enhancement in the levels of amino acids methionine and proline in response to salt stress in comparison to the sensitive lines. Similarly, the tolerant genotypes showed minimal reduction in cysteine content whereas sensitive genotypes showed a sharp reduction. Real time PCR analysis confirmed the induction of methionine biosynthetic pathway (MBP) enzymes cystathionine-β synthase (CbS), S-adenosyl methionine synthase (SAMS), S-adenosyl methionine decarboxylase (SAMDC) and serine hydroxymethyl transferase (SHMT) genes in tolerant lines, suggesting potential role of the MBP in conferring salt tolerance in rice variety CSR27. Proteome profiling also confirmed higher expression of SOD, POD and plastidic CbS and other proteins in the tolerant lines, whose genes were co-located in the QTL intervals for salt tolerance mapped in the RIL population. The study signifies integrated biochemical-molecular approach for identifying salt tolerance genes for genetic improvement for stress tolerant rice varieties.
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- Pragya Mishra
- National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology, Pusa Campus, New Delhi, India
- Banasthali University, Tonk, Rajasthan, India
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- National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology, Pusa Campus, New Delhi, India
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- Plant Biotechnology Research Center, Meijo University, Nagoya, Japan
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- National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology, Pusa Campus, New Delhi, India
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Thiaville JJ, Frelin O, García-Salinas C, Harrison K, Hasnain G, Horenstein NA, Díaz de la Garza RI, Henry CS, Hanson AD, de Crécy-Lagard V. Experimental and Metabolic Modeling Evidence for a Folate-Cleaving Side-Activity of Ketopantoate Hydroxymethyltransferase (PanB). Front Microbiol 2016; 7:431. [PMID: 27065985 PMCID: PMC4814558 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2015] [Accepted: 03/17/2016] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Tetrahydrofolate (THF) and its one-carbon derivatives, collectively termed folates, are essential cofactors, but are inherently unstable. While it is clear that chemical oxidation can cleave folates or damage their pterin precursors, very little is known about enzymatic damage to these molecules or about whether the folate biosynthesis pathway responds adaptively to damage to its end-products. The presence of a duplication of the gene encoding the folate biosynthesis enzyme 6-hydroxymethyl-7,8-dihydropterin pyrophosphokinase (FolK) in many sequenced bacterial genomes combined with a strong chromosomal clustering of the folK gene with panB, encoding the 5,10-methylene-THF-dependent enzyme ketopantoate hydroxymethyltransferase, led us to infer that PanB has a side activity that cleaves 5,10-methylene-THF, yielding a pterin product that is recycled by FolK. Genetic and metabolic analyses of Escherichia coli strains showed that overexpression of PanB leads to accumulation of the likely folate cleavage product 6-hydroxymethylpterin and other pterins in cells and medium, and—unexpectedly—to a 46% increase in total folate content. In silico modeling of the folate biosynthesis pathway showed that these observations are consistent with the in vivo cleavage of 5,10-methylene-THF by a side-activity of PanB, with FolK-mediated recycling of the pterin cleavage product, and with regulation of folate biosynthesis by folates or their damage products.
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- Jennifer J Thiaville
- Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, University of Florida Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Horticultural Sciences Department, University of Florida Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, University of Florida Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Horticultural Sciences Department, University of Florida Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Mathematics and Computer Science Division, Argonne National LaboratoryArgonne, IL, USA; Computation Institute, The University of ChicagoChicago, IL, USA
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- Horticultural Sciences Department, University of Florida Gainesville, FL, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, University of FloridaGainesville, FL, USA; Genetics Institute, University of FloridaGainesville, FL, USA
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Buey RM, Ledesma-Amaro R, Balsera M, de Pereda JM, Revuelta JL. Increased riboflavin production by manipulation of inosine 5'-monophosphate dehydrogenase in Ashbya gossypii. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2015; 99:9577-89. [PMID: 26150243 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-015-6710-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2015] [Revised: 05/15/2015] [Accepted: 05/19/2015] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Guanine nucleotides are the precursors of essential biomolecules including nucleic acids and vitamins such as riboflavin. The enzyme inosine-5'-monophosphate dehydrogenase (IMPDH) catalyzes the ratelimiting step in the guanine nucleotide de novo biosynthetic pathway and plays a key role in controlling the cellular nucleotide pools. Thus, IMPDH is an important metabolic bottleneck in the guanine nucleotide synthesis, susceptible of manipulation by means of metabolic engineering approaches. Herein, we report the functional and structural characterization of the IMPDH enzyme from the industrial fungus Ashbya gossypii. Our data show that the overexpression of the IMPDH gene increases the metabolic flux through the guanine pathway and ultimately enhances 40 % riboflavin production with respect to the wild type. Also, IMPDH disruption results in a 100-fold increase of inosine excretion to the culture media. Our results contribute to the developing metabolic engineering toolbox aiming at improving the production of metabolites with biotechnological interest in A. gossypii.
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- Rubén M Buey
- Metabolic Engineering Group, Departamento de Microbiología y Genética, Universidad de Salamanca, Edificio Departamental, Campus Miguel de Unamuno, 37007, Salamanca, Spain.
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- Department Abiotic Stress, Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, C/ Cordel de Merinas 40-52, 37008, Salamanca, Spain
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- Instituto de Biología Celular y Molecular del Cáncer, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Universidad de Salamanca, Campus Miguel de Unamuno, 37007, Salamanca, Spain
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- Metabolic Engineering Group, Departamento de Microbiología y Genética, Universidad de Salamanca, Edificio Departamental, Campus Miguel de Unamuno, 37007, Salamanca, Spain.
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Li L, Hill-Skinner S, Liu S, Beuchle D, Tang HM, Yeh CT, Nettleton D, Schnable PS. The maize brown midrib4 (bm4) gene encodes a functional folylpolyglutamate synthase. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2015; 81:493-504. [PMID: 25495051 PMCID: PMC4329605 DOI: 10.1111/tpj.12745] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2014] [Revised: 12/03/2014] [Accepted: 12/08/2014] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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Mutations in the brown midrib4 (bm4) gene affect the accumulation and composition of lignin in maize. Fine-mapping analysis of bm4 narrowed the candidate region to an approximately 105 kb interval on chromosome 9 containing six genes. Only one of these six genes, GRMZM2G393334, showed decreased expression in mutants. At least four of 10 Mu-induced bm4 mutant alleles contain a Mu insertion in the GRMZM2G393334 gene. Based on these results, we concluded that GRMZM2G393334 is the bm4 gene. GRMZM2G393334 encodes a putative folylpolyglutamate synthase (FPGS), which functions in one-carbon (C1) metabolism to polyglutamylate substrates of folate-dependent enzymes. Yeast complementation experiments demonstrated that expression of the maize bm4 gene in FPGS-deficient met7 yeast is able to rescue the yeast mutant phenotype, thus demonstrating that bm4 encodes a functional FPGS. Consistent with earlier studies, bm4 mutants exhibit a modest decrease in lignin concentration and an overall increase in the S:G lignin ratio relative to wild-type. Orthologs of bm4 include at least one paralogous gene in maize and various homologs in other grasses and dicots. Discovery of the gene underlying the bm4 maize phenotype illustrates a role for FPGS in lignin biosynthesis.
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- Li Li
- Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University2035 Roy J. Carver Co-Lab, Ames, IA, 50011-3650, USA
- College of Agronomy, Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University#3, Taicheng road, Yangling, Shaanxi, 712100, China
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- Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University2035 Roy J. Carver Co-Lab, Ames, IA, 50011-3650, USA
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- Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University2035 Roy J. Carver Co-Lab, Ames, IA, 50011-3650, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology, Iowa State University1210 Molecular Biology Building, Ames, IA 50011-3260, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology, Iowa State University1210 Molecular Biology Building, Ames, IA 50011-3260, USA
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- Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University2035 Roy J. Carver Co-Lab, Ames, IA, 50011-3650, USA
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- Center for Plant Genomics, Iowa State University2035 Roy J. Carver Co-Lab, Ames, IA, 50011-3650, USA
- Department of Statistics, Iowa State University2115 Snedecor, Ames, IA, 50011, USA
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- Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University2035 Roy J. Carver Co-Lab, Ames, IA, 50011-3650, USA
- Department of Genetics, Development and Cell Biology, Iowa State University1210 Molecular Biology Building, Ames, IA 50011-3260, USA
- Center for Plant Genomics, Iowa State University2035 Roy J. Carver Co-Lab, Ames, IA, 50011-3650, USA
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Winter G, Cordente AG, Curtin C. Formation of hydrogen sulfide from cysteine in Saccharomyces cerevisiae BY4742: genome wide screen reveals a central role of the vacuole. PLoS One 2014; 9:e113869. [PMID: 25517415 PMCID: PMC4269451 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0113869] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2014] [Accepted: 10/31/2014] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Discoveries on the toxic effects of cysteine accumulation and, particularly, recent findings on the many physiological roles of one of the products of cysteine catabolism, hydrogen sulfide (H2S), are highlighting the importance of this amino acid and sulfur metabolism in a range of cellular activities. It is also highlighting how little we know about this critical part of cellular metabolism. In the work described here, a genome-wide screen using a deletion collection of Saccharomyces cerevisiae revealed a surprising set of genes associated with this process. In addition, the yeast vacuole, not previously associated with cysteine catabolism, emerged as an important compartment for cysteine degradation. Most prominent among the vacuole-related mutants were those involved in vacuole acidification; we identified each of the eight subunits of a vacuole acidification sub-complex (V1 of the yeast V-ATPase) as essential for cysteine degradation. Other functions identified included translation, RNA processing, folate-derived one-carbon metabolism, and mitochondrial iron-sulfur homeostasis. This work identified for the first time cellular factors affecting the fundamental process of cysteine catabolism. Results obtained significantly contribute to the understanding of this process and may provide insight into the underlying cause of cysteine accumulation and H2S generation in eukaryotes.
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- Gal Winter
- School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, College of Health and Science, University of Western Sydney, Parramatta, NSW, Australia
- The Australian Wine Research Institute, Adelaide, SA, Australia
- Centre for Microbial Electrosynthesis (CEMES), University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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- The Australian Wine Research Institute, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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Maguire F, Henriquez FL, Leonard G, Dacks JB, Brown MW, Richards TA. Complex patterns of gene fission in the eukaryotic folate biosynthesis pathway. Genome Biol Evol 2014; 6:2709-20. [PMID: 25252772 PMCID: PMC4224340 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evu213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Shared derived genomic characters can be useful for polarizing phylogenetic relationships, for example, gene fusions have been used to identify deep-branching relationships in the eukaryotes. Here, we report the evolutionary analysis of a three-gene fusion of folB, folK, and folP, which encode enzymes that catalyze consecutive steps in de novo folate biosynthesis. The folK-folP fusion was found across the eukaryotes and a sparse collection of prokaryotes. This suggests an ancient derivation with a number of gene losses in the eukaryotes potentially as a consequence of adaptation to heterotrophic lifestyles. In contrast, the folB-folK-folP gene is specific to a mosaic collection of Amorphea taxa (a group encompassing: Amoebozoa, Apusomonadida, Breviatea, and Opisthokonta). Next, we investigated the stability of this character. We identified numerous gene losses and a total of nine gene fission events, either by break up of an open reading frame (four events identified) or loss of a component domain (five events identified). This indicates that this three gene fusion is highly labile. These data are consistent with a growing body of data indicating gene fission events occur at high relative rates. Accounting for these sources of homoplasy, our data suggest that the folB-folK-folP gene fusion was present in the last common ancestor of Amoebozoa and Opisthokonta but absent in the Metazoa including the human genome. Comparative genomic data of these genes provides an important resource for designing therapeutic strategies targeting the de novo folate biosynthesis pathway of a variety of eukaryotic pathogens such as Acanthamoeba castellanii.
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- Finlay Maguire
- Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom
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- Infection and Microbiology Research Group, Institute of Biomedical and Environmental Health Research, School of Science, University of the West of Scotland, Paisley, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom
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- Biosciences, University of Exeter, Geoffrey Pope Building, Exeter, United Kingdom
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- Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Mississippi State University
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- Biosciences, University of Exeter, Geoffrey Pope Building, Exeter, United Kingdom Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, CIFAR Program in Integrated Microbial Biodiversity
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Adams NE, Thiaville JJ, Proestos J, Juárez-Vázquez AL, McCoy AJ, Barona-Gómez F, Iwata-Reuyl D, de Crécy-Lagard V, Maurelli AT. Promiscuous and adaptable enzymes fill "holes" in the tetrahydrofolate pathway in Chlamydia species. mBio 2014; 5:e01378-14. [PMID: 25006229 PMCID: PMC4161248 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.01378-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2014] [Accepted: 06/03/2014] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Folates are tripartite molecules comprising pterin, para-aminobenzoate (PABA), and glutamate moieties, which are essential cofactors involved in DNA and amino acid synthesis. The obligately intracellular Chlamydia species have lost several biosynthetic pathways for essential nutrients which they can obtain from their host but have retained the capacity to synthesize folate. In most bacteria, synthesis of the pterin moiety of folate requires the FolEQBK enzymes, while synthesis of the PABA moiety is carried out by the PabABC enzymes. Bioinformatic analyses reveal that while members of Chlamydia are missing the genes for FolE (GTP cyclohydrolase) and FolQ, which catalyze the initial steps in de novo synthesis of the pterin moiety, they have genes for the rest of the pterin pathway. We screened a chlamydial genomic library in deletion mutants of Escherichia coli to identify the "missing genes" and identified a novel enzyme, TrpFCtL2, which has broad substrate specificity. TrpFCtL2, in combination with GTP cyclohydrolase II (RibA), the first enzyme of riboflavin synthesis, provides a bypass of the first two canonical steps in folate synthesis catalyzed by FolE and FolQ. Notably, TrpFCtL2 retains the phosphoribosyl anthranilate isomerase activity of the original annotation. Additionally, we independently confirmed the recent discovery of a novel enzyme, CT610, which uses an unknown precursor to synthesize PABA and complements E. coli mutants with deletions of pabA, pabB, or pabC. Thus, Chlamydia species have evolved a variant folate synthesis pathway that employs a patchwork of promiscuous and adaptable enzymes recruited from other biosynthetic pathways. Importance: Collectively, the involvement of TrpFCtL2 and CT610 in the tetrahydrofolate pathway completes our understanding of folate biosynthesis in Chlamydia. Moreover, the novel roles for TrpFCtL2 and CT610 in the tetrahydrofolate pathway are sophisticated examples of how enzyme evolution plays a vital role in the adaptation of obligately intracellular organisms to host-specific niches. Enzymes like TrpFCtL2 which possess an enzyme fold common to many other enzymes are highly versatile and possess the capacity to evolve to catalyze related reactions in two different metabolic pathways. The continued identification of unique enzymes such as these in bacterial pathogens is important for development of antimicrobial compounds, as drugs that inhibit such enzymes would likely not have any targets in the host or the host's normal microbial flora.
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- Nancy E Adams
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, USA
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- Evolution of Metabolic Diversity Laboratory, Laboratorio Nacional de Genómica para la Biodiversidad (Langebio), Cinvestav-IPN, Irapuato, Mexico
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Evolution of Metabolic Diversity Laboratory, Laboratorio Nacional de Genómica para la Biodiversidad (Langebio), Cinvestav-IPN, Irapuato, Mexico
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- Department of Chemistry, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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de Crécy-Lagard V. Variations in metabolic pathways create challenges for automated metabolic reconstructions: Examples from the tetrahydrofolate synthesis pathway. Comput Struct Biotechnol J 2014; 10:41-50. [PMID: 25210598 PMCID: PMC4151868 DOI: 10.1016/j.csbj.2014.05.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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The availability of thousands of sequenced genomes has revealed the diversity of biochemical solutions to similar chemical problems. Even for molecules at the heart of metabolism, such as cofactors, the pathway enzymes first discovered in model organisms like Escherichia coli or Saccharomyces cerevisiae are often not universally conserved. Tetrahydrofolate (THF) (or its close relative tetrahydromethanopterin) is a universal and essential C1-carrier that most microbes and plants synthesize de novo. The THF biosynthesis pathway and enzymes are, however, not universal and alternate solutions are found for most steps, making this pathway a challenge to annotate automatically in many genomes. Comparing THF pathway reconstructions and functional annotations of a chosen set of folate synthesis genes in specific prokaryotes revealed the strengths and weaknesses of different microbial annotation platforms. This analysis revealed that most current platforms fail in metabolic reconstruction of variant pathways. However, all the pieces are in place to quickly correct these deficiencies if the different databases were built on each other's strengths.
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- Valérie de Crécy-Lagard
- Department of Microbiology and Cell Science and Genetics Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States
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Velikova V, Ghirardo A, Vanzo E, Merl J, Hauck SM, Schnitzler JP. Genetic Manipulation of Isoprene Emissions in Poplar Plants Remodels the Chloroplast Proteome. J Proteome Res 2014; 13:2005-18. [DOI: 10.1021/pr401124z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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- Violeta Velikova
- Institute of Plant Physiology and Genetics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev Str. Bl. 21, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria
- Helmholtz
Zentrum München, Institute of Biochemical Plant Pathology, Research Unit, Environmental Simulation, Ingolstädter Landstr. 1, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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Zentrum München, Institute of Biochemical Plant Pathology, Research Unit, Environmental Simulation, Ingolstädter Landstr. 1, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Helmholtz
Zentrum München, Institute of Biochemical Plant Pathology, Research Unit, Environmental Simulation, Ingolstädter Landstr. 1, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Helmholtz
Zentrum München, Research Unit Protein Science, Ingolstädter
Landstr. 1, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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- Helmholtz
Zentrum München, Research Unit Protein Science, Ingolstädter
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- Helmholtz
Zentrum München, Institute of Biochemical Plant Pathology, Research Unit, Environmental Simulation, Ingolstädter Landstr. 1, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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Completing the folate biosynthesis pathway in Plasmodium falciparum: p-aminobenzoate is produced by a highly divergent promiscuous aminodeoxychorismate lyase. Biochem J 2013; 455:149-55. [DOI: 10.1042/bj20130896] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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We identified the aminodeoxychorismate lyase from Plasmodium falciparum. This enzyme participates in the biosynthesis of folate and could be a new target for antimalarial therapy. The enzyme has little similarity to its bacterial counterparts and shows a minor D-amino acid transaminase activity.
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Wei Z, Sun K, Sandoval FJ, Cross JM, Gordon C, Kang C, Roje S. Folate polyglutamylation eliminates dependence of activity on enzyme concentration in mitochondrial serine hydroxymethyltransferases from Arabidopsis thaliana. Arch Biochem Biophys 2013; 536:87-96. [DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2013.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2013] [Revised: 06/11/2013] [Accepted: 06/11/2013] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Song ZB, Xiao SQ, You L, Wang SS, Tan H, Li KZ, Chen LM. C1 metabolism and the Calvin cycle function simultaneously and independently during HCHO metabolism and detoxification in Arabidopsis thaliana treated with HCHO solutions. PLANT, CELL & ENVIRONMENT 2013; 36:1490-1506. [PMID: 23421623 DOI: 10.1111/pce.12079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2012] [Revised: 01/31/2013] [Accepted: 02/01/2013] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Formaldehyde (HCHO) is suggested to be detoxified through one-carbon (C1) metabolism or assimilated by the Calvin cycle in plants. To further understand the function of the Calvin cycle and C1 metabolism in HCHO metabolism in plants, HCHO elimination and metabolism by Arabidopsis thaliana in HCHO solutions was investigated in this study. Results verified that Arabidopsis could completely eliminate aqueous HCHO from the HCHO solutions. Carbon-13 nuclear magnetic resonance ((13)C-NMR) analysis showed that H(13)CHO absorbed by Arabidopsis was first oxidized to H(13)COOH. Subsequently, a clear increase in [U-(13)C]Gluc peaks accompanied by a strong enhancement in peaks of [2-(13)C]Ser and [3-(13)C]Ser appeared in Arabidopsis. Pretreatment with cyclosporin A or L-carnitine, which might inhibit the transport of (13)C-enriched compounds into chloroplasts and mitochondria, caused a remarkable decline in yields of both [U-(13)C]Gluc and [3-(13)C]Ser in H(13)CHO-treated Arabidopsis. These results suggested that both the Calvin cycle and the C1 metabolism functioned simultaneously during HCHO detoxification. Moreover, both functioned more quickly under high H(13)CHO stress than low H(13)CHO stress. When a photorespiration mutant was treated in 6 mm H(13)CHO solution, formation of [U-(13)C]Gluc and [2-(13)C]Ser was completely inhibited, but generation of [3-(13)C]Ser was not significantly affected. This evidence suggested that the Calvin cycle and C1 metabolism functioned independently in Arabidopsis during HCHO metabolism.
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- Zhong-Bang Song
- Faculty of Life Science and Biotechnology, Chenggong Campus, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Chenggong, Kunming, 650500, China
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Hung CY, Fan L, Kittur FS, Sun K, Qiu J, Tang S, Holliday BM, Xiao B, Burkey KO, Bush LP, Conkling MA, Roje S, Xie J. Alteration of the alkaloid profile in genetically modified tobacco reveals a role of methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase in nicotine N-demethylation. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2013; 161:1049-60. [PMID: 23221678 PMCID: PMC3561002 DOI: 10.1104/pp.112.209247] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2012] [Accepted: 12/03/2012] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) is a key enzyme of the tetrahydrofolate (THF)-mediated one-carbon (C1) metabolic network. This enzyme catalyzes the reduction of 5,10-methylene-THF to 5-methyl-THF. The latter donates its methyl group to homocysteine, forming methionine, which is then used for the synthesis of S-adenosyl-methionine, a universal methyl donor for numerous methylation reactions, to produce primary and secondary metabolites. Here, we demonstrate that manipulating tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) MTHFR gene (NtMTHFR1) expression dramatically alters the alkaloid profile in transgenic tobacco plants by negatively regulating the expression of a secondary metabolic pathway nicotine N-demethylase gene, CYP82E4. Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction and alkaloid analyses revealed that reducing NtMTHFR expression by RNA interference dramatically induced CYP82E4 expression, resulting in higher nicotine-to-nornicotine conversion rates. Conversely, overexpressing NtMTHFR1 suppressed CYP82E4 expression, leading to lower nicotine-to-nornicotine conversion rates. However, the reduced expression of NtMTHFR did not affect the methionine and S-adenosyl-methionine levels in the knockdown lines. Our finding reveals a new regulatory role of NtMTHFR1 in nicotine N-demethylation and suggests that the negative regulation of CYP82E4 expression may serve to recruit methyl groups from nicotine into the C1 pool under C1-deficient conditions.
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- Chiu-Yueh Hung
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Biomanufacturing Research Institute and Technology Enterprise, North Carolina Central University, Durham, North Carolina 27707 (C.-Y.H., F.S.K., B.M.H., J.X.); Department of Agronomy, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, China (L.F., J.Q., S.T.); Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164 (K.S., S.R.); Yunnan Academy of Tobacco Agricultural Sciences, Yuxi 653100, China (B.X.); United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service Plant Science Research Unit and Department of Crop Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695 (K.O.B.); Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40546 (L.P.B.); and AgriTech Interface, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27516 (M.A.C.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Biomanufacturing Research Institute and Technology Enterprise, North Carolina Central University, Durham, North Carolina 27707 (C.-Y.H., F.S.K., B.M.H., J.X.); Department of Agronomy, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, China (L.F., J.Q., S.T.); Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164 (K.S., S.R.); Yunnan Academy of Tobacco Agricultural Sciences, Yuxi 653100, China (B.X.); United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service Plant Science Research Unit and Department of Crop Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695 (K.O.B.); Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40546 (L.P.B.); and AgriTech Interface, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27516 (M.A.C.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Biomanufacturing Research Institute and Technology Enterprise, North Carolina Central University, Durham, North Carolina 27707 (C.-Y.H., F.S.K., B.M.H., J.X.); Department of Agronomy, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, China (L.F., J.Q., S.T.); Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164 (K.S., S.R.); Yunnan Academy of Tobacco Agricultural Sciences, Yuxi 653100, China (B.X.); United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service Plant Science Research Unit and Department of Crop Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695 (K.O.B.); Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40546 (L.P.B.); and AgriTech Interface, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27516 (M.A.C.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Biomanufacturing Research Institute and Technology Enterprise, North Carolina Central University, Durham, North Carolina 27707 (C.-Y.H., F.S.K., B.M.H., J.X.); Department of Agronomy, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, China (L.F., J.Q., S.T.); Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164 (K.S., S.R.); Yunnan Academy of Tobacco Agricultural Sciences, Yuxi 653100, China (B.X.); United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service Plant Science Research Unit and Department of Crop Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695 (K.O.B.); Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40546 (L.P.B.); and AgriTech Interface, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27516 (M.A.C.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Biomanufacturing Research Institute and Technology Enterprise, North Carolina Central University, Durham, North Carolina 27707 (C.-Y.H., F.S.K., B.M.H., J.X.); Department of Agronomy, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, China (L.F., J.Q., S.T.); Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164 (K.S., S.R.); Yunnan Academy of Tobacco Agricultural Sciences, Yuxi 653100, China (B.X.); United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service Plant Science Research Unit and Department of Crop Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695 (K.O.B.); Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40546 (L.P.B.); and AgriTech Interface, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27516 (M.A.C.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Biomanufacturing Research Institute and Technology Enterprise, North Carolina Central University, Durham, North Carolina 27707 (C.-Y.H., F.S.K., B.M.H., J.X.); Department of Agronomy, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, China (L.F., J.Q., S.T.); Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164 (K.S., S.R.); Yunnan Academy of Tobacco Agricultural Sciences, Yuxi 653100, China (B.X.); United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service Plant Science Research Unit and Department of Crop Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695 (K.O.B.); Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40546 (L.P.B.); and AgriTech Interface, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27516 (M.A.C.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Biomanufacturing Research Institute and Technology Enterprise, North Carolina Central University, Durham, North Carolina 27707 (C.-Y.H., F.S.K., B.M.H., J.X.); Department of Agronomy, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, China (L.F., J.Q., S.T.); Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164 (K.S., S.R.); Yunnan Academy of Tobacco Agricultural Sciences, Yuxi 653100, China (B.X.); United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service Plant Science Research Unit and Department of Crop Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695 (K.O.B.); Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40546 (L.P.B.); and AgriTech Interface, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27516 (M.A.C.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Biomanufacturing Research Institute and Technology Enterprise, North Carolina Central University, Durham, North Carolina 27707 (C.-Y.H., F.S.K., B.M.H., J.X.); Department of Agronomy, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, China (L.F., J.Q., S.T.); Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164 (K.S., S.R.); Yunnan Academy of Tobacco Agricultural Sciences, Yuxi 653100, China (B.X.); United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service Plant Science Research Unit and Department of Crop Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695 (K.O.B.); Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40546 (L.P.B.); and AgriTech Interface, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27516 (M.A.C.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Biomanufacturing Research Institute and Technology Enterprise, North Carolina Central University, Durham, North Carolina 27707 (C.-Y.H., F.S.K., B.M.H., J.X.); Department of Agronomy, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, China (L.F., J.Q., S.T.); Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164 (K.S., S.R.); Yunnan Academy of Tobacco Agricultural Sciences, Yuxi 653100, China (B.X.); United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service Plant Science Research Unit and Department of Crop Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695 (K.O.B.); Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40546 (L.P.B.); and AgriTech Interface, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27516 (M.A.C.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Biomanufacturing Research Institute and Technology Enterprise, North Carolina Central University, Durham, North Carolina 27707 (C.-Y.H., F.S.K., B.M.H., J.X.); Department of Agronomy, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, China (L.F., J.Q., S.T.); Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164 (K.S., S.R.); Yunnan Academy of Tobacco Agricultural Sciences, Yuxi 653100, China (B.X.); United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service Plant Science Research Unit and Department of Crop Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695 (K.O.B.); Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40546 (L.P.B.); and AgriTech Interface, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27516 (M.A.C.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Biomanufacturing Research Institute and Technology Enterprise, North Carolina Central University, Durham, North Carolina 27707 (C.-Y.H., F.S.K., B.M.H., J.X.); Department of Agronomy, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, China (L.F., J.Q., S.T.); Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164 (K.S., S.R.); Yunnan Academy of Tobacco Agricultural Sciences, Yuxi 653100, China (B.X.); United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service Plant Science Research Unit and Department of Crop Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695 (K.O.B.); Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40546 (L.P.B.); and AgriTech Interface, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27516 (M.A.C.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Biomanufacturing Research Institute and Technology Enterprise, North Carolina Central University, Durham, North Carolina 27707 (C.-Y.H., F.S.K., B.M.H., J.X.); Department of Agronomy, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310029, China (L.F., J.Q., S.T.); Institute of Biological Chemistry, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164 (K.S., S.R.); Yunnan Academy of Tobacco Agricultural Sciences, Yuxi 653100, China (B.X.); United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service Plant Science Research Unit and Department of Crop Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695 (K.O.B.); Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40546 (L.P.B.); and AgriTech Interface, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27516 (M.A.C.)
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Navarrete O, Van Daele J, Stove C, Lambert W, Storozhenko S, Van Der Straeten D. Isolation and characterisation of an antifolate insensitive (afi1) mutant of Arabidopsis thaliana. PLANT BIOLOGY (STUTTGART, GERMANY) 2013; 15:37-44. [PMID: 22672761 DOI: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.2012.00602.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Antifolates can impair the synthesis and/or function of folates in living organisms. Mechanisms of resistance or tolerance to antifolates have been mainly described in plants using the drug methotrexate. In this work, the antifolate trimethoprim (TMP) was used with the aim of revealing a novel mechanism of resistance. EMS mutagenised seeds from Arabidopsis were screened to isolate individuals insensitive to TMP. Genetic analysis revealed a homozygous recessive mutation that segregates with the phenotype of tolerance to 50 μm TMP. Mapping analysis localised the mutation at the end of the short arm of chromosome 3. Preliminary characterisation demonstrated up-regulation of several genes from the folate biosynthetic pathway in the TMP insensitive mutant, and a slight increase in total folate content in the mutant as compared with the Col-0 control. Moreover, sequence analysis of the DHFR (dihydrofolate reductase) genes, which encode a known target for resistance to antifolates, did not reveal any changes. This study is the first report of a stable mutant insensitive (afi1) to the antifolate trimethoprim in plants, and suggests the existence of a novel mechanism of resistance to antifolates.
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- Laboratory of Functional Plant Biology, Department of Physiology, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium
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Gain and loss of multiple functionally related, horizontally transferred genes in the reduced genomes of two microsporidian parasites. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2012; 109:12638-43. [PMID: 22802648 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1205020109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Microsporidia of the genus Encephalitozoon are widespread pathogens of animals that harbor the smallest known nuclear genomes. Complete sequences from Encephalitozoon intestinalis (2.3 Mbp) and Encephalitozoon cuniculi (2.9 Mbp) revealed massive gene losses and reduction of intergenic regions as factors leading to their drastically reduced genome size. However, microsporidian genomes also have gained genes through horizontal gene transfers (HGT), a process that could allow the parasites to exploit their hosts more fully. Here, we describe the complete sequences of two intermediate-sized genomes (2.5 Mbp), from Encephalitozoon hellem and Encephalitozoon romaleae. Overall, the E. hellem and E. romaleae genomes are strikingly similar to those of Encephalitozoon cuniculi and Encephalitozoon intestinalis in both form and content. However, in addition to the expected expansions and contractions of known gene families in subtelomeric regions, both species also were found to harbor a number of protein-coding genes that are not found in any other microsporidian. All these genes are functionally related to the metabolism of folate and purines but appear to have originated by several independent HGT events from different eukaryotic and prokaryotic donors. Surprisingly, the genes are all intact in E. hellem, but in E. romaleae those involved in de novo synthesis of folate are all pseudogenes. Overall, these data suggest that a recent common ancestor of E. hellem and E. romaleae assembled a complete metabolic pathway from multiple independent HGT events and that one descendent already is dispensing with much of this new functionality, highlighting the transient nature of transferred genes.
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Kido ÉA, Ferreira Neto JRC, Silva RLDO, Pandolfi V, Guimarães ACR, Veiga DT, Chabregas SM, Crovella S, Benko-Iseppon AM. New insights in the sugarcane transcriptome responding to drought stress as revealed by superSAGE. ScientificWorldJournal 2012; 2012:821062. [PMID: 22629208 PMCID: PMC3353566 DOI: 10.1100/2012/821062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2011] [Accepted: 12/02/2011] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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In the scope of the present work, four SuperSAGE libraries have been generated, using bulked root tissues from four drought-tolerant accessions as compared with four bulked sensitive genotypes, aiming to generate a panel of differentially expressed stress-responsive genes. Both groups were submitted to 24 hours of water deficit stress. The SuperSAGE libraries produced 8,787,315 tags (26 bp) that, after exclusion of singlets, allowed the identification of 205,975 unitags. Most relevant BlastN matches comprised 567,420 tags, regarding 75,404 unitags with 164,860 different ESTs. To optimize the annotation efficiency, the Gene Ontology (GO) categorization was carried out for 186,191 ESTs (BlastN against Uniprot-SwissProt), permitting the categorization of 118,208 ESTs (63.5%). In an attempt to elect a group of the best tags to be validated by RTqPCR, the GO categorization of the tag-related ESTs allowed the in silico identification of 213 upregulated unitags responding basically to abiotic stresses, from which 145 presented no hits after BlastN analysis, probably concerning new genes still uncovered in previous studies. The present report analyzes the sugarcane transcriptome under drought stress, using a combination of high-throughput transcriptome profiling by SuperSAGE with the Solexa sequencing technology, allowing the identification of potential target genes during the stress response.
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- Éderson Akio Kido
- Department of Genetics, Federal University of Pernambuco, 50670-901 Recife, PE, Brazil.
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Ji K, Wang Y, Sun W, Lou Q, Mei H, Shen S, Chen H. Drought-responsive mechanisms in rice genotypes with contrasting drought tolerance during reproductive stage. JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2012; 169:336-44. [PMID: 22137606 DOI: 10.1016/j.jplph.2011.10.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2010] [Revised: 10/25/2011] [Accepted: 10/26/2011] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Water status is the main factor affecting rice production. In order to understand rice strategies in response to drought condition in the field, the drought-responsive mechanisms at the physiological and molecular levels were studied in two rice genotypes with contrasting susceptibility to drought stress at reproductive stage. After 20 d of drought treatment, the osmotic potential of leaves reduced 78% and 8% in drought susceptible rice cultivar Zhenshan97B and tolerant rice cultivar IRAT109, respectively. The panicle lengths had no obvious changes in drought stressed Zhenshan97B and IRAT109, suggesting that drought stress impose less effect on assimilate translocation from leaf to vegetative growth of panicles. IRAT109 showed more extensive deeper root growth that could be considered a second line of defense against drought stress. The C(i)/C(a) ratio exhibited enhancement over reduction of g(s) in both cultivars, reflecting the non-stomatal limitation to photosynthesis occurred during drought stress. Orthophosphate dikinase, glycine dehydrogenase, ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase (Rubisco), glycine hydroxymethyltransferase and ATP synthase were down-regulated for Zhenshan97B in response to drought stress, suggesting the reduction of capacity of carbon assimilation in this rice cultivar. In drought-stressed IRAT109, transketolase, Rubisco were down-regulated, however, Rubisco activase and peptidyl-prolyl cis-trans isomerase, which might alleviate the damage on Rubisco by drought stress, were up-regulated. The increased abundances of chloroplastic superoxide dismutase [Cu-Zn] and dehydroascorbate reductase might provide antioxidant protection for IRAT109 against damage by dehydration.
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- Kuixian Ji
- Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100093, China
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Phillips KM, Ruggio DM, Haytowitz DB. Folate composition of 10 types of mushrooms determined by liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry. Food Chem 2011; 129:630-636. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2011.04.087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2010] [Revised: 03/23/2011] [Accepted: 04/25/2011] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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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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Kryvych S, Kleessen S, Ebert B, Kersten B, Fisahn J. Proteomics - The key to understanding systems biology of Arabidopsis trichomes. PHYTOCHEMISTRY 2011; 72:1061-1070. [PMID: 20952039 DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2010.09.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2010] [Revised: 09/09/2010] [Accepted: 09/17/2010] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Every multicellular organism consists of numerous organs, tissues and specific cell types. To gain detailed knowledge about the morphogenesis of these complex structures, it is inevitable to advance biochemical analyses to ultimate spatial and temporal resolution since individual cell types contribute differently to the overall performance of living objects. Single cell sampling combined with systems biological approaches was recently applied to investigations of Arabidopsis thaliana trichomes (leaf hairs). These are single celled structures that provide ideal model systems to address various aspects of plant cell development and differentiation at the level of individual cells. A previously suggested function of trichomes in plant stress responses could thus be confirmed. Furthermore, trichome-specific "omics" data collected in several laboratories are mutually conclusive which demonstrates the applicability of systems biological approaches at the single cell level.
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- Sergiy Kryvych
- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology, 14476 Potsdam, Germany
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Prinsi B, Negri AS, Fedeli C, Morgutti S, Negrini N, Cocucci M, Espen L. Peach fruit ripening: A proteomic comparative analysis of the mesocarp of two cultivars with different flesh firmness at two ripening stages. PHYTOCHEMISTRY 2011; 72:1251-62. [PMID: 21315381 DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2011.01.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2010] [Revised: 12/30/2010] [Accepted: 01/10/2011] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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A proteomic analysis was conducted on peach fruit mesocarp in order to better elucidate the biochemical and physiological events which characterize the transition of fruit from the "unripe" to the "ripe" phase. The first goal of the present work was to set-up a protocol suitable for improving protein extraction from peach mesocarp. The use of freeze-dried powdered tissue, together with the addition of phenol prior to the extraction with an aqueous buffer, significantly increased the protein yield and the quality of 2-DE gels. The proteomic profiles of the mesocarp from peach fruit of a non-melting flesh (NMF; 'Oro A') and a melting flesh (MF; 'Bolero') cultivar, at "unripe" and "ripe" stages as defined by some parameters typical of ripening, were then analyzed. The comparative analysis of the 2-DE gels showed that in NMF and MF peaches the relative volumes of 53 protein spots significantly changed in relation to both the ripening stage ("unripe" versus "ripe") and/or the genetic background of the cultivar ('Oro A' versus 'Bolero'). Thirty out of the 53 differently abundant spots were identified by LC-ESI-MS/MS. The analysis revealed enzymes involved in primary metabolism (e.g. C-compounds, carbohydrates, organic acids and amino acids) and in ethylene biosynthesis as well as proteins involved in secondary metabolism and responses to stress. Among these, 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid oxidase (ACO) appeared to be one of the proteins with the largest change in relative abundance during the fruit transition from the pre-climacteric ("unripe") to the climacteric ("ripe") phase. Other proteins, such as S-adenosylmethionine synthetase and β-cyanoalanine synthase involved in ethylene metabolism, were also identified. Moreover, the changes in the relative abundances of a sucrose synthase and an α-amylase suggested differences between the two cultivars in the carbohydrate import activity of ripe fruit. The different accumulation of a few typical ROS-scavenger enzymes suggested that a higher oxidative stress occurred in MF with respect to NMF fruit. This result, together with data concerning the levels of total proteins and free amino acids and those regarding proteins involved in the maintenance of tissue integrity, was consistent with the hypothesis that the last phase of ripening in MF fruit is characterized by the appearance of a senescence status. The present study appears to define well some of the biochemical and physiological events that characterize the ripening of peach and, at the same time, provides interesting indications that could be employed in future marker assisted selection (MAS) programmes aimed to obtain MF fruits with higher ability to preserve tissue functionality maintaining for a longer time their organoleptic characteristics.
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- Bhakti Prinsi
- Dipartimento di Produzione Vegetale, University of Milan, Via Celoria 2, I-20133 Milano, Italy
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Philipps G, Krawietz D, Hemschemeier A, Happe T. A pyruvate formate lyase-deficient Chlamydomonas reinhardtii strain provides evidence for a link between fermentation and hydrogen production in green algae. THE PLANT JOURNAL : FOR CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2011; 66:330-40. [PMID: 21219510 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2011.04494.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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The green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii has a complex anaerobic metabolism characterized by a plastidic hydrogenase (HYD1) coupled to photosynthesis and a bacterial-type fermentation system in which pyruvate formate lyase (PFL1) is the central fermentative enzyme. To identify mutant strains with altered hydrogen metabolism, a C. reinhardtii nuclear transformant library was screened. Mutant strain 48F5 showed lower light-dependent hydrogen (H₂) evolution rates and reduced in vitro hydrogenase activity, and fermentative H₂ production in the dark was enhanced. The transformant has a single integration of the paromomycin resistance cassette within the PFL1 gene, and is unable to synthesize PFL1 protein. 48F5 secretes no formate, but produces more ethanol, D-lactate and CO₂ than the wild type. Moreover, HYD1 transcript and HYD1 protein levels were lower in the pfl1 mutant strain. Complementation of strain 48F5 with an intact copy of the PFL1 gene restored formate excretion and hydrogenase activity to the wild type level. This analysis shows that the PFL1 pathway has a significant impact on hydrogen metabolism in C. reinhardtii.
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- Gabriele Philipps
- Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Fakultät für Biologie und Biotechnologie, Lehrstuhl für Biochemie der Pflanzen, AG Photobiotechnologie, 44780 Bochum, Germany
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Srivastava AC, Ramos-Parra PA, Bedair M, Robledo-Hernández AL, Tang Y, Sumner LW, Díaz de la Garza RI, Blancaflor EB. The folylpolyglutamate synthetase plastidial isoform is required for postembryonic root development in Arabidopsis. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2011; 155:1237-51. [PMID: 21233333 PMCID: PMC3046582 DOI: 10.1104/pp.110.168278] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/02/2023]
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A recessive Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) mutant with short primary roots and root hairs was identified from a forward genetic screen. The disrupted gene in the mutant encoded the plastidial isoform of folylpolyglutamate synthetase (FPGS), previously designated as AtDFB, an enzyme that catalyzes the addition of glutamate residues to the folate molecule to form folylpolyglutamates. The short primary root of atdfb was associated with a disorganized quiescent center, dissipated auxin gradient in the root cap, bundled actin cytoskeleton, and reduced cell division and expansion. The accumulation of monoglutamylated forms of some folate classes in atdfb was consistent with impaired FPGS function. The observed cellular defects in roots of atdfb underscore the essential role of folylpolyglutamates in the highly compartmentalized one-carbon transfer reactions (C1 metabolism) that lead to the biosynthesis of compounds required for metabolically active cells found in the growing root apex. Indeed, metabolic profiling uncovered a depletion of several amino acids and nucleotides in atdfb indicative of broad alterations in metabolism. Methionine and purines, which are synthesized de novo in plastids via C1 enzymatic reactions, were particularly depleted. The root growth and quiescent center defects of atdfb were rescued by exogenous application of 5-formyl-tetrahydrofolate, a stable folate that was readily converted to metabolically active folates. Collectively, our results indicate that AtDFB is the predominant FPGS isoform that generates polyglutamylated folate cofactors to support C1 metabolism required for meristem maintenance and cell expansion during postembryonic root development in Arabidopsis.
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