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Chu R, Wei Y, Liu J, Li B, Zhang J, Zhou Y, Du Y, Zhang Y. A Variant of the Sulfoglycolytic Transketolase Pathway for the Degradation of Sulfoquinovose into Sulfoacetate. Appl Environ Microbiol 2023; 89:e0061723. [PMID: 37404184 PMCID: PMC10370302 DOI: 10.1128/aem.00617-23] [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: 04/12/2023] [Accepted: 06/12/2023] [Indexed: 07/06/2023] Open
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Sulfoquinovose (SQ, 6-deoxy-6-sulfo-glucose) constitutes the polar head group of plant sulfolipids and is one of the most abundantly produced organosulfur compounds in nature. Degradation of SQ by bacterial communities contributes to sulfur recycling in many environments. Bacteria have evolved at least four mechanisms for glycolytic degradation of SQ, termed sulfoglycolysis, producing C3 sulfonate (dihydroxypropanesulfonate and sulfolactate) and C2 sulfonate (isethionate) by-products. These sulfonates are further degraded by other bacteria, leading to the mineralization of the sulfonate sulfur. The C2 sulfonate sulfoacetate is widespread in the environment and is also thought to be a product of sulfoglycolysis, although the mechanistic details are yet unknown. Here, we describe a gene cluster in an Acholeplasma sp., from a metagenome derived from deeply circulating subsurface aquifer fluids (GenBank accession no. QZKD01000037), encoding a variant of the recently discovered sulfoglycolytic transketolase (sulfo-TK) pathway that produces sulfoacetate instead of isethionate as a by-product. We report the biochemical characterization of a coenzyme A (CoA)-acylating sulfoacetaldehyde dehydrogenase (SqwD) and an ADP-forming sulfoacetate-CoA ligase (SqwKL), which collectively catalyze the oxidation of the transketolase product sulfoacetaldehyde into sulfoacetate, coupled with ATP formation. A bioinformatics study revealed the presence of this sulfo-TK variant in phylogenetically diverse bacteria, adding to the variety of mechanisms by which bacteria metabolize this ubiquitous sulfo-sugar. IMPORTANCE Many bacteria utilize environmentally widespread C2 sulfonate sulfoacetate as a sulfur source, and the disease-linked human gut sulfate- and sulfite-reducing bacteria can use it as a terminal electron receptor for anaerobic respiration generating toxic H2S. However, the mechanism of sulfoacetate formation is unknown, although it has been proposed that sulfoacetate originates from bacterial degradation of sulfoquinovose (SQ), the polar head group of sulfolipids present in all green plants. Here, we describe a variant of the recently discovered sulfoglycolytic transketolase (sulfo-TK) pathway. Unlike the regular sulfo-TK pathway that produces isethionate, our biochemical assays with recombinant proteins demonstrated that a CoA-acylating sulfoacetaldehyde dehydrogenase (SqwD) and an ADP-forming sulfoacetate-CoA ligase (SqwKL) in this variant pathway collectively catalyze the oxidation of the transketolase product sulfoacetaldehyde into sulfoacetate, coupled with ATP formation. A bioinformatics study revealed the presence of this sulfo-TK variant in phylogenetically diverse bacteria and interpreted the widespread existence of sulfoacetate.
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- Ruoxing Chu
- Tianjin Key Laboratory for Modern Drug Delivery & High-Efficiency, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
- Frontiers Science Center for Synthetic Biology (Ministry of Education), Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
- Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (Ministry of Education), School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
- Department of Chemistry, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
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- Singapore Institute of Food and Biotechnology Innovation, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, Singapore
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory for Modern Drug Delivery & High-Efficiency, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
- Frontiers Science Center for Synthetic Biology (Ministry of Education), Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
- Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (Ministry of Education), School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory for Modern Drug Delivery & High-Efficiency, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
- Frontiers Science Center for Synthetic Biology (Ministry of Education), Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
- Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (Ministry of Education), School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory for Modern Drug Delivery & High-Efficiency, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory for Modern Drug Delivery & High-Efficiency, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory for Modern Drug Delivery & High-Efficiency, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory for Modern Drug Delivery & High-Efficiency, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
- Frontiers Science Center for Synthetic Biology (Ministry of Education), Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
- Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (Ministry of Education), School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
- Department of Chemistry, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
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Sulfonates include diverse natural products and anthropogenic chemicals and are widespread in the environment. Many bacteria can degrade sulfonates and obtain sulfur, carbon, and energy for growth, playing important roles in the biogeochemical sulfur cycle. Cleavage of the inert sulfonate C-S bond involves a variety of enzymes, cofactors, and oxygen-dependent and oxygen-independent catalytic mechanisms. Sulfonate degradation by strictly anaerobic bacteria was recently found to involve C-S bond cleavage through O2-sensitive free radical chemistry, catalyzed by glycyl radical enzymes (GREs). The associated discoveries of new enzymes and metabolic pathways for sulfonate metabolism in diverse anaerobic bacteria have enriched our understanding of sulfonate chemistry in the anaerobic biosphere. An anaerobic environment of particular interest is the human gut microbiome, where sulfonate degradation by sulfate- and sulfite-reducing bacteria (SSRB) produces H2S, a process linked to certain chronic diseases and conditions.
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- Yifeng Wei
- Singapore Institute of Food and Biotechnology Innovation, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore 138669
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory for Modern Drug Delivery & High-Efficiency, Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering, School of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology; and Frontiers Science Center for Synthetic Biology (Ministry of Education), Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China;
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New structural insights into bacterial sulfoacetaldehyde and taurine metabolism. Biochem J 2020; 477:1367-1371. [PMID: 32322897 DOI: 10.1042/bcj20200079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2020] [Revised: 03/25/2020] [Accepted: 03/27/2020] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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In last year's issue 4 of Biochemical Journal, Zhou et al. (Biochem J. 476, 733-746) kinetically and structurally characterized the reductase IsfD from Klebsiella oxytoca that catalyzes the reversible reduction in sulfoacetaldehyde to the corresponding alcohol isethionate. This is a key step in detoxification of the carbonyl intermediate formed in bacterial nitrogen assimilation from the α-aminoalkanesulfonic acid taurine. In 2019, the work on sulfoacetaldehyde reductase IsfD was the exciting start to a quite remarkable series of articles dealing with structural elucidation of proteins involved in taurine metabolism as well as the discovery of novel degradation pathways in bacteria.
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A Pathway for Degradation of Uracil to Acetyl Coenzyme A in Bacillus megaterium. Appl Environ Microbiol 2020; 86:AEM.02837-19. [PMID: 31953335 DOI: 10.1128/aem.02837-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2019] [Accepted: 01/10/2020] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Bacteria utilize diverse biochemical pathways for the degradation of the pyrimidine ring. The function of the pathways studied to date has been the release of nitrogen for assimilation. The most widespread of these pathways is the reductive pyrimidine catabolic pathway, which converts uracil into ammonia, carbon dioxide, and β-alanine. Here, we report the characterization of a β-alanine:pyruvate aminotransferase (PydD2) and an NAD+-dependent malonic semialdehyde dehydrogenase (MSDH) from a reductive pyrimidine catabolism gene cluster in Bacillus megaterium Together, these enzymes convert β-alanine into acetyl coenzyme A (acetyl-CoA), a key intermediate in carbon and energy metabolism. We demonstrate the growth of B. megaterium in defined medium with uracil as its sole carbon and energy source. Homologs of PydD2 and MSDH are found in association with reductive pyrimidine pathway genes in many Gram-positive bacteria in the order Bacillales Our study provides a basis for further investigations of the utilization of pyrimidines as a carbon and energy source by bacteria.IMPORTANCE Pyrimidine has wide occurrence in natural environments, where bacteria use it as a nitrogen and carbon source for growth. Detailed biochemical pathways have been investigated with focus mainly on nitrogen assimilation in the past decades. Here, we report the discovery and characterization of two important enzymes, PydD2 and MSDH, which constitute an extension for the reductive pyrimidine catabolic pathway. These two enzymes, prevalent in Bacillales based on our bioinformatics studies, allow stepwise conversion of β-alanine, a previous "end product" of the reductive pyrimidine degradation pathway, to acetyl-CoA as carbon and energy source.
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Sulfonate-based networks between eukaryotic phytoplankton and heterotrophic bacteria in the surface ocean. Nat Microbiol 2019; 4:1706-1715. [PMID: 31332382 DOI: 10.1038/s41564-019-0507-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2018] [Accepted: 06/06/2019] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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In the surface ocean, phytoplankton transform inorganic substrates into organic matter that fuels the activity of heterotrophic microorganisms, creating intricate metabolic networks that determine the extent of carbon recycling and storage in the ocean. Yet, the diversity of organic molecules and interacting organisms has hindered detection of specific relationships that mediate this large flux of energy and matter. Here, we show that a tightly coupled microbial network based on organic sulfur compounds (sulfonates) exists among key lineages of eukaryotic phytoplankton producers and heterotrophic bacterial consumers in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre. We find that cultured eukaryotic phytoplankton taxa produce sulfonates, often at millimolar internal concentrations. These same phytoplankton-derived sulfonates support growth requirements of an open-ocean isolate of the SAR11 clade, the most abundant group of marine heterotrophic bacteria. Expression of putative sulfonate biosynthesis genes and sulfonate abundances in natural plankton communities over the diel cycle link sulfonate production to light availability. Contemporaneous expression of sulfonate catabolism genes in heterotrophic bacteria highlights active cycling of sulfonates in situ. Our study provides evidence that sulfonates serve as an ecologically important currency for nutrient and energy exchange between microbial autotrophs and heterotrophs, highlighting the importance of organic sulfur compounds in regulating ecosystem function.
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Identification and characterization of a new sulfoacetaldehyde reductase from the human gut bacterium Bifidobacterium kashiwanohense. Biosci Rep 2019; 39:BSR20190715. [PMID: 31123167 PMCID: PMC6616044 DOI: 10.1042/bsr20190715] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2019] [Revised: 05/08/2019] [Accepted: 05/21/2019] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Hydroxyethylsulfonate (isethionate (Ise)) present in mammalian tissues is thought to be derived from aminoethylsulfonate (taurine), as a byproduct of taurine nitrogen assimilation by certain anaerobic bacteria inhabiting the taurine-rich mammalian gut. In previously studied pathways occurring in environmental bacteria, isethionate is generated by the enzyme sulfoacetaldehyde reductase IsfD, belonging to the short-chain dehydrogenase/reductase (SDR) family. An unrelated sulfoacetaldehyde reductase SarD, belonging to the metal-dependent alcohol dehydrogenase superfamily (M-ADH), was recently discovered in the human gut sulfite-reducing bacterium Bilophila wadsworthia (BwSarD). Here we report the structural and biochemical characterization of a sulfoacetaldehyde reductase from the human gut fermenting bacterium Bifidobacterium kashiwanohense (BkTauF). BkTauF belongs to the M-ADH family, but is distantly related to BwSarD (28% sequence identity). The crystal structures of BkTauF in the apo form and in a binary complex with NAD+ were determined at 1.9 and 3.0 Å resolution, respectively. Mutagenesis studies were carried out to investigate the involvement of active site residues in binding the sulfonate substrate. Our studies demonstrate the presence of sulfoacetaldehyde reductase in Bifidobacteria, with a possible role in isethionate production as a byproduct of taurine nitrogen assimilation.
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Biochemical and structural investigation of taurine:2-oxoglutarate aminotransferase from Bifidobacterium kashiwanohense. Biochem J 2019; 476:1605-1619. [PMID: 31088892 DOI: 10.1042/bcj20190206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2019] [Revised: 05/13/2019] [Accepted: 05/14/2019] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Taurine aminotransferases catalyze the first step in taurine catabolism in many taurine-degrading bacteria and play an important role in bacterial taurine metabolism in the mammalian gut. Here, we report the biochemical and structural characterization of a new taurine:2-oxoglutarate aminotransferase from the human gut bacterium Bifidobacterium kashiwanohense (BkToa). Biochemical assays revealed high specificity of BkToa for 2-oxoglutarate as the amine acceptor. The crystal structure of BkToa in complex with pyridoxal 5'-phosphate (PLP) and glutamate was determined at 2.7 Å resolution. The enzyme forms a homodimer, with each monomer exhibiting a typical type I PLP-enzyme fold and conserved PLP-coordinating residues interacting with the PLP molecule. Two glutamate molecules are bound in sites near the predicted active site and they may occupy a path for substrate entry and product release. Molecular docking reveals a role for active site residues Trp21 and Arg156, conserved in Toa enzymes studied to date, in interacting with the sulfonate group of taurine. Bioinformatics analysis shows that the close homologs of BkToa are also present in other anaerobic gut bacteria.
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Biochemical and structural investigation of sulfoacetaldehyde reductase from Klebsiella oxytoca. Biochem J 2019; 476:733-746. [PMID: 30718306 DOI: 10.1042/bcj20190005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2019] [Revised: 01/25/2019] [Accepted: 02/01/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Sulfoacetaldehyde reductase (IsfD) is a member of the short-chain dehydrogenase/reductase (SDR) family, involved in nitrogen assimilation from aminoethylsulfonate (taurine) in certain environmental and human commensal bacteria. IsfD catalyzes the reversible NADPH-dependent reduction of sulfoacetaldehyde, which is generated by transamination of taurine, forming hydroxyethylsulfonate (isethionate) as a waste product. In the present study, the crystal structure of Klebsiella oxytoca IsfD in a ternary complex with NADPH and isethionate was solved at 2.8 Å, revealing residues important for substrate binding. IsfD forms a homotetramer in both crystal and solution states, with the C-terminal tail of each subunit interacting with the C-terminal tail of the diagonally opposite subunit, forming an antiparallel β sheet that constitutes part of the substrate-binding site. The sulfonate group of isethionate is stabilized by a hydrogen bond network formed by the residues Y148, R195, Q244 and a water molecule. In addition, F249 from the diagonal subunit restrains the conformation of Y148 to further stabilize the orientation of the sulfonate group. Mutation of any of these four residues into alanine resulted in a complete loss of catalytic activity for isethionate oxidation. Biochemical investigations of the substrate scope of IsfD, and bioinformatics analysis of IsfD homologs, suggest that IsfD is related to the promiscuous 3-hydroxyacid dehydrogenases with diverse metabolic functions.
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Shi L, Brunius C, Lehtonen M, Auriola S, Bergdahl IA, Rolandsson O, Hanhineva K, Landberg R. Plasma metabolites associated with type 2 diabetes in a Swedish population: a case-control study nested in a prospective cohort. Diabetologia 2018; 61:849-861. [PMID: 29349498 PMCID: PMC6448991 DOI: 10.1007/s00125-017-4521-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2017] [Accepted: 11/13/2017] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS The aims of the present work were to identify plasma metabolites that predict future type 2 diabetes, to investigate the changes in identified metabolites among individuals who later did or did not develop type 2 diabetes over time, and to assess the extent to which inclusion of predictive metabolites could improve risk prediction. METHODS We established a nested case-control study within the Swedish prospective population-based Västerbotten Intervention Programme cohort. Using untargeted liquid chromatography-MS metabolomics, we analysed plasma samples from 503 case-control pairs at baseline (a median time of 7 years prior to diagnosis) and samples from a subset of 187 case-control pairs at 10 years of follow-up. Discriminative metabolites between cases and controls at baseline were optimally selected using a multivariate data analysis pipeline adapted for large-scale metabolomics. Conditional logistic regression was used to assess associations between discriminative metabolites and future type 2 diabetes, adjusting for several known risk factors. Reproducibility of identified metabolites was estimated by intra-class correlation over the 10 year period among the subset of healthy participants; their systematic changes over time in relation to diagnosis among those who developed type 2 diabetes were investigated using mixed models. Risk prediction performance of models made from different predictors was evaluated using area under the receiver operating characteristic curve, discrimination improvement index and net reclassification index. RESULTS We identified 46 predictive plasma metabolites of type 2 diabetes. Among novel findings, phosphatidylcholines (PCs) containing odd-chain fatty acids (C19:1 and C17:0) and 2-hydroxyethanesulfonate were associated with the likelihood of developing type 2 diabetes; we also confirmed previously identified predictive biomarkers. Identified metabolites strongly correlated with insulin resistance and/or beta cell dysfunction. Of 46 identified metabolites, 26 showed intermediate to high reproducibility among healthy individuals. Moreover, PCs with odd-chain fatty acids, branched-chain amino acids, 3-methyl-2-oxovaleric acid and glutamate changed over time along with disease progression among diabetes cases. Importantly, we found that a combination of five of the most robustly predictive metabolites significantly improved risk prediction if added to models with an a priori defined set of traditional risk factors, but only a marginal improvement was achieved when using models based on optimally selected traditional risk factors. CONCLUSIONS/INTERPRETATION Predictive metabolites may improve understanding of the pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes and reflect disease progression, but they provide limited incremental value in risk prediction beyond optimal use of traditional risk factors.
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- Lin Shi
- Department of Molecular Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden.
- Department of Biology and Biological Engeneering, Food and Nutrition Science, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-412 96, Gothenburg, Sweden.
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- Department of Biology and Biological Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- School of Pharmacy, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
- LC-MS Metabolomics Center, Biocenter Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland
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- School of Pharmacy, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
- LC-MS Metabolomics Center, Biocenter Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland
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- Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- LC-MS Metabolomics Center, Biocenter Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland
- Institute of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, Department of Clinical Nutrition, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
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- Department of Molecular Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
- Department of Biology and Biological Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Unit of Nutritional Epidemiology, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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Townley MA, Pu Q, Zercher CK, Neefus CD, Tillinghast EK. Small organic solutes in sticky droplets from orb webs of the spider Zygiella atrica (Araneae; Araneidae): β-alaninamide is a novel and abundant component. Chem Biodivers 2013; 9:2159-74. [PMID: 23081916 DOI: 10.1002/cbdv.201200077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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In northeastern North America, Zygiella atrica often build their orb webs near the ocean. We analyzed individual field-built Z. atrica webs to determine if organic low-molecular-mass solutes (LMM) in their sticky droplets showed any unusual features not previously seen in orb webs of other species living in less salty environments. While two of the three most abundant organic LMM (putrescine (butane-1,4-diamine) and GABamide (4-aminobutanamide)) are already well-known from webs of inland spiders, the third major LMM, β-alaninamide (3-aminopropanamide), a homolog of GABamide, has not been detected in sticky droplets from any other araneoid spiders (27 species). It remains to be established, however, whether or not use of β-alaninamide is related to proximity to saltwater. We observed variability in organic LMM composition in Z. atrica webs that appeared to be influenced more by an undetermined factor associated with different collecting locations and/or collection dates than by different genders or instars. Shifts in composition when adult females were transferred from the field to the laboratory were also observed. Structural similarities and inverse correlations among β-alaninamide, GABamide, and N-acetylputrescine suggest that they may form a series of LMM fulfilling essentially the same, as yet unknown, role in the webs of those species in which they occur.
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- Mark A Townley
- Research Computing and Instrumentation, 46 College Road, Rudman Hall, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824, USA.
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Mayer J, Denger K, Hollemeyer K, Schleheck D, Cook AM. (R)-Cysteate-nitrogen assimilation by Cupriavidus necator H16 with excretion of 3-sulfolactate: a patchwork pathway. Arch Microbiol 2012; 194:949-57. [PMID: 22797525 DOI: 10.1007/s00203-012-0825-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2011] [Revised: 05/07/2012] [Accepted: 06/06/2012] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Cupriavidus necator H16 grew exponentially with (R)-cysteate, a structural analogue of aspartate, as sole source of nitrogen in succinate-salts medium. Utilization of cysteate was quantitative and concomitant with growth and with the excretion of the deaminated product (R)-sulfolactate, which was identified thoroughly. The deaminative pathway started with transport of (R)-cysteate into the cell, which we attributed to an aspartate transporter. Transamination to sulfopyruvate involved an aspartate/(R)-cysteate:2-oxoglutarate aminotransferase (Aoa/Coa) and regeneration of the amino group acceptor by NADP⁺-coupled glutamate dehydrogenase. Reduction of sulfopyruvate to (R)-sulfolactate was catalyzed by a (S)-malate/(R)-sulfolactate dehydrogenase (Mdh/Sdh). Excretion of the sulfolactate could be attributed to the sulfite/organosulfonate exporter TauE, which was co-encoded and co-expressed, with sulfoacetaldehyde acetyltransferase (Xsc), though Xsc was irrelevant to the current pathway. The metabolic enzymes could be assayed biochemically. Aoa/Coa and Mdh/Sdh were highly enriched by protein separation, partly characterized, and the relevant locus-tags identified by peptide-mass fingerprinting. Finally, RT-PCR was used to confirm the transcription of all appropriate genes. We thus demonstrated that Cupriavidus necator H16 uses a patchwork pathway by recruitment of 'housekeeping' genes and sulfoacetaldehyde-degradative genes to scavenge for (R)-cysteate-nitrogen.
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- Jutta Mayer
- Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, 78457 Konstanz, Germany
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A five-gene cluster involved in utilization of taurine-nitrogen and excretion of sulfoacetaldehyde by Acinetobacter radioresistens SH164. Arch Microbiol 2012; 194:857-63. [DOI: 10.1007/s00203-012-0806-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2011] [Revised: 01/23/2012] [Accepted: 03/15/2012] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Denger K, Huhn T, Hollemeyer K, Schleheck D, Cook AM. Sulfoquinovose degraded by pure cultures of bacteria with release of C3-organosulfonates: complete degradation in two-member communities. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2012; 328:39-45. [PMID: 22150877 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2011.02477.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2011] [Revised: 11/28/2011] [Accepted: 11/28/2011] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Sulfoquinovose (SQ, 6-deoxy-6-sulfoglucose) was synthesized chemically. An HPLC-ELSD method to separate SQ and other chromophore-free sulfonates, e.g. 2,3-dihydroxypropane-1-sulfonate (DHPS), was developed. A set of 10 genome-sequenced, sulfonate-utilizing bacteria did not utilize SQ, but an isolate, Pseudomonas putida SQ1, from an enrichment culture did so. The molar growth yield with SQ was half of that with glucose, and 1 mol 3-sulfolactate (mol SQ)(-1) was formed during growth. The 3-sulfolactate was degraded by the addition of Paracoccus pantotrophus NKNCYSA, and the sulfonate sulfur was recovered quantitatively as sulfate. Another isolate, Klebsiella oxytoca TauN1, could utilize SQ, forming 1 mol DHPS (mol SQ)(-1) ; the molar growth yield with SQ was half of that with glucose. This DHPS could be degraded by Cupriavidus pinatubonensis JMP134, with quantitative recovery of the sulfonate sulfur as sulfate. We presume that SQ can be degraded by communities in the environment.
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- Karin Denger
- Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany
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Argandoña M, Vargas C, Reina-Bueno M, Rodríguez-Moya J, Salvador M, Nieto JJ. An extended suite of genetic tools for use in bacteria of the Halomonadaceae: an overview. Methods Mol Biol 2012; 824:167-201. [PMID: 22160899 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-433-9_9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Halophilic gammaproteobacteria of the family Halomonadaceae (including the genera Aidingimonas, Carnimonas, Chromohalobacter, Cobetia, Halomonas, Halotalea, Kushneria, Modicisalibacter, Salinicola, and Zymobacter) have current and promising applications in biotechnology mainly as a source of compatible solutes (powerful stabilizers of biomolecules and cells, with exciting potentialities in biomedicine), salt-tolerant enzymes, biosurfactants, and extracellular polysaccharides, among other products. In addition, they display a number of advantages to be used as cell factories, alternative to conventional prokaryotic hosts like Escherichia coli or Bacillus, for the production of recombinant proteins: (1) their high salt tolerance decreases to a minimum the necessity for aseptic conditions, resulting in cost-reducing conditions, (2) they are very easy to grow and maintain in the laboratory, and their nutritional requirements are simple, and (3) the majority can use a large range of compounds as a sole carbon and energy source. In the last 15 years, the efforts of our group and others have made possible the genetic manipulation of this bacterial group. In this review, the most relevant and recent tools for their genetic manipulation are described, with emphasis on nucleic acid isolation procedures, cloning and expression vectors, genetic exchange mechanisms, mutagenesis approaches, reporter genes, and genetic expression analyses. Complementary sections describing the influence of salinity on the susceptibility of these bacteria to antimicrobials, as well as the growth media most routinely used and culture conditions, for these microorganisms, are also included.
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- Montserrat Argandoña
- Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Seville, Seville, Spain
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Copeland A, O’Connor K, Lucas S, Lapidus A, Berry KW, Detter JC, Del Rio TG, Hammon N, Dalin E, Tice H, Pitluck S, Bruce D, Goodwin L, Han C, Tapia R, Saunders E, Schmutz J, Brettin T, Larimer F, Land M, Hauser L, Vargas C, Nieto JJ, Kyrpides NC, Ivanova N, Göker M, Klenk HP, Csonka LN, Woyke T. Complete genome sequence of the halophilic and highly halotolerant Chromohalobacter salexigens type strain (1H11(T)). Stand Genomic Sci 2011; 5:379-88. [PMID: 22675587 PMCID: PMC3368415 DOI: 10.4056/sigs.2285059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Chromohalobacter salexigens is one of nine currently known species of the genus Chromohalobacter in the family Halomonadaceae. It is the most halotolerant of the so-called 'moderately halophilic bacteria' currently known and, due to its strong euryhaline phenotype, it is an established model organism for prokaryotic osmoadaptation. C. salexigens strain 1H11(T) and Halomonas elongata are the first and the second members of the family Halomonadaceae with a completely sequenced genome. The 3,696,649 bp long chromosome with a total of 3,319 protein-coding and 93 RNA genes was sequenced as part of the DOE Joint Genome Institute Program DOEM 2004.
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- Alex Copeland
- DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
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- DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, USA
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- DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, USA
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- DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, USA
- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Bioscience Division, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA
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- DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, USA
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- DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, USA
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- DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, USA
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- DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, USA
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- DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, USA
- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Bioscience Division, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA
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- DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, USA
- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Bioscience Division, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA
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- DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, USA
- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Bioscience Division, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA
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- DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, USA
- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Bioscience Division, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA
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- DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, USA
- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Bioscience Division, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory, Bioscience Division, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA
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- DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, USA
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
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- DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, USA
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
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- DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, USA
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
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- DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, USA
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Seville, Spain
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- Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, University of Seville, Spain
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- Leibniz Institute DSMZ – German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Leibniz Institute DSMZ – German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, Braunschweig, Germany
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
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- DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, California, USA
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Gong L, Aranibar N, Han YH, Zhang Y, Lecureux L, Bhaskaran V, Khandelwal P, Klaassen CD, Lehman-McKeeman LD. Characterization of organic anion-transporting polypeptide (Oatp) 1a1 and 1a4 null mice reveals altered transport function and urinary metabolomic profiles. Toxicol Sci 2011; 122:587-97. [PMID: 21561886 DOI: 10.1093/toxsci/kfr114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Organic anion-transporting polypeptides (Oatp) 1a1 and 1a4 were deleted by homologous recombination, and mice were characterized for Oatp expression in liver and kidney, transport in isolated hepatocytes, in vivo disposition of substrates, and urinary metabolomic profiles. Oatp1a1 and Oatp1a4 proteins were undetected in liver, and both lines were viable and fertile. Hepatic constitutive messenger RNAs (mRNAs) for Oatp1a4, 1b2, or 2b1 were unchanged in Oatp1a1⁻/⁻ mice, whereas renal Oatp1a4 mRNA decreased approximately 50% (both sexes). In Oatp1a4⁻/⁻ mice, no changes in constitutive mRNAs for other Oatps were observed. Uptake of estradiol-17β-D-glucuronide and estrone-3-sulfate in primary hepatocytes decreased 95 and 75%, respectively, in Oatp1a1⁻/⁻ mice and by 60 and 30%, respectively, in Oatp1a4⁻/⁻ mice. Taurocholate uptake decreased by 20 and 50% in Oatp1a1⁻/⁻ and Oatp1a4⁻/⁻ mice, respectively, whereas digoxin was unaffected. Plasma area under the curve (AUC) for estradiol-17β-D-glucuronide increased 35 and 55% in male and female Oatp1a1⁻/⁻ mice, respectively, with a concurrent 50% reduction in liver-to-plasma ratios. In contrast, plasma AUC or tissue concentrations of estradiol-17β-D-glucuronide were unchanged in Oatp1a4⁻/⁻ mice. Plasma AUCs for dibromosulfophthalein increased nearly threefold in male Oatp1a1⁻/⁻ and Oatp1a4⁻/⁻ mice, increased by 40% in female Oatp1a4⁻/⁻ mice, and were unchanged in female Oatp1a1⁻/⁻ mice. In both lines, no changes in serum ALT, bilirubin, and cholesterol were noted. NMR analyses showed no generalized increase in urinary excretion of organic anions. However, urinary excretion of taurine decreased by 30-40% and was accompanied by increased excretion of isethionic acid, a taurine metabolite generated by intestinal bacteria, suggesting some perturbations in intestinal bacteria distribution.
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- Lei Gong
- Pharmaceutical Candidate Optimization, Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., Princeton, New Jersey 08543, USA
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Weinitschke S, Hollemeyer K, Kusian B, Bowien B, Smits THM, Cook AM. Sulfoacetate is degraded via a novel pathway involving sulfoacetyl-CoA and sulfoacetaldehyde in Cupriavidus necator H16. J Biol Chem 2010; 285:35249-54. [PMID: 20693281 PMCID: PMC2975148 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m110.127043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2010] [Revised: 08/05/2010] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Bacterial degradation of sulfoacetate, a widespread natural product, proceeds via sulfoacetaldehyde and requires a considerable initial energy input. Whereas the fate of sulfoacetaldehyde in Cupriavidus necator (Ralstonia eutropha) H16 is known, the pathway from sulfoacetate to sulfoacetaldehyde is not. The genome sequence of the organism enabled us to hypothesize that the inducible pathway, which initiates sau (sulfoacetate utilization), involved a four-gene cluster (sauRSTU; H16_A2746 to H16_A2749). The sauR gene, divergently orientated to the other three genes, probably encodes the transcriptional regulator of the presumed sauSTU operon, which is subject to inducible transcription. SauU was tentatively identified as a transporter of the major facilitator superfamily, and SauT was deduced to be a sulfoacetate-CoA ligase. SauT was a labile protein, but it could be separated and shown to generate AMP and an unknown, labile CoA-derivative from sulfoacetate, CoA, and ATP. This unknown compound, analyzed by MALDI-TOF-MS, had a relative molecular mass of 889.7, which identified it as protonated sulfoacetyl-CoA (calculated 889.6). SauS was deduced to be sulfoacetaldehyde dehydrogenase (acylating). The enzyme was purified 175-fold to homogeneity and characterized. Peptide mass fingerprinting confirmed the sauS locus (H16_A2747). SauS converted sulfoacetyl-CoA and NADPH to sulfoacetaldehyde, CoA, and NADP(+), thus confirming the hypothesis.
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- Sonja Weinitschke
- From the Department of Biology, The University of Konstanz, D-78457 Konstanz, Germany
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- the Institute of Biochemical Engineering, Saarland University, D-66041 Saarbrücken, Germany
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- the Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, University of Göttingen, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany, and
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- the Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, University of Göttingen, D-37077 Göttingen, Germany, and
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- From the Department of Biology, The University of Konstanz, D-78457 Konstanz, Germany
- Agroscope Changins-Wädenswil, Swiss Federal Research Station, CH-8820 Wädenswil, Switzerland
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- From the Department of Biology, The University of Konstanz, D-78457 Konstanz, Germany
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