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Diessner EM, Takahashi GR, Butts CT, Martin RW. Comparative analysis of thermal adaptations of extremophilic prolyl oligopeptidases. Biophys J 2024; 123:3143-3162. [PMID: 39014897 PMCID: PMC11427779 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2024.07.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2024] [Revised: 05/14/2024] [Accepted: 07/10/2024] [Indexed: 07/18/2024] Open
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Prolyl oligopeptidases from psychrophilic, mesophilic, and thermophilic organisms found in a range of natural environments are studied using a combination of protein structure prediction, atomistic molecular dynamics, and trajectory analysis to determine how the S9 protease family adapts to extreme thermal conditions. We compare our results with hypotheses from the literature regarding structural adaptations that allow proteins to maintain structure and function at extreme temperatures, and we find that, in the case of prolyl oligopeptidases, only a subset of proposed adaptations are employed for maintaining stability. The catalytic and propeller domains are highly structured, limiting the range of mutations that can be made to enhance hydrophobicity or form disulfide bonds without disrupting the formation of necessary secondary structure. Rather, we observe a pattern in which overall prevalence of bound interactions (salt bridges and hydrogen bonds) is conserved by using increasing numbers of increasingly short-lived interactions as temperature increases. This suggests a role for an entropic rather than energetic strategy for thermal adaptation in this protein family.
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- Department of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California
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- Departments of Sociology, Statistics, Computer Science, and EECS, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California; Department of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, California.
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Schindl A, Hagen ML, Cooley I, Jäger CM, Warden AC, Zelzer M, Allers T, Croft AK. Ion-combination specific effects driving the enzymatic activity of halophilic alcohol dehydrogenase 2 from Haloferax volcanii in aqueous ionic liquid solvent mixtures. RSC SUSTAINABILITY 2024; 2:2559-2580. [PMID: 39211508 PMCID: PMC11353702 DOI: 10.1039/d3su00412k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2023] [Accepted: 06/30/2024] [Indexed: 09/04/2024]
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Biocatalysis in ionic liquids enables novel routes for bioprocessing. Enzymes derived from extremophiles promise greater stability and activity under ionic liquid (IL) influence. Here, we probe the enzyme alcohol dehydrogenase 2 from the halophilic archaeon Haloferax volcanii in thirteen different ion combinations for relative activity and analyse the results against molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of the same IL systems. We probe the ionic liquid property space based on ion polarizability and molecular electrostatic potential. Using the radial distribution functions, survival probabilities and spatial distribution functions of ions, we show that cooperative ion-ion interactions determine ion-protein interactions, and specifically, strong ion-ion interactions equate to higher enzymatic activity if neither of the ions interact strongly with the protein surface. We further demonstrate a tendency for cations interacting with the protein surface to be least detrimental to enzymatic activity if they show a low polarizability when combined with small hydrophilic anions. We also find that the IL ion influence is not mitigated by the surplus of negatively charged residues of the halophilic enzyme. This is shown by free energy landscape analysis in root mean square deviation and distance variation plots of active site gating residues (Trp43 and His273) demonstrating no protection of specific structural elements relevant to preserving enzymatic activity. On the other hand, we observe a general effect across all IL systems that a tight binding of water at acidic residues is preferentially interrupted at these residues through the increased presence of potassium ions. Overall, this study demonstrates a co-ion interaction dependent influence on allosteric surface residues controlling the active/inactive conformation of halophilic alcohol dehydrogenase 2 and the necessity to engineer ionic liquid systems for enzymes that rely on the integrity of functional surface residues regardless of their halophilicity or thermophilicity for use in bioprocessing.
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- Alexandra Schindl
- Sustainable Process Technologies Group, Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Nottingham Nottingham NG7 2RD UK
- School of Pharmacy, University of Nottingham, University Park Campus Nottingham NG7 2RD UK
- School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, Queen's Medical Centre Nottingham NG7 2UH UK
- School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Leeds Leeds LS2 9JT UK
- Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds Leeds LS2 9JT UK
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- Sustainable Process Technologies Group, Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Nottingham Nottingham NG7 2RD UK
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Loughborough University LE11 3TU UK
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- Sustainable Process Technologies Group, Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Nottingham Nottingham NG7 2RD UK
- Data Science and Modelling, Pharmaceutical Sciences, R&D, AstraZeneca Gothenburg Pepparedsleden 1 SE-431 83 Mölndal Sweden
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- CSIRO Environment, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), Research and Innovation Park Acton Canberra ACT 2600 Australia
- Advanced Engineering Biology Future Science Platform, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Research and Innovation Park Acton Canberra ACT 2600 Australia
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- School of Pharmacy, University of Nottingham, University Park Campus Nottingham NG7 2RD UK
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, Queen's Medical Centre Nottingham NG7 2UH UK
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Loughborough University LE11 3TU UK
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Arthi R, Parameswari E, Dhevagi P, Janaki P, Parimaladevi R. Microbial alchemists: unveiling the hidden potentials of halophilic organisms for soil restoration. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND POLLUTION RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2024:10.1007/s11356-024-33949-9. [PMID: 38877191 DOI: 10.1007/s11356-024-33949-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2024] [Accepted: 06/05/2024] [Indexed: 06/16/2024]
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Salinity, resulting from various contaminants, is a major concern to global crop cultivation. Soil salinity results in increased osmotic stress, oxidative stress, specific ion toxicity, nutrient deficiency in plants, groundwater contamination, and negative impacts on biogeochemical cycles. Leaching, the prevailing remediation method, is expensive, energy-intensive, demands more fresh water, and also causes nutrient loss which leads to infertile cropland and eutrophication of water bodies. Moreover, in soils co-contaminated with persistent organic pollutants, heavy metals, and textile dyes, leaching techniques may not be effective. It promotes the adoption of microbial remediation as an effective and eco-friendly method. Common microbes such as Pseudomonas, Trichoderma, and Bacillus often struggle to survive in high-saline conditions due to osmotic stress, ion imbalance, and protein denaturation. Halophiles, capable of withstanding high-saline conditions, exhibit a remarkable ability to utilize a broad spectrum of organic pollutants as carbon sources and restore the polluted environment. Furthermore, halophiles can enhance plant growth under stress conditions and produce vital bio-enzymes. Halophilic microorganisms can contribute to increasing soil microbial diversity, pollutant degradation, stabilizing soil structure, participating in nutrient dynamics, bio-geochemical cycles, enhancing soil fertility, and crop growth. This review provides an in-depth analysis of pollutant degradation, salt-tolerating mechanisms, and plant-soil-microbe interaction and offers a holistic perspective on their potential for soil restoration.
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- Ravichandran Arthi
- Department of Environmental Science, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, India
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- Department of Environmental Science, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, India
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- Nammazhvar Organic Farming Research Centre, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, India
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- Department of Bioenergy, Agrl. Engineering College & Research Institute, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, India
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Clement PC, Sapam T, Nair DT. A conserved polar residue plays a critical role in mismatch detection in A-family DNA polymerases. Int J Biol Macromol 2024; 269:131965. [PMID: 38697428 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.131965] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2024] [Revised: 04/26/2024] [Accepted: 04/27/2024] [Indexed: 05/05/2024]
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In A-family DNA polymerases (dPols), a functional 3'-5' exonuclease activity is known to proofread newly synthesized DNA. The identification of a mismatch in substrate DNA leads to transfer of the primer strand from the polymerase active site to the exonuclease active site. To shed more light regarding the mechanism responsible for the detection of mismatches, we have utilized DNA polymerase 1 from Aquifex pyrophilus (ApPol1). The enzyme synthesized DNA with high fidelity and exhibited maximal exonuclease activity with DNA substrates bearing mismatches at the -2 and - 3 positions. The crystal structure of apo-ApPol1 was utilized to generate a computational model of the functional ternary complex of this enzyme. The analysis of the model showed that N332 forms interactions with minor groove atoms of the base pairs at the -2 and - 3 positions. The majority of known A-family dPols show the presence of Asn at a position equivalent to N332. The N332L mutation led to a decrease in the exonuclease activity for representative purine-pyrimidine, and pyrimidine-pyrimidine mismatches at -2 and - 3 positions, respectively. Overall, our findings suggest that conserved polar residues located towards the minor groove may facilitate the detection of position-specific mismatches to enhance the fidelity of DNA synthesis.
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- Patterson C Clement
- Regional Centre for Biotechnology, NCR Biotech Science Cluster, 3rd Milestone, Faridabad-Gurgaon Expressway, Faridabad 121 001, Haryana (NCR Delhi), India
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- Regional Centre for Biotechnology, NCR Biotech Science Cluster, 3rd Milestone, Faridabad-Gurgaon Expressway, Faridabad 121 001, Haryana (NCR Delhi), India
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- Regional Centre for Biotechnology, NCR Biotech Science Cluster, 3rd Milestone, Faridabad-Gurgaon Expressway, Faridabad 121 001, Haryana (NCR Delhi), India.
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Giraldo-Silva A, Masiello CA. Environmental conditions play a key role in controlling the composition and diversity of Colombian biocrust microbiomes. Front Microbiol 2024; 15:1236554. [PMID: 38725684 PMCID: PMC11081033 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2024.1236554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2023] [Accepted: 03/11/2024] [Indexed: 05/12/2024] Open
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Drylands soils worldwide are naturally colonized by microbial communities known as biocrusts. These soil microbiomes render important ecosystem services associated with soil fertility, water holding capacity, and stability to the areas they cover. Because of the importance of biocrusts in the global cycling of nutrients, there is a growing interest in describing the many microbial configurations these communities display worldwide. However, comprehensive 16S rRNA genes surveys of biocrust communities do not exist for much of the planet: for example, in the continents of South America and the northern part of Africa. The absence of a global understanding of biocrust biodiversity has lead us to assign a general importance to community members that may, in fact, be regional. Here we report for the first time the presence of biocrusts in Colombia (South America) through 16S rRNA genes surveys across an arid, a semi-arid and a dry subtropical region within the country. Our results constitute the first glance of the Bacterial/Archaeal communities associated with South American biocrust microbiomes. Communities where cyanobacteria other than Microcoleus vaginatus prevail, despite the latter being considered a key species elsewhere, illustrate differentiable results in these surveys. We also find that the coastal biocrust communities in Colombia include halo-tolerant and halophilic species, and that niche preference of some nitrogen fixing organisms deviate from previously described global trends. In addition, we identified a high proportion (ranging from 5 to 70%, in average) of cyanobacterial sequences that did not match any formally described cyanobacterial species. Our investigation of Colombian biocrusts points to highly diverse communities with climatic regions controlling taxonomic configurations. They also highlight an extensive local diversity to be discovered which is central to better design management and restoration strategies for drylands soils currently undergoing disturbances due to land use and global warming. Finally, this field study highlights the need for an improved mechanistic understanding of the response of key biocrust community members to changes in moisture and temperature.
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- Ana Giraldo-Silva
- Department of Science, Ecology Group and Institute for Multidisciplinary Research in Applied Biology, Public University of Navarre (UPNA), Pamplona, Spain
- Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Rice University, Houston, TX, United States
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- Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Rice University, Houston, TX, United States
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Hackley RK, Hwang S, Herb JT, Bhanap P, Lam K, Vreugdenhil A, Darnell CL, Pastor MM, Martin JH, Maupin-Furlow JA, Schmid AK. TbsP and TrmB jointly regulate gapII to influence cell development phenotypes in the archaeon Haloferax volcanii. Mol Microbiol 2024; 121:742-766. [PMID: 38204420 PMCID: PMC11023807 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.15225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2023] [Revised: 12/09/2023] [Accepted: 12/22/2023] [Indexed: 01/12/2024]
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Microbial cells must continually adapt their physiology in the face of changing environmental conditions. Archaea living in extreme conditions, such as saturated salinity, represent important examples of such resilience. The model salt-loving organism Haloferax volcanii exhibits remarkable plasticity in its morphology, biofilm formation, and motility in response to variations in nutrients and cell density. However, the mechanisms regulating these lifestyle transitions remain unclear. In prior research, we showed that the transcriptional regulator, TrmB, maintains the rod shape in the related species Halobacterium salinarum by activating the expression of enzyme-coding genes in the gluconeogenesis metabolic pathway. In Hbt. salinarum, TrmB-dependent production of glucose moieties is required for cell surface glycoprotein biogenesis. Here, we use a combination of genetics and quantitative phenotyping assays to demonstrate that TrmB is essential for growth under gluconeogenic conditions in Hfx. volcanii. The ∆trmB strain rapidly accumulated suppressor mutations in a gene encoding a novel transcriptional regulator, which we name trmB suppressor, or TbsP (a.k.a. "tablespoon"). TbsP is required for adhesion to abiotic surfaces (i.e., biofilm formation) and maintains wild-type cell morphology and motility. We use functional genomics and promoter fusion assays to characterize the regulons controlled by each of TrmB and TbsP, including joint regulation of the glucose-dependent transcription of gapII, which encodes an important gluconeogenic enzyme. We conclude that TrmB and TbsP coregulate gluconeogenesis, with downstream impacts on lifestyle transitions in response to nutrients in Hfx. volcanii.
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- Rylee K. Hackley
- Biology Department, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA
- University Program in Genetics and Genomics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- Biology Department, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- Biology Department, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- Biology Department, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- Biology Department, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
- Genetics Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
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- Biology Department, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA
- University Program in Genetics and Genomics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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Yu J, Zhang Y, Liu H, Liu Y, Mohsin A, Liu Z, Zheng Y, Xing J, Han J, Zhuang Y, Guo M, Wang Z. Temporal dynamics of stress response in Halomonas elongata to NaCl shock: physiological, metabolomic, and transcriptomic insights. Microb Cell Fact 2024; 23:88. [PMID: 38519954 PMCID: PMC10960403 DOI: 10.1186/s12934-024-02358-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2024] [Accepted: 03/06/2024] [Indexed: 03/25/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND The halophilic bacterium Halomonas elongata is an industrially important strain for ectoine production, with high value and intense research focus. While existing studies primarily delve into the adaptive mechanisms of this bacterium under fixed salt concentrations, there is a notable dearth of attention regarding its response to fluctuating saline environments. Consequently, the stress response of H. elongata to salt shock remains inadequately understood. RESULTS This study investigated the stress response mechanism of H. elongata when exposed to NaCl shock at short- and long-time scales. Results showed that NaCl shock induced two major stresses, namely osmotic stress and oxidative stress. In response to the former, within the cell's tolerable range (1-8% NaCl shock), H. elongata urgently balanced the surging osmotic pressure by uptaking sodium and potassium ions and augmenting intracellular amino acid pools, particularly glutamate and glutamine. However, ectoine content started to increase until 20 min post-shock, rapidly becoming the dominant osmoprotectant, and reaching the maximum productivity (1450 ± 99 mg/L/h). Transcriptomic data also confirmed the delayed response in ectoine biosynthesis, and we speculate that this might be attributed to an intracellular energy crisis caused by NaCl shock. In response to oxidative stress, transcription factor cysB was significantly upregulated, positively regulating the sulfur metabolism and cysteine biosynthesis. Furthermore, the upregulation of the crucial peroxidase gene (HELO_RS18165) and the simultaneous enhancement of peroxidase (POD) and catalase (CAT) activities collectively constitute the antioxidant defense in H. elongata following shock. When exceeding the tolerance threshold of H. elongata (1-13% NaCl shock), the sustained compromised energy status, resulting from the pronounced inhibition of the respiratory chain and ATP synthase, may be a crucial factor leading to the stagnation of both cell growth and ectoine biosynthesis. CONCLUSIONS This study conducted a comprehensive analysis of H. elongata's stress response to NaCl shock at multiple scales. It extends the understanding of stress response of halophilic bacteria to NaCl shock and provides promising theoretical insights to guide future improvements in optimizing industrial ectoine production.
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- Junxiong Yu
- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Rd, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Rd, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Rd, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering for Energy Resources, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Rd, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Rd, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Rd, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 1 Beichen West Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100101, China
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- Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100190, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 1 Beichen West Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100101, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Rd, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Rd, Shanghai, 200237, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Rd, Shanghai, 200237, China.
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Notaro A, Zaretsky M, Molinaro A, De Castro C, Eichler J. N-glycosylation in Archaea: Unusual sugars and unique modifications. Carbohydr Res 2023; 534:108963. [PMID: 37890267 DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2023.108963] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2023] [Revised: 09/26/2023] [Accepted: 10/02/2023] [Indexed: 10/29/2023]
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Archaea are microorganisms that comprise a distinct branch of the universal tree of life and which are best known as extremophiles, residing in a variety of environments characterized by harsh physical conditions. One seemingly universal trait of Archaea is the ability to perform N-glycosylation. At the same time, archaeal N-linked glycans present variety in terms of both composition and architecture not seen in the parallel eukaryal or bacterial processes. In this mini-review, many of the unique and unusual sugars found in archaeal N-linked glycans as identified by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy are described.
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- Anna Notaro
- Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Napoli Federico II, Portici, Italy
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- Department of Life Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beersheva, Israel
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Napoli Federico II, Napoli, Italy
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Napoli Federico II, Napoli, Italy
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- Department of Life Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beersheva, Israel.
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Kusebauch U, Lorenzetti APR, Campbell DS, Pan M, Shteynberg D, Kapil C, Midha MK, López García de Lomana A, Baliga NS, Moritz RL. A comprehensive spectral assay library to quantify the Halobacterium salinarum NRC-1 proteome by DIA/SWATH-MS. Sci Data 2023; 10:697. [PMID: 37833331 PMCID: PMC10575869 DOI: 10.1038/s41597-023-02590-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2023] [Accepted: 09/21/2023] [Indexed: 10/15/2023] Open
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Data-Independent Acquisition (DIA) is a mass spectrometry-based method to reliably identify and reproducibly quantify large fractions of a target proteome. The peptide-centric data analysis strategy employed in DIA requires a priori generated spectral assay libraries. Such assay libraries allow to extract quantitative data in a targeted approach and have been generated for human, mouse, zebrafish, E. coli and few other organisms. However, a spectral assay library for the extreme halophilic archaeon Halobacterium salinarum NRC-1, a model organism that contributed to several notable discoveries, is not publicly available yet. Here, we report a comprehensive spectral assay library to measure 2,563 of 2,646 annotated H. salinarum NRC-1 proteins. We demonstrate the utility of this library by measuring global protein abundances over time under standard growth conditions. The H. salinarum NRC-1 library includes 21,074 distinct peptides representing 97% of the predicted proteome and provides a new, valuable resource to confidently measure and quantify any protein of this archaeon. Data and spectral assay libraries are available via ProteomeXchange (PXD042770, PXD042774) and SWATHAtlas (SAL00312-SAL00319).
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- Ulrike Kusebauch
- Institute for Systems Biology, 401 Terry Ave N, Seattle, WA, 98109, USA
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- Institute for Systems Biology, 401 Terry Ave N, Seattle, WA, 98109, USA
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- Institute for Systems Biology, 401 Terry Ave N, Seattle, WA, 98109, USA
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- Institute for Systems Biology, 401 Terry Ave N, Seattle, WA, 98109, USA
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- Institute for Systems Biology, 401 Terry Ave N, Seattle, WA, 98109, USA
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- Institute for Systems Biology, 401 Terry Ave N, Seattle, WA, 98109, USA
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- Institute for Systems Biology, 401 Terry Ave N, Seattle, WA, 98109, USA
- Center for Systems Biology, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
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- Institute for Systems Biology, 401 Terry Ave N, Seattle, WA, 98109, USA
- Departments of Biology and Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
- Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Institute for Systems Biology, 401 Terry Ave N, Seattle, WA, 98109, USA.
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Pfeiffer F, Dyall‐Smith M. Genome comparison reveals that Halobacterium salinarum 63-R2 is the origin of the twin laboratory strains NRC-1 and R1. Microbiologyopen 2023; 12:e1365. [PMID: 37379421 PMCID: PMC10264941 DOI: 10.1002/mbo3.1365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2022] [Revised: 05/09/2023] [Accepted: 05/12/2023] [Indexed: 06/30/2023] Open
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The genome of Halobacterium strain 63-R2 was recently reported and provides the opportunity to resolve long-standing issues regarding the source of two widely used model strains of Halobacterium salinarum, NRC-1 and R1. Strain 63-R2 was isolated in 1934 from a salted buffalo hide (epithet "cutirubra"), along with another strain from a salted cow hide (91-R6T , epithet "salinaria," the type strain of Hbt. salinarum). Both strains belong to the same species according to genome-based taxonomy analysis (TYGS), with chromosome sequences showing 99.64% identity over 1.85 Mb. The chromosome of strain 63-R2 is 99.99% identical to the two laboratory strains NRC-1 and R1, with only five indels, excluding the mobilome. The two reported plasmids of strain 63-R2 share their architecture with plasmids of strain R1 (pHcu43/pHS4, 99.89% identity; pHcu235/pHS3, 100.0% identity). We detected and assembled additional plasmids using PacBio reads deposited at the SRA database, further corroborating that strain differences are minimal. One plasmid, pHcu190 (190,816 bp) corresponds to pHS1 (strain R1) but is even more similar in architecture to pNRC100 (strain NRC-1). Another plasmid, pHcu229, assembled partially and completed in silico (229,124 bp), shares most of its architecture with pHS2 (strain R1). In deviating regions, it corresponds to pNRC200 (strain NRC-1). Further architectural differences between the laboratory strain plasmids are not unique, but are present in strain 63-R2, which contains characteristics from both of them. Based on these observations, it is proposed that the early twentieth-century isolate 63-R2 is the immediate ancestor of the twin laboratory strains NRC-1 and R1.
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- Friedhelm Pfeiffer
- Computational Biology GroupMax‐Planck‐Institute of BiochemistryMartinsriedGermany
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- Computational Biology GroupMax‐Planck‐Institute of BiochemistryMartinsriedGermany
- Veterinary Biosciences, Melbourne Veterinary School, Faculty of ScienceUniversity of MelbourneParkvilleNew South WalesAustralia
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Lorenzetti APR, Kusebauch U, Zaramela LS, Wu WJ, de Almeida JPP, Turkarslan S, L. G. de Lomana A, Gomes-Filho JV, Vêncio RZN, Moritz RL, Koide T, Baliga NS. A Genome-Scale Atlas Reveals Complex Interplay of Transcription and Translation in an Archaeon. mSystems 2023; 8:e0081622. [PMID: 36912639 PMCID: PMC10134880 DOI: 10.1128/msystems.00816-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2022] [Accepted: 02/10/2023] [Indexed: 03/14/2023] Open
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The scale of post-transcriptional regulation and the implications of its interplay with other forms of regulation in environmental acclimation are underexplored for organisms of the domain Archaea. Here, we have investigated the scale of post-transcriptional regulation in the extremely halophilic archaeon Halobacterium salinarum NRC-1 by integrating the transcriptome-wide locations of transcript processing sites (TPSs) and SmAP1 binding, the genome-wide locations of antisense RNAs (asRNAs), and the consequences of RNase_2099C knockout on the differential expression of all genes. This integrated analysis has discovered that 54% of all protein-coding genes in the genome of this haloarchaeon are likely targeted by multiple mechanisms for putative post-transcriptional processing and regulation, with about 20% of genes likely being regulated by combinatorial schemes involving SmAP1, asRNAs, and RNase_2099C. Comparative analysis of mRNA levels (transcriptome sequencing [RNA-Seq]) and protein levels (sequential window acquisition of all theoretical fragment ion spectra mass spectrometry [SWATH-MS]) for 2,579 genes over four phases of batch culture growth in complex medium generated additional evidence for the conditional post-transcriptional regulation of 7% of all protein-coding genes. We demonstrate that post-transcriptional regulation may act to fine-tune specialized and rapid acclimation to stressful environments, e.g., as a switch to turn on gas vesicle biogenesis to promote vertical relocation under anoxic conditions and modulate the frequency of transposition by insertion sequence (IS) elements of the IS200/IS605, IS4, and ISH3 families. Findings from this study are provided as an atlas in a public Web resource (https://halodata.systemsbiology.net). IMPORTANCE While the transcriptional regulation landscape of archaea has been extensively investigated, we currently have limited knowledge about post-transcriptional regulation and its driving mechanisms in this domain of life. In this study, we collected and integrated omics data from multiple sources and technologies to infer post-transcriptionally regulated genes and the putative mechanisms modulating their expression at the protein level in Halobacterium salinarum NRC-1. The results suggest that post-transcriptional regulation may drive environmental acclimation by regulating hallmark biological processes. To foster discoveries by other research groups interested in the topic, we extended our integrated data to the public in the form of an interactive atlas (https://halodata.systemsbiology.net).
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- Alan P. R. Lorenzetti
- Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
- Institute for Systems Biology, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
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- Institute for Systems Biology, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
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- Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
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- Department of Computation and Mathematics, Faculty of Philosophy, Sciences and Letters at Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
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- Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
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- Institute for Systems Biology, Seattle, Washington, USA
- Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
- Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
- Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Berkeley, California, USA
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Eichler J. Halobacterium salinarum: Life with more than a grain of salt. MICROBIOLOGY (READING, ENGLAND) 2023; 169. [PMID: 37068123 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.001327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/18/2023]
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Halobacterium salinarum is a halophilic (salt-loving) archaeon that grows in salt concentrations near or at saturation. Although isolated from salted fish a century ago, it was the 1971 discovery of bacteriorhodopsin, the light-driven proton pump, that raised interest in Hbt. salinarum across a range of disciplines, including biophysics, chemistry, molecular evolution and biotechnology. Hbt. salinarum have since contributed to numerous discoveries, such as advances in membrane protein structure determination and the first example of a non-eukaryal glycoprotein. Work on Hbt. salinarum, one of the species used to define Archaea, has also elucidated molecular workings in the third domain. Finally, Hbt. salinarum presents creative solutions to the challenges of life in high salt.
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- Jerry Eichler
- Department of Life Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, P.O. Box 653, Beersheva 84105, Israel
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Hassani II, Quadri I, Yadav A, Bouchard S, Raoult D, Hacène H, Desnues C. Assessment of diversity of archaeal communities in Algerian chott. Extremophiles 2023; 27:2. [PMID: 36469177 DOI: 10.1007/s00792-022-01287-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2022] [Accepted: 11/23/2022] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Halophilic archaea are the dominant type of microorganisms in hypersaline environments. The diversity of halophilic archaea in Zehrez-Chergui (Saharian chott) was analyzed and compared by both analysis of a library of PCR amplified 16S rRNA genes and by cultivation approach. This work, represents the first of its type in Algeria. A total cell count was estimated at 3.8 × 103 CFU/g. The morphological, biochemical, and physiological characterizations of 45 distinct strains, suggests that all of them might be members of the class Halobacteria. Among stains, 23 were characterized phylogenetically and are related to 6 genera of halophilic archaea.The dominance of the genus Halopiger, has not been reported yet in other hypersaline environments. The 100 clones obtained by the molecular approach, were sequenced, and analyzed. The ribosomal library of 61 OTUs showed that the archaeal diversity included uncultured haloarcheon, Halomicrobium, Natronomonas, Halomicroarcula, Halapricum, Haloarcula, Halosimplex, Haloterrigena, Halolamina, Halorubellus, Halorussus and Halonotius. The results of rarefaction analysis indicated that the analysis of an increasing number of clones would have revealed additional diversity. Surprisingly, no halophilic archaea were not shared between the two approaches. Combining both types of methods was considered the best approach to acquire better information on the characteristics of soil halophilic archaea.
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- Imene Ikram Hassani
- Laboratoire de Biologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire, Faculté de Biologie, USTHB Université, Bab Ezzouar, Algeria.
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- Laboratoire de Biologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire, Faculté de Biologie, USTHB Université, Bab Ezzouar, Algeria
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA
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- Faculté de Médecine, Aix-Marseille Université, URMITE, UM63, CNRS7278, IRD 198, Inserm U1095, 27 Boulevard Jean Moulin, 13385, Marseille, France
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- Faculté de Médecine, Aix-Marseille Université, URMITE, UM63, CNRS7278, IRD 198, Inserm U1095, 27 Boulevard Jean Moulin, 13385, Marseille, France
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- Laboratoire de Biologie Cellulaire et Moléculaire, Faculté de Biologie, USTHB Université, Bab Ezzouar, Algeria
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- Faculté de Médecine, Aix-Marseille Université, URMITE, UM63, CNRS7278, IRD 198, Inserm U1095, 27 Boulevard Jean Moulin, 13385, Marseille, France
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Moopantakath J, Imchen M, Anju VT, Busi S, Dyavaiah M, Martínez-Espinosa RM, Kumavath R. Bioactive molecules from haloarchaea: Scope and prospects for industrial and therapeutic applications. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1113540. [PMID: 37065149 PMCID: PMC10102575 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1113540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2022] [Accepted: 03/14/2023] [Indexed: 04/03/2023] Open
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Marine environments and salty inland ecosystems encompass various environmental conditions, such as extremes of temperature, salinity, pH, pressure, altitude, dry conditions, and nutrient scarcity. The extremely halophilic archaea (also called haloarchaea) are a group of microorganisms requiring high salt concentrations (2-6 M NaCl) for optimal growth. Haloarchaea have different metabolic adaptations to withstand these extreme conditions. Among the adaptations, several vesicles, granules, primary and secondary metabolites are produced that are highly significant in biotechnology, such as carotenoids, halocins, enzymes, and granules of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs). Among halophilic enzymes, reductases play a significant role in the textile industry and the degradation of hydrocarbon compounds. Enzymes like dehydrogenases, glycosyl hydrolases, lipases, esterases, and proteases can also be used in several industrial procedures. More recently, several studies stated that carotenoids, gas vacuoles, and liposomes produced by haloarchaea have specific applications in medicine and pharmacy. Additionally, the production of biodegradable and biocompatible polymers by haloarchaea to store carbon makes them potent candidates to be used as cell factories in the industrial production of bioplastics. Furthermore, some haloarchaeal species can synthesize nanoparticles during heavy metal detoxification, thus shedding light on a new approach to producing nanoparticles on a large scale. Recent studies also highlight that exopolysaccharides from haloarchaea can bind the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein. This review explores the potential of haloarchaea in the industry and biotechnology as cellular factories to upscale the production of diverse bioactive compounds.
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- Jamseel Moopantakath
- Department of Genomic Science, School of Biological Sciences, Central University of Kerala, Kerala, India
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- Department of Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, India
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Life Sciences, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, India
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- Department of Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, India
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Life Sciences, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, India
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- Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Edaphology and Agricultural Chemistry Department, Faculty of Sciences, University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain
- Multidisciplinary Institute for Environmental Studies “Ramón Margalef”, University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain
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- Department of Genomic Science, School of Biological Sciences, Central University of Kerala, Kerala, India
- Department of Biotechnology, School of Life Sciences, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, India
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Kucukyildirim S, Ozdemirel HO, Lynch M. Similar mutation rates but different mutation spectra in moderate and extremely halophilic archaea. G3 (BETHESDA, MD.) 2023; 13:jkac303. [PMID: 36519377 PMCID: PMC9997560 DOI: 10.1093/g3journal/jkac303] [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: 06/02/2022] [Revised: 07/02/2021] [Accepted: 11/03/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Archaea are a major part of Earth's microbiota and extremely diverse. Yet, we know very little about the process of mutation that drives such diversification. To expand beyond previous work with the moderate halophilic archaeal species Haloferax volcanii, we performed a mutation-accumulation experiment followed by whole-genome sequencing in the extremely halophilic archaeon Halobacterium salinarum. Although Hfx. volcanii and Hbt. salinarum have different salt requirements, both species have highly polyploid genomes and similar GC content. We accumulated mutations for an average of 1250 generations in 67 mutation accumulation lines of Hbt. salinarum, and revealed 84 single-base substitutions and 10 insertion-deletion mutations. The estimated base-substitution mutation rate of 3.99 × 10-10 per site per generation or 1.0 × 10-3 per genome per generation in Hbt. salinarum is similar to that reported for Hfx. volcanii (1.2 × 10-3 per genome per generation), but the genome-wide insertion-deletion rate and spectrum of mutations are somewhat dissimilar in these archaeal species. The spectra of spontaneous mutations were AT biased in both archaea, but they differed in significant ways that may be related to differences in the fidelity of DNA replication/repair mechanisms or a simple result of the different salt concentrations.
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- Biodesign Center for Mechanisms of Evolution, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287, USA
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Onga EA, Vêncio RZN, Koide T. Low Salt Influences Archaellum-Based Motility, Glycerol Metabolism, and Gas Vesicles Biogenesis in Halobacterium salinarum. Microorganisms 2022; 10:2442. [PMID: 36557695 PMCID: PMC9786353 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms10122442] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2022] [Revised: 12/05/2022] [Accepted: 12/05/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Halobacterium salinarum NRC-1 is an extremophile that grows optimally at 4.3 M NaCl concentration. In spite of being an established model microorganism for the archaea domain, direct comparisons between its proteome and transcriptome during osmotic stress are still not available. Through RNA-seq-based transcriptomics, we compared a low salt (2.6 M NaCl) stress condition with 4.3 M of NaCl and found 283 differentially expressed loci. The more commonly found classes of genes were: ABC-type transporters and transcription factors. Similarities, and most importantly, differences between our findings and previously published datasets in similar experimental conditions are discussed. We validated three important biological processes differentially expressed: gas vesicles production (due to down-regulation of gvpA1b, gvpC1b, gvpN1b, and gvpO1b); archaellum formation (due to down-regulation of arlI, arlB1, arlB2, and arlB3); and glycerol metabolism (due to up-regulation of glpA1, glpB, and glpC). Direct comparison between transcriptomics and proteomics showed 58% agreement between mRNA and protein level changes, pointing to post-transcriptional regulation candidates. From those genes, we highlight rpl15e, encoding for the 50S ribosomal protein L15e, for which we hypothesize an ionic strength-dependent conformational change that guides post-transcriptional processing of its mRNA and, thus, possible salt-dependent regulation of the translation machinery.
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- Evelyn Ayumi Onga
- Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto 14049-900, Brazil
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- Department of Computation and Mathematics, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto 14040-901, Brazil
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- Department of Biochemistry and Immunology, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto 14049-900, Brazil
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Laye VJ, Solieva S, Voelz VA, DasSarma S. Effects of Salinity and Temperature on the Flexibility and Function of a Polyextremophilic Enzyme. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:15620. [PMID: 36555259 PMCID: PMC9779221 DOI: 10.3390/ijms232415620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2022] [Revised: 11/30/2022] [Accepted: 12/06/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The polyextremophilic β-galactosidase enzyme of the haloarchaeon Halorubrum lacusprofundi functions in extremely cold and hypersaline conditions. To better understand the basis of polyextremophilic activity, the enzyme was studied using steady-state kinetics and molecular dynamics at temperatures ranging from 10 °C to 50 °C and salt concentrations from 1 M to 4 M KCl. Kinetic analysis showed that while catalytic efficiency (kcat/Km) improves with increasing temperature and salinity, Km is reduced with decreasing temperatures and increasing salinity, consistent with improved substrate binding at low temperatures. In contrast, kcat was similar from 2-4 M KCl across the temperature range, with the calculated enthalpic and entropic components indicating a threshold of 2 M KCl to lower the activation barrier for catalysis. With molecular dynamics simulations, the increase in per-residue root-mean-square fluctuation (RMSF) was observed with higher temperature and salinity, with trends like those seen with the catalytic efficiency, consistent with the enzyme's function being related to its flexibility. Domain A had the smallest change in flexibility across the conditions tested, suggesting the adaptation to extreme conditions occurs via regions distant to the active site and surface accessible residues. Increased flexibility was most apparent in the distal active sites, indicating their importance in conferring salinity and temperature-dependent effects.
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- Victoria J. Laye
- Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology, University System of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 21202, USA
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21202, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122, USA
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- Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology, University System of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 21202, USA
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21202, USA
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Sato T, Utashima S(H, Yoshii Y, Hirata K, Kanda S, Onoda Y, Jin JQ, Xiao S, Minami R, Fukushima H, Noguchi A, Manabe Y, Fukase K, Atomi H. A non-carboxylating pentose bisphosphate pathway in halophilic archaea. Commun Biol 2022; 5:1290. [PMID: 36434094 PMCID: PMC9700705 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-022-04247-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2022] [Accepted: 11/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Bacteria and Eucarya utilize the non-oxidative pentose phosphate pathway to direct the ribose moieties of nucleosides to central carbon metabolism. Many archaea do not possess this pathway, and instead, Thermococcales utilize a pentose bisphosphate pathway involving ribose-1,5-bisphosphate (R15P) isomerase and ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate (RuBP) carboxylase/oxygenase (Rubisco). Intriguingly, multiple genomes from halophilic archaea seem only to harbor R15P isomerase, and do not harbor Rubisco. In this study, we identify a previously unrecognized nucleoside degradation pathway in halophilic archaea, composed of guanosine phosphorylase, ATP-dependent ribose-1-phosphate kinase, R15P isomerase, RuBP phosphatase, ribulose-1-phosphate aldolase, and glycolaldehyde reductase. The pathway converts the ribose moiety of guanosine to dihydroxyacetone phosphate and ethylene glycol. Although the metabolic route from guanosine to RuBP via R15P is similar to that of the pentose bisphosphate pathway in Thermococcales, the downstream route does not utilize Rubisco and is unique to halophilic archaea.
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- Takaaki Sato
- grid.258799.80000 0004 0372 2033Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan ,grid.258799.80000 0004 0372 2033Integrated Research Center for Carbon Negative Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- grid.258799.80000 0004 0372 2033Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- grid.258799.80000 0004 0372 2033Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- grid.258799.80000 0004 0372 2033Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- grid.258799.80000 0004 0372 2033Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- grid.258799.80000 0004 0372 2033Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- grid.258799.80000 0004 0372 2033Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- grid.258799.80000 0004 0372 2033Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- grid.258799.80000 0004 0372 2033Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- grid.258799.80000 0004 0372 2033Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- grid.136593.b0000 0004 0373 3971Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- grid.136593.b0000 0004 0373 3971Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan ,grid.136593.b0000 0004 0373 3971Forefront Research Center, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- grid.136593.b0000 0004 0373 3971Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan ,grid.136593.b0000 0004 0373 3971Forefront Research Center, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- grid.258799.80000 0004 0372 2033Department of Synthetic Chemistry and Biological Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan ,grid.258799.80000 0004 0372 2033Integrated Research Center for Carbon Negative Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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Wu JH, McGenity TJ, Rettberg P, Simões MF, Li WJ, Antunes A. The archaeal class Halobacteria and astrobiology: Knowledge gaps and research opportunities. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:1023625. [PMID: 36312929 PMCID: PMC9608585 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.1023625] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2022] [Accepted: 09/07/2022] [Indexed: 09/19/2023] Open
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Water bodies on Mars and the icy moons of the outer solar system are now recognized as likely being associated with high levels of salt. Therefore, the study of high salinity environments and their inhabitants has become increasingly relevant for Astrobiology. Members of the archaeal class Halobacteria are the most successful microbial group living in hypersaline conditions and are recognized as key model organisms for exposure experiments. Despite this, data for the class is uneven across taxa and widely dispersed across the literature, which has made it difficult to properly assess the potential for species of Halobacteria to survive under the polyextreme conditions found beyond Earth. Here we provide an overview of published data on astrobiology-linked exposure experiments performed with members of the Halobacteria, identifying clear knowledge gaps and research opportunities.
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- Jia-Hui Wu
- State Key Laboratory of Lunar and Planetary Sciences, Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST), Taipa, Macau SAR, China
- China National Space Administration (CNSA), Macau Center for Space Exploration and Science, Taipa, Macau SAR, China
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Essex, Colchester, United Kingdom
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- German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Aerospace Medicine, Köln, Germany
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- State Key Laboratory of Lunar and Planetary Sciences, Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST), Taipa, Macau SAR, China
- China National Space Administration (CNSA), Macau Center for Space Exploration and Science, Taipa, Macau SAR, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resources and Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai), School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Lunar and Planetary Sciences, Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST), Taipa, Macau SAR, China
- China National Space Administration (CNSA), Macau Center for Space Exploration and Science, Taipa, Macau SAR, China
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Recent Advances in the Study of Gas Vesicle Proteins and Application of Gas Vesicles in Biomedical Research. Life (Basel) 2022; 12:life12091455. [PMID: 36143491 PMCID: PMC9501494 DOI: 10.3390/life12091455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2022] [Revised: 09/14/2022] [Accepted: 09/15/2022] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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The formation of gas vesicles has been investigated in bacteria and haloarchaea for more than 50 years. These air-filled nanostructures allow cells to stay at a certain height optimal for growth in their watery environment. Several gvp genes are involved and have been studied in Halobacterium salinarum, cyanobacteria, Bacillus megaterium, and Serratia sp. ATCC39006 in more detail. GvpA and GvpC form the gas vesicle shell, and additional Gvp are required as minor structural proteins, chaperones, an ATP-hydrolyzing enzyme, or as gene regulators. We analyzed the Gvp proteins of Hbt. salinarum with respect to their protein–protein interactions, and developed a model for the formation of these nanostructures. Gas vesicles are also used in biomedical research. Since they scatter waves and produce ultrasound contrast, they could serve as novel contrast agent for ultrasound or magnetic resonance imaging. Additionally, gas vesicles were engineered as acoustic biosensors to determine enzyme activities in cells. These applications are based on modifications of the surface protein GvpC that alter the mechanical properties of the gas vesicles. In addition, gas vesicles have been decorated with GvpC proteins fused to peptides of bacterial or viral pathogens and are used as tools for vaccine development.
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Salwan R, Sharma V. Genomics of Prokaryotic Extremophiles to Unfold the Mystery of Survival in Extreme Environments. Microbiol Res 2022; 264:127156. [DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2022.127156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2022] [Revised: 07/30/2022] [Accepted: 07/31/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Genomic analysis of heavy metal-resistant Halobacterium salinarum isolated from Sfax solar saltern sediments. Extremophiles 2022; 26:25. [PMID: 35842547 PMCID: PMC9288257 DOI: 10.1007/s00792-022-01273-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2022] [Accepted: 06/30/2022] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The draft genome sequences of five archaeal strains, isolated from Sfax solar saltern sediments and affiliated with Halobacterium salinarum, were analyzed in order to reveal their adaptive strategies to live in hypersaline environments polluted with heavy metals. The genomes of the strains (named AS1, AS2, AS8, AS11, and AS19) are found to contain 2,060,688; 2,467,461; 2,236,624; 2,432,692; and 2,428,727 bp respectively, with a G + C content of 65.5, 66.0, 67.0, and 66.2%. The majority of these genes (43.69–55.65%) are annotated as hypothetical proteins. Growth under osmotic stress is possible by genes coding for potassium uptake, sodium efflux, and kinases, as well as stress proteins, DNA repair systems, and proteasomal components. These strains harbor many genes responsible for metal transport/resistance, such as: copper-translocating P-type ATPases, ABC transporter, and cobalt-zinc-cadmium resistance protein. In addition, detoxification enzymes and secondary metabolites are also identified. The results show strain AS1, as compared to the other strains, is more adapted to heavy metals and may be used in the bioremediation of multi-metal contaminated environments. This study highlights the presence of several commercially valuable bioproducts (carotenoids, retinal proteins, exopolysaccharide, stress proteins, squalene, and siderophores) and enzymes (protease, sulfatase, phosphatase, phosphoesterase, and chitinase) that can be used in many industrial applications.
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Kropp C, Lipp J, Schmidt AL, Seisenberger C, Linde M, Hinrichs K, Babinger P. Identification of acetylated diether lipids in halophilic Archaea. Microbiologyopen 2022; 11:e1299. [PMID: 35765181 PMCID: PMC9179154 DOI: 10.1002/mbo3.1299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2021] [Revised: 05/20/2022] [Accepted: 05/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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As a hallmark of Archaea, their cell membranes are comprised of ether lipids. However, Archaea-type ether lipids have recently been identified in Bacteria as well, with a somewhat different composition: In Bacillales, sn-glycerol 1-phosphate is etherified with one C35 isoprenoid chain, which is longer than the typical C20 chain in Archaea, and instead of a second isoprenoid chain, the product heptaprenylglyceryl phosphate becomes dephosphorylated and afterward diacetylated by the O-acetyltransferase YvoF. Interestingly, database searches have revealed YvoF homologs in Halobacteria (Archaea), too. Here, we demonstrate that YvoF from Haloferax volcanii can acetylate geranylgeranylglycerol in vitro. Additionally, we present the first-time identification of acetylated diether lipids in H. volcanii and Halobacterium salinarum by mass spectrometry. A variety of different acetylated lipids, namely acetylated archaeol, and acetylated archaetidylglycerol, were found, suggesting that halobacterial YvoF has a broad substrate range. We suppose that the acetyl group might serve to modify the polarity of the lipid headgroup, with still unknown biological effects.
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- Cosimo Kropp
- Institute of Biophysics and Physical Biochemistry, Regensburg Center for BiochemistryUniversity of RegensburgRegensburgGermany
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- MARUM Center for Marine Environmental SciencesUniversity of BremenBremenGermany
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- Institute of Biophysics and Physical Biochemistry, Regensburg Center for BiochemistryUniversity of RegensburgRegensburgGermany
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- Institute of Biophysics and Physical Biochemistry, Regensburg Center for BiochemistryUniversity of RegensburgRegensburgGermany
- Present address:
Roche Diagnostics GmbHPenzbergGermany
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- Institute of Biophysics and Physical Biochemistry, Regensburg Center for BiochemistryUniversity of RegensburgRegensburgGermany
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Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG.Biberach an der RißGermany
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- MARUM Center for Marine Environmental SciencesUniversity of BremenBremenGermany
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- Institute of Biophysics and Physical Biochemistry, Regensburg Center for BiochemistryUniversity of RegensburgRegensburgGermany
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Laye VJ, DasSarma S. Double mutations far from the active site affect cold activity in an Antarctic halophilic β-galactosidase. Protein Sci 2022; 31:677-687. [PMID: 34939242 PMCID: PMC8862438 DOI: 10.1002/pro.4264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2021] [Revised: 12/16/2021] [Accepted: 12/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The Antarctic haloarchaeon, Halorubrum lacusprofundi, contains a polyextremophilic family 42 β-galactosidase, which we are using as a model for cold-active enzymes. Divergent amino acid residues in this 78 kDa protein were identified through comparative genomics and hypothesized to be important for cold activity. Six amino acid residues were previously mutated and five were shown by steady-state kinetic analysis to have altered temperature-dependent catalytic activity profiles via effects on Km and/or kcat compared to the wild-type enzyme. In this follow-up study, double-mutated enzymes were constructed and tested for temperature effects, including two new tandem residue pairs (N180T/A181T and T383A/S384A), and pairwise combination of the single residue mutations (N251D, F387L, I476V, and V482L). All double-mutated enzymes were found to be more catalytically active at moderate and/or less active at colder temperatures than wild-type, with both Km and kcat effects observed for the two tandem mutations. For pairwise combinations, a Km effect was seen when the surface exposed F387L mutation located in a domain A TIM barrel α helix 19 Å from the active site was combined with two internal residues, N251D or V482L. When another surface exposed mutation I476V located in a coiled region of domain B 25 Å from the active site was paired with N251D or V482L, a kcat effect was observed. These results indicate that temperature-dependent kinetic effects may be complex and subtle and are mediated by a combination of a small number of residues distant from the active site via changes to the hydration shell and/or perturbation of internal packing.
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- Victoria J. Laye
- Institute of Marine and Environmental TechnologyUniversity System of MarylandBaltimoreMarylandUSA,Department of Microbiology and ImmunologyUniversity of Maryland School of MedicineBaltimoreMarylandUSA
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- Institute of Marine and Environmental TechnologyUniversity System of MarylandBaltimoreMarylandUSA,Department of Microbiology and ImmunologyUniversity of Maryland School of MedicineBaltimoreMarylandUSA
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Jost A, Knitsch R, Völkner K, Pfeifer F. Effect of Mutations in GvpJ and GvpM on Gas Vesicle Formation of Halobacterium salinarum. Front Microbiol 2022; 12:794240. [PMID: 34975818 PMCID: PMC8716928 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.794240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2021] [Accepted: 11/17/2021] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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The two haloarchaeal proteins, GvpM and GvpJ, are homologous to GvpA, the major gas vesicle structural protein. All three are hydrophobic and essential for gas vesicle formation. The effect of mutations in GvpJ and GvpM was studied in Haloferax volcanii transformants by complementing the respective mutated gene with the remaining gvp genes and inspecting the cells for the presence of gas vesicles (Vac+). In case of GvpJ, 56 of 66 substitutions analyzed yielded Vac– ΔJ + Jmut transformants, indicating that GvpJ is very sensitive to alterations, whereas ten of the 38 GvpM variants resulted in Vac– ΔM + Mmut transformants. The variants were also tested by split-GFP for their ability to interact with their partner protein GvpL. Some of the alterations leading to a Vac– phenotype affected the J/L or M/L interaction. Also, the interactions J/A and J/M were studied using fragments to exclude an unspecific aggregation of these hydrophobic proteins. Both fragments of GvpJ interacted with the M1–25 and M60–84 fragments of GvpM, and fragment J1–56 of GvpJ interacted with the N-terminal fragment A1–22 of GvpA. A comparison of the results on the three homologous proteins indicates that despite their relatedness, GvpA, GvpJ, and GvpM have unique features and cannot substitute each other.
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- Alisa Jost
- Microbiology and Archaea, Department of Biology, Technical University Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Microbiology and Archaea, Department of Biology, Technical University Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Microbiology and Archaea, Department of Biology, Technical University Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Microbiology and Archaea, Department of Biology, Technical University Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
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Obruča S, Dvořák P, Sedláček P, Koller M, Sedlář K, Pernicová I, Šafránek D. Polyhydroxyalkanoates synthesis by halophiles and thermophiles: towards sustainable production of microbial bioplastics. Biotechnol Adv 2022; 58:107906. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2022.107906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2021] [Revised: 12/15/2021] [Accepted: 01/07/2022] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Tirumalai MR, Anane-Bediakoh D, Rajesh S, Fox GE. Net Charges of the Ribosomal Proteins of the S10 and spc Clusters of Halophiles Are Inversely Related to the Degree of Halotolerance. Microbiol Spectr 2021; 9:e0178221. [PMID: 34908470 PMCID: PMC8672879 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.01782-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2021] [Accepted: 11/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Net positive charge(s) on ribosomal proteins (r-proteins) have been reported to influence the assembly and folding of ribosomes. A high percentage of r-proteins from extremely halophilic archaea are known to be acidic or even negatively charged. Those proteins that remain positively charged are typically far less positively charged. Here, the analysis is extended to non-archaeal halophilic bacteria, eukaryotes, and halotolerant archaea. The net charges (pH 7.4) of the r-proteins that comprise the S10-spc operon/cluster from individual microbial and eukaryotic genomes were estimated and intercompared. It was observed that, as a general rule, the net charges of individual proteins remained mostly basic as the salt tolerance of the bacterial strains increased from 5 to 15%. The most striking exceptions were the extremely halophilic bacterial strains, Salinibacter ruber SD01, Acetohalobium arabaticum DSM 5501 and Selenihalanaerobacter shriftii ATCC BAA-73, which are reported to require a minimum of 18% to 21% salt for their growth. All three strains have higher numbers of acidic S10-spc cluster r-proteins than what is seen in the moderate halophiles or the halotolerant strains. Of the individual proteins, only uL2 never became acidic. uS14 and uL16 also seldom became acidic. The net negative charges on several of the S10-spc cluster r-proteins are a feature generally shared by all extremely halophilic archaea and bacteria. The S10-spc cluster r-proteins of halophilic fungi and algae (eukaryotes) were exceptions: these were positively charged despite the halophilicity of the organisms. IMPORTANCE The net charges (at pH 7.4) of the ribosomal proteins (r-proteins) that comprise the S10-spc cluster show an inverse relationship with the halophilicity/halotolerance levels in both bacteria and archaea. In non-halophilic bacteria, the S10-spc cluster r-proteins are generally basic (positively charged), while the rest of the proteomes in these strains are generally acidic. On the other hand, the whole proteomes of the extremely halophilic strains are overall negatively charged, including the S10-spc cluster r-proteins. Given that the distribution of charged residues in the ribosome exit tunnel influences cotranslational folding, the contrasting charges observed in the S10-spc cluster r-proteins have potential implications for the rate of passage of these proteins through the ribosomal exit tunnel. Furthermore, the universal protein uL2, which lies in the oldest part of the ribosome, is always positively charged irrespective of the strain/organism it belongs to. This has implications for its role in the prebiotic context.
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- Madhan R. Tirumalai
- Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Clements High School (Class of 2023), Fort Bend Independent School District, Sugar Land, Texas, USA
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- Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
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Sakrikar S, Schmid A. An archaeal histone-like protein regulates gene expression in response to salt stress. Nucleic Acids Res 2021; 49:12732-12743. [PMID: 34883507 PMCID: PMC8682779 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkab1175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2021] [Revised: 11/09/2021] [Accepted: 11/12/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Histones, ubiquitous in eukaryotes as DNA-packing proteins, find their evolutionary origins in archaea. Unlike the characterized histone proteins of a number of methanogenic and themophilic archaea, previous research indicated that HpyA, the sole histone encoded in the model halophile Halobacterium salinarum, is not involved in DNA packaging. Instead, it was found to have widespread but subtle effects on gene expression and to maintain wild type cell morphology. However, the precise function of halophilic histone-like proteins remain unclear. Here we use quantitative phenotyping, genetics, and functional genomics to investigate HpyA function. These experiments revealed that HpyA is important for growth and rod-shaped morphology in reduced salinity. HpyA preferentially binds DNA at discrete genomic sites under low salt to regulate expression of ion uptake, particularly iron. HpyA also globally but indirectly activates other ion uptake and nucleotide biosynthesis pathways in a salt-dependent manner. Taken together, these results demonstrate an alternative function for an archaeal histone-like protein as a transcriptional regulator, with its function tuned to the physiological stressors of the hypersaline environment.
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- Saaz Sakrikar
- Biology Department, Duke University, Durham, NC27708, USA
- University Program in Genetics and Genomics, Duke University, Durham, NC27708, USA
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- Biology Department, Duke University, Durham, NC27708, USA
- University Program in Genetics and Genomics, Duke University, Durham, NC27708, USA
- Center for Genomics and Computational Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC27708, USA
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Genome Sequence of Halobacterium sp. Strain BOL4-2, Isolated and Cultured from Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia. Microbiol Resour Announc 2021; 10:e0104521. [PMID: 34854697 PMCID: PMC8638584 DOI: 10.1128/mra.01045-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Halobacterium sp. strain BOL4-2 was isolated from an Andean salt flat, Salar de Uyuni, in Bolivia. Single-molecule real-time (SMRT) sequencing revealed a 2.4-Mbp genome with a 2.0-Mbp chromosome and four plasmids (2 to 299 kb). Its isolation from an environment experiencing multiple extremes makes the strain interesting for astrobiology.
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Perez MF, Saona LA, Farías ME, Poehlein A, Meinhardt F, Daniel R, Dib JR. Assessment of the plasmidome of an extremophilic microbial community from the Diamante Lake, Argentina. Sci Rep 2021; 11:21459. [PMID: 34728656 PMCID: PMC8563766 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-00753-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2021] [Accepted: 10/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Diamante Lake located at 4589 m.a.s.l. in the Andean Puna constitutes an extreme environment. It is exposed to multiple extreme conditions such as an unusually high concentration of arsenic (over 300 mg L-1) and low oxygen pressure. Microorganisms thriving in the lake display specific genotypes that facilitate survival, which include at least a multitude of plasmid-encoded resistance traits. Hence, the genetic information provided by the plasmids essentially contributes to understand adaptation to different stressors. Though plasmids from cultivable organisms have already been analyzed to the sequence level, the impact of the entire plasmid-borne genetic information on such microbial ecosystem is not known. This study aims at assessing the plasmidome from Diamante Lake, which facilitates the identification of potential hosts and prediction of gene functions as well as the ecological impact of mobile genetic elements. The deep-sequencing analysis revealed a large fraction of previously unknown DNA sequences of which the majority encoded putative proteins of unknown function. Remarkably, functions related to the oxidative stress response, DNA repair, as well as arsenic- and antibiotic resistances were annotated. Additionally, all necessary capacities related to plasmid replication, mobilization and maintenance were detected. Sequences characteristic for megaplasmids and other already known plasmid-associated genes were identified as well. The study highlights the potential of the deep-sequencing approach specifically targeting plasmid populations as it allows to evaluate the ecological impact of plasmids from (cultivable and non-cultivable) microorganisms, thereby contributing to the understanding of the distribution of resistance factors within an extremophilic microbial community.
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- María Florencia Perez
- grid.423606.50000 0001 1945 2152Planta Piloto de Procesos Industriales Microbiológicos, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, San Miguel de Tucumán, Tucumán Argentina
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- grid.423606.50000 0001 1945 2152Planta Piloto de Procesos Industriales Microbiológicos, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, San Miguel de Tucumán, Tucumán Argentina
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- grid.423606.50000 0001 1945 2152Planta Piloto de Procesos Industriales Microbiológicos, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, San Miguel de Tucumán, Tucumán Argentina
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- grid.7450.60000 0001 2364 4210Genomic and Applied Microbiology and Göttingen Genomics Laboratory, Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, Georg-August University of Göttingen, Grisebachstr. 8, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- grid.5949.10000 0001 2172 9288Institut für Molekulare Mikrobiologie und Biotechnologie, Westfälische Wilhelms Universität Münster, Münster, Germany
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- grid.7450.60000 0001 2364 4210Genomic and Applied Microbiology and Göttingen Genomics Laboratory, Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, Georg-August University of Göttingen, Grisebachstr. 8, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- grid.423606.50000 0001 1945 2152Planta Piloto de Procesos Industriales Microbiológicos, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, San Miguel de Tucumán, Tucumán Argentina ,grid.108162.c0000000121496664Instituto de Microbiología, Facultad de Bioquímica, Química y Farmacia, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, San Miguel de Tucumán, Tucumán Argentina
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Lach J, Jęcz P, Strapagiel D, Matera-Witkiewicz A, Stączek P. The Methods of Digging for "Gold" within the Salt: Characterization of Halophilic Prokaryotes and Identification of Their Valuable Biological Products Using Sequencing and Genome Mining Tools. Genes (Basel) 2021; 12:1756. [PMID: 34828362 PMCID: PMC8619533 DOI: 10.3390/genes12111756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2021] [Revised: 10/18/2021] [Accepted: 10/30/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Halophiles, the salt-loving organisms, have been investigated for at least a hundred years. They are found in all three domains of life, namely Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukarya, and occur in saline and hypersaline environments worldwide. They are already a valuable source of various biomolecules for biotechnological, pharmaceutical, cosmetological and industrial applications. In the present era of multidrug-resistant bacteria, cancer expansion, and extreme environmental pollution, the demand for new, effective compounds is higher and more urgent than ever before. Thus, the unique metabolism of halophilic microorganisms, their low nutritional requirements and their ability to adapt to harsh conditions (high salinity, high pressure and UV radiation, low oxygen concentration, hydrophobic conditions, extreme temperatures and pH, toxic compounds and heavy metals) make them promising candidates as a fruitful source of bioactive compounds. The main aim of this review is to highlight the nucleic acid sequencing experimental strategies used in halophile studies in concert with the presentation of recent examples of bioproducts and functions discovered in silico in the halophile's genomes. We point out methodological gaps and solutions based on in silico methods that are helpful in the identification of valuable bioproducts synthesized by halophiles. We also show the potential of an increasing number of publicly available genomic and metagenomic data for halophilic organisms that can be analysed to identify such new bioproducts and their producers.
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- Jakub Lach
- Department of Molecular Microbiology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Lodz, 93-338 Lodz, Poland; (P.J.); (P.S.)
- Biobank Lab, Department of Molecular Biophysics, Faculty of Environmental Protection, University of Lodz, 93-338 Lodz, Poland;
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Lodz, 93-338 Lodz, Poland; (P.J.); (P.S.)
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- Biobank Lab, Department of Molecular Biophysics, Faculty of Environmental Protection, University of Lodz, 93-338 Lodz, Poland;
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- Screening Laboratory of Biological Activity Tests and Collection of Biological Material, Faculty of Pharmacy, Wroclaw Medical University, 50-368 Wroclaw, Poland;
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Lodz, 93-338 Lodz, Poland; (P.J.); (P.S.)
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Vershinin Z, Zaretsky M, Guan Z, Eichler J. Revisiting N-glycosylation in Halobacterium salinarum: Characterizing a dolichol phosphate- and glycoprotein-bound tetrasaccharide. Glycobiology 2021; 31:1645-1654. [PMID: 34314490 DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwab080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2021] [Revised: 06/15/2021] [Accepted: 07/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Although Halobacterium salinarum provided the first example of N-glycosylation outside the Eukarya, much regarding such post-translational modification in this halophilic Archaea remains either unclear or unknown. The composition of an N-linked glycan decorating both the S-layer glycoprotein and archaellins offers one such example. Originally described some 40 years ago, reports from that time on have presented conflicted findings regarding the composition of this glycan, as well as differences between the protein-bound glycan and that version of the glycan attached to the lipid upon which it is assembled. To clarify these points, liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization mass spectrometry was employed here to revisit the composition of this glycan both when attached to selected asparagine residues of target proteins and when bound to the lipid dolichol phosphate upon which the glycan is assembled. Such efforts revealed the N-linked glycan as corresponding to a tetrasacchride comprising a hexose, a sulfated hexuronic acid, a hexuronic acid and a second sulfated hexuronic acid. When attached to dolichol phosphate but not to proteins, the same tetrasaccharide is methylated on the final sugar. Moreover, in the absence of the oligosaccharyltransferase AglB, there is an accumulation of the dolichol phosphate-linked methylated and disulfated tetrasacchride. Knowing the composition of this glycan at both the lipid- and protein-bound stages, together with the availability of gene deletion approaches for manipulating Halobacterium salinarum, will allow delineation of the N-glycosylation pathway in this organism.
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- Zlata Vershinin
- Department of Life Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beersheva, Israel
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- Department of Life Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beersheva, Israel
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- Department of Biochemistry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham NC, USA
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- Department of Life Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beersheva, Israel
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Complete Genome Sequence of an Extremely Halophilic Archaeon from Great Salt Lake, Halobacterium sp. GSL-19. Microbiol Resour Announc 2021; 10:e0052021. [PMID: 34264097 PMCID: PMC8281068 DOI: 10.1128/mra.00520-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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An extremely halophilic archaeon, Halobacterium sp. GSL-19, was isolated from the north arm of Great Salt Lake in Utah. Single-molecule real-time (SMRT) sequencing was used to establish a GC-rich 2.3-Mbp genome composed of a circular chromosome and 2 plasmids, with 2,367 predicted genes, including 1 encoding a CTAG-methylase widely distributed among Haloarchaea.
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Effect of Carbon Sources in Carotenoid Production from Haloarcula sp. M1, Halolamina sp. M3 and Halorubrum sp. M5, Halophilic Archaea Isolated from Sonora Saltern, Mexico. Microorganisms 2021; 9:microorganisms9051096. [PMID: 34065163 PMCID: PMC8160830 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms9051096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2021] [Revised: 04/29/2021] [Accepted: 05/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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The isolation and molecular and chemo-taxonomic identification of seventeen halophilic archaea from the Santa Bárbara saltern, Sonora, México, were performed. Eight strains were selected based on pigmentation. Molecular identification revealed that the strains belonged to the Haloarcula, Halolamina and Halorubrum genera. Neutral lipids (quinones) were identified in all strains. Glycolipid S-DGD was found only in Halolamina sp. strain M3; polar phospholipids 2,3-O-phytanyl-sn-glycerol-1-phosphoryl-3-sn-glycerol (PG), 2,3-di-O-phytanyl-sn-glycero-1-phospho-3′-sn-glycerol-1′-methyl phosphate (PGP-Me) and sodium salt 1-(3-sn-phosphatidyl)-rac-glycerol were found in all the strains; and one unidentified glyco-phospholipid in strains M1, M3 and M4. Strains M1, M3 and M5 were selected for further studies based on carotenoid production. The effect of glucose and succinic and glutamic acid on carotenoid production was assessed. In particular, carotenoid production and growth significantly improved in the presence of glucose in strains Haloarcula sp. M1 and Halorubrum sp. M5 but not in Halolamina sp. M3. Glutamic and succinic acid had no effect on carotenoid production, and even was negative for Halorubrum sp. M5. Growth was increased by glutamic and succinic acid on Haloarcula sp. M1 but not in the other strains. This work describes for first time the presence of halophilic archaea in the Santa Bárbara saltern and highlights the differences in the effect of carbon sources on the growth and carotenoid production of haloarchaea.
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Nakajima Y, Kojima K, Kashiyama Y, Doi S, Nakai R, Sudo Y, Kogure K, Yoshizawa S. Bacterium Lacking a Known Gene for Retinal Biosynthesis Constructs Functional Rhodopsins. Microbes Environ 2021; 35. [PMID: 33281127 PMCID: PMC7734400 DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.me20085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Microbial rhodopsins, comprising a protein moiety (rhodopsin apoprotein) bound to the light-absorbing chromophore retinal, function as ion pumps, ion channels, or light sensors. However, recent genomic and metagenomic surveys showed that some rhodopsin-possessing prokaryotes lack the known genes for retinal biosynthesis. Since rhodopsin apoproteins cannot absorb light energy, rhodopsins produced by prokaryotic strains lacking genes for retinal biosynthesis are hypothesized to be non-functional in cells. In the present study, we investigated whether Aurantimicrobium minutum KNCT, which is widely distributed in terrestrial environments and lacks any previously identified retinal biosynthesis genes, possesses functional rhodopsin. We initially measured ion transport activity in cultured cells. A light-induced pH change in a cell suspension of rhodopsin-possessing bacteria was detected in the absence of exogenous retinal. Furthermore, spectroscopic analyses of the cell lysate and HPLC-MS/MS analyses revealed that this strain contained an endogenous retinal. These results confirmed that A. minutum KNCT possesses functional rhodopsin and, hence, produces retinal via an unknown biosynthetic pathway. These results suggest that rhodopsin-possessing prokaryotes lacking known retinal biosynthesis genes also have functional rhodopsins.
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- Yu Nakajima
- Microbial and Genetic Resources Research Group, Bioproduction Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST).,Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute (AORI), The University of Tokyo
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- Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University
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- Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University
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- Microbial Ecology and Technology Research Group, Bioproduction Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
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- Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University
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- Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute (AORI), The University of Tokyo
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- Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute (AORI), The University of Tokyo
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Although heavy metals are naturally found in the environment as components of the earth’s crust, environmental pollution by these toxic elements has increased since the industrial revolution. Some of them can be considered essential, since they play regulatory roles in different biological processes; but the role of other heavy metals in living tissues is not clear, and once ingested they can accumulate in the organism for long periods of time causing adverse health effects. To mitigate this problem, different methods have been used to remove heavy metals from water and soil, such as chelation-based processes. However, techniques like bioremediation are leaving these conventional methodologies in the background for being more effective and eco-friendlier. Recently, different research lines have been promoted, in which several organisms have been used for bioremediation approaches. Within this context, the extremophilic microorganisms represent one of the best tools for the treatment of contaminated sites due to the biochemical and molecular properties they show. Furthermore, since it is estimated that 5% of industrial effluents are saline and hypersaline, halophilic microorganisms have been suggested as good candidates for bioremediation and treatment of this kind of samples. These microorganisms, and specifically the haloarchaea group, are of interest to design strategies aiming the removal of polluting compounds due to the efficiency of their metabolism under extreme conditions and their significant tolerance to highly toxic compounds such as heavy metals, bromate, nitrite, chlorate, or perchlorate ions. However, there are still few trials that have proven the bioremediation of environments contaminated with heavy metals using these microorganisms. This review analyses scientific literature focused on metabolic capabilities of haloarchaea that may allow these microbes to tolerate and eliminate heavy metals from the media, paying special attention to cadmium. Thus, this work will shed light on potential uses of haloarchaea in bioremediation of soils and waters negatively affected by heavy metals, and more specifically by cadmium.
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Kusale SP, Attar YC, Sayyed RZ, Malek RA, Ilyas N, Suriani NL, Khan N, El Enshasy HA. Production of Plant Beneficial and Antioxidants Metabolites by Klebsiellavariicola under Salinity Stress. Molecules 2021; 26:1894. [PMID: 33810565 PMCID: PMC8037558 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26071894] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2021] [Revised: 03/15/2021] [Accepted: 03/22/2021] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Bacteria that surround plant roots and exert beneficial effects on plant growth are known as plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR). In addition to the plant growth-promotion, PGPR also imparts resistance against salinity and oxidative stress and needs to be studied. Such PGPR can function as dynamic bioinoculants under salinity conditions. The present study reports the isolation of phytase positive multifarious Klebsiella variicola SURYA6 isolated from wheat rhizosphere in Kolhapur, India. The isolate produced various plant growth-promoting (PGP), salinity ameliorating, and antioxidant traits. It produced organic acid, yielded a higher phosphorous solubilization index (9.3), maximum phytase activity (376.67 ± 2.77 U/mL), and copious amounts of siderophore (79.0%). The isolate also produced salt ameliorating traits such as indole acetic acid (78.45 ± 1.9 µg/mL), 1 aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate deaminase (0.991 M/mg/h), and exopolysaccharides (32.2 ± 1.2 g/L). In addition to these, the isolate also produced higher activities of antioxidant enzymes like superoxide dismutase (13.86 IU/mg protein), catalase (0.053 IU/mg protein), and glutathione oxidase (22.12 µg/mg protein) at various salt levels. The isolate exhibited optimum growth and maximum secretion of these metabolites during the log-phase growth. It exhibited sensitivity to a wide range of antibiotics and did not produce hemolysis on blood agar, indicative of its non-pathogenic nature. The potential of K. variicola to produce copious amounts of various PGP, salt ameliorating, and antioxidant metabolites make it a potential bioinoculant for salinity stress management.
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- Supriya P. Kusale
- Department of Microbiology, Rajaram College, Kolhapur 416004, India;
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- Department of Microbiology, Rajaram College, Kolhapur 416004, India;
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- Department of Microbiology, P.S.G.V.P. Mandal’s, Arts, Science, and Commerce College, Shahada 425409, India;
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- Institute of Bioproduct Development (IBD), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Skudai 81310, Malaysia;
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- Department of Botany, PMAS Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi 46300, Pakistan;
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- Biology Department, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science, Udayana University, Bali 80361, Indonesia;
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- Department of Agronomy, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA;
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- Institute of Bioproduct Development (IBD), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Skudai 81310, Malaysia;
- City of Scientific Research and Technology Applications (SRTA), New Burg Al Arab, Alexandria 21934, Egypt
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Dhanker R, Hussain T, Tyagi P, Singh KJ, Kamble SS. The Emerging Trend of Bio-Engineering Approaches for Microbial Nanomaterial Synthesis and Its Applications. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:638003. [PMID: 33796089 PMCID: PMC8008120 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.638003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2020] [Accepted: 02/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Micro-organisms colonized the world before the multi-cellular organisms evolved. With the advent of microscopy, their existence became evident to the mankind and also the vast processes they regulate, that are in direct interest of the human beings. One such process that intrigued the researchers is the ability to grow in presence of toxic metals. The process seemed to be simple with the metal ions being sequestrated into the inclusion bodies or cell surfaces enabling the conversion into nontoxic nanostructures. However, the discovery of genome sequencing techniques highlighted the genetic makeup of these microbes as a quintessential aspect of these phenomena. The findings of metal resistance genes (MRG) in these microbes showed a rather complex regulation of these processes. Since most of these MRGs are plasmid encoded they can be transferred horizontally. With the discovery of nanoparticles and their many applications from polymer chemistry to drug delivery, the demand for innovative techniques of nanoparticle synthesis increased dramatically. It is now established that microbial synthesis of nanoparticles provides numerous advantages over the existing chemical methods. However, it is the explicit use of biotechnology, molecular biology, metabolic engineering, synthetic biology, and genetic engineering tools that revolutionized the world of microbial nanotechnology. Detailed study of the micro and even nanolevel assembly of microbial life also intrigued biologists and engineers to generate molecular motors that mimic bacterial flagellar motor. In this review, we highlight the importance and tremendous hidden potential of bio-engineering tools in exploiting the area of microbial nanoparticle synthesis. We also highlight the application oriented specific modulations that can be done in the stages involved in the synthesis of these nanoparticles. Finally, the role of these nanoparticles in the natural ecosystem is also addressed.
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- Raunak Dhanker
- Department of Basic and Applied Sciences, School of Engineering and Sciences, GD Goenka University, Gurugram, India
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- Department of Botany, Faculty of Life Sciences, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India
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- Department of Basic and Applied Sciences, School of Engineering and Sciences, GD Goenka University, Gurugram, India
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- Amity Institute of Biotechnology, Amity University, Noida, India
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- Department of Basic and Applied Sciences, School of Engineering and Sciences, GD Goenka University, Gurugram, India
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Knüppel R, Trahan C, Kern M, Wagner A, Grünberger F, Hausner W, Quax TEF, Albers SV, Oeffinger M, Ferreira-Cerca S. Insights into synthesis and function of KsgA/Dim1-dependent rRNA modifications in archaea. Nucleic Acids Res 2021; 49:1662-1687. [PMID: 33434266 PMCID: PMC7897474 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkaa1268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [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: 10/28/2020] [Revised: 12/01/2020] [Accepted: 12/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Ribosomes are intricate molecular machines ensuring proper protein synthesis in every cell. Ribosome biogenesis is a complex process which has been intensively analyzed in bacteria and eukaryotes. In contrast, our understanding of the in vivo archaeal ribosome biogenesis pathway remains less characterized. Here, we have analyzed the in vivo role of the almost universally conserved ribosomal RNA dimethyltransferase KsgA/Dim1 homolog in archaea. Our study reveals that KsgA/Dim1-dependent 16S rRNA dimethylation is dispensable for the cellular growth of phylogenetically distant archaea. However, proteomics and functional analyses suggest that archaeal KsgA/Dim1 and its rRNA modification activity (i) influence the expression of a subset of proteins and (ii) contribute to archaeal cellular fitness and adaptation. In addition, our study reveals an unexpected KsgA/Dim1-dependent variability of rRNA modifications within the archaeal phylum. Combining structure-based functional studies across evolutionary divergent organisms, we provide evidence on how rRNA structure sequence variability (re-)shapes the KsgA/Dim1-dependent rRNA modification status. Finally, our results suggest an uncoupling between the KsgA/Dim1-dependent rRNA modification completion and its release from the nascent small ribosomal subunit. Collectively, our study provides additional understandings into principles of molecular functional adaptation, and further evolutionary and mechanistic insights into an almost universally conserved step of ribosome synthesis.
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- Robert Knüppel
- Regensburg Center for Biochemistry, Biochemistry III – Institute for Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, University of Regensburg, Universitätsstraße 31, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Institut de Recherches Cliniques de Montréal, 110 Avenue des Pins Ouest, Montréal, Québec H2W 1R7, Canada
- Faculty of Medicine, Division of Experimental Medicine, McGill University, Montréal, Québec H3A 1A3, Canada
- Département de Biochimie, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec H3T 1J4, Canada
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- Regensburg Center for Biochemistry, Biochemistry III – Institute for Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, University of Regensburg, Universitätsstraße 31, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Molecular Biology of Archaea, Institute of Biology II, Faculty of Biology, Microbiology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Chair of Microbiology – Institute for Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, University of Regensburg, Universitätsstraße 31, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Chair of Microbiology – Institute for Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, University of Regensburg, Universitätsstraße 31, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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- Archaeal Virus-Host Interactions, Institute of Biology II, Faculty of Biology, Microbiology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Molecular Biology of Archaea, Institute of Biology II, Faculty of Biology, Microbiology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Institut de Recherches Cliniques de Montréal, 110 Avenue des Pins Ouest, Montréal, Québec H2W 1R7, Canada
- Faculty of Medicine, Division of Experimental Medicine, McGill University, Montréal, Québec H3A 1A3, Canada
- Département de Biochimie, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec H3T 1J4, Canada
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- Regensburg Center for Biochemistry, Biochemistry III – Institute for Biochemistry, Genetics and Microbiology, University of Regensburg, Universitätsstraße 31, 93053 Regensburg, Germany
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Cockram C, Thierry A, Gorlas A, Lestini R, Koszul R. Euryarchaeal genomes are folded into SMC-dependent loops and domains, but lack transcription-mediated compartmentalization. Mol Cell 2020; 81:459-472.e10. [PMID: 33382984 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2020.12.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2020] [Revised: 10/01/2020] [Accepted: 12/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Hi-C has become a routine method for probing the 3D organization of genomes. However, when applied to prokaryotes and archaea, the current protocols are expensive and limited in their resolution. We develop a cost-effective Hi-C protocol to explore chromosome conformations of these two kingdoms at the gene or operon level. We first validate it on E. coli and V. cholera, generating sub-kilobase-resolution contact maps, and then apply it to the euryarchaeota H. volcanii, Hbt. salinarum, and T. kodakaraensis. With a resolution of up to 1 kb, we explore the diversity of chromosome folding in this phylum. In contrast to crenarchaeota, these euryarchaeota lack (active/inactive) compartment-like structures. Instead, their genomes are composed of self-interacting domains and chromatin loops. In H. volcanii, these structures are regulated by transcription and the archaeal structural maintenance of chromosomes (SMC) protein, further supporting the ubiquitous role of these processes in shaping the higher-order organization of genomes.
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- Charlotte Cockram
- Institut Pasteur, Unité Régulation Spatiale des Génomes, CNRS UMR 3525, 75015 Paris, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Unité Régulation Spatiale des Génomes, CNRS UMR 3525, 75015 Paris, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), 91198, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Laboratoire d'Optique et Biosciences, École Polytechnique, CNRS UMR7645 - INSERM U1182, IP Paris, 91128 Palaiseau Cedex, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Unité Régulation Spatiale des Génomes, CNRS UMR 3525, 75015 Paris, France.
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Perini N, Mercuri F, Orlanducci S, Thaller MC, Migliore L. The Integration of Metagenomics and Chemical Physical Techniques Biodecoded the Buried Traces of the Biodeteriogens of Parchment Purple Spots. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:598945. [PMID: 33408706 PMCID: PMC7779469 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.598945] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2020] [Accepted: 12/02/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Ancient parchments record an immense part of our cultural heritage, having been used as the main written support material for centuries. Parchment easily undergoes biodeterioration, whose main signs are the so-called purple spots, which often lead to detachment of the superficial written layer. Up to recent years, several studies have been analyzing damaged parchments from different world’s archives, trying to trace back the culprit of the purple spots. However, standard cultivation and early molecular techniques have been demonstrated to be unsuccessful, leading the parchment damage issue remaining unsolved for many years. Nowadays, some studies have explored the parchment biodeterioration dynamics by adopting a multidisciplinary approach combining standard microbiological methods with high-throughput molecular, chemical and physical techniques. This approach allowed an unprecedented level of knowledge on the complex dynamics of parchment biodeterioration. This mini review discusses the application of the combination of basic and high-throughput techniques to study historical parchments, highlighting the strengths and weaknesses of this approach. In particular, it focuses on how metagenomics has been paramount for the unequivocal identification of the microbial main actors of parchment biodeterioration and their dynamics, but also on how metagenomics may suffer the distortion inflict by the historical perspective on the analysis of ancient specimens. As a whole, this mini review aims to describe the scenario of information on parchment biodeterioration obtained so far by using the integration of metagenomic with recent chemical (Raman spectroscopy) and physical (Light Transmission Analysis) approaches, which might have key implications in the preservation of many ancient documents.
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- Department of Industrial Engineering, Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Chemical Science and Technology, Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy
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Makkay AM, Louyakis AS, Ram-Mohan N, Gophna U, Gogarten JP, Papke RT. Insights into gene expression changes under conditions that facilitate horizontal gene transfer (mating) of a model archaeon. Sci Rep 2020; 10:22297. [PMID: 33339886 PMCID: PMC7749143 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-79296-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2020] [Accepted: 11/19/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Horizontal gene transfer is a means by which bacteria, archaea, and eukaryotes are able to trade DNA within and between species. While there are a variety of mechanisms through which this genetic exchange can take place, one means prevalent in the archaeon Haloferax volcanii involves the transient formation of cytoplasmic bridges between cells and is referred to as mating. This process can result in the exchange of very large fragments of DNA between the participating cells. Genes governing the process of mating, including triggers to initiate mating, mechanisms of cell fusion, and DNA exchange, have yet to be characterized. We used a transcriptomic approach to gain a more detailed knowledge of how mating might transpire. By examining the differential expression of genes expressed in cells harvested from mating conditions on a filter over time and comparing them to those expressed in a shaking culture, we were able to identify genes and pathways potentially associated with mating. These analyses provide new insights into both the mechanisms and barriers of mating in Hfx. volcanii.
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- Andrea M Makkay
- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
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- Department of Emergency Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- The Shmunis School of Biomedicine and Cancer Research, Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, P.O. Box 39040, 6997801, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA.,Institute for Systems Genomics, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA.
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Tonner PD, Darnell CL, Bushell FML, Lund PA, Schmid AK, Schmidler SC. A Bayesian non-parametric mixed-effects model of microbial growth curves. PLoS Comput Biol 2020; 16:e1008366. [PMID: 33104703 PMCID: PMC7644099 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1008366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2020] [Revised: 11/05/2020] [Accepted: 08/30/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Substantive changes in gene expression, metabolism, and the proteome are manifested in overall changes in microbial population growth. Quantifying how microbes grow is therefore fundamental to areas such as genetics, bioengineering, and food safety. Traditional parametric growth curve models capture the population growth behavior through a set of summarizing parameters. However, estimation of these parameters from data is confounded by random effects such as experimental variability, batch effects or differences in experimental material. A systematic statistical method to identify and correct for such confounding effects in population growth data is not currently available. Further, our previous work has demonstrated that parametric models are insufficient to explain and predict microbial response under non-standard growth conditions. Here we develop a hierarchical Bayesian non-parametric model of population growth that identifies the latent growth behavior and response to perturbation, while simultaneously correcting for random effects in the data. This model enables more accurate estimates of the biological effect of interest, while better accounting for the uncertainty due to technical variation. Additionally, modeling hierarchical variation provides estimates of the relative impact of various confounding effects on measured population growth.
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- Peter D. Tonner
- Program in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
- Biology Department, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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- Institute of Microbiology and Infection, School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Microbiology and Infection, School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- Program in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
- Biology Department, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
- Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
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- Program in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
- Department of Statistical Science, Duke University, Durham, USA
- Department of Computer Science, Duke University, Durham, USA
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Matarredona L, Camacho M, Zafrilla B, Bonete MJ, Esclapez J. The Role of Stress Proteins in Haloarchaea and Their Adaptive Response to Environmental Shifts. Biomolecules 2020; 10:biom10101390. [PMID: 33003558 PMCID: PMC7601130 DOI: 10.3390/biom10101390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2020] [Revised: 09/18/2020] [Accepted: 09/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Over the years, in order to survive in their natural environment, microbial communities have acquired adaptations to nonoptimal growth conditions. These shifts are usually related to stress conditions such as low/high solar radiation, extreme temperatures, oxidative stress, pH variations, changes in salinity, or a high concentration of heavy metals. In addition, climate change is resulting in these stress conditions becoming more significant due to the frequency and intensity of extreme weather events. The most relevant damaging effect of these stressors is protein denaturation. To cope with this effect, organisms have developed different mechanisms, wherein the stress genes play an important role in deciding which of them survive. Each organism has different responses that involve the activation of many genes and molecules as well as downregulation of other genes and pathways. Focused on salinity stress, the archaeal domain encompasses the most significant extremophiles living in high-salinity environments. To have the capacity to withstand this high salinity without losing protein structure and function, the microorganisms have distinct adaptations. The haloarchaeal stress response protects cells against abiotic stressors through the synthesis of stress proteins. This includes other heat shock stress proteins (Hsp), thermoprotectants, survival proteins, universal stress proteins, and multicellular structures. Gene and family stress proteins are highly conserved among members of the halophilic archaea and their study should continue in order to develop means to improve for biotechnological purposes. In this review, all the mechanisms to cope with stress response by haloarchaea are discussed from a global perspective, specifically focusing on the role played by universal stress proteins.
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Darnell CL, Zheng J, Wilson S, Bertoli RM, Bisson-Filho AW, Garner EC, Schmid AK. The Ribbon-Helix-Helix Domain Protein CdrS Regulates the Tubulin Homolog ftsZ2 To Control Cell Division in Archaea. mBio 2020; 11:e01007-20. [PMID: 32788376 PMCID: PMC7439475 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.01007-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2020] [Accepted: 07/06/2020] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Precise control of the cell cycle is central to the physiology of all cells. In prior work we demonstrated that archaeal cells maintain a constant size; however, the regulatory mechanisms underlying the cell cycle remain unexplored in this domain of life. Here, we use genetics, functional genomics, and quantitative imaging to identify and characterize the novel CdrSL gene regulatory network in a model species of archaea. We demonstrate the central role of these ribbon-helix-helix family transcription factors in the regulation of cell division through specific transcriptional control of the gene encoding FtsZ2, a putative tubulin homolog. Using time-lapse fluorescence microscopy in live cells cultivated in microfluidics devices, we further demonstrate that FtsZ2 is required for cell division but not elongation. The cdrS-ftsZ2 locus is highly conserved throughout the archaeal domain, and the central function of CdrS in regulating cell division is conserved across hypersaline adapted archaea. We propose that the CdrSL-FtsZ2 transcriptional network coordinates cell division timing with cell growth in archaea.IMPORTANCE Healthy cell growth and division are critical for individual organism survival and species long-term viability. However, it remains unknown how cells of the domain Archaea maintain a healthy cell cycle. Understanding the archaeal cell cycle is of paramount evolutionary importance given that an archaeal cell was the host of the endosymbiotic event that gave rise to eukaryotes. Here, we identify and characterize novel molecular players needed for regulating cell division in archaea. These molecules dictate the timing of cell septation but are dispensable for growth between divisions. Timing is accomplished through transcriptional control of the cell division ring. Our results shed light on mechanisms underlying the archaeal cell cycle, which has thus far remained elusive.
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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- Biology Department, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Biology, Rosenstiel Basic Medical Science Research Center, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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- Biology Department, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA
- Center for Genomics and Computational Biology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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Hill AM, Salmond GPC. Microbial gas vesicles as nanotechnology tools: exploiting intracellular organelles for translational utility in biotechnology, medicine and the environment. MICROBIOLOGY (READING, ENGLAND) 2020; 166:501-509. [PMID: 32324529 PMCID: PMC7376271 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.000912] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2020] [Accepted: 03/21/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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A range of bacteria and archaea produce gas vesicles as a means to facilitate flotation. These gas vesicles have been purified from a number of species and their applications in biotechnology and medicine are reviewed here. Halobacterium sp. NRC-1 gas vesicles have been engineered to display antigens from eukaryotic, bacterial and viral pathogens. The ability of these recombinant nanoparticles to generate an immune response has been quantified both in vitro and in vivo. These gas vesicles, along with those purified from Anabaena flos-aquae and Bacillus megaterium, have been developed as an acoustic reporter system. This system utilizes the ability of gas vesicles to retain gas within a stable, rigid structure to produce contrast upon exposure to ultrasound. The susceptibility of gas vesicles to collapse when exposed to excess pressure has also been proposed as a biocontrol mechanism to disperse cyanobacterial blooms, providing an environmental function for these structures.
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- Amy M. Hill
- Department of Biochemistry, Tennis Court Road, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1QW, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, Tennis Court Road, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1QW, UK
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Kunka KS, Griffith JM, Holdener C, Bischof KM, Li H, DasSarma P, DasSarma S, Slonczewski JL. Acid Experimental Evolution of the Haloarchaeon Halobacterium sp. NRC-1 Selects Mutations Affecting Arginine Transport and Catabolism. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:535. [PMID: 32390952 PMCID: PMC7193027 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.00535] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2019] [Accepted: 03/12/2020] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Halobacterium sp. NRC-1 (NRC-1) is an extremely halophilic archaeon that is adapted to multiple stressors such as UV, ionizing radiation and arsenic exposure; it is considered a model organism for the feasibility of microbial life in iron-rich brine on Mars. We conducted experimental evolution of NRC-1 under acid and iron stress. NRC-1 was serially cultured in CM+ medium modified by four conditions: optimal pH (pH 7.5), acid stress (pH 6.3), iron amendment (600 μM ferrous sulfate, pH 7.5), and acid plus iron (pH 6.3, with 600 μM ferrous sulfate). For each condition, four independent lineages of evolving populations were propagated. After 500 generations, 16 clones were isolated for phenotypic characterization and genomic sequencing. Genome sequences of all 16 clones revealed 378 mutations, of which 90% were haloarchaeal insertion sequences (ISH) and ISH-mediated large deletions. This proportion of ISH events in NRC-1 was five-fold greater than that reported for comparable evolution of Escherichia coli. One acid-evolved clone had increased fitness compared to the ancestral strain when cultured at low pH. Seven of eight acid-evolved clones had a mutation within or upstream of arcD, which encodes an arginine-ornithine antiporter; no non-acid adapted strains had arcD mutations. Mutations also affected the arcR regulator of arginine catabolism, which protects bacteria from acid stress by release of ammonia. Two acid-adapted strains shared a common mutation in bop, which encodes bacterio-opsin, apoprotein for the bacteriorhodopsin light-driven proton pump. Thus, in the haloarchaeon NRC-1, as in bacteria, pH adaptation was associated with genes involved in arginine catabolism and proton transport. Our study is among the first to report experimental evolution with multiple resequenced genomes of an archaeon. Haloarchaea are polyextremophiles capable of growth under environmental conditions such as concentrated NaCl and desiccation, but little is known about pH stress. Interesting parallels appear between the molecular basis of pH adaptation in NRC-1 and in bacteria, particularly the acid-responsive arginine-ornithine system found in oral streptococci.
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- Karina S. Kunka
- Department of Biology, Kenyon College, Gambier, OH, United States
- Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Department of Biology, Kenyon College, Gambier, OH, United States
- Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Department of Biology, Kenyon College, Gambier, OH, United States
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- Department of Biology, Kenyon College, Gambier, OH, United States
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- Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States
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Pfeiffer F, Losensky G, Marchfelder A, Habermann B, Dyall‐Smith M. Whole-genome comparison between the type strain of Halobacterium salinarum (DSM 3754 T ) and the laboratory strains R1 and NRC-1. Microbiologyopen 2020; 9:e974. [PMID: 31797576 PMCID: PMC7002104 DOI: 10.1002/mbo3.974] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2019] [Revised: 11/08/2019] [Accepted: 11/09/2019] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Halobacterium salinarum is an extremely halophilic archaeon that is widely distributed in hypersaline environments and was originally isolated as a spoilage organism of salted fish and hides. The type strain 91-R6 (DSM 3754T ) has seldom been studied and its genome sequence has only recently been determined by our group. The exact relationship between the type strain and two widely used model strains, NRC-1 and R1, has not been described before. The genome of Hbt. salinarum strain 91-R6 consists of a chromosome (2.17 Mb) and two large plasmids (148 and 102 kb, with 39,230 bp being duplicated). Cytosine residues are methylated (m4 C) within CTAG motifs. The genomes of type and laboratory strains are closely related, their chromosomes sharing average nucleotide identity (ANIb) values of 98% and in silico DNA-DNA hybridization (DDH) values of 95%. The chromosomes are completely colinear, do not show genome rearrangement, and matching segments show <1% sequence difference. Among the strain-specific sequences are three large chromosomal replacement regions (>10 kb). The well-studied AT-rich island (61 kb) of the laboratory strains is replaced by a distinct AT-rich sequence (47 kb) in 91-R6. Another large replacement (91-R6: 78 kb, R1: 44 kb) codes for distinct homologs of proteins involved in motility and N-glycosylation. Most (107 kb) of plasmid pHSAL1 (91-R6) is very closely related to part of plasmid pHS3 (R1) and codes for essential genes (e.g. arginine-tRNA ligase and the pyrimidine biosynthesis enzyme aspartate carbamoyltransferase). Part of pHS3 (42.5 kb total) is closely related to the largest strain-specific sequence (164 kb) in the type strain chromosome. Genome sequencing unraveled the close relationship between the Hbt. salinarum type strain and two well-studied laboratory strains at the DNA and protein levels. Although an independent isolate, the type strain shows a remarkably low evolutionary difference to the laboratory strains.
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- Friedhelm Pfeiffer
- Computational Biology GroupMax‐Planck‐Institute of BiochemistryMartinsriedGermany
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- Microbiology and ArchaeaDepartment of BiologyTechnische Universität DarmstadtDarmstadtGermany
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- Computational Biology GroupMax‐Planck‐Institute of BiochemistryMartinsriedGermany
- CNRSIBDM UMR 7288Aix Marseille UniversitéMarseilleFrance
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- Computational Biology GroupMax‐Planck‐Institute of BiochemistryMartinsriedGermany
- Veterinary BiosciencesFaculty of Veterinary and Agricultural SciencesUniversity of MelbourneParkvilleVic.Australia
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Hackley RK, Schmid AK. Global Transcriptional Programs in Archaea Share Features with the Eukaryotic Environmental Stress Response. J Mol Biol 2019; 431:4147-4166. [PMID: 31437442 PMCID: PMC7419163 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2019.07.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2019] [Revised: 07/18/2019] [Accepted: 07/18/2019] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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The environmental stress response (ESR), a global transcriptional program originally identified in yeast, is characterized by a rapid and transient transcriptional response composed of large, oppositely regulated gene clusters. Genes induced during the ESR encode core components of stress tolerance, macromolecular repair, and maintenance of homeostasis. In this review, we investigate the possibility for conservation of the ESR across the eukaryotic and archaeal domains of life. We first re-analyze existing transcriptomics data sets to illustrate that a similar transcriptional response is identifiable in Halobacterium salinarum, an archaeal model organism. To substantiate the archaeal ESR, we calculated gene-by-gene correlations, gene function enrichment, and comparison of temporal dynamics. We note reported examples of variation in the ESR across fungi, then synthesize high-level trends present in expression data of other archaeal species. In particular, we emphasize the need for additional high-throughput time series expression data to further characterize stress-responsive transcriptional programs in the Archaea. Together, this review explores an open question regarding features of global transcriptional stress response programs shared across domains of life.
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- Rylee K Hackley
- Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA; University Program in Genetics and Genomics, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
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- Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA; University Program in Genetics and Genomics, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA; Center for Genomics and Computational Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA.
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DasSarma S, DasSarma P, Laye VJ, Schwieterman EW. Extremophilic models for astrobiology: haloarchaeal survival strategies and pigments for remote sensing. Extremophiles 2019; 24:31-41. [PMID: 31463573 DOI: 10.1007/s00792-019-01126-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2019] [Accepted: 08/05/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Recent progress in extremophile biology, exploration of planetary bodies in the solar system, and the detection and characterization of extrasolar planets are leading to new insights in the field of astrobiology and possible distribution of life in the universe. Among the many extremophiles on Earth, the halophilic Archaea (Haloarchaea) are especially attractive models for astrobiology, being evolutionarily ancient and physiologically versatile, potentially surviving in a variety of planetary environments and with relevance for in situ life detection. Haloarchaea are polyextremophilic with tolerance of saturating salinity, anaerobic conditions, high levels of ultraviolet and ionizing radiation, subzero temperatures, desiccation, and toxic ions. Haloarchaea survive launches into Earth's stratosphere encountering conditions similar to those found on the surface of Mars. Studies of their unique proteins are revealing mechanisms permitting activity and function in high ionic strength, perchlorates, and subzero temperatures. Haloarchaea also produce spectacular blooms visible from space due to synthesis of red-orange isoprenoid carotenoids used for photoprotection and photorepair processes and purple retinal chromoproteins for phototrophy and phototaxis. Remote sensing using visible and infrared spectroscopy has shown that haloarchaeal pigments exhibit both a discernable peak of absorption and a reflective "green edge". Since the pigments produce remotely detectable features, they may influence the spectrum from an inhabited exoplanet imaged by a future large space-based telescope. In this review, we focus primarily on studies of two Haloarchaea, Halobacterium sp. NRC-1 and Halorubrum lacusprofundi.
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- Shiladitya DasSarma
- Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
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- Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Riverside, CA, USA
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