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Olson MA, Cullimore C, Hutchison WD, Grimsrud A, Nobrega D, De Buck J, Barkema HW, Wilson E, Pickett BE, Erickson DL. Genes associated with fitness and disease severity in the pan-genome of mastitis-associated Escherichia coli. Front Microbiol 2024; 15:1452007. [PMID: 39268542 PMCID: PMC11390585 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2024.1452007] [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: 06/20/2024] [Accepted: 08/19/2024] [Indexed: 09/15/2024] Open
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Introduction Bovine mastitis caused by Escherichia coli compromises animal health and inflicts substantial product losses in dairy farming. It may manifest as subclinical through severe acute disease and can be transient or persistent in nature. Little is known about bacterial factors that impact clinical outcomes or allow some strains to outcompete others in the mammary gland (MG) environment. Mastitis-associated E. coli (MAEC) may have distinctive characteristics which may contribute to the varied nature of the disease. Given their high levels of intraspecies genetic variability, virulence factors of commonly used MAEC model strains may not be relevant to all members of this group. Methods In this study, we sequenced the genomes of 96 MAEC strains isolated from cattle with clinical mastitis (CM). We utilized clinical severity data to perform genome-wide association studies to identify accessory genes associated with strains isolated from mild or severe CM, or with high or low competitive fitness during in vivo competition assays. Genes associated with mastitis pathogens or commensal strains isolated from bovine sources were also identified. Results A type-2 secretion system (T2SS) and a chitinase (ChiA) exported by this system were strongly associated with pathogenic isolates compared with commensal strains. Deletion of chiA from MAEC isolates decreased their adherence to cultured bovine mammary epithelial cells. Discussion The increased fitness associated with strains possessing this gene may be due to better attachment in the MG. Overall, these results provide a much richer understanding of MAEC and suggest bacterial processes that may underlie the clinical diversity associated with mastitis and their adaptation to this unique environment.
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- Michael A Olson
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, United States
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, United States
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, United States
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, United States
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, United States
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, United States
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, United States
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Yu Z, Wu Y, Chen M, Huo T, Zheng W, Ludtke SJ, Shi X, Wang Z. Membrane translocation process revealed by in situ structures of type II secretion system secretins. Nat Commun 2023; 14:4025. [PMID: 37419909 PMCID: PMC10329019 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-39583-2] [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: 02/22/2023] [Accepted: 06/20/2023] [Indexed: 07/09/2023] Open
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The GspD secretin is the outer membrane channel of the bacterial type II secretion system (T2SS) which secrets diverse toxins that cause severe diseases such as diarrhea and cholera. GspD needs to translocate from the inner to the outer membrane to exert its function, and this process is an essential step for T2SS to assemble. Here, we investigate two types of secretins discovered so far in Escherichia coli, GspDα, and GspDβ. By electron cryotomography subtomogram averaging, we determine in situ structures of key intermediate states of GspDα and GspDβ in the translocation process, with resolution ranging from 9 Å to 19 Å. In our results, GspDα and GspDβ present entirely different membrane interaction patterns and ways of transitioning the peptidoglycan layer. From this, we hypothesize two distinct models for the membrane translocation of GspDα and GspDβ, providing a comprehensive perspective on the inner to outer membrane biogenesis of T2SS secretins.
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- Zhili Yu
- Verna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Anesthesiology and Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Anesthesia and Analgesia Application, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, 221004, China
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- Verna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
- Division of CryoEM and Bioimaging, SSRL, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University, Menlo Park, CA, 94025, USA
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- Verna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Anesthesiology and Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Anesthesia and Analgesia Application, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, 221004, China
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- Verna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
- Cryo Electron Microscopy and Tomography Core, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Anesthesiology and Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Anesthesia and Analgesia Application, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, 221004, China.
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- Verna and Marrs McLean Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
- Cryo Electron Microscopy and Tomography Core, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
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Yu Z, Wu Y, Chen M, Huo T, Zheng W, Ludtke SJ, Shi X, Wang Z. In situ structures of secretins from bacterial type II secretion system reveal their membrane interactions and translocation process. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2023:2023.01.10.523476. [PMID: 36711656 PMCID: PMC9882097 DOI: 10.1101/2023.01.10.523476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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The GspD secretin is the outer membrane channel of the bacterial type II secretion system (T2SS) which secrets diverse effector proteins or toxins that cause severe diseases such as diarrhea and cholera. GspD needs to translocate from the inner to the outer membrane to exert its function, and this process is an essential step for T2SS to assemble. Here, we investigate two types of secretins discovered so far in Escherichia coli , GspD α and GspD β , respectively. By electron cryotomography subtomogram averaging, we determine in situ structures of all the key intermediate states of GspD α and GspD β in the translocation process, with resolution ranging from 9 Å to 19 Å. In our results, GspD α and GspD β present entirely different membrane interaction patterns and ways of going across the peptidoglycan layer. We propose two distinct models for the membrane translocation of GspD α and GspD β , providing a comprehensive perspective on the inner to outer membrane biogenesis of T2SS secretins.
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Plant chitinases and their role in plant defense – a comprehensive review. Enzyme Microb Technol 2022; 159:110055. [DOI: 10.1016/j.enzmictec.2022.110055] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2021] [Revised: 04/07/2022] [Accepted: 04/25/2022] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Genomic and Phenotypic Analysis of Heat and Sanitizer Resistance in Escherichia coli from Beef in Relation to the Locus of Heat Resistance. Appl Environ Microbiol 2021; 87:e0157421. [PMID: 34550750 DOI: 10.1128/aem.01574-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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The locus of heat resistance (LHR) can confer heat resistance to Escherichia coli to various extents. This study investigated the phylogenetic relationships and the genomic and phenotypic characteristics of E. coli with or without LHR recovered from beef by direct plating or from enrichment broth at 42°C. LHR-positive E. coli isolates (n = 24) were subjected to whole-genome sequencing by short and long reads. LHR-negative isolates (n = 18) from equivalent sources as LHR-positive isolates were short-read sequenced. All isolates were assessed for decimal reduction time at 60°C (D60°C) and susceptibility to the sanitizers E-SAN and Perox-E. Selected isolates were evaluated for growth at 42°C. The LHR-positive and -negative isolates were well separated on the core genome tree, with 22/24 positive isolates clustering into three clades. Isolates within clade 1 and 2, despite their different D60°C values, were clonal, as determined by subtyping (multilocus sequence typing [MLST], core genome MLST, and serotyping). Isolates within each clade are of one serotype. The LHR-negative isolates were genetically diverse. The LHR-positive isolates had a larger (P < 0.001) median genome size by 0.3 Mbp (5.0 versus 4.7 Mbp) and overrepresentation of genes related to plasmid maintenance, stress response, and cryptic prophages but underrepresentation of genes involved in epithelial attachment and virulence. All LHR-positive isolates harbored a chromosomal copy of LHR, and all clade 2 isolates had an additional partial copy of LHR on conjugative plasmids. The growth rates at 42°C were 0.71 ± 0.02 and 0.65 ± 0.02 log(OD) h-1 for LHR-positive and -negative isolates, respectively. No meaningful difference in sanitizer susceptibility was noted between LHR-positive and -negative isolates. IMPORTANCE Resistant bacteria are serious food safety and public health concerns. Heat resistance conferred by the LHR varies largely among different strains of E. coli. The findings in this study show that genomic background and composition of LHR, in addition to the presence of LHR, play an important role in the degree of heat resistance in E. coli and that strains with certain genetic backgrounds are more likely to acquire and maintain the LHR. Also, caution should be exercised when recovering E. coli at elevated temperatures, as the presence of LHR may confer growth advantages to some strains. Interestingly, the LHR-harboring strains seem to have evolved further from their primary animal host to adapt to their secondary habitat, as reflected by fewer genes involved in virulence and epithelial attachment. The phylogenetic relationships among the isolates point toward multiple mechanisms for acquisition of LHR by E. coli, likely prior to its being deposited on meat.
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Hall RJ, Whelan FJ, Cummins EA, Connor C, McNally A, McInerney JO. Gene-gene relationships in an Escherichia coli accessory genome are linked to function and mobility. Microb Genom 2021; 7:000650. [PMID: 34499026 PMCID: PMC8715431 DOI: 10.1099/mgen.0.000650] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2021] [Accepted: 07/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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The pangenome contains all genes encoded by a species, with the core genome present in all strains and the accessory genome in only a subset. Coincident gene relationships are expected within the accessory genome, where the presence or absence of one gene is influenced by the presence or absence of another. Here, we analysed the accessory genome of an Escherichia coli pangenome consisting of 400 genomes from 20 sequence types to identify genes that display significant co-occurrence or avoidance patterns with one another. We present a complex network of genes that are either found together or that avoid one another more often than would be expected by chance, and show that these relationships vary by lineage. We demonstrate that genes co-occur by function, and that several highly connected gene relationships are linked to mobile genetic elements. We find that genes are more likely to co-occur with, rather than avoid, another gene in the accessory genome. This work furthers our understanding of the dynamic nature of prokaryote pangenomes and implicates both function and mobility as drivers of gene relationships.
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- Rebecca J. Hall
- Institute of Microbiology and Infection, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
- School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2UH, UK
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2UH, UK
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- Institute of Microbiology and Infection, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
- School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2UH, UK
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- Institute of Microbiology and Infection, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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- Institute of Microbiology and Infection, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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- School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, NG7 2UH, UK
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Chen RY, Keddie BA. The Galleria mellonella-Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli Model System: Characterization of Pathogen Virulence and Insect Immune Responses. JOURNAL OF INSECT SCIENCE (ONLINE) 2021; 21:6329131. [PMID: 34314494 PMCID: PMC8315237 DOI: 10.1093/jisesa/ieab046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2021] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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The use of Galleria mellonella (Linnaeus) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), an economical insect model, for the study of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (Migula) (EPEC), a diarrheagenic human pathogen, has been demonstrated previously but remains poorly understood. The present study characterizes the Galleria-EPEC system extensively for future studies using this system. We found that EPEC causes disease in G. mellonella larvae when injected intrahemocoelically but not orally. Disease manifests as increased mortality, decreased survival time, delayed pupation, decreased pupal mass, increased pupal duration, and hemocytopenia. Disease symptoms are dose-dependent and can be used as metrics for measuring EPEC virulence in future studies. The type III secretion system was only partially responsible for EPEC virulence in G. mellonella while the majority of the virulence remains unknown in origin. EPEC elicits insect anti-bacterial immune responses including melanization, hemolymph coagulation, nodulation, and phagocytosis. The immune responses were unable to control EPEC replication in the early stage of infection (≤3 h post-injection). EPEC clearance from the hemocoel does not guarantee insect survival. Overall, this study provided insights into EPEC virulence and pathogenesis in G. mellonella and identified areas of future research using this system.
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- Robin Y Chen
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E9, Canada
- Corresponding author, e-mail:
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB T6G 2E9, Canada
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Horsing around: Escherichia coli ST1250 of equine origin harbouring epidemic IncHI1/ST9 plasmid with bla CTX-M-1 and an operon for short-chain fructooligosaccharides metabolism. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2021; 65:AAC.02556-20. [PMID: 33619063 PMCID: PMC8092906 DOI: 10.1128/aac.02556-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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The relatedness of the equine-associated Escherichia coli ST1250 and its single- and double-locus variants (ST1250-SLV/DLV), obtained from horses in Europe, was studied by comparative genome analysis. A total of 54 isolates of E. coli ST1250 and ST1250-SLV/DLV from healthy and hospitalized horses across Europe [Czech Republic (n=23), the Netherlands (n=18), Germany (n=9), Denmark (n=3) and France (n=1)] from 2008-2017 were subjected to whole-genome sequencing. An additional 25 draft genome assemblies of E. coli ST1250 and ST1250-SLV/DLV were obtained from the public databases. The isolates were compared for genomic features, virulence genes, clade structure and plasmid content. The complete nucleotide sequences of eight IncHI1/ST9 and one IncHI1/ST2 plasmids were obtained using long-read sequencing by PacBio or MinION. In the collection of 79 isolates, only 10 were phylogenetically close (<8 SNP). The majority of isolates belonged to phylogroup B1 (73/79, 92.4%) and carried bla CTX-M-1 (58/79, 73.4%). The plasmid content of the isolates was dominated by IncHI1 of ST9 (56/62, 90.3%) and ST2 (6/62, 9.7%), while 84.5% (49/58) bla CTX-M-1 genes were associated with presence of IncHI1 replicon of ST9 and 6.9% (4/58) with IncHI1 replicon of ST2 within the corresponding isolates. The operon for the utilization of short chain fructooligosaccharides (fos operon) was present in 55 (55/79, 69.6%) isolates, and all of these carried IncHI1/ST9 plasmids. The eight complete IncHI1/ST9 plasmid sequences showed the presence of bla CTX-M-1 and the fos operon within the same molecule. Sequences of IncHI1/ST9 plasmids were highly conserved (>98% similarity) regardless of country of origin and varied only in the structure and integration site of MDR region. E. coli ST1250 and ST1250-SLV/DLV are phylogenetically-diverse strains associated with horses. A strong linkage of E. coli ST1250 with epidemic multi-drug resistance plasmid lineage IncHI1/ST9 carrying bla CTX-M-1 and the fos operon was identified.
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Walter A, Friz S, Mayer C. Chitin, Chitin Oligosaccharide, and Chitin Disaccharide Metabolism of Escherichia coli Revisited: Reassignment of the Roles of ChiA, ChbR, ChbF, and ChbG. Microb Physiol 2021; 31:178-194. [PMID: 33794535 DOI: 10.1159/000515178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2020] [Accepted: 02/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Escherichia coli is unable to grow on polymeric and oligomeric chitin, but grows on chitin disaccharide (GlcNAc-GlcNAc; N,N'-diacetylchitobiose) and chitin trisaccharide (GlcNAc-GlcNAc-GlcNAc; N,N',N''-triacetylchitotriose) via expression of the chb operon (chbBCARFG). The phosphotransferase system (PTS) transporter ChbBCA facilitates transport of both saccharides across the inner membrane and their concomitant phosphorylation at the non-reducing end, intracellularly yielding GlcNAc 6-phosphate-GlcNAc (GlcNAc6P-GlcNAc) and GlcNAc6P-GlcNAc-GlcNAc, respectively. We revisited the intracellular catabolism of the PTS products, thereby correcting the reported functions of the 6-phospho-glycosidase ChbF, the monodeacetylase ChbG, and the transcriptional regulator ChbR. Intracellular accumulation of glucosamine 6P-GlcNAc (GlcN6P-GlcNAc) and GlcN6P-GlcNAc-GlcNAc in a chbF mutant unraveled a role for ChbG as a monodeacetylase that removes the N-acetyl group at the non-reducing end. Consequently, GlcN6P- but not GlcNAc6P-containing saccharides likely function as coactivators of ChbR. Furthermore, ChbF removed the GlcN6P from the non-reducing terminus of the former saccharides, thereby degrading the inducers of the chb operon and facilitating growth on the saccharides. Consequently, ChbF was unable to hydrolyze GlcNAc6P-residues from the non-reducing end, contrary to previous assumptions but in agreement with structural modeling data and with the unusual catalytic mechanism of the family 4 of glycosidases, to which ChbF belongs. We also refuted the assumption that ChiA is a bifunctional endochitinase/lysozyme ChiA, and show that it is unable to degrade peptidoglycans but acts as a bona fide chitinase in vitro and in vivo, enabling growth of E. coli on chitin oligosaccharides when ectopically expressed. Overall, this study revises our understanding of the chitin, chitin oligosaccharide, and chitin disaccharide metabolism of E. coli.
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- Axel Walter
- Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine, Organismic Interactions/Glycobiology, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine, Organismic Interactions/Glycobiology, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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- Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine, Organismic Interactions/Glycobiology, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
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Palmer T, Finney AJ, Saha CK, Atkinson GC, Sargent F. A holin/peptidoglycan hydrolase-dependent protein secretion system. Mol Microbiol 2020; 115:345-355. [PMID: 32885520 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.14599] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2020] [Revised: 08/23/2020] [Accepted: 08/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Gram-negative bacteria have evolved numerous pathways to secrete proteins across their complex cell envelopes. Here, we describe a protein secretion system that uses a holin membrane protein in tandem with a cell wall-editing enzyme to mediate the secretion of substrate proteins from the periplasm to the cell exterior. The identity of the cell wall-editing enzymes involved was found to vary across biological systems. For instance, the chitinase secretion pathway of Serratia marcescens uses an endopeptidase to facilitate secretion, whereas the secretion of Typhoid toxin in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi relies on a muramidase. Various families of holins are also predicted to be involved. Genomic analysis indicates that this pathway is conserved and implicated in the secretion of hydrolytic enzymes and toxins for a range of bacteria. The pairing of holins from different families with various types of peptidoglycan hydrolases suggests that this secretion pathway evolved multiple times. We suggest that the complementary bodies of evidence presented is sufficient to propose that the pathway be named the Type 10 Secretion System (TXSS).
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- Tracy Palmer
- Microbes in Health & Disease, Newcastle University Biosciences Institute, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
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- Plant & Microbial Biology, School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, Agriculture & Engineering, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Umeå Centre for Microbial Research, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Umeå Centre for Microbial Research, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Plant & Microbial Biology, School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, Agriculture & Engineering, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
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Yoshida K, Konishi K, Magana-Mora A, Rougny A, Yasutake Y, Muramatsu S, Murata S, Kumagai T, Aburatani S, Sakasegawa SI, Tamura T. Production of recombinant extracellular cholesterol esterase using consistently active promoters in Burkholderia stabilis. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2019; 83:1974-1984. [DOI: 10.1080/09168451.2019.1630256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Burkholderia stabilis FERMP-21014 produces highly active cholesterol esterase in the presence of fatty acids. To develop an overexpression system for cholesterol esterase production, we carried out RNA sequencing analyses to screen strongly active promoters in FERMP-21014. Based on gene expression consistency analysis, we selected nine genes that were consistently expressed at high levels, following which we constructed expression vectors using their promoter sequences and achieved overproduction of extracellular cholesterol esterase under fatty acid-free conditions. Of the tested promoters, the promoter of BSFP_0720, which encodes the alkyl hydroperoxide reductase subunit AhpC, resulted in the highest cholesterol esterase activity (24.3 U mL−1). This activity level was 243-fold higher than that of the wild-type strain under fatty acid-free conditions. We confirmed that cholesterol esterase was secreted without excessive accumulation within the cells. The gene expression consistency analysis will be useful to screen promoters applicable to the overexpression of other industrially important enzymes.
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- Keitaro Yoshida
- Bioproduction Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Sapporo, Japan
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- Biotechnology Research Institute for Drug Discovery, AIST, Tokyo, Japan
- Computational Bio Big-Data Open Innovation Laboratory (CBBD-OIL), AIST, Tokyo, Japan
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- Biotechnology Research Institute for Drug Discovery, AIST, Tokyo, Japan
- Computational Bio Big-Data Open Innovation Laboratory (CBBD-OIL), AIST, Tokyo, Japan
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- Bioproduction Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Sapporo, Japan
- Computational Bio Big-Data Open Innovation Laboratory (CBBD-OIL), AIST, Tokyo, Japan
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- Biotechnology Research Institute for Drug Discovery, AIST, Tokyo, Japan
- Computational Bio Big-Data Open Innovation Laboratory (CBBD-OIL), AIST, Tokyo, Japan
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- Bioproduction Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Sapporo, Japan
- Computational Bio Big-Data Open Innovation Laboratory (CBBD-OIL), AIST, Tokyo, Japan
- Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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The type II secretion system (T2SS) delivers toxins and a range of hydrolytic enzymes, including proteases, lipases, and carbohydrate-active enzymes, to the cell surface or extracellular space of Gram-negative bacteria. Its contribution to survival of both extracellular and intracellular pathogens as well as environmental species of proteobacteria is evident. This dynamic, multicomponent machinery spans the entire cell envelope and consists of a cytoplasmic ATPase, several inner membrane proteins, a periplasmic pseudopilus, and a secretin pore embedded in the outer membrane. Despite the trans-envelope configuration of the T2S nanomachine, proteins to be secreted engage with the system first once they enter the periplasmic compartment via the Sec or TAT export system. Thus, the T2SS is specifically dedicated to their outer membrane translocation. The many sequence and structural similarities between the T2SS and type IV pili suggest a common origin and argue for a pilus-mediated mechanism of secretion. This minireview describes the structures, functions, and interactions of the individual T2SS components and the general architecture of the assembled T2SS machinery and briefly summarizes the transport and function of a growing list of T2SS exoproteins. Recent advances in cryo-electron microscopy, which have led to an increased understanding of the structure-function relationship of the secretin channel and the pseudopilus, are emphasized.
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Muley VY, Akhter Y, Galande S. PDZ Domains Across the Microbial World: Molecular Link to the Proteases, Stress Response, and Protein Synthesis. Genome Biol Evol 2019; 11:644-659. [PMID: 30698789 PMCID: PMC6411480 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evz023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/25/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The PSD-95/Dlg-A/ZO-1 (PDZ) domain is highly expanded, diversified, and well distributed across metazoa where it assembles diverse signaling components by virtue of interactions with other proteins in a sequence-specific manner. In contrast, in the microbial world they are reported to be involved in protein quality control during stress response. The distribution, functions, and origins of PDZ domain-containing proteins in the prokaryotic organisms remain largely unexplored. We analyzed 7,852 PDZ domain-containing proteins in 1,474 microbial genomes in this context. PDZ domain-containing proteins from planctomycetes, myxobacteria, and other eubacteria occupying terrestrial and aquatic niches are found to be in multiple copies within their genomes. Over 93% of the 7,852 PDZ domain-containing proteins were classified into 12 families including six novel families based on additional structural and functional domains present in these proteins. The higher PDZ domain encoding capacity of the investigated organisms was observed to be associated with adaptation to the ecological niche where multicellular life might have originated and flourished. Predicted subcellular localization of PDZ domain-containing proteins and their genomic context argue in favor of crucial roles in translation and membrane remodeling during stress response. Based on rigorous sequence, structure, and phylogenetic analyses, we propose that the highly diverse PDZ domain of the uncharacterized Fe-S oxidoreductase superfamily, exclusively found in gladobacteria and several anaerobes and acetogens, might represent the most ancient form among all the existing PDZ domains.
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- Vijaykumar Yogesh Muley
- Instituto de Neurobiología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Querétaro, México
- Department of Biology, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow, India
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- Department of Biology, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, India
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Cronan GE, Kouzminova EA, Kuzminov A. Near-continuously synthesized leading strands in Escherichia coli are broken by ribonucleotide excision. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2019; 116:1251-1260. [PMID: 30617079 PMCID: PMC6347710 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1814512116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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In vitro, purified replisomes drive model replication forks to synthesize continuous leading strands, even without ligase, supporting the semidiscontinuous model of DNA replication. However, nascent replication intermediates isolated from ligase-deficient Escherichia coli comprise only short (on average 1.2-kb) Okazaki fragments. It was long suspected that cells replicate their chromosomal DNA by the semidiscontinuous mode observed in vitro but that, in vivo, the nascent leading strand was artifactually fragmented postsynthesis by excision repair. Here, using high-resolution separation of pulse-labeled replication intermediates coupled with strand-specific hybridization, we show that excision-proficient E. coli generates leading-strand intermediates >10-fold longer than lagging-strand Okazaki fragments. Inactivation of DNA-repair activities, including ribonucleotide excision, further increased nascent leading-strand size to ∼80 kb, while lagging-strand Okazaki fragments remained unaffected. We conclude that in vivo, repriming occurs ∼70× less frequently on the leading versus lagging strands, and that DNA replication in E. coli is effectively semidiscontinuous.
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- Glen E Cronan
- Department of Microbiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801
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Luna Rico A, Zheng W, Petiot N, Egelman EH, Francetic O. Functional reconstitution of the type IVa pilus assembly system from enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli. Mol Microbiol 2019; 111:732-749. [PMID: 30561149 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.14188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/04/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Type 4a pili (T4aP) are long, thin and dynamic fibres displayed on the surface of diverse bacteria promoting adherence, motility and transport functions. Genomes of many Enterobacteriaceae contain conserved gene clusters encoding putative T4aP assembly systems. However, their expression has been observed only in few strains including Enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) and their inducers remain unknown. Here we used EHEC genomic DNA as a template to amplify and assemble an artificial operon composed of four gene clusters encoding 13 pilus assembly proteins. Controlled expressions of this operon in nonpathogenic E. coli strains led to efficient assembly of T4aP composed of the major pilin PpdD, as shown by shearing assays and immunofluorescence microscopy. When compared with PpdD pili assembled in a heterologous Klebsiella T2SS type 2 secretion system (T2SS) by using cryo-electron microscopy (cryoEM), these pili showed indistinguishable helical parameters, emphasizing that major pilins are the principal determinants of the fibre structure. Bacterial two-hybrid analysis identified several interactions of PpdD with T4aP assembly proteins, and with components of the T2SS that allow for heterologous fibre assembly. These studies lay ground for further characterization of the T4aP structure, function and biogenesis in enterobacteria.
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- Areli Luna Rico
- Biochemistry of Macromolecular Interactions Unit, Department of Structural Biology and Chemistry, Institut Pasteur, CNRS UMR3528, 28 rue du Dr Roux, Paris, 75724, France.,Structural Bioinformatics Unit and NMR of Biomolecules Unit, Department of Structural Biology and Chemistry, Institut Pasteur, CNRS UMR3528, 28 rue du Dr Roux, Paris, 75724, France
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 22908, USA
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- Biochemistry of Macromolecular Interactions Unit, Department of Structural Biology and Chemistry, Institut Pasteur, CNRS UMR3528, 28 rue du Dr Roux, Paris, 75724, France
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 22908, USA
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- Biochemistry of Macromolecular Interactions Unit, Department of Structural Biology and Chemistry, Institut Pasteur, CNRS UMR3528, 28 rue du Dr Roux, Paris, 75724, France
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Burdette LA, Leach SA, Wong HT, Tullman-Ercek D. Developing Gram-negative bacteria for the secretion of heterologous proteins. Microb Cell Fact 2018; 17:196. [PMID: 30572895 PMCID: PMC6302416 DOI: 10.1186/s12934-018-1041-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2018] [Accepted: 12/08/2018] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Gram-negative bacteria are attractive hosts for recombinant protein production because they are fast growing, easy to manipulate, and genetically stable in large cultures. However, the utility of these microbes would expand if they also could secrete the product at commercial scales. Secretion of biotechnologically relevant proteins into the extracellular medium increases product purity from cell culture, decreases downstream processing requirements, and reduces overall cost. Thus, researchers are devoting significant attention to engineering Gram-negative bacteria to secrete recombinant proteins to the extracellular medium. Secretion from these bacteria operates through highly specialized systems, which are able to translocate proteins from the cytosol to the extracellular medium in either one or two steps. Building on past successes, researchers continue to increase the secretion efficiency and titer through these systems in an effort to make them viable for industrial production. Efforts include modifying the secretion tags required for recombinant protein secretion, developing methods to screen or select rapidly for clones with higher titer or efficiency, and improving reliability and robustness of high titer secretion through genetic manipulations. An additional focus is the expression of secretion machineries from pathogenic bacteria in the "workhorse" of biotechnology, Escherichia coli, to reduce handling of pathogenic strains. This review will cover recent advances toward the development of high-expressing, high-secreting Gram-negative production strains.
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- Lisa Ann Burdette
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, USA
- Present Address: Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208 USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, USA
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- Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, USA
- Present Address: Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208 USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, USA
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Guo Y, Matsuoka Y, Miura T, Nishizawa T, Ohta H, Narisawa K. Complete genome sequence of Agrobacterium pusense VsBac-Y9, a bacterial symbiont of the dark septate endophytic fungus Veronaeopsis simplex Y34 with potential for improving fungal colonization in roots. J Biotechnol 2018; 284:31-36. [PMID: 30077583 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2018.07.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2018] [Revised: 07/27/2018] [Accepted: 07/31/2018] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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A Rhizobium-related bacterium (Rhizobium sp. VsBac-Y9) is a symbiont living with the dark septate endophytic (DSE) fungus Veronaeopsis simplex Y34. Co-inoculation of Rhizobium sp. VsBac-Y9 with V. simplex Y34 improves the fungal colonization of tomato roots, resulting in a significant increase in aboveground biomass. This study sequenced the complete genome of this V. simplex-helper bacterium using the PacBio and Illumina MiSeq platforms. Hybrid assembly using SPAdes outputted a circular chromosome, a linear chromid, and a circular plasmid for a total genome 5,321,211 bp in size with a G + C content of 59.2%. Analysis of concatenated housekeeping genes (atpD-dnaK-groEL-lepA-recA-rpoB-thrE) and calculation of average nucleotide identity, showed that VsBac-Y9 was affiliated with the species Agrobacterium pusense (syn. Rhizobium pusense). Genome analysis revealed that A. pusense VsBac-Y9 contains a series of genes responsible for the host interactions with both fungus and plant. Such genomic information will provide new insights into developing co-inoculants of endophytic fungus and its symbiotic bacterium in future agricultural innovation.
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- Yong Guo
- College of Agriculture, Ibaraki University, Ibaraki, Japan.
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- Graduate School of Agriculture, Ibaraki University, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Biological Resource Center, National Institute of Technology and Evaluation, Chiba, Japan
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- College of Agriculture, Ibaraki University, Ibaraki, Japan; Graduate School of Agriculture, Ibaraki University, Ibaraki, Japan
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- College of Agriculture, Ibaraki University, Ibaraki, Japan; Graduate School of Agriculture, Ibaraki University, Ibaraki, Japan
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- College of Agriculture, Ibaraki University, Ibaraki, Japan; Graduate School of Agriculture, Ibaraki University, Ibaraki, Japan.
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Castilla IA, Woods DF, Reen FJ, O'Gara F. Harnessing Marine Biocatalytic Reservoirs for Green Chemistry Applications through Metagenomic Technologies. Mar Drugs 2018; 16:E227. [PMID: 29973493 PMCID: PMC6071119 DOI: 10.3390/md16070227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2018] [Revised: 06/13/2018] [Accepted: 06/22/2018] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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In a demanding commercial world, large-scale chemical processes have been widely utilised to satisfy consumer related needs. Chemical industries are key to promoting economic growth and meeting the requirements of a sustainable industrialised society. The market need for diverse commodities produced by the chemical industry is rapidly expanding globally. Accompanying this demand is an increased threat to the environment and to human health, due to waste produced by increased industrial production. This increased demand has underscored the necessity to increase reaction efficiencies, in order to reduce costs and increase profits. The discovery of novel biocatalysts is a key method aimed at combating these difficulties. Metagenomic technology, as a tool for uncovering novel biocatalysts, has great potential and applicability and has already delivered many successful achievements. In this review we discuss, recent developments and achievements in the field of biocatalysis. We highlight how green chemistry principles through the application of biocatalysis, can be successfully promoted and implemented in various industrial sectors. In addition, we demonstrate how two novel lipases/esterases were mined from the marine environment by metagenomic analysis. Collectively these improvements can result in increased efficiency, decreased energy consumption, reduced waste and cost savings for the chemical industry.
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- Ignacio Abreu Castilla
- BIOMERIT Research Centre, School of Microbiology, University College Cork, T12 K8AF Cork, Ireland.
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- BIOMERIT Research Centre, School of Microbiology, University College Cork, T12 K8AF Cork, Ireland.
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- School of Microbiology, University College Cork, T12 K8AF Cork, Ireland.
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- BIOMERIT Research Centre, School of Microbiology, University College Cork, T12 K8AF Cork, Ireland.
- Telethon Kids Institute, Perth, WA 6008, Australia.
- Human Microbiome Programme, School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Curtin University, Perth, WA 6102, Australia.
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Gonzalez E, Pitre FE, Pagé AP, Marleau J, Guidi Nissim W, St-Arnaud M, Labrecque M, Joly S, Yergeau E, Brereton NJB. Trees, fungi and bacteria: tripartite metatranscriptomics of a root microbiome responding to soil contamination. MICROBIOME 2018; 6:53. [PMID: 29562928 PMCID: PMC5863371 DOI: 10.1186/s40168-018-0432-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2016] [Accepted: 03/02/2018] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND One method for rejuvenating land polluted with anthropogenic contaminants is through phytoremediation, the reclamation of land through the cultivation of specific crops. The capacity for phytoremediation crops, such as Salix spp., to tolerate and even flourish in contaminated soils relies on a highly complex and predominantly cryptic interacting community of microbial life. METHODS Here, Illumina HiSeq 2500 sequencing and de novo transcriptome assembly were used to observe gene expression in washed Salix purpurea cv. 'Fish Creek' roots from trees pot grown in petroleum hydrocarbon-contaminated or non-contaminated soil. All 189,849 assembled contigs were annotated without a priori assumption as to sequence origin and differential expression was assessed. RESULTS The 839 contigs differentially expressed (DE) and annotated from S. purpurea revealed substantial increases in transcripts encoding abiotic stress response equipment, such as glutathione S-transferases, in roots of contaminated trees as well as the hallmarks of fungal interaction, such as SWEET2 (Sugars Will Eventually Be Exported Transporter). A total of 8252 DE transcripts were fungal in origin, with contamination conditions resulting in a community shift from Ascomycota to Basidiomycota genera. In response to contamination, 1745 Basidiomycota transcripts increased in abundance (the majority uniquely expressed in contaminated soil) including major monosaccharide transporter MST1, primary cell wall and lamella CAZy enzymes, and an ectomycorrhiza-upregulated exo-β-1,3-glucanase (GH5). Additionally, 639 DE polycistronic transcripts from an uncharacterised Enterobacteriaceae species were uniformly in higher abundance in contamination conditions and comprised a wide spectrum of genes cryptic under laboratory conditions but considered putatively involved in eukaryotic interaction, biofilm formation and dioxygenase hydrocarbon degradation. CONCLUSIONS Fungal gene expression, representing the majority of contigs assembled, suggests out-competition of white rot Ascomycota genera (dominated by Pyronema), a sometimes ectomycorrhizal (ECM) Ascomycota (Tuber) and ECM Basidiomycota (Hebeloma) by a poorly characterised putative ECM Basidiomycota due to contamination. Root and fungal expression involved transcripts encoding carbohydrate/amino acid (C/N) dialogue whereas bacterial gene expression included the apparatus necessary for biofilm interaction and direct reduction of contamination stress, a potential bacterial currency for a role in tripartite mutualism. Unmistakable within the metatranscriptome is the degree to which the landscape of rhizospheric biology, particularly the important but predominantly uncharacterised fungal genetics, is yet to be discovered.
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- E Gonzalez
- Canadian Center for Computational Genomics, McGill University and Genome Quebec Innovation Center, Montréal, H3A 1A4, Canada
- Department of Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal, H3A 1B1, Canada
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- Institut de recherche en biologie végétale, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, H1X 2B2, Canada
- Montreal Botanical Garden, Montreal, QC, H1X 2B2, Canada
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- Aquatic and Crop Resource Development (ACRD), National Research Council Canada, Montréal, QC, H4P 2R2, Canada
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- Institut de recherche en biologie végétale, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, H1X 2B2, Canada
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- Department of Agri-food and Environmental Science, University of Florence, Viale delle Idee, Sesto Fiorentino, FI, Italy
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- Institut de recherche en biologie végétale, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, H1X 2B2, Canada
- Montreal Botanical Garden, Montreal, QC, H1X 2B2, Canada
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- Institut de recherche en biologie végétale, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, H1X 2B2, Canada
- Montreal Botanical Garden, Montreal, QC, H1X 2B2, Canada
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- Institut de recherche en biologie végétale, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, H1X 2B2, Canada
- Montreal Botanical Garden, Montreal, QC, H1X 2B2, Canada
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- Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, Centre INRS-Institut Armand-Frappier, Laval, QC, Canada
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- Institut de recherche en biologie végétale, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, H1X 2B2, Canada.
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Sharmin D, Guo Y, Nishizawa T, Ohshima S, Sato Y, Takashima Y, Narisawa K, Ohta H. Comparative Genomic Insights into Endofungal Lifestyles of Two Bacterial Endosymbionts, Mycoavidus cysteinexigens and Burkholderia rhizoxinica. Microbes Environ 2018. [PMID: 29540638 PMCID: PMC5877345 DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.me17138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Endohyphal bacteria (EHB), dwelling within fungal hyphae, markedly affect the growth and metabolic potential of their hosts. To date, two EHB belonging to the family Burkholderiaceae have been isolated and characterized as new taxa, Burkholderia rhizoxinica (HKI 454T) and Mycoavidus cysteinexigens (B1-EBT), in Japan. Metagenome sequencing was recently reported for Mortierella elongata AG77 together with its endosymbiont M. cysteinexigens (Mc-AG77) from a soil/litter sample in the USA. In the present study, we elucidated the complete genome sequence of B1-EBT and compared it with those of Mc-AG77 and HKI 454T. The genomes of B1-EBT and Mc-AG77 contained a higher level of prophage sequences and were markedly smaller than that of HKI 454T. Although the B1-EBT and Mc-AG77 genomes lacked the chitinolytic enzyme genes responsible for invasion into fungal cells, they contained several predicted toxin-antitoxin systems including an insecticidal toxin complex and PIN domain imposing an addiction-like mechanism essential for endohyphal growth control during host colonization. Despite the different host fungi, the alignment of amino acid sequences showed that the HKI 454T genome consisted of 1,265 (32.6%) and 1,221 (31.5%) orthologous coding sequences (CDSs) with those of B1-EBT and Mc-AG77, respectively. This comparative study of three phylogenetically associated endosymbionts has provided insights into their origin and evolution, and suggests the later bacterial invasion and adaptation of B1-EBT to its host metabolism.
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- Dilruba Sharmin
- Ibaraki University College of Agriculture, Department of Bioresource Science
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- Ibaraki University College of Agriculture, Department of Bioresource Science
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- Ibaraki University College of Agriculture, Department of Bioresource Science.,United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
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- Ibaraki University College of Agriculture, Department of Bioresource Science
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- Center for Conservation and Restoration Techniques, Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties
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- United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
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- Ibaraki University College of Agriculture, Department of Bioresource Science.,United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
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- Ibaraki University College of Agriculture, Department of Bioresource Science.,United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
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Soysa HSM, Schulte A, Suginta W. Functional analysis of an unusual porin-like channel that imports chitin for alternative carbon metabolism in Escherichia coli. J Biol Chem 2017; 292:19328-19337. [PMID: 28972167 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m117.812321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2017] [Revised: 09/22/2017] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Escherichia coli have the genetic potential to use chitin as a carbon source in the absence of glucose, importing it via the chitin-uptake channel EcChiP for processing by the glucosamine catabolic pathway. The chip gene is usually not expressed when E. coli are grown on glucose-enriched nutrients, providing a general regulatory mechanism for the pathway. EcChiP is unusual in that it is homologous to porins and monomeric instead of trimeric, the typical form of sugar-specific channels, making it unclear how this channel operates. We recently reported that EcChiP could form a stable channel in lipid membranes and that the channel is specific for chitooligosaccharides. This report describes the biophysical nature of sugar-channel interactions and the kinetics of sugar association and dissociation. Titrating EcChiP with chitohexaose resulted in protein fluorescence enhancement in a concentration-dependent manner, yielding a binding constant of 2.9 × 105 m-1, consistent with the value of 2.5 × 105 m-1 obtained from isothermal titration microcalorimetry. Analysis of the integrated heat change suggested that the binding process was endothermic and driven by entropy. Single-channel recordings confirmed the voltage dependence of the penetration of chitohexaose molecules into and their release from EcChiP. Once inside the pore, the sugar release rate (koff) from the affinity site increased with elevated voltage, regardless of the side of sugar addition. Our findings revealed distinct thermodynamic and kinetic features of the activity of sugar-specific EcChiP and advance our knowledge of the physiological possibility of chitin utilization by non-chitinolytic bacteria.
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- H Sasimali M Soysa
- From the Biochemistry-Electrochemistry Research Unit, Institute of Science and
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- the School of Biomolecular Science and Engineering, Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology, Rayong 21210, Thailand
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- From the Biochemistry-Electrochemistry Research Unit, Institute of Science and .,the Center of Excellence in Advanced Functional Materials, Suranaree University of Technology Nakhon Ratchasima 30000, Thailand and
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Kim S, Jeong H, Kim EY, Kim JF, Lee SY, Yoon SH. Genomic and transcriptomic landscape of Escherichia coli BL21(DE3). Nucleic Acids Res 2017; 45:5285-5293. [PMID: 28379538 PMCID: PMC5435950 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkx228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2017] [Accepted: 03/26/2017] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Escherichia coli BL21(DE3) has long served as a model organism for scientific research, as well as a workhorse for biotechnology. Here we present the most current genome annotation of E. coli BL21(DE3) based on the transcriptome structure of the strain that was determined for the first time. The genome was annotated using multiple automated pipelines and compared to the current genome annotation of the closely related strain, E. coli K-12. High-resolution tiling array data of E. coli BL21(DE3) from several different stages of cell growth in rich and minimal media were analyzed to characterize the transcriptome structure and to provide supporting evidence for open reading frames. This new integrated analysis of the genomic and transcriptomic structure of E. coli BL21(DE3) has led to the correction of translation initiation sites for 88 coding DNA sequences and provided updated information for most genes. Additionally, 37 putative genes and 66 putative non-coding RNAs were also identified. The panoramic landscape of the genome and transcriptome of E. coli BL21(DE3) revealed here will allow us to better understand the fundamental biology of the strain and also advance biotechnological applications in industry.
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- Sinyeon Kim
- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea
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- Infectious Disease Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
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- School of Basic Sciences, Hanbat National University, Daejeon 34158, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Systems Biology and Division of Life Sciences, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
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- Metabolic and Biomolecular Engineering National Research Laboratory, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (BK21 Plus Program), BioProcess Engineering Research Center, Center for Systems and Synthetic Biotechnology, and Institute for the BioCentury, KAIST, Daejeon 34141, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea
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Type II secretion (T2S) is one means by which Gram-negative pathogens secrete proteins into the extracellular milieu and/or host organisms. Based upon recent genome sequencing, it is clear that T2S is largely restricted to the Proteobacteria, occurring in many, but not all, genera in the Alphaproteobacteria, Betaproteobacteria, Gammaproteobacteria, and Deltaproteobacteria classes. Prominent human and/or animal pathogens that express a T2S system(s) include Acinetobacter baumannii, Burkholderia pseudomallei, Chlamydia trachomatis, Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Legionella pneumophila, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, Vibrio cholerae, and Yersinia enterocolitica T2S-expressing plant pathogens include Dickeya dadantii, Erwinia amylovora, Pectobacterium carotovorum, Ralstonia solanacearum, Xanthomonas campestris, Xanthomonas oryzae, and Xylella fastidiosa T2S also occurs in nonpathogenic bacteria, facilitating symbioses, among other things. The output of a T2S system can range from only one to dozens of secreted proteins, encompassing a diverse array of toxins, degradative enzymes, and other effectors, including novel proteins. Pathogenic processes mediated by T2S include the death of host cells, degradation of tissue, suppression of innate immunity, adherence to host surfaces, biofilm formation, invasion into and growth within host cells, nutrient assimilation, and alterations in host ion flux. The reach of T2S is perhaps best illustrated by those bacteria that clearly use it for both environmental survival and virulence; e.g., L. pneumophila employs T2S for infection of amoebae, growth within lung cells, dampening of cytokines, and tissue destruction. This minireview provides an update on the types of bacteria that have T2S, the kinds of proteins that are secreted via T2S, and how T2S substrates promote infection.
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A novel method to recover inclusion body protein from recombinant E. coli fed-batch processes based on phage ΦX174-derived lysis protein E. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2017; 101:5603-5614. [PMID: 28429059 PMCID: PMC5501905 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-017-8281-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2016] [Revised: 03/29/2017] [Accepted: 04/02/2017] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Production of recombinant proteins as inclusion bodies is an important strategy in the production of technical enzymes and biopharmaceutical products. So far, protein from inclusion bodies has been recovered from the cell factory through mechanical or chemical disruption methods, requiring additional cost-intensive unit operations. We describe a novel method that is using a bacteriophage-derived lysis protein to directly recover inclusion body protein from Escherichia coli from high cell density fermentation process: The recombinant inclusion body product is expressed by using a mixed feed fed-batch process which allows expression tuning via adjusting the specific uptake rate of the inducing substrate. Then, bacteriophage ΦX174-derived lysis protein E is expressed to induce cell lysis. Inclusion bodies in empty cell envelopes are harvested via centrifugation of the fermentation broth. A subsequent solubilization step reveals the recombinant protein. The process was investigated by analyzing the impact of fermentation conditions on protein E-mediated cell lysis as well as cell lysis kinetics. Optimal cell lysis efficiencies of 99% were obtained with inclusion body titers of >2.0 g/l at specific growth rates higher 0.12 h-1 and inducer uptake rates below 0.125 g/(g × h). Protein E-mediated cell disruption showed a first-order kinetics with a kinetic constant of -0.8 ± 0.3 h-1. This alternative inclusion body protein isolation technique was compared to the one via high-pressure homogenization. SDS gel analysis showed 10% less protein impurities when cells had been disrupted via high-pressure homogenization, than when empty cell envelopes including inclusion bodies were investigated. Within this contribution, an innovative technology, tuning recombinant protein production and substituting cost-intensive mechanical cell disruption, is presented. We anticipate that the presented method will simplify and reduce the production costs of inclusion body processes to produce technical enzymes and biopharmaceutical products.
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Curran TD, Abacha F, Hibberd SP, Rolfe MD, Lacey MM, Green J. Identification of new members of the Escherichia coli K-12 MG1655 SlyA regulon. MICROBIOLOGY-SGM 2017; 163:400-409. [PMID: 28073397 PMCID: PMC5797941 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.000423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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SlyA is a member of the MarR family of bacterial transcriptional regulators. Previously, SlyA has been shown to directly regulate only two operons in Escherichia coli K-12 MG1655, fimB and hlyE (clyA). In both cases, SlyA activates gene expression by antagonizing repression by the nucleoid-associated protein H-NS. Here, the transcript profiles of aerobic glucose-limited steady-state chemostat cultures of E. coli K-12 MG1655, slyA mutant and slyA over-expression strains are reported. The transcript profile of the slyA mutant was not significantly different from that of the parent; however, that of the slyA expression strain was significantly different from that of the vector control. Transcripts representing 27 operons were increased in abundance, whereas 3 were decreased. Of the 30 differentially regulated operons, 24 have previously been associated with sites of H-NS binding, suggesting that antagonism of H-NS repression is a common feature of SlyA-mediated transcription regulation. Direct binding of SlyA to DNA located upstream of a selection of these targets permitted the identification of new operons likely to be directly regulated by SlyA. Transcripts of four operons coding for cryptic adhesins exhibited enhanced expression, and this was consistent with enhanced biofilm formation associated with the SlyA over-producing strain.
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- Thomas D Curran
- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK
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- Biomolecular Research Centre, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, S1 1WB, UK
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK
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- Biomolecular Research Centre, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, S1 1WB, UK
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S10 2TN, UK
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Walsh SI, Craney A, Romesberg FE. Not just an antibiotic target: Exploring the role of type I signal peptidase in bacterial virulence. Bioorg Med Chem 2016; 24:6370-6378. [PMID: 27769673 PMCID: PMC5279723 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmc.2016.09.048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2016] [Revised: 09/17/2016] [Accepted: 09/19/2016] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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The looming antibiotic crisis has prompted the development of new strategies towards fighting infection. Traditional antibiotics target bacterial processes essential for viability, whereas proposed antivirulence approaches rely on the inhibition of factors that are required only for the initiation and propagation of infection within a host. Although antivirulence compounds have yet to prove their efficacy in the clinic, bacterial signal peptidase I (SPase) represents an attractive target in that SPase inhibitors exhibit broad-spectrum antibiotic activity, but even at sub-MIC doses also impair the secretion of essential virulence factors. The potential consequences of SPase inhibition on bacterial virulence have not been thoroughly examined, and are explored within this review. In addition, we review growing evidence that SPase has relevant biological functions outside of mediating secretion, and discuss how the inhibition of these functions may be clinically significant.
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- Shawn I Walsh
- Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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DNA Replication Control Is Linked to Genomic Positioning of Control Regions in Escherichia coli. PLoS Genet 2016; 12:e1006286. [PMID: 27589233 PMCID: PMC5010248 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1006286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2016] [Accepted: 08/09/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Chromosome replication in Escherichia coli is in part controlled by three non-coding genomic sequences, DARS1, DARS2, and datA that modulate the activity of the initiator protein DnaA. The relative distance from oriC to the non-coding regions are conserved among E. coli species, despite large variations in genome size. Here we use a combination of i) site directed translocation of each region to new positions on the bacterial chromosome and ii) random transposon mediated translocation followed by culture evolution, to show genetic evidence for the importance of position. Here we provide evidence that the genomic locations of these regulatory sequences are important for cell cycle control and bacterial fitness. In addition, our work shows that the functionally redundant DARS1 and DARS2 regions play different roles in replication control. DARS1 is mainly involved in maintaining the origin concentration, whether DARS2 is also involved in maintaining single cell synchrony.
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De Geyter J, Tsirigotaki A, Orfanoudaki G, Zorzini V, Economou A, Karamanou S. Protein folding in the cell envelope of Escherichia coli. Nat Microbiol 2016; 1:16107. [PMID: 27573113 DOI: 10.1038/nmicrobiol.2016.107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2016] [Accepted: 06/02/2016] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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While the entire proteome is synthesized on cytoplasmic ribosomes, almost half associates with, localizes in or crosses the bacterial cell envelope. In Escherichia coli a variety of mechanisms are important for taking these polypeptides into or across the plasma membrane, maintaining them in soluble form, trafficking them to their correct cell envelope locations and then folding them into the right structures. The fidelity of these processes must be maintained under various environmental conditions including during stress; if this fails, proteases are called in to degrade mislocalized or aggregated proteins. Various soluble, diffusible chaperones (acting as holdases, foldases or pilotins) and folding catalysts are also utilized to restore proteostasis. These responses can be general, dealing with multiple polypeptides, with functional overlaps and operating within redundant networks. Other chaperones are specialized factors, dealing only with a few exported proteins. Several complex machineries have evolved to deal with binding to, integration in and crossing of the outer membrane. This complex protein network is responsible for fundamental cellular processes such as cell wall biogenesis; cell division; the export, uptake and degradation of molecules; and resistance against exogenous toxic factors. The underlying processes, contributing to our fundamental understanding of proteostasis, are a treasure trove for the development of novel antibiotics, biopharmaceuticals and vaccines.
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- Jozefien De Geyter
- KU Leuven-University of Leuven, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Laboratory of Molecular Bacteriology, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- KU Leuven-University of Leuven, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Laboratory of Molecular Bacteriology, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, FORTH and Department of Biology, University of Crete, PO Box 1385, GR-711 10 Iraklio, Crete, Greece
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- KU Leuven-University of Leuven, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Laboratory of Molecular Bacteriology, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- KU Leuven-University of Leuven, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Laboratory of Molecular Bacteriology, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium.,Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, FORTH and Department of Biology, University of Crete, PO Box 1385, GR-711 10 Iraklio, Crete, Greece
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- KU Leuven-University of Leuven, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Rega Institute for Medical Research, Laboratory of Molecular Bacteriology, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium
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Han MJ. Exploring the proteomic characteristics of the Escherichia coli B and K-12 strains in different cellular compartments. J Biosci Bioeng 2016; 122:1-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2015.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2015] [Revised: 11/24/2015] [Accepted: 12/03/2015] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Gao D, Luan Y, Liang Q, Qi Q. Exploring the N-terminal role of a heterologous protein in secreting out ofEscherichia coli. Biotechnol Bioeng 2016; 113:2561-2567. [DOI: 10.1002/bit.26028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2016] [Revised: 05/25/2016] [Accepted: 06/02/2016] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Dongfang Gao
- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology; Shandong University; Jinan 250100 People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology; Shandong University; Jinan 250100 People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology; Shandong University; Jinan 250100 People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Microbial Technology; Shandong University; Jinan 250100 People's Republic of China
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Soysa HSM, Suginta W. Identification and Functional Characterization of a Novel OprD-like Chitin Uptake Channel in Non-chitinolytic Bacteria. J Biol Chem 2016; 291:13622-33. [PMID: 27226611 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m116.728881] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2016] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Chitoporin from the chitinolytic marine Vibrio has been characterized as a trimeric OmpC-like channel responsible for effective chitin uptake. In this study we describe the identification and characterization of a novel OprD-like chitoporin (so-called EcChiP) from Escherichia coli The gene was identified, cloned, and functionally expressed in the Omp-deficient E. coli BL21 (Omp8) Rosetta strain. On size exclusion chromatography, EcChiP had an apparent native molecular mass of 50 kDa, as predicted by amino acid sequencing and mass analysis, confirming that the protein is a monomer. Black lipid membrane reconstitution demonstrated that EcChiP could readily form stable, monomeric channels in artificial phospholipid membranes, with an average single channel conductance of 0.55 ± 0.01 nanosiemens and a slight preference for cations. Single EcChiP channels showed strong specificity, interacting with long chain chitooligosaccharides but not with maltooligosaccharides. Liposome swelling assays indicated the bulk permeation of neutral monosaccharides and showed the size exclusion limit of EcChiP to be ∼200-300 Da for small permeants that pass through by general diffusion while allowing long chain chitooligosaccharides to pass through by a facilitated diffusion process. Taking E. coli as a model, we offer the first evidence that non-chitinolytic bacteria can activate a quiescent ChiP gene to express a functional chitoporin, enabling them to take up chitooligosaccharides for metabolism as an immediate source of energy.
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- H Sasimali M Soysa
- From the Biochemistry-Electrochemistry Research Unit and School of Chemistry, Institute of Science and
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- From the Biochemistry-Electrochemistry Research Unit and School of Chemistry, Institute of Science and Center of Excellence in Advanced Functional Materials, Suranaree University of Technology, Nakhon Ratchasima 30000, Thailand
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Panteli JT, Forkus BA, Van Dessel N, Forbes NS. Genetically modified bacteria as a tool to detect microscopic solid tumor masses with triggered release of a recombinant biomarker. Integr Biol (Camb) 2015; 7:423-34. [PMID: 25737274 DOI: 10.1039/c5ib00047e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Current tomographic methods of cancer detection have limited sensitivity and are unable to detect malignant masses smaller than half a centimeter in diameter. Mortality from tumor recurrence and metastatic disease would be reduced if small lesions could be detected earlier. To overcome this limitation, we created a detection system that combines the specificity of tumor-targeting bacteria with the sensitivity of a synthetic biomarker. Bacteria, specifically Salmonella, preferentially accumulate in tumors and microscopic metastases as small as five cell layers thick. To create tumor detecting bacteria, an attenuated strain of Salmonella was engineered to express and release the fluorescent protein ZsGreen. A single-layer antibody method was developed to measure low concentrations of ZsGreen. Engineered bacteria were administered to a microfluidic tumor-on-a-chip device to measure protein production. In culture, half of produced ZsGreen was released by viable bacteria at a rate of 87.6 fg bacterium(-1) h(-1). Single-layer antibody dots were able to detect bacterially produced ZsGreen at concentrations down to 4.5 ng ml(-1). Bacteria colonized in 0.12 mm(3) of tumor tissue in the microfluidic device released ZsGreen at a rate of 23.9 μg h(-1). This release demonstrates that ZsGreen readily diffuses through tissue and accumulates at detectable concentrations. Based on a mathematical pharmacokinetic model, the measured rate of release would enable detection of 0.043 mm(3) tumor masses, which is 2600 times smaller than the current limit of tomographic techniques. Tumor-detecting bacteria would provide a sensitive, minimally invasive method to detect tumor recurrence, monitor treatment efficacy, and identify the onset of metastatic disease.
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- Jan T Panteli
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 159 Goessmann Laboratory, 686 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003-9303, USA.
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Kim SK, Min WK, Park YC, Seo JH. Application of repeated aspartate tags to improving extracellular production of Escherichia coli l-asparaginase isozyme II. Enzyme Microb Technol 2015; 79-80:49-54. [DOI: 10.1016/j.enzmictec.2015.06.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2015] [Revised: 05/26/2015] [Accepted: 06/26/2015] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Cretoiu MS, Berini F, Kielak AM, Marinelli F, van Elsas JD. A novel salt-tolerant chitobiosidase discovered by genetic screening of a metagenomic library derived from chitin-amended agricultural soil. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2015; 99:8199-215. [PMID: 26040993 PMCID: PMC4561078 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-015-6639-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2015] [Revised: 04/21/2015] [Accepted: 04/24/2015] [Indexed: 12/04/2022]
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Here, we report on the construction of a metagenomic library from a chitin-amended disease-suppressive agricultural soil and its screening for genes that encode novel chitinolytic enzymes. The library, constructed in fosmids in an Escherichia coli host, comprised 145,000 clones containing inserts of sizes of 21 to 40 kb, yielding a total of approximately 5.8 GB of cloned soil DNA. Using genetic screenings by repeated PCR cycles aimed to detect gene sequences of the bacterial chitinase A-class (hereby named chi A genes), we identified and characterized five fosmids carrying candidate genes for chitinolytic enzymes. The analysis thus allowed access to the genomic (fosmid-borne) context of these genes. Using the chiA-targeted PCR, which is based on degenerate primers, the five fosmids all produced amplicons, of which the sequences were related to predicted chitinolytic enzyme-encoding genes of four different host organisms, including Stenotrophomonas maltophilia. Sequencing and de novo annotation of the fosmid inserts confirmed that each one of these carried one or more open reading frames that were predicted to encode enzymes active on chitin, including one for a chitin deacetylase. Moreover, the genetic contexts in which the putative chitinolytic enzyme-encoding genes were located were unique per fosmid. Specifically, inserts from organisms related to Burkholderia sp., Acidobacterium sp., Aeromonas veronii, and the chloroflexi Nitrolancetus hollandicus and/or Ktedonobacter racemifer were obtained. Remarkably, the S. maltophilia chiA-like gene was found to occur in two different genetic contexts (related to N. hollandicus/K. racemifer), indicating the historical occurrence of genetic reshufflings in this part of the soil microbiota. One fosmid containing the insert composed of DNA from the N. hollandicus-like organism (denoted 53D1) was selected for further work. Using subcloning procedures, its putative gene for a chitinolytic enzyme was successfully brought to expression in an E. coli host. On the basis of purified protein preparations, the produced protein was characterized as a chitobiosidase of 43.6 kDa, with a pI of 4.83. Given its activity spectrum, it can be typified as a halotolerant chitobiosidase.
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- Mariana Silvia Cretoiu
- />Department of Microbial Ecology, CEES, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
- />Department of Marine Microbiology, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, Yerseke, The Netherlands
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- />Department of Biotechnology and Life Sciences, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
- />“The Protein Factory” Research Center, Politecnico of Milano, ICRM CNR Milano and University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
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- />Department of Microbial Ecology, The Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO), Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- />Department of Biotechnology and Life Sciences, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
- />“The Protein Factory” Research Center, Politecnico of Milano, ICRM CNR Milano and University of Insubria, Varese, Italy
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- />Department of Microbial Ecology, CEES, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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Hamilton JJ, Marlow VL, Owen RA, Costa MDAA, Guo M, Buchanan G, Chandra G, Trost M, Coulthurst SJ, Palmer T, Stanley-Wall NR, Sargent F. A holin and an endopeptidase are essential for chitinolytic protein secretion in Serratia marcescens. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015; 207:615-26. [PMID: 25488919 PMCID: PMC4259817 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201404127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Pathogenic bacteria adapt to their environment and manipulate the biochemistry of hosts by secretion of effector molecules. Serratia marcescens is an opportunistic pathogen associated with healthcare-acquired infections and is a prolific secretor of proteins, including three chitinases (ChiA, ChiB, and ChiC) and a chitin binding protein (Cbp21). In this work, genetic, biochemical, and proteomic approaches identified genes that were required for secretion of all three chitinases and Cbp21. A genetic screen identified a holin-like protein (ChiW) and a putative l-alanyl-d-glutamate endopeptidase (ChiX), and subsequent biochemical analyses established that both were required for nonlytic secretion of the entire chitinolytic machinery, with chitinase secretion being blocked at a late stage in the mutants. In addition, live-cell imaging experiments demonstrated bimodal and coordinated expression of chiX and chiA and revealed that cells expressing chiA remained viable. It is proposed that ChiW and ChiX operate in tandem as components of a protein secretion system used by gram-negative bacteria.
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- Jaeger J Hamilton
- Division of Molecular Microbiology and Medical Research Council Protein Phosphorylation Unit, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, Scotland, UK
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- Division of Molecular Microbiology and Medical Research Council Protein Phosphorylation Unit, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, Scotland, UK
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- Division of Molecular Microbiology and Medical Research Council Protein Phosphorylation Unit, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, Scotland, UK
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- Division of Molecular Microbiology and Medical Research Council Protein Phosphorylation Unit, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, Scotland, UK
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- Division of Molecular Microbiology and Medical Research Council Protein Phosphorylation Unit, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, Scotland, UK
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- Division of Molecular Microbiology and Medical Research Council Protein Phosphorylation Unit, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, Scotland, UK
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology, John Innes Centre, Norwich NR4 7TJ, England, UK
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- Division of Molecular Microbiology and Medical Research Council Protein Phosphorylation Unit, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, Scotland, UK
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- Division of Molecular Microbiology and Medical Research Council Protein Phosphorylation Unit, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, Scotland, UK
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- Division of Molecular Microbiology and Medical Research Council Protein Phosphorylation Unit, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, Scotland, UK
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- Division of Molecular Microbiology and Medical Research Council Protein Phosphorylation Unit, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, Scotland, UK
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- Division of Molecular Microbiology and Medical Research Council Protein Phosphorylation Unit, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, Scotland, UK
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Orfanoudaki G, Economou A. Proteome-wide subcellular topologies of E. coli polypeptides database (STEPdb). Mol Cell Proteomics 2014; 13:3674-87. [PMID: 25210196 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.o114.041137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Cell compartmentalization serves both the isolation and the specialization of cell functions. After synthesis in the cytoplasm, over a third of all proteins are targeted to other subcellular compartments. Knowing how proteins are distributed within the cell and how they interact is a prerequisite for understanding it as a whole. Surface and secreted proteins are important pathogenicity determinants. Here we present the STEP database (STEPdb) that contains a comprehensive characterization of subcellular localization and topology of the complete proteome of Escherichia coli. Two widely used E. coli proteomes (K-12 and BL21) are presented organized into thirteen subcellular classes. STEPdb exploits the wealth of genetic, proteomic, biochemical, and functional information on protein localization, secretion, and targeting in E. coli, one of the best understood model organisms. Subcellular annotations were derived from a combination of bioinformatics prediction, proteomic, biochemical, functional, topological data and extensive literature re-examination that were refined through manual curation. Strong experimental support for the location of 1553 out of 4303 proteins was based on 426 articles and some experimental indications for another 526. Annotations were provided for another 320 proteins based on firm bioinformatic predictions. STEPdb is the first database that contains an extensive set of peripheral IM proteins (PIM proteins) and includes their graphical visualization into complexes, cellular functions, and interactions. It also summarizes all currently known protein export machineries of E. coli K-12 and pairs them, where available, with the secretory proteins that use them. It catalogs the Sec- and TAT-utilizing secretomes and summarizes their topological features such as signal peptides and transmembrane regions, transmembrane topologies and orientations. It also catalogs physicochemical and structural features that influence topology such as abundance, solubility, disorder, heat resistance, and structural domain families. Finally, STEPdb incorporates prediction tools for topology (TMHMM, SignalP, and Phobius) and disorder (IUPred) and implements the BLAST2STEP that performs protein homology searches against the STEPdb.
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- Georgia Orfanoudaki
- From the ‡Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology-FoRTH and §Department of Biology-University of Crete, P.O. Box 1385, Iraklio, Crete, Greece
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- From the ‡Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology-FoRTH and §Department of Biology-University of Crete, P.O. Box 1385, Iraklio, Crete, Greece; ¶Laboratory of Molecular Bacteriology; Rega Institute, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, KU Leuven, Herrestraat 49, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium
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Moebius N, Üzüm Z, Dijksterhuis J, Lackner G, Hertweck C. Active invasion of bacteria into living fungal cells. eLife 2014; 3:e03007. [PMID: 25182414 PMCID: PMC4166002 DOI: 10.7554/elife.03007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2014] [Accepted: 08/29/2014] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The rice seedling blight fungus Rhizopus microsporus and its endosymbiont Burkholderia rhizoxinica form an unusual, highly specific alliance to produce the highly potent antimitotic phytotoxin rhizoxin. Yet, it has remained a riddle how bacteria invade the fungal cells. Genome mining for potential symbiosis factors and functional analyses revealed that a type 2 secretion system (T2SS) of the bacterial endosymbiont is required for the formation of the endosymbiosis. Comparative proteome analyses show that the T2SS releases chitinolytic enzymes (chitinase, chitosanase) and chitin-binding proteins. The genes responsible for chitinolytic proteins and T2SS components are highly expressed during infection. Through targeted gene knock-outs, sporulation assays and microscopic investigations we found that chitinase is essential for bacteria to enter hyphae. Unprecedented snapshots of the traceless bacterial intrusion were obtained using cryo-electron microscopy. Beyond unveiling the pivotal role of chitinolytic enzymes in the active invasion of a fungus by bacteria, these findings grant unprecedented insight into the fungal cell wall penetration and symbiosis formation.
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- Nadine Moebius
- Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, Jena, Germany
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- Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, Jena, Germany
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- Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, Jena, Germany
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- Department of Biomolecular Chemistry, Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology, Jena, Germany
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In vivo mRNA profiling of uropathogenic Escherichia coli from diverse phylogroups reveals common and group-specific gene expression profiles. mBio 2014; 5:e01075-14. [PMID: 25096872 PMCID: PMC4128348 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.01075-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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mRNA profiling of pathogens during the course of human infections gives detailed information on the expression levels of relevant genes that drive pathogenicity and adaptation and at the same time allows for the delineation of phylogenetic relatedness of pathogens that cause specific diseases. In this study, we used mRNA sequencing to acquire information on the expression of Escherichia coli pathogenicity genes during urinary tract infections (UTI) in humans and to assign the UTI-associated E. coli isolates to different phylogenetic groups. Whereas the in vivo gene expression profiles of the majority of genes were conserved among 21 E. coli strains in the urine of elderly patients suffering from an acute UTI, the specific gene expression profiles of the flexible genomes was diverse and reflected phylogenetic relationships. Furthermore, genes transcribed in vivo relative to laboratory media included well-described virulence factors, small regulatory RNAs, as well as genes not previously linked to bacterial virulence. Knowledge on relevant transcriptional responses that drive pathogenicity and adaptation of isolates to the human host might lead to the introduction of a virulence typing strategy into clinical microbiology, potentially facilitating management and prevention of the disease. Urinary tract infections (UTI) are very common; at least half of all women experience UTI, most of which are caused by pathogenic Escherichia coli strains. In this study, we applied massive parallel cDNA sequencing (RNA-seq) to provide unbiased, deep, and accurate insight into the nature and the dimension of the uropathogenic E. coli gene expression profile during an acute UTI within the human host. This work was undertaken to identify key players in physiological adaptation processes and, hence, potential targets for new infection prevention and therapy interventions specifically aimed at sabotaging bacterial adaptation to the human host.
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Cadoret F, Ball G, Douzi B, Voulhoux R. Txc, a new type II secretion system of Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain PA7, is regulated by the TtsS/TtsR two-component system and directs specific secretion of the CbpE chitin-binding protein. J Bacteriol 2014; 196:2376-86. [PMID: 24748613 PMCID: PMC4054165 DOI: 10.1128/jb.01563-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2014] [Accepted: 04/11/2014] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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We present here the functional characterization of a third complete type II secretion system (T2SS) found in newly sequenced Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain PA7. We call this system Txc (third Xcp homolog). This system is encoded by the RGP69 region of genome plasticity found uniquely in strain PA7. In addition to the 11 txc genes, RGP69 contains two additional genes encoding a possible T2SS substrate and a predicted unorthodox sensor protein, TtsS (type II secretion sensor). We also identified a gene encoding a two-component response regulator called TtsR (type II secretion regulator), which is located upstream of the ttsS gene and just outside RGP69. We show that TtsS and TtsR constitute a new and functional two-component system that controls the production and secretion of the RGP69-encoded T2SS substrate in a Txc-dependent manner. Finally, we demonstrate that this Txc-secreted substrate binds chitin, and we therefore name it CbpE (chitin-binding protein E).
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- Frédéric Cadoret
- Laboratoire d'Ingénierie des Systèmes Macromoléculaires (LISM-UMR7255), CNRS/Aix-Marseille Université, Institut de Microbiologie de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France
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- Laboratoire d'Ingénierie des Systèmes Macromoléculaires (LISM-UMR7255), CNRS/Aix-Marseille Université, Institut de Microbiologie de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France
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- Laboratoire d'Ingénierie des Systèmes Macromoléculaires (LISM-UMR7255), CNRS/Aix-Marseille Université, Institut de Microbiologie de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France
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- Laboratoire d'Ingénierie des Systèmes Macromoléculaires (LISM-UMR7255), CNRS/Aix-Marseille Université, Institut de Microbiologie de la Méditerranée, Marseille, France
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Cheng CM, Tzou SC, Zhuang YH, Huang CC, Kao CH, Liao KW, Cheng TC, Chuang CH, Hsieh YC, Tai MH, Cheng TL. Functional production of a soluble and secreted single-chain antibody by a bacterial secretion system. PLoS One 2014; 9:e97367. [PMID: 24824752 PMCID: PMC4019604 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0097367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2014] [Accepted: 04/17/2014] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Single-chain variable fragments (scFvs) serve as an alternative to full-length monoclonal antibodies used in research and therapeutic and diagnostic applications. However, when recombinant scFvs are overexpressed in bacteria, they often form inclusion bodies and exhibit loss of function. To overcome this problem, we developed an scFv secretion system in which scFv was fused with osmotically inducible protein Y (osmY), a bacterial secretory carrier protein, for efficient protein secretion. Anti-EGFR scFv (αEGFR) was fused with osmY (N- and C-termini) and periplasmic leader sequence (pelB) to generate αEGFR-osmY, osmY-αEGFR, and pelB-αEGFR (control), respectively. In comparison with the control, both the osmY-fused αEGFR scFvs were soluble and secreted into the LB medium. Furthermore, the yield of soluble αEGFR-osmY was 20-fold higher, and the amount of secreted protein was 250-fold higher than that of osmY-αEGFR. In addition, the antigen-binding activity of both the osmY-fused αEGFRs was 2-fold higher than that of the refolded pelB-αEGFR from inclusion bodies. Similar results were observed with αTAG72-osmY and αHer2-osmY. These results suggest that the N-terminus of osmY fused with scFv produces a high yield of soluble, functional, and secreted scFv, and the osmY-based bacterial secretion system may be used for the large-scale industrial production of low-cost αEGFR protein.
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- Chiu-Min Cheng
- Department of Aquaculture, National Kaohsiung Marine University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Department of Biological Science and Technology, National Chiao Tung University, Hsin-Chu, Taiwan
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- Department of Biomedical Science and Environmental Biology, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Department of Biomedical Science and Environmental Biology, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Department of Biological Science and Technology, National Chiao Tung University, Hsin-Chu, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Department of Biomedical Science and Environmental Biology, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Graduate Institute of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Department of Biomedical Science and Environmental Biology, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Institute of Biomedical Sciences, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Cancer Center, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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Haitjema CH, Boock JT, Natarajan A, Dominguez MA, Gardner JG, Keating DH, Withers ST, DeLisa MP. Universal genetic assay for engineering extracellular protein expression. ACS Synth Biol 2014; 3:74-82. [PMID: 24200127 DOI: 10.1021/sb400142b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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A variety of strategies now exist for the extracellular expression of recombinant proteins using laboratory strains of Escherichia coli . However, secreted proteins often accumulate in the culture medium at levels that are too low to be practically useful for most synthetic biology and metabolic engineering applications. The situation is compounded by the lack of generalized screening tools for optimizing the secretion process. To address this challenge, we developed a genetic approach for studying and engineering protein-secretion pathways in E. coli . Using the YebF pathway as a model, we demonstrate that direct fluorescent labeling of tetracysteine-motif-tagged secretory proteins with the biarsenical compound FlAsH is possible in situ without the need to recover the cell-free supernatant. High-throughput screening of a bacterial strain library yielded superior YebF expression hosts capable of secreting higher titers of YebF and YebF-fusion proteins into the culture medium. We also show that the method can be easily extended to other secretory pathways, including type II and type III secretion, directly in E. coli . Thus, our FlAsH-tetracysteine-based genetic assay provides a convenient, high-throughput tool that can be applied generally to diverse secretory pathways. This platform should help to shed light on poorly understood aspects of these processes as well as to further assist in the construction of engineered E. coli strains for efficient secretory-protein production.
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- Charles H. Haitjema
- Department
of Microbiology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- School
of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Department
of Microbiology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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- Great
Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- Great
Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- Great
Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- Great
Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States
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- Department
of Microbiology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
- School
of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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Hochkoeppler A. Expanding the landscape of recombinant protein production in Escherichia coli. Biotechnol Lett 2013; 35:1971-81. [DOI: 10.1007/s10529-013-1396-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2013] [Accepted: 06/26/2013] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Liu WY, Wong CF, Chung KMK, Jiang JW, Leung FCC. Comparative genome analysis of Enterobacter cloacae. PLoS One 2013; 8:e74487. [PMID: 24069314 PMCID: PMC3771936 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0074487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2013] [Accepted: 08/02/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The Enterobacter cloacae species includes an extremely diverse group of bacteria that are associated with plants, soil and humans. Publication of the complete genome sequence of the plant growth-promoting endophytic E. cloacae subsp. cloacae ENHKU01 provided an opportunity to perform the first comparative genome analysis between strains of this dynamic species. Examination of the pan-genome of E. cloacae showed that the conserved core genome retains the general physiological and survival genes of the species, while genomic factors in plasmids and variable regions determine the virulence of the human pathogenic E. cloacae strain; additionally, the diversity of fimbriae contributes to variation in colonization and host determination of different E. cloacae strains. Comparative genome analysis further illustrated that E. cloacae strains possess multiple mechanisms for antagonistic action against other microorganisms, which involve the production of siderophores and various antimicrobial compounds, such as bacteriocins, chitinases and antibiotic resistance proteins. The presence of Type VI secretion systems is expected to provide further fitness advantages for E. cloacae in microbial competition, thus allowing it to survive in different environments. Competition assays were performed to support our observations in genomic analysis, where E. cloacae subsp. cloacae ENHKU01 demonstrated antagonistic activities against a wide range of plant pathogenic fungal and bacterial species.
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- Wing-Yee Liu
- School of Biological Sciences, the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, People’s Republic of China
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- School of Biological Sciences, the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, People’s Republic of China
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- School of Biological Sciences, the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, People’s Republic of China
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- School of Biological Sciences, the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, People’s Republic of China
- Bioinformatics Centre, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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- School of Biological Sciences, the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, People’s Republic of China
- Bioinformatics Centre, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China
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Frederiksen RF, Paspaliari DK, Larsen T, Storgaard BG, Larsen MH, Ingmer H, Palcic MM, Leisner JJ. Bacterial chitinases and chitin-binding proteins as virulence factors. MICROBIOLOGY (READING, ENGLAND) 2013; 159:833-847. [PMID: 23519157 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.051839-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Bacterial chitinases (EC 3.2.1.14) and chitin-binding proteins (CBPs) play a fundamental role in the degradation of the ubiquitous biopolymer chitin, and the degradation products serve as an important nutrient source for marine- and soil-dwelling bacteria. However, it has recently become clear that representatives of both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacterial pathogens encode chitinases and CBPs that support infection of non-chitinous mammalian hosts. This review addresses this biological role of bacterial chitinases and CBPs in terms of substrate specificities, regulation, secretion and involvement in cellular and animal infection.
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- Rikki F Frederiksen
- Department of Veterinary Disease Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Grønnegaardsvej 15, 1870 Frederiksberg C., Denmark
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- Department of Veterinary Disease Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Grønnegaardsvej 15, 1870 Frederiksberg C., Denmark
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- Department of Veterinary Disease Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Grønnegaardsvej 15, 1870 Frederiksberg C., Denmark
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- Carlsberg Laboratory, Gamle Carlsbergvej 10, 1799 Copenhagen V., Denmark
- Department of Veterinary Disease Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Grønnegaardsvej 15, 1870 Frederiksberg C., Denmark
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- Department of Veterinary Disease Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Grønnegaardsvej 15, 1870 Frederiksberg C., Denmark
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- Department of Veterinary Disease Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Grønnegaardsvej 15, 1870 Frederiksberg C., Denmark
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- Carlsberg Laboratory, Gamle Carlsbergvej 10, 1799 Copenhagen V., Denmark
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- Department of Veterinary Disease Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Grønnegaardsvej 15, 1870 Frederiksberg C., Denmark
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von Tils D, Blädel I, Schmidt MA, Heusipp G. Type II secretion in Yersinia-a secretion system for pathogenicity and environmental fitness. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2012; 2:160. [PMID: 23248779 PMCID: PMC3521999 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2012.00160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2012] [Accepted: 11/29/2012] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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In Yersinia species, type III secretion (T3S) is the most prominent and best studied secretion system and a hallmark for the infection process of pathogenic Yersinia species. Type II secretion (T2S), on the other hand, is less well-characterized, although all Yersinia species, pathogenic as well as non-pathogenic, possess one or even two T2S systems. The only Yersinia strain in which T2S has so far been studied is the human pathogenic strain Y. enterocolitica 1b. Mouse infection experiments showed that at least one of the two T2S systems of Y. enterocolitica 1b, termed Yts1, is involved in dissemination and colonization of deeper tissues like liver and spleen. Interestingly, in vitro studies revealed a complex regulation of the Yts1 system, which is mainly active at low temperatures and high Mg2+-levels. Furthermore, the functional characterization of the proteins secreted in vitro indicates a role of the Yts1 machinery in survival of the bacteria in an environmental habitat. In silico analyses identified Yts1 homologous systems in bacteria that are known as plant symbionts or plant pathogens. Thus, the recent studies point to a dual function of the Yts1 T2S systems, playing a role in virulence of humans and animals, as well as in the survival of the bacteria outside of the mammalian host. In contrast, the role of the second T2S system, Yts2, remains ill defined. Whereas the T3S system and its virulence-mediating role has been intensively studied, it might now be time to also focus on the T2S system and its role in the Yersinia lifestyle, especially considering that most of the Yersinia isolates are not found in infected humans but have been gathered from various environmental samples.
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- Dominik von Tils
- Center for Molecular Biology of Inflammation (ZMBE), Institute of Infectiology, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster Münster, Germany
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Prehna G, Zhang G, Gong X, Duszyk M, Okon M, McIntosh L, Weiner J, Strynadka N. A Protein Export Pathway Involving Escherichia coli Porins. Structure 2012; 20:1154-66. [DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2012.04.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2011] [Revised: 04/16/2012] [Accepted: 04/16/2012] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Yoon SH, Han MJ, Jeong H, Lee CH, Xia XX, Lee DH, Shim JH, Lee SY, Oh TK, Kim JF. Comparative multi-omics systems analysis of Escherichia coli strains B and K-12. Genome Biol 2012; 13:R37. [PMID: 22632713 PMCID: PMC3446290 DOI: 10.1186/gb-2012-13-5-r37] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2012] [Revised: 05/15/2012] [Accepted: 05/25/2012] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Elucidation of a genotype-phenotype relationship is critical to understand an organism at the whole-system level. Here, we demonstrate that comparative analyses of multi-omics data combined with a computational modeling approach provide a framework for elucidating the phenotypic characteristics of organisms whose genomes are sequenced. RESULTS We present a comprehensive analysis of genome-wide measurements incorporating multifaceted holistic data - genome, transcriptome, proteome, and phenome - to determine the differences between Escherichia coli B and K-12 strains. A genome-scale metabolic network of E. coli B was reconstructed and used to identify genetic bases of the phenotypes unique to B compared with K-12 through in silico complementation testing. This systems analysis revealed that E. coli B is well-suited for production of recombinant proteins due to a greater capacity for amino acid biosynthesis, fewer proteases, and lack of flagella. Furthermore, E. coli B has an additional type II secretion system and a different cell wall and outer membrane composition predicted to be more favorable for protein secretion. In contrast, E. coli K-12 showed a higher expression of heat shock genes and was less susceptible to certain stress conditions. CONCLUSIONS This integrative systems approach provides a high-resolution system-wide view and insights into why two closely related strains of E. coli, B and K-12, manifest distinct phenotypes. Therefore, systematic understanding of cellular physiology and metabolism of the strains is essential not only to determine culture conditions but also to design recombinant hosts.
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- Sung Ho Yoon
- Systems and Synthetic Biology Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Yuseong, Daejeon 305-806, Korea
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- Metabolic and Biomolecular Engineering National Research Laboratory, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, BioProcess Engineering Research Center, Center for Systems and Synthetic Biotechnology, and Institute for the BioCentury, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Yuseong, Daejeon 305-701, Korea
- Department of Biomolecular and Chemical Engineering, Dongyang University, Yeongju, Gyeongbuk, 750-711, Korea
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- Systems and Synthetic Biology Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Yuseong, Daejeon 305-806, Korea
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- Systems and Synthetic Biology Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Yuseong, Daejeon 305-806, Korea
- Department of Biological Sciences, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Yuseong, Daejeon 305-701, Korea
- Department of Systems Biology, Yonsei University, 50 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 120-749, Korea
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- Metabolic and Biomolecular Engineering National Research Laboratory, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, BioProcess Engineering Research Center, Center for Systems and Synthetic Biotechnology, and Institute for the BioCentury, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Yuseong, Daejeon 305-701, Korea
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- Systems and Synthetic Biology Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Yuseong, Daejeon 305-806, Korea
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- Systems and Synthetic Biology Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Yuseong, Daejeon 305-806, Korea
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- Metabolic and Biomolecular Engineering National Research Laboratory, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, BioProcess Engineering Research Center, Center for Systems and Synthetic Biotechnology, and Institute for the BioCentury, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Yuseong, Daejeon 305-701, Korea
- Department of Bio and Brain Engineering, and Bioinformatics Research Center, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Yuseong, Daejeon 305-701, Korea
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- 21C Frontier Microbial Genomics and Applications Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Yuseong, Daejeon 305-806, Korea
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- Systems and Synthetic Biology Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Yuseong, Daejeon 305-806, Korea
- Department of Systems Biology, Yonsei University, 50 Yonsei-ro, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 120-749, Korea
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The type II secretion system and its ubiquitous lipoprotein substrate, SslE, are required for biofilm formation and virulence of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli. Infect Immun 2012; 80:2042-52. [PMID: 22451516 DOI: 10.1128/iai.06160-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) is a major cause of diarrhea in infants in developing countries. We have identified a functional type II secretion system (T2SS) in EPEC that is homologous to the pathway responsible for the secretion of heat-labile enterotoxin by enterotoxigenic E. coli. The wild-type EPEC T2SS was able to secrete a heat-labile enterotoxin reporter, but an isogenic T2SS mutant could not. We showed that the major substrate of the T2SS in EPEC is SslE, an outer membrane lipoprotein (formerly known as YghJ), and that a functional T2SS is essential for biofilm formation by EPEC. T2SS and SslE mutants were arrested at the microcolony stage of biofilm formation, suggesting that the T2SS is involved in the development of mature biofilms and that SslE is a dominant effector of biofilm development. Moreover, the T2SS was required for virulence, as infection of rabbits with a rabbit-specific EPEC strain carrying a mutation in either the T2SS or SslE resulted in significantly reduced intestinal colonization and milder disease.
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Babujee L, Apodaca J, Balakrishnan V, Liss P, Kiley PJ, Charkowski AO, Glasner JD, Perna NT. Evolution of the metabolic and regulatory networks associated with oxygen availability in two phytopathogenic enterobacteria. BMC Genomics 2012; 13:110. [PMID: 22439737 PMCID: PMC3349551 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-13-110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2011] [Accepted: 03/22/2012] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Background Dickeya dadantii and Pectobacterium atrosepticum are phytopathogenic enterobacteria capable of facultative anaerobic growth in a wide range of O2 concentrations found in plant and natural environments. The transcriptional response to O2 remains under-explored for these and other phytopathogenic enterobacteria although it has been well characterized for animal-associated genera including Escherichia coli and Salmonella enterica. Knowledge of the extent of conservation of the transcriptional response across orthologous genes in more distantly related species is useful to identify rates and patterns of regulon evolution. Evolutionary events such as loss and acquisition of genes by lateral transfer events along each evolutionary branch results in lineage-specific genes, some of which may have been subsequently incorporated into the O2-responsive stimulon. Here we present a comparison of transcriptional profiles measured using densely tiled oligonucleotide arrays for two phytopathogens, Dickeya dadantii 3937 and Pectobacterium atrosepticum SCRI1043, grown to mid-log phase in MOPS minimal medium (0.1% glucose) with and without O2. Results More than 7% of the genes of each phytopathogen are differentially expressed with greater than 3-fold changes under anaerobic conditions. In addition to anaerobic metabolism genes, the O2 responsive stimulon includes a variety of virulence and pathogenicity-genes. Few of these genes overlap with orthologous genes in the anaerobic stimulon of E. coli. We define these as the conserved core, in which the transcriptional pattern as well as genetic architecture are well preserved. This conserved core includes previously described anaerobic metabolic pathways such as fermentation. Other components of the anaerobic stimulon show variation in genetic content, genome architecture and regulation. Notably formate metabolism, nitrate/nitrite metabolism, and fermentative butanediol production, differ between E. coli and the phytopathogens. Surprisingly, the overlap of the anaerobic stimulon between the phytopathogens is also relatively small considering that they are closely related, occupy similar niches and employ similar strategies to cause disease. There are cases of interesting divergences in the pattern of transcription of genes between Dickeya and Pectobacterium for virulence-associated subsystems including the type VI secretion system (T6SS), suggesting that fine-tuning of the stimulon impacts interaction with plants or competing microbes. Conclusions The small number of genes (an even smaller number if we consider operons) comprising the conserved core transcriptional response to O2 limitation demonstrates the extent of regulatory divergence prevalent in the Enterobacteriaceae. Our orthology-driven comparative transcriptomics approach indicates that the adaptive response in the eneterobacteria is a result of interaction of core (regulators) and lineage-specific (structural and regulatory) genes. Our subsystems based approach reveals that similar phenotypic outcomes are sometimes achieved by each organism using different genes and regulatory strategies.
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- Lavanya Babujee
- Biotechnology Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI, USA
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Trabucchi A, Guerra LL, Faccinetti NI, Iacono RF, Poskus E, Valdez SN. Expression and characterization of human proinsulin fused to thioredoxin in Escherichia coli. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2011; 94:1565-76. [PMID: 22139017 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-011-3721-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2011] [Revised: 10/25/2011] [Accepted: 11/08/2011] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Native proinsulin (PI) belongs to the class of the difficult-to-express proteins in Escherichia coli. Problems mainly arise due to its high proteolytic decay and troubles to reproduce the native disulphide pattern. In the present study, human PI was produced in E. coli as a fusion thioredoxin protein (Trx-PI). Such chimeric protein was obtained from the intracellular soluble fraction, and it was purified in one step by affinity chromatography on immobilized phenylarsine oxide. Trx-PI was also recovered from inclusion bodies and purified by anion exchange chromatography. The product identity and integrity were verified by mass analysis (22,173.5 Da) and mapping with Staphylococcus aureus V8 protease. Native PI folding was evaluated by biochemical and also by immunochemical analysis using specific sera from PI antibody-positive diabetic patients that recognise conformational discontinue epitopes. Dose-response curves showed identity between standard PI and Trx-PI. Moreover, surface plasmon resonance technique verified the correct conformation of the recombinant protein. The biochemical and immunochemical assays demonstrated the integrity of the chimera and the epitopes involved in the interaction with antibodies. In conclusion, it was possible to obtain with high-yield purified human PI as a fusion protein in E. coli and useful for analytical purposes.
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- Aldana Trabucchi
- School of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Buenos Aires (UBA), Junín 956, 4to piso (C1113AAD), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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