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Cifuente JO, Colleoni C, Kalscheuer R, Guerin ME. Architecture, Function, Regulation, and Evolution of α-Glucans Metabolic Enzymes in Prokaryotes. Chem Rev 2024; 124:4863-4934. [PMID: 38606812 PMCID: PMC11046441 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.3c00811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/13/2024]
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Bacteria have acquired sophisticated mechanisms for assembling and disassembling polysaccharides of different chemistry. α-d-Glucose homopolysaccharides, so-called α-glucans, are the most widespread polymers in nature being key components of microorganisms. Glycogen functions as an intracellular energy storage while some bacteria also produce extracellular assorted α-glucans. The classical bacterial glycogen metabolic pathway comprises the action of ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase and glycogen synthase, whereas extracellular α-glucans are mostly related to peripheral enzymes dependent on sucrose. An alternative pathway of glycogen biosynthesis, operating via a maltose 1-phosphate polymerizing enzyme, displays an essential wiring with the trehalose metabolism to interconvert disaccharides into polysaccharides. Furthermore, some bacteria show a connection of intracellular glycogen metabolism with the genesis of extracellular capsular α-glucans, revealing a relationship between the storage and structural function of these compounds. Altogether, the current picture shows that bacteria have evolved an intricate α-glucan metabolism that ultimately relies on the evolution of a specific enzymatic machinery. The structural landscape of these enzymes exposes a limited number of core catalytic folds handling many different chemical reactions. In this Review, we present a rationale to explain how the chemical diversity of α-glucans emerged from these systems, highlighting the underlying structural evolution of the enzymes driving α-glucan bacterial metabolism.
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- Javier O. Cifuente
- Instituto
Biofisika (UPV/EHU, CSIC), University of
the Basque Country, E-48940 Leioa, Spain
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- University
of Lille, CNRS, UMR8576-UGSF -Unité de Glycobiologie Structurale
et Fonctionnelle, F-59000 Lille, France
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- Institute
of Pharmaceutical Biology and Biotechnology, Heinrich Heine University, 40225 Dusseldorf, Germany
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- Structural
Glycobiology Laboratory, Department of Structural and Molecular Biology, Molecular Biology Institute of Barcelona (IBMB), Spanish
National Research Council (CSIC), Barcelona Science Park, c/Baldiri Reixac 4-8, Tower R, 08028 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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Thappeta Y, Cañas-Duarte SJ, Kallem T, Fragasso A, Xiang Y, Gray W, Lee C, Cegelski L, Jacobs-Wagner C. Glycogen phase separation drives macromolecular rearrangement and asymmetric division in E. coli. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2024.04.19.590186. [PMID: 38659787 PMCID: PMC11042326 DOI: 10.1101/2024.04.19.590186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/26/2024]
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Bacteria often experience nutrient limitation in nature and the laboratory. While exponential and stationary growth phases are well characterized in the model bacterium Escherichia coli, little is known about what transpires inside individual cells during the transition between these two phases. Through quantitative cell imaging, we found that the position of nucleoids and cell division sites becomes increasingly asymmetric during transition phase. These asymmetries were coupled with spatial reorganization of proteins, ribosomes, and RNAs to nucleoid-centric localizations. Results from live-cell imaging experiments, complemented with genetic and 13C whole-cell nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy studies, show that preferential accumulation of the storage polymer glycogen at the old cell pole leads to the observed rearrangements and asymmetric divisions. In vitro experiments suggest that these phenotypes are likely due to the propensity of glycogen to phase separate in crowded environments, as glycogen condensates exclude fluorescent proteins under physiological crowding conditions. Glycogen-associated differences in cell sizes between strains and future daughter cells suggest that glycogen phase separation allows cells to store large glucose reserves without counting them as cytoplasmic space.
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- Yashna Thappeta
- Sarafan Chemistry, Engineering, and Medicine for Human Health Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
- Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Sarafan Chemistry, Engineering, and Medicine for Human Health Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Sarafan Chemistry, Engineering, and Medicine for Human Health Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
- Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Yale University, New Haven, CT
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- Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Yale University, New Haven, CT
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- Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Yale University, New Haven, CT
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- Sarafan Chemistry, Engineering, and Medicine for Human Health Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
- Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University, Stanford, USA
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Sharma DK, Rajpurohit YS. Multitasking functions of bacterial extracellular DNA in biofilms. J Bacteriol 2024; 206:e0000624. [PMID: 38445859 PMCID: PMC11025335 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00006-24] [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] [Indexed: 03/07/2024] Open
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Bacterial biofilms are intricate ecosystems of microbial communities that adhere to various surfaces and are enveloped by an extracellular matrix composed of polymeric substances. Within the context of bacterial biofilms, extracellular DNA (eDNA) originates from cell lysis or is actively secreted, where it exerts a significant influence on the formation, stability, and resistance of biofilms to environmental stressors. The exploration of eDNA within bacterial biofilms holds paramount importance in research, with far-reaching implications for both human health and the environment. An enhanced understanding of the functions of eDNA in biofilm formation and antibiotic resistance could inspire the development of strategies to combat biofilm-related infections and improve the management of antibiotic resistance. This comprehensive review encapsulates the latest discoveries concerning eDNA, encompassing its origins, functions within bacterial biofilms, and significance in bacterial pathogenesis.
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- Dhirendra Kumar Sharma
- Molecular Biology Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, India
- Schools of Life Sciences, Homi Bhabha National Institute (DAE—Deemed University), Mumbai, India
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- Molecular Biology Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, India
- Schools of Life Sciences, Homi Bhabha National Institute (DAE—Deemed University), Mumbai, India
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Schniete JK, Brüser T, Horn MA, Tschowri N. Specialized biopolymers: versatile tools for microbial resilience. Curr Opin Microbiol 2024; 77:102405. [PMID: 38070462 DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2023.102405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2023] [Revised: 11/07/2023] [Accepted: 11/09/2023] [Indexed: 02/12/2024]
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Bacteria produce a wide range of specialized biopolymers that can be classified into polysaccharides, polyamides, and polyesters and are considered to fulfill storage functions. In this review, we highlight recent developments in the field linking metabolism of biopolymers to stress and signaling physiology of the producers and demonstrating that biopolymers contribute to bacterial stress resistance and shape structure and composition of microenvironments. While specialized biopolymers are currently the focus of much attention in biotechnology as innovative and biodegradable materials, our understanding about the regulation and functions of these valuable compounds for the producers, microbial communities, and our environment is still very limited. Addressing open questions about signals, mechanisms, and functions in the area of biopolymers harbors potential for exciting discoveries with high relevance for biotechnology and fundamental research.
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- Jana K Schniete
- Institute of Microbiology, Leibniz Universität Hannover, 30419 Hannover, Germany.
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- Institute of Microbiology, Leibniz Universität Hannover, 30419 Hannover, Germany
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- Institute of Microbiology, Leibniz Universität Hannover, 30419 Hannover, Germany
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- Institute of Microbiology, Leibniz Universität Hannover, 30419 Hannover, Germany
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Lin Z, Jiang S, Zwe YH, Zhang K, Li D. Glycogen plays a key role in survival of Salmonella Typhimurium on dry surfaces and in low-moisture foods. Food Res Int 2024; 175:113714. [PMID: 38128983 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2023.113714] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2023] [Revised: 11/16/2023] [Accepted: 11/22/2023] [Indexed: 12/23/2023]
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Salmonella enterica is known to survive in desiccate environments and is often associated with low-moisture foods (LMFs). In this work, S. Typhimurium ATCC 14028 was found to survive better by achieving the least reductions (3.17 ± 0.20 Log CFU reduction) compared to S. Tennessee ATCC 10722 (3.82 ± 0.13 Log CFU reduction) and S. Newport ATCC 6962 (6.03 ± 0.36 Log CFU reduction) after 30 days on surfaces with a relative humidity of 49% at ambient temperature. A metabolomic analysis revealed that S. Typhimurium was still active in energy metabolism after 24 h in the desiccate environment and glycogen, an energy reserve, was drastically reduced. We followed up on the glycogen levels over 30 days and found indeed a sharp decline on the first day. However, the glycogens detected on day 7 were significantly higher (P < 0.05) and thereafter remained stable above the original levels until day 30. The expression levels of both glycogen anabolism- and catabolism-related genes (csrA, glgA, glgC, glgX) were significantly up-regulated at all tested points (P < 0.05). The glgA and glgC insertion mutants displayed weaker survivability on both dry surfaces and in representative LMFs (flour and milk powder) compared to the wild-type strain. This work highlights the role of glycogen during different periods of desiccation, which may bring novel insight into mitigating Salmonella by disrupting glycogen metabolism.
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- Zejia Lin
- Department of Food Science & Technology, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117543, Singapore
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- Department of Food Science & Technology, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117543, Singapore
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- Department of Food Science & Technology, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117543, Singapore; National Centre for Food Science, Singapore Food Agency, 7 International Business Park, Singapore 609919, Singapore
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- Department of Food Science & Technology, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117543, Singapore
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- Department of Food Science & Technology, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117543, Singapore.
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Esteban-Torres M, Ruiz L, Rossini V, Nally K, van Sinderen D. Intracellular glycogen accumulation by human gut commensals as a niche adaptation trait. Gut Microbes 2023; 15:2235067. [PMID: 37526383 PMCID: PMC10395257 DOI: 10.1080/19490976.2023.2235067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2023] [Accepted: 07/06/2023] [Indexed: 08/02/2023] Open
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The human gut microbiota is a key contributor to host metabolism and physiology, thereby impacting in various ways on host health. This complex microbial community has developed many metabolic strategies to colonize, persist and survive in the gastrointestinal environment. In this regard, intracellular glycogen accumulation has been associated with important physiological functions in several bacterial species, including gut commensals. However, the role of glycogen storage in shaping the composition and functionality of the gut microbiota offers a novel perspective in gut microbiome research. Here, we review what is known about the enzymatic machinery and regulation of glycogen metabolism in selected enteric bacteria, while we also discuss its potential impact on colonization and adaptation to the gastrointestinal tract. Furthermore, we survey the presence of such glycogen biosynthesis pathways in gut metagenomic data to highlight the relevance of this metabolic trait in enhancing survival in the highly competitive and dynamic gut ecosystem.
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- Maria Esteban-Torres
- APC Microbiome Ireland, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
- School of Microbiology, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- Department of Microbiology and Biochemistry of Dairy Products, Instituto de Productos Lácteos de Asturias, IPLA-CSIC, Villaviciosa, Spain
- Functionality and Ecology of Benefitial Microbes (MicroHealth Group), Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias (ISPA), Oviedo, Asturias, Spain
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- APC Microbiome Ireland, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- APC Microbiome Ireland, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
- School of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- APC Microbiome Ireland, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
- School of Microbiology, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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Tracing Carbon Metabolism with Stable Isotope Metabolomics Reveals the Legacy of Diverse Carbon Sources in Soil. Appl Environ Microbiol 2022; 88:e0083922. [PMID: 36300927 PMCID: PMC9680644 DOI: 10.1128/aem.00839-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Carbon metabolism in soil remains poorly described due to the inherent difficulty of obtaining information on the microbial metabolites produced by complex soil communities. Our study demonstrates the use of stable isotope probing (SIP) to study carbon metabolism in soil by tracking
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Kim HY, Davoodbasha M, Kim JW. Functional characterization of maltodextrin glucosidase for maltodextrin and glycogen metabolism in Vibrio vulnificus MO6-24/O. Arch Microbiol 2022; 204:668. [PMID: 36220932 DOI: 10.1007/s00203-022-03274-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2022] [Revised: 09/15/2022] [Accepted: 09/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Glycogen is important for transmission of V. vulnificus undergoing disparate environments of nutrient-rich host and nutrient-limited marine environment. The malZ gene of V. vulnificus encoding a maltodextrin glucosidase was cloned and over-expressed in E. coli to investigate its roles in glycogen/maltodextrin metabolism in the pathogen. The malZ gene encoded a protein with a predicted molecular mass of 70 kDa. The optimal pH and temperature of MalZ was 7.0 and 37 °C, respectively. MalZ hydrolyzed maltodextrin to glucose and maltose most efficiently, while hydrolyzed other substrates such as starch, maltose, β-cyclomaltodextrin, and glycogen less efficiently. The activity was enhanced greatly by Mn2+. It also exhibited transglycosylation activity toward excessive maltotriose. The malZ knock-out mutant accumulated 2.3-5.6-fold less glycogen than the wild type when excessive maltodextrin or glucose was added to LB medium, while it accumulated more glycogen than the wild type (3.5-fold) in the presence of excessive maltose. Growth and glycogen accumulation of the mutant were retarded most significantly in the M63 minimal medium supplemented with 0.5% maltodextrin. Side chain length distributions of glycogen molecules were varied by the malZ mutation and types of the excessive carbon source. Based on the results, MalZ of V. vulnificus was likely to be involved in maltose/maltodextrin metabolism, thereby balancing synthesis of glycogen and energy generation in the cell. The bacterium seemed to have multiple and unique pathways for glycogen metabolism according to carbon sources.
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- Hye-Young Kim
- Department of Life Sciences, Graduate School of Incheon National University, Incheon, South Korea
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- School of Life Sciences, B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, India.,Research Center for Bio Material and Process Development, Incheon National University, Incheon, 22012, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Life Sciences, Graduate School of Incheon National University, Incheon, South Korea. .,Division of Bioengineering, Incheon National University, Incheon, 22012, Republic of Korea. .,Research Center for Bio Material and Process Development, Incheon National University, Incheon, 22012, Republic of Korea.
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Schumacher MA, Wörmann ME, Henderson M, Salinas R, Latoscha A, Al-Bassam MM, Singh KS, Barclay E, Gunka K, Tschowri N. Allosteric regulation of glycogen breakdown by the second messenger cyclic di-GMP. Nat Commun 2022; 13:5834. [PMID: 36192422 PMCID: PMC9530166 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-33537-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2022] [Accepted: 09/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Streptomyces are our principal source of antibiotics, which they generate concomitant with a complex developmental transition from vegetative hyphae to spores. c-di-GMP acts as a linchpin in this transition by binding and regulating the key developmental regulators, BldD and WhiG. Here we show that c-di-GMP also binds the glycogen-debranching-enzyme, GlgX, uncovering a direct link between c-di-GMP and glycogen metabolism in bacteria. Further, we show c-di-GMP binding is required for GlgX activity. We describe structures of apo and c-di-GMP-bound GlgX and, strikingly, their comparison shows c-di-GMP induces long-range conformational changes, reorganizing the catalytic pocket to an active state. Glycogen is an important glucose storage compound that enables animals to cope with starvation and stress. Our in vivo studies reveal the important biological role of GlgX in Streptomyces glucose availability control. Overall, we identify a function of c-di-GMP in controlling energy storage metabolism in bacteria, which is widespread in Actinobacteria.
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- Maria A Schumacher
- Department of Biochemistry, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, 27710, USA.
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- Institute for Biology/Microbiology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 10115, Berlin, Germany
- Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung, 12277, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Biochemistry, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, 27710, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, 27710, USA
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- Institute for Biology/Microbiology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 10115, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA
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- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, John Innes Centre, Norwich, NR4 7UH, UK
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- Institute of Microbiology, Leibniz Universität Hannover, 30419, Hannover, Germany
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- Institute of Microbiology, Leibniz Universität Hannover, 30419, Hannover, Germany.
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Han AR, Kim H, Park JT, Kim JW. Characterization of a cold-adapted debranching enzyme and its role in glycogen metabolism and virulence of Vibrio vulnificus MO6-24/O. JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY (SEOUL, KOREA) 2022; 60:375-386. [PMID: 35157220 DOI: 10.1007/s12275-022-1507-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2021] [Revised: 12/27/2021] [Accepted: 12/30/2021] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Vibrio vulnificus MO6-24/O has three genes annotated as debranching enzymes or pullulanase genes. Among them, the gene encoded by VVMO6_03032 (vvde1) shares a higher similarity at the amino acid sequence level to the glycogen debranching enzymes, AmyX of Bacillus subtilis (40.5%) and GlgX of Escherichia coli (55.5%), than those encoded by the other two genes. The vvde1 gene encoded a protein with a molecular mass of 75.56 kDa and purified Vvde1 efficiently hydrolyzed glycogen and pullulan to shorter chains of maltodextrin and maltotriose (G3), respectively. However, it hydrolyzed amylopectin and soluble starch far less efficiently, and β-cyclodextrin (β-CD) only rarely. The optimal pH and temperature of Vvde1 was 6.5 and 25°C, respectively. Vvde1 was a cold-adapted debranching enzyme with more than 60% residual activity at 5°C. It could maintain stability for 2 days at 25°C and 1 day at 35°C, but it destabilized drastically at 40°C. The Vvde1 activity was inhibited considerably by Cu2+, Hg2+, and Zn2+, while it was slightly enhanced by Co2+, Ca2+, Ni2+, and Fe2+. The vvde1 knock-out mutant accumulated more glycogen than the wild-type in media supplemented with 1.0% maltodextrin; however, the side chain length distribution of glycogen was similar to that of the wild-type except G3, which was much more abundant in the mutant. Therefore, Vvde1 seemed to debranch glycogen with the degree of polymerization 3 (DP3) as the specific target branch length. Virulence of the pathogen against Caenorhabditis elegans was attenuated significantly by the vvde1 mutation. These results suggest that Vvde1 might be a unique glycogen debranching enzyme that is involved in both glycogen utilization and shaping of glycogen molecules, and contributes toward virulence of the pathogen.
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- Ah-Reum Han
- Department of Life Sciences, Graduate School of Incheon National University, Incheon, 22102, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Life Sciences, Graduate School of Incheon National University, Incheon, 22102, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Food Science and Technology, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, 34134, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Life Sciences, Graduate School of Incheon National University, Incheon, 22102, Republic of Korea. .,Division of Bioengineering, Incheon National University, Incheon, 22102, Republic of Korea.
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Mechanisms Generating Dichotomies in the Life Strategies of Heterotrophic Marine Prokaryotes. DIVERSITY 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/d14030217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Understanding the mechanisms that generate and maintain diversity in marine prokaryotic communities is one of the main challenges for contemporary marine microbiology. We here review how observational, experimental, and theoretical evidence converge on the conclusion that the marine pelagic community of heterotrophic prokaryotes consists of organisms with two main types of life strategies. We illustrate this dichotomy by SAR11 and Vibrio spp. as typical representatives of the two strategies. A theory for life strategy dichotomy exists in classical r/K-selection. We here discuss an additional dichotomy introduced by what we term S/L-selection (for Small and Large, respectively). While r/K-selection focuses on the role of environmental disturbances, steady-state models suggest that high abundance at species level should be closely related to a low trade-off between competition and defense. We summarize literature indicating that the high availability of organic C is an essential environmental factor favoring Vibrio spp. and suggest that the essence of the generalized L-strategy is to reduce the competition-predator defense trade-off by using non-limiting organic C to increase size. The “streamlining” theory that has been suggested for the S-strategist SAR11 proposes the opposite: that low trade-off is achieved by a reduction in size. We show how this apparent contradiction disappears when the basic assumptions of diffusion-limited uptake are considered. We propose a classification scheme that combines S/L and r/K-selection using the two dimensions of organic C availability and environmental disturbance. As organic C in terrestrial runoff and size of the oligotrophic oceanic gyres are both changing, habitat size for both S- and L-strategists are affected by global change. A theory capturing the main aspects of prokaryote life strategies is therefore crucial for predicting responses of the marine microbial food web to climate change and other anthropogenic influences.
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Lee A, Bae E, Park J, Choi KH, Cha J. Identification of the Genes Related to the Glycogen Metabolism in Hyperthermophilic Archaeon, Sulfolobus acidocaldarius. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:661053. [PMID: 34054761 PMCID: PMC8158581 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.661053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2021] [Accepted: 03/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Glycogen is a polysaccharide that comprises α-1,4-linked glucose backbone and α-1,6-linked glucose polymers at the branching points. It is widely found in organisms ranging from bacteria to eukaryotes. The physiological role of glycogen is not confined to being an energy reservoir and carbon source but varies depending on organisms. Sulfolobus acidocaldarius, a thermoacidophilic archaeon, was observed to accumulate granular glycogen in the cell. However, the role of glycogen and genes that are responsible for glycogen metabolism in S. acidocaldarius has not been identified clearly. The objective of this study is to identify the gene cluster, which is composed of enzymes that are predicted to be involved in the glycogen metabolism, and confirm the role of each of these genes by constructing deletion mutants. This study also compares the glycogen content of mutant and wild type and elucidates the role of glycogen in this archaeon. The glycogen content of S. acidocaldarius MR31, which is used as a parent strain for constructing the deletion mutant in this study, was increased in the early and middle exponential growth phases and decreased during the late exponential and stationary growth phases. The pattern of the accumulated glycogen was independent to the type of supplemented sugar. In the comparison of the glycogen content between the gene deletion mutant and MR31, glycogen synthase (GlgA) and α-amylase (AmyA) were shown to be responsible for the synthesis of glycogen, whereas glycogen debranching enzyme (GlgX) and glucoamylase (Gaa) appeared to affect the degradation of glycogen. The expressions of glgC-gaa-glgX and amyA-glgA were detected by the promoter assay. This result suggests that the gradual decrease of glycogen content in the late exponential and stationary phases occurs due to the increase in the gene expression of glgC-gaa-glgX. When the death rate in nutrient limited condition was compared among the wild type strain, the glycogen deficient strain and the strain with increased glycogen content, the death rate of the glycogen deficient strain was found to be higher than any other strain, thereby suggesting that the glycogen in S. acidocaldarius supports cell maintenance in harsh conditions.
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- Areum Lee
- Department of Integrated Biological Science, Pusan National University, Busan, South Korea
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- Research Development Institute, Cowellmedi, Busan, South Korea
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- Department of Southern Area Crop Science, Upland Crop Breeding Research Division, National Institute of Crop Science, Rural Development Administration, Miryang, South Korea
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- Department of Microbiology, Pusan National University, Busan, South Korea
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- Department of Integrated Biological Science, Pusan National University, Busan, South Korea
- Department of Microbiology, Pusan National University, Busan, South Korea
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Wang M, Liu Q, Kang X, Zhu Z, Yang H, Xi X, Zhang X, Du Y, Guo M, Tang D, Wang L. Glycogen Metabolism Impairment via Single Gene Mutation in the glgBXCAP Operon Alters the Survival Rate of Escherichia coli Under Various Environmental Stresses. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:588099. [PMID: 33101261 PMCID: PMC7546213 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.588099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2020] [Accepted: 09/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Glycogen is a highly branched polysaccharide that is widely present in all life domains. It has been identified in many bacterial species and functions as an important energy storage compound. In addition, it plays important roles in bacterial transmission, pathogenicity, and environmental viability. There are five essential enzymes (coding genes) directly involved in bacterial glycogen metabolism, which forms a single operon glgBXCAP with a suboperonic promoter in glgC gene in Escherichia coli. Currently, there is no comparative study of how the disruptions of the five glycogen metabolism genes influence bacterial phenotypes, such as growth rate, biofilm formation, and environmental survival, etc. In this study, we systematically and comparatively studied five E. coli single-gene mutants (ΔglgC, ΔglgA, ΔglgB, ΔglgP, ΔglgX) in terms of glycogen metabolism and explored their phenotype changes with a focus on environmental stress endurance, such as nutrient deprivation, low temperature, desiccation, and oxidation, etc. Biofilm formation in wild-type and mutant strains was also compared. E. coli wild-type stores the highest glycogen content after around 20-h culture while disruption of degradation genes (glgP, glgX) leads to continuous accumulation of glycogen. However, glycogen primary structure was abnormally changed in ΔglgP and ΔglgX. Meanwhile, increased accumulation of glycogen facilitates the growth of E. coli mutants but reduces glucose consumption in liquid culture and vice versa. Glycogen metabolism disruption also significantly and consistently increases biofilm formation in all the mutants. As for environmental stress endurance, glycogen over-accumulating mutants have enhanced starvation viability and reduced desiccation viability while all mutants showed decreased survival rate at low temperature. No consistent results were found for oxidative stress resistance in terms of glycogen metabolism disruptions, though ΔglgA shows highest resistance toward oxidation with unknown mechanisms. In sum, single gene disruptions in glgBXCAP operon significantly influence bacterial growth and glucose consumption during culture. Accumulation and structure of intracellular glycogen were also significantly altered. In addition, we observed significant changes in E. coli environmental viabilities due to the deletions of certain genes in the operon. Further investigations shall be focused on the molecular mechanisms behind these phenotype changes.
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- Mengmeng Wang
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Drug Research and Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China.,Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, School of Pharmacy, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Drug Research and Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China.,Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, School of Pharmacy, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China
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- Department of Bioinformatics, School of Medical Informatics and Engineering, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China
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- Department of Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China
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- School of Laboratory Medicine, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China
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- Xuzhou Infectious Disease Hospital, Xuzhou, China
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- Department of Bioinformatics, School of Medical Informatics and Engineering, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Drug Research and Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China.,Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, School of Pharmacy, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Drug Research and Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China.,Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, School of Pharmacy, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Drug Research and Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China.,Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, School of Pharmacy, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Drug Research and Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China.,Department of Bioinformatics, School of Medical Informatics and Engineering, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China
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Bacterial Glycogen Provides Short-Term Benefits in Changing Environments. Appl Environ Microbiol 2020; 86:AEM.00049-20. [PMID: 32111592 DOI: 10.1128/aem.00049-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2020] [Accepted: 02/26/2020] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Changing nutritional conditions challenge microbes and shape their evolutionary optimization. Here, we used real-time metabolomics to investigate the role of glycogen in the dynamic physiological adaptation of Escherichia coli to fluctuating nutrients following carbon starvation. After the depletion of environmental glucose, we found significant metabolic activity remaining, which was linked to rapid utilization of intracellular glycogen. Glycogen was depleted by 80% within minutes of glucose starvation and was similarly replenished within minutes of glucose availability. These fast time scales of glycogen utilization correspond to the short-term benefits that glycogen provided to cells undergoing various physiological transitions. Cells capable of utilizing glycogen exhibited shorter lag times than glycogen mutants when starved between periods of exposure to different carbon sources. The ability to utilize glycogen was also important for the transition between planktonic and biofilm lifestyles and enabled increased glucose uptake during pulses of limited glucose availability. While wild-type and mutant strains exhibited comparable growth rates in steady environments, mutants deficient in glycogen utilization grew more poorly in environments that fluctuated on minute scales between carbon availability and starvation. Taken together, these results highlight an underappreciated role of glycogen in rapidly providing carbon and energy in changing environments, thereby increasing survival and competition capabilities under fluctuating and nutrient-poor conditions.IMPORTANCE Nothing is constant in life, and microbes in particular have to adapt to frequent and rapid environmental changes. Here, we used real-time metabolomics and single-cell imaging to demonstrate that the internal storage polymer glycogen plays a crucial role in such dynamic adaptations. Glycogen is depleted within minutes of glucose starvation and similarly is replenished within minutes of glucose availability. Cells capable of utilizing glycogen exhibited shorter lag times than glycogen mutants when starved between periods of exposure to different carbon sources. While wild-type and mutant strains exhibited comparable growth rates in steady environments, mutants deficient in glycogen utilization grew more poorly in environments that fluctuated on minute scales between carbon availability and starvation. These results highlight an underappreciated role of glycogen in rapidly providing carbon and energy in changing environments, thereby increasing survival and competition capabilities under fluctuating and nutrient-poor conditions.
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Koduru L, Kim HY, Lakshmanan M, Mohanty B, Lee YQ, Lee CH, Lee D. Genome-scale metabolic reconstruction and in silico analysis of the rice leaf blight pathogen, Xanthomonas oryzae. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2020; 21:527-540. [PMID: 32068953 PMCID: PMC7060145 DOI: 10.1111/mpp.12914] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2019] [Revised: 12/09/2019] [Accepted: 01/13/2020] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
Abstract
Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo) is a vascular pathogen that causes leaf blight in rice, leading to severe yield losses. Since the usage of chemical control methods has not been very promising for the future disease management, it is of high importance to systematically gain new insights about Xoo virulence and pathogenesis, and devise effective strategies to combat the rice disease. To do this, we reconstructed a genome-scale metabolic model of Xoo (iXOO673) and validated the model predictions using culture experiments. Comparison of the metabolic architecture of Xoo and other plant pathogens indicated that the Entner-Doudoroff pathway is a more common feature in these bacteria than previously thought, while suggesting some of the unique virulence mechanisms related to Xoo metabolism. Subsequent constraint-based flux analysis allowed us to show that Xoo modulates fluxes through gluconeogenesis, glycogen biosynthesis, and degradation pathways, thereby exacerbating the leaf blight in rice exposed to nitrogenous fertilizers, which is remarkably consistent with published experimental literature. Moreover, model-based interrogation of transcriptomic data revealed the metabolic components under the diffusible signal factor regulon that are crucial for virulence and survival in Xoo. Finally, we identified promising antibacterial targets for the control of leaf blight in rice by using gene essentiality analysis.
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- Lokanand Koduru
- Bioprocessing Technology InstituteAgency for Science, Technology and ResearchSingapore
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- Department of Bioscience and BiotechnologyKonkuk UniversitySeoulRepublic of Korea
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- Bioprocessing Technology InstituteAgency for Science, Technology and ResearchSingapore
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- Bioprocessing Technology InstituteAgency for Science, Technology and ResearchSingapore
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- School of Chemical EngineeringSungkyunkwan UniversitySuwonRepublic of Korea
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- Department of Bioscience and BiotechnologyKonkuk UniversitySeoulRepublic of Korea
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- Bioprocessing Technology InstituteAgency for Science, Technology and ResearchSingapore
- School of Chemical EngineeringSungkyunkwan UniversitySuwonRepublic of Korea
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Liu Q, Zhu Z, Wang M, Wang Y, Zhang P, Wang H, Liang M, Li Y, Deng B, Tang D, Gilbert RG, Wang L. Characterization of glycogen molecular structure in the worm Caenorhabditis elegans. Carbohydr Polym 2020; 237:116181. [PMID: 32241425 DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2020.116181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2020] [Revised: 03/13/2020] [Accepted: 03/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
Abstract
Glycogen, a glucose homopolymer with many glucose chains, is the primary blood-sugar reservoir in many organisms. It comprises β particles (∼20 nm) which can bind together to form large α particles with a rosette morphology. When dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) is added to glycogen from diabetic livers, α particles break apart to β particles ('fragility'), possibly due to H-bond disruption; this is not seen in healthy livers. Glycogen α and β particles, and α-particle fragility, are observed in mammals and bacteria, and are examined here in the worm Caenorhabditis elegans, with glycogen from two C. elegans strains, cultured in normal and high-glucose conditions. There were mainly β particles, with some large α particles. Most particles were fragile in DMSO. Growing in a high-glucose medium results in more long chains and more fragility, consistent with previous observations in diabetic animal models. Why high glucose levels facilitate fragility is worthy of further investigation.
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- Qinghua Liu
- Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu, 214122, China; Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Drug Research and Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, 221000, China; Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, School of Pharmacy, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, 221000, China
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- Department of Genetics, School of Life Science, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, 221000, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Drug Research and Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, 221000, China; Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, School of Pharmacy, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, 221000, China
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- Department of Genetics, School of Life Science, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, 221000, China
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- School of Electronic Information and Engineering, Yangtze Normal University, Chongqing, 408003, China
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- School of The First Clinical Medicine, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, 221000, China
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- School of The First Clinical Medicine, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, 221000, China
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- Department of Clinical Microbiology, School of Medical Laboratory, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, 221000, China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430030, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Drug Research and Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, 221000, China; Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, School of Pharmacy, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, 221000, China
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, 4072, Australia; Centre for Nutrition and Food Sciences, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, 4072, Australia; Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, College of Agriculture, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, 225009, Jiangsu, China.
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Drug Research and Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, 221000, China; Department of Bioinformatics, School of Medical Informatics and Engineering, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, 221000, China.
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Wang X, Tang D, Wang W. Adaptation strategies of
Pseudomonas protegens
SN15‐2 to hyperosmotic growth environment. J Appl Microbiol 2020; 128:1720-1734. [DOI: 10.1111/jam.14582] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2019] [Revised: 01/02/2020] [Accepted: 01/12/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- X. Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering East China University of Science and Technology Shanghai China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering East China University of Science and Technology Shanghai China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering East China University of Science and Technology Shanghai China
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Wang L, Wang M, Wise MJ, Liu Q, Yang T, Zhu Z, Li C, Tan X, Tang D, Wang W. Recent progress in the structure of glycogen serving as a durable energy reserve in bacteria. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 2020; 36:14. [PMID: 31897771 DOI: 10.1007/s11274-019-2795-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2019] [Accepted: 12/23/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
Abstract
Glycogen is conventionally considered as a transient energy reserve that can be rapidly synthesized for glucose accumulation and mobilized for ATP production. However, this conception is not completely applicable to prokaryotes due to glycogen structural heterogeneity. A number of studies noticed that glycogen with small average chain length gc in bacteria has the potential to degrade slowly, which might prolong bacterial environment survival. This phenomenon was previously examined and later formulated as the durable energy storage mechanism hypothesis. Although recent research has been warming to the hypothesis, experimental validation is still missing at current stage. In this review, we summarized recent progress of the hypothesis, provided a supporting mathematical model, and explored the technical pitfalls that shall be avoided in glycogen study.
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- Liang Wang
- Department of Bioinformatics, School of Medical Informatics and Engineering, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, 221000, Jiangsu, China.
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Drug Research and Clinical Pharmacy, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, 221000, Jiangsu, China.
- Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, Jiangsu, China.
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Drug Research and Clinical Pharmacy, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, 221000, Jiangsu, China
- Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, School of Pharmacy, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, 221000, Jiangsu, China
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- The Marshall Centre for Infectious Diseases Research and Training, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, 6009, Australia
- Computer Science and Software Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, 6009, Australia
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Drug Research and Clinical Pharmacy, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, 221000, Jiangsu, China
- Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, School of Pharmacy, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, 221000, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Bioinformatics, School of Medical Informatics and Engineering, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, 221000, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Genetics, School of Life Science, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, 221000, Jiangsu, China
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- Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, 214122, Jiangsu, China
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia
- Centre for Nutrition and Food Sciences, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Drug Research and Clinical Pharmacy, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, 221000, Jiangsu, China
- Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, School of Pharmacy, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, 221000, Jiangsu, China
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- Department of Bioinformatics, School of Medical Informatics and Engineering, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, 221000, Jiangsu, China
- School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, 6027, Australia
- The First Affiliated Hospital, Medical College of Shantou University, Shantou, 515041, Guangdong, China
- School of Public Health, Taishan Medical University, Tai'an, 271000, Shandong, China
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Bose T, Venkatesh KV, Mande SS. Investigating host-bacterial interactions among enteric pathogens. BMC Genomics 2019; 20:1022. [PMID: 31881845 PMCID: PMC6935094 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-019-6398-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2019] [Accepted: 12/15/2019] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
Abstract
Background In 2017, World Health Organization (WHO) published a catalogue of 12 families of antibiotic-resistant “priority pathogens” that are posing the greatest threats to human health. Six of these dreaded pathogens are known to infect the human gastrointestinal system. In addition to causing gastrointestinal and systemic infections, these pathogens can also affect the composition of other microbes constituting the healthy gut microbiome. Such aberrations in gut microbiome can significantly affect human physiology and immunity. Identifying the virulence mechanisms of these enteric pathogens are likely to help in developing newer therapeutic strategies to counter them. Results Using our previously published in silico approach, we have evaluated (and compared) Host-Pathogen Protein-Protein Interaction (HPI) profiles of four groups of enteric pathogens, namely, different species of Escherichia, Shigella, Salmonella and Vibrio. Results indicate that in spite of genus/ species specific variations, most enteric pathogens possess a common repertoire of HPIs. This core set of HPIs are probably responsible for the survival of these pathogen in the harsh nutrient-limiting environment within the gut. Certain genus/ species specific HPIs were also observed. Conslusions The identified bacterial proteins involved in the core set of HPIs are expected to be helpful in understanding the pathogenesis of these dreaded gut pathogens in greater detail. Possible role of genus/ species specific variations in the HPI profiles in the virulence of these pathogens are also discussed. The obtained results are likely to provide an opportunity for development of novel therapeutic strategies against the most dreaded gut pathogens.
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- Tungadri Bose
- Bio-Sciences R&D Division, TCS Innovation Labs, Tata Consultancy Services Limited, Pune, India.,Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India
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- Bio-Sciences R&D Division, TCS Innovation Labs, Tata Consultancy Services Limited, Pune, India.
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Carere CR, McDonald B, Peach HA, Greening C, Gapes DJ, Collet C, Stott MB. Hydrogen Oxidation Influences Glycogen Accumulation in a Verrucomicrobial Methanotroph. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:1873. [PMID: 31474959 PMCID: PMC6706786 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.01873] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2019] [Accepted: 07/29/2019] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Metabolic flexibility in aerobic methane oxidizing bacteria (methanotrophs) enhances cell growth and survival in instances where resources are variable or limiting. Examples include the production of intracellular compounds (such as glycogen or polyhydroxyalkanoates) in response to unbalanced growth conditions and the use of some energy substrates, besides methane, when available. Indeed, recent studies show that verrucomicrobial methanotrophs can grow mixotrophically through oxidation of hydrogen and methane gases via respiratory membrane-bound group 1d [NiFe] hydrogenases and methane monooxygenases, respectively. Hydrogen metabolism is particularly important for adaptation to methane and oxygen limitation, suggesting this metabolic flexibility may confer growth and survival advantages. In this work, we provide evidence that, in adopting a mixotrophic growth strategy, the thermoacidophilic methanotroph, Methylacidiphilum sp. RTK17.1 changes its growth rate, biomass yields and the production of intracellular glycogen reservoirs. Under nitrogen-fixing conditions, removal of hydrogen from the feed-gas resulted in a 14% reduction in observed growth rates and a 144% increase in cellular glycogen content. Concomitant with increases in glycogen content, the total protein content of biomass decreased following the removal of hydrogen. Transcriptome analysis of Methylacidiphilum sp. RTK17.1 revealed a 3.5-fold upregulation of the Group 1d [NiFe] hydrogenase in response to oxygen limitation and a 4-fold upregulation of nitrogenase encoding genes (nifHDKENX) in response to nitrogen limitation. Genes associated with glycogen synthesis and degradation were expressed constitutively and did not display evidence of transcriptional regulation. Collectively these data further challenge the belief that hydrogen metabolism in methanotrophic bacteria is primarily associated with energy conservation during nitrogen fixation and suggests its utilization provides a competitive growth advantage within hypoxic habitats.
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- Carlo R. Carere
- Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Scion, Te Papa Tipu Innovation Park, Rotorua, New Zealand
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- Geomicrobiology Research Group, Department of Geothermal Sciences, GNS Science, Taupō, New Zealand
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- School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
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Structural basis of glycogen metabolism in bacteria. Biochem J 2019; 476:2059-2092. [PMID: 31366571 DOI: 10.1042/bcj20170558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2019] [Revised: 07/11/2019] [Accepted: 07/15/2019] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
Abstract
The evolution of metabolic pathways is a major force behind natural selection. In the spotlight of such process lies the structural evolution of the enzymatic machinery responsible for the central energy metabolism. Specifically, glycogen metabolism has emerged to allow organisms to save available environmental surplus of carbon and energy, using dedicated glucose polymers as a storage compartment that can be mobilized at future demand. The origins of such adaptive advantage rely on the acquisition of an enzymatic system for the biosynthesis and degradation of glycogen, along with mechanisms to balance the assembly and disassembly rate of this polysaccharide, in order to store and recover glucose according to cell energy needs. The first step in the classical bacterial glycogen biosynthetic pathway is carried out by the adenosine 5'-diphosphate (ADP)-glucose pyrophosphorylase. This allosteric enzyme synthesizes ADP-glucose and acts as a point of regulation. The second step is carried out by the glycogen synthase, an enzyme that generates linear α-(1→4)-linked glucose chains, whereas the third step catalyzed by the branching enzyme produces α-(1→6)-linked glucan branches in the polymer. Two enzymes facilitate glycogen degradation: glycogen phosphorylase, which functions as an α-(1→4)-depolymerizing enzyme, and the debranching enzyme that catalyzes the removal of α-(1→6)-linked ramifications. In this work, we rationalize the structural basis of glycogen metabolism in bacteria to the light of the current knowledge. We describe and discuss the remarkable progress made in the understanding of the molecular mechanisms of substrate recognition and product release, allosteric regulation and catalysis of all those enzymes.
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Cereija TB, Alarico S, Lourenço EC, Manso JA, Ventura MR, Empadinhas N, Macedo-Ribeiro S, Pereira PJB. The structural characterization of a glucosylglycerate hydrolase provides insights into the molecular mechanism of mycobacterial recovery from nitrogen starvation. IUCRJ 2019; 6:572-585. [PMID: 31316802 PMCID: PMC6608630 DOI: 10.1107/s2052252519005372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2019] [Accepted: 04/18/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
Abstract
Bacteria are challenged to adapt to environmental variations in order to survive. Under nutritional stress, several bacteria are able to slow down their metabolism into a nonreplicating state and wait for favourable conditions. It is almost universal that bacteria accumulate carbon stores to survive during this nonreplicating state and to fuel rapid proliferation when the growth-limiting stress disappears. Mycobacteria are exceedingly successful in their ability to become dormant under harsh circumstances and to be able to resume growth when conditions are favourable. Rapidly growing mycobacteria accumulate glucosylglycerate under nitrogen-limiting conditions and quickly mobilize it when nitrogen availability is restored. The depletion of intracellular glucosyl-glycerate levels in Mycolicibacterium hassiacum (basonym Mycobacterium hassiacum) was associated with the up-regulation of the gene coding for glucosylglycerate hydrolase (GgH), an enzyme that is able to hydrolyse glucosylglycerate to glycerate and glucose, a source of readily available energy. Highly conserved among unrelated phyla, GgH is likely to be involved in bacterial reactivation following nitrogen starvation, which in addition to other factors driving mycobacterial recovery may also provide an opportunity for therapeutic intervention, especially in the serious infections caused by some emerging opportunistic pathogens of this group, such as Mycobacteroides abscessus (basonym Mycobacterium abscessus). Using a combination of biochemical methods and hybrid structural approaches, the oligomeric organization of M. hassiacum GgH was determined and molecular determinants of its substrate binding and specificity were unveiled.
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- Tatiana Barros Cereija
- IBMC – Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- CNC – Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
- IIIUC – Instituto de Investigação Interdisciplinar, Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- ITQB – Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal
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- IBMC – Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- ITQB – Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Oeiras, Portugal
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- CNC – Centro de Neurociências e Biologia Celular, Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
- IIIUC – Instituto de Investigação Interdisciplinar, Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal
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- IBMC – Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- IBMC – Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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Wang L, Liu Q, Tan X, Wang Z, Wang M, Wise MJ, Li C, Ma C, Li E, Deng B, Du Y, Tang D, Gilbert RG. Molecular Structure of Glycogen in Escherichia coli. Biomacromolecules 2019; 20:2821-2829. [PMID: 31244022 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.9b00586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Glycogen, a randomly branched glucose polymer, provides energy storage in organisms. It forms small β particles which in animals bind to form composite α particles, which give better glucose release. Simulations imply β particle size is controlled only by activities and sizes of glycogen biosynthetic enzymes and sizes of polymer chains. Thus, storing more glucose requires forming more β particles, which are expected to sometimes form α particles. No α particles have been reported in bacteria, but the extraction techniques might have caused degradation. Using milder glycogen extraction techniques on Escherichia coli, transmission electron microscopy and size-exclusion chromatography showed α particles, consistent with this hypothesis for α-particle formation. Molecular density and size distributions show similarities with animal glycogen, despite very different metabolic processes. These general polymer constraints are such that any organism which needs to store and then release glucose will have similar α and β particle structures: a type of convergent evolution.
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- Liang Wang
- Department of Bioinformatics, School of Medical Informatics , Xuzhou Medical University , Xuzhou 221000 , Jiangsu Province , China.,Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of New Drug Research and Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy , Xuzhou Medical University , Xuzhou 221000 , Jiangsu Province , China
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- Department of Bioinformatics, School of Medical Informatics , Xuzhou Medical University , Xuzhou 221000 , Jiangsu Province , China.,Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, School of Pharmacy , Xuzhou Medical University , Xuzhou 221000 , Jiangsu Province , China
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences , The University of Queensland , Brisbane , Queensland 4072 , Australia.,Centre for Nutrition and Food Sciences, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland , Brisbane , Queensland 4072 , Australia
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences , The University of Queensland , Brisbane , Queensland 4072 , Australia.,Centre for Nutrition and Food Sciences, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland , Brisbane , Queensland 4072 , Australia
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- Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of New Drug Research and Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy , Xuzhou Medical University , Xuzhou 221000 , Jiangsu Province , China.,Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, School of Pharmacy , Xuzhou Medical University , Xuzhou 221000 , Jiangsu Province , China
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- The Marshall Center for Infectious Diseases Research and Training, and Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering , University of Western Australia , Perth , Western Australia 6009 , Australia
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- School of Bioengineering , Jiangnan University , Wuxi 214122 , Jiangsu Province , China
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- Department of Bioinformatics, School of Medical Informatics , Xuzhou Medical University , Xuzhou 221000 , Jiangsu Province , China
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- Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, College of Agriculture , Yangzhou University , Yangzhou 225009 , Jiangsu Province , China
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- Department of Pharmacy, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College , Huazhong University of Science and Technology , Wuhan , Hubei 430030 , China
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- Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of New Drug Research and Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy , Xuzhou Medical University , Xuzhou 221000 , Jiangsu Province , China.,Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, School of Pharmacy , Xuzhou Medical University , Xuzhou 221000 , Jiangsu Province , China
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- Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory of New Drug Research and Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy , Xuzhou Medical University , Xuzhou 221000 , Jiangsu Province , China.,Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, School of Pharmacy , Xuzhou Medical University , Xuzhou 221000 , Jiangsu Province , China
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences , The University of Queensland , Brisbane , Queensland 4072 , Australia.,Centre for Nutrition and Food Sciences, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland , Brisbane , Queensland 4072 , Australia.,Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, College of Agriculture , Yangzhou University , Yangzhou 225009 , Jiangsu Province , China
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Silva-Valenzuela CA, Camilli A. Niche adaptation limits bacteriophage predation of Vibrio cholerae in a nutrient-poor aquatic environment. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2019; 116:1627-1632. [PMID: 30635420 PMCID: PMC6358685 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1810138116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Vibrio cholerae, the causative agent of cholera, has reservoirs in fresh and brackish water where it interacts with virulent bacteriophages. Phages are the most abundant biological entity on earth and coevolve with bacteria. It was reported that concentrations of phage and V. cholerae inversely correlate in aquatic reservoirs and in the human small intestine, and therefore that phages may quench cholera outbreaks. Although there is strong evidence for phage predation in cholera patients, evidence is lacking for phage predation of V. cholerae in aquatic environments. Here, we used three virulent phages, ICP1, ICP2, and ICP3, commonly shed by cholera patients in Bangladesh, as models to understand the predation dynamics in microcosms simulating aquatic environments. None of the phages were capable of predation in fresh water, and only ICP1 was able to prey on V. cholerae in estuarine water due to a requirement for salt. We conclude that ICP2 and ICP3 are better adapted for predation in a nutrient rich environment. Our results point to the evolution of niche-specific predation by V. cholerae-specific virulent phages, which complicates their use in predicting or monitoring cholera outbreaks as well as their potential use in reducing aquatic reservoirs of V. cholerae in endemic areas.
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University, Boston, MA 02111
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Comparative genomic analysis of Lactobacillus mucosae LM1 identifies potential niche-specific genes and pathways for gastrointestinal adaptation. Genomics 2019; 111:24-33. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ygeno.2017.12.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2017] [Revised: 12/15/2017] [Accepted: 12/15/2017] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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NtrC Adds a New Node to the Complex Regulatory Network of Biofilm Formation and vps Expression in Vibrio cholerae. J Bacteriol 2018; 200:JB.00025-18. [PMID: 29735756 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00025-18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2018] [Accepted: 04/30/2018] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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The biofilm growth mode is important in both the intestinal and environmental phases of the Vibrio cholerae life cycle. Regulation of biofilm formation involves several transcriptional regulators and alternative sigma factors. One such factor is the alternative sigma factor RpoN, which positively regulates biofilm formation. RpoN requires bacterial enhancer-binding proteins (bEBPs) to initiate transcription. The V. cholerae genome encodes seven bEBPs (LuxO, VC1522, VC1926 [DctD-1], FlrC, NtrC, VCA0142 [DctD-2], and PgtA) that belong to the NtrC family of response regulators (RRs) of two-component regulatory systems. The contribution of these regulators to biofilm formation is not well understood. In this study, we analyzed biofilm formation and the regulation of vpsL expression by RpoN activators. Mutants lacking NtrC had increased biofilm formation and vpsL expression. NtrC negatively regulates the expression of core regulators of biofilm formation (vpsR, vpsT, and hapR). NtrC from V. cholerae supported growth and activated glnA expression when nitrogen availability was limited. However, the repressive activity of NtrC toward vpsL expression was not affected by the nitrogen sources present. This study unveils the role of NtrC as a regulator of vps expression and biofilm formation in V. choleraeIMPORTANCE Biofilms play an important role in the Vibrio cholerae life cycle, contributing to both environmental survival and transmission to a human host. Identifying key regulators of V. cholerae biofilm formation is necessary to fully understand how this important growth mode is modulated in response to various signals encountered in the environment and the host. In this study, we characterized the role of RRs that function as coactivators of RpoN in regulating biofilm formation and identified new components in the V. cholerae biofilm regulatory circuitry.
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Wang L, Yan J, Wise MJ, Liu Q, Asenso J, Huang Y, Dai S, Liu Z, Du Y, Tang D. Distribution Patterns of Polyphosphate Metabolism Pathway and Its Relationships With Bacterial Durability and Virulence. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:782. [PMID: 29755430 PMCID: PMC5932413 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.00782] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2018] [Accepted: 04/06/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Inorganic polyphosphate (polyP) is a linear polymer of orthophosphate residues. It is reported to be present in all life forms. Experimental studies showed that polyP plays important roles in bacterial durability and virulence. Here we investigated the relationships of polyP with bacterial durability and virulence theoretically. Bacterial lifestyle, environmental persistence, virulence factors (VFs), and species evolution are all included in the analysis. The presence of seven genes involved in polyP metabolism (ppk1, ppk2, pap, surE, gppA, ppnK, and ppgK) and 2595 core VFs were verified in 944 bacterial reference proteomes for distribution patterns via HMMER. Proteome size and VFs were compared in terms of gain and loss of polyP pathway. Literature mining and phylogenetic analysis were recruited to support the study. Our analyzes revealed that the presence of polyP metabolism is positively correlated with bacterial proteome size and the number of virulence genes. A potential relationship of polyP in bacterial lifestyle and environmental durability is suggested. Evolutionary analysis shows that polyP genes are randomly lost along the phylogenetic tree. In sum, based on our theoretical analysis, we confirmed that bacteria with polyP metabolism are associated with high environmental durability and more VFs.
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- Liang Wang
- Department of Bioinformatics, School of Medical Informatics, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China
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- Xuzhou Infectious Diseases Hospital, Xuzhou, China
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- School of Computer Science and Software Engineering, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia.,The Marshall Centre for Infectious Diseases Research and Training, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Drug Research and Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Drug Research and Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China
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- Department of Bioinformatics, School of Medical Informatics, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China
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- School of Anesthesiology, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Drug Research and Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of New Drug Research and Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China.,Center for Experimental Animals, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China
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Silva-Valenzuela CA, Lazinski DW, Kahne SC, Nguyen Y, Molina-Quiroz RC, Camilli A. Growth arrest and a persister state enable resistance to osmotic shock and facilitate dissemination of Vibrio cholerae. THE ISME JOURNAL 2017; 11:2718-2728. [PMID: 28742070 PMCID: PMC5702728 DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2017.121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2017] [Revised: 05/27/2017] [Accepted: 06/04/2017] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Vibrio cholerae is a water-borne bacterial pathogen and causative agent of cholera. Although V. cholerae is a halophile, it can survive in fresh water, and this has a major role in cholera epidemics through consumption of contaminated water and subsequent fecal-oral spread. After dissemination from humans back into fresh water, V. cholerae encounters limited nutrient availability and an abrupt drop in conductivity but little is known about how V. cholerae adapts to, and survives in this environment. In this work, by abolishing or altering the expression of V. cholerae genes in a high-throughput manner, we observed that many osmotic shock tolerant mutants exhibited slowed or arrested growth, and/or generated a higher proportion of persister cells. In addition, we show that growth-arrested V. cholerae, including a persister subpopulation, are generated during infection of the intestinal tract and together allow for the successful dissemination to fresh water. Our results suggest that growth-arrested and persister subpopulations enable survival of V. cholerae upon shedding to the aquatic environment.
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- Cecilia A Silva-Valenzuela
- Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA
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Maršíková J, Wilkinson D, Hlaváček O, Gilfillan GD, Mizeranschi A, Hughes T, Begany M, Rešetárová S, Váchová L, Palková Z. Metabolic differentiation of surface and invasive cells of yeast colony biofilms revealed by gene expression profiling. BMC Genomics 2017; 18:814. [PMID: 29061122 PMCID: PMC5654107 DOI: 10.1186/s12864-017-4214-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2017] [Accepted: 10/16/2017] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Background Yeast infections are often connected with formation of biofilms that are extremely difficult to eradicate. An excellent model system for deciphering multifactorial determinants of yeast biofilm development is the colony biofilm, composed of surface (“aerial”) and invasive (“root”) cells. While surface cells have been partially analyzed before, we know little about invasive root cells. In particular, information on the metabolic, chemical and morphogenetic properties of invasive versus surface cells is lacking. In this study, we used a new strategy to isolate invasive cells from agar and extracellular matrix, and employed it to perform genome wide expression profiling and biochemical analyses of surface and invasive cells. Results RNA sequencing revealed expression differences in 1245 genes with high statistical significance, indicating large genetically regulated metabolic differences between surface and invasive cells. Functional annotation analyses implicated genes involved in stress defense, peroxisomal fatty acid β-oxidation, autophagy, protein degradation, storage compound metabolism and meiosis as being important in surface cells. In contrast, numerous genes with functions in nutrient transport and diverse synthetic metabolic reactions, including genes involved in ribosome biogenesis, biosynthesis and translation, were found to be important in invasive cells. Variation in gene expression correlated significantly with cell-type specific processes such as autophagy and storage compound accumulation as identified by microscopic and biochemical analyses. Expression profiling also provided indications of cell-specific regulations. Subsequent knockout strain analyses identified Gip2p, a regulatory subunit of type 1 protein phosphatase Glc7p, to be essential for glycogen accumulation in surface cells. Conclusions This is the first study reporting genome wide differences between surface and invasive cells of yeast colony biofilms. New findings show that surface and invasive cells display very different physiology, adapting to different conditions in different colony areas and contributing to development and survival of the colony biofilm as a whole. Notably, surface and invasive cells of colony biofilms differ significantly from upper and lower cells of smooth colonies adapted to plentiful laboratory conditions. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12864-017-4214-4) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Jana Maršíková
- Department of Genetics and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, BIOCEV, 252 50, Vestec, Czech Republic
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- Department of Genetics and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, BIOCEV, 252 50, Vestec, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, BIOCEV, 252 50, Vestec, Czech Republic
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- Department of Genetics and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, BIOCEV, 252 50, Vestec, Czech Republic
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- Oslo University Hospital and University of Oslo, 0450, Oslo, Norway.,NORMENT, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, 0450, Oslo, Norway
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- Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, BIOCEV, 252 50, Vestec, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, BIOCEV, 252 50, Vestec, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, BIOCEV, 252 50, Vestec, Czech Republic
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- Department of Genetics and Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, BIOCEV, 252 50, Vestec, Czech Republic.
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Infectious diseases kill nearly 9 million people annually. Bacterial pathogens are responsible for a large proportion of these diseases, and the bacterial agents of pneumonia, diarrhea, and tuberculosis are leading causes of death and disability worldwide. Increasingly, the crucial role of nonhost environments in the life cycle of bacterial pathogens is being recognized. Heightened scrutiny has been given to the biological processes impacting pathogen dissemination and survival in the natural environment, because these processes are essential for the transmission of pathogenic bacteria to new hosts. This chapter focuses on the model environmental pathogen Vibrio cholerae to describe recent advances in our understanding of how pathogens survive between hosts and to highlight the processes necessary to support the cycle of environmental survival, transmission, and dissemination. We describe the physiological and molecular responses of V. cholerae to changing environmental conditions, focusing on its survival in aquatic reservoirs between hosts and its entry into and exit from human hosts.
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Subramani E, Jothiramajayam M, Dutta M, Chakravorty D, Joshi M, Srivastava S, Mukherjee A, Datta Ray C, Chakravarty BN, Chaudhury K. NMR-based metabonomics for understanding the influence of dormant female genital tuberculosis on metabolism of the human endometrium. Hum Reprod 2016; 31:854-65. [PMID: 26851602 DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dew003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2015] [Accepted: 01/05/2016] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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STUDY QUESTION Does investigation of metabolic perturbations in endometrial tissue of women with dormant genital tuberculosis (GTB) during the window of implantation (WOI) assist in improving the understanding of endometrial receptivity? SUMMARY ANSWER In dormant GTB cases significant alterations in endometrial tissue metabolites occur, largely related to energy metabolism and amino acid biosynthesis in dormant GTB cases. WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY As an intracellular pathogen, Mycobacterium tuberculosis strongly influences the metabolism of host cells causing metabolic dysregulation. It is also accepted that dormant GTB impairs the receptive status of the endometrium. Global metabolic profiling is useful for an understanding of disease progression and distinguishing between diseased and non-diseased groups. STUDY DESIGN, SIZE, DURATION Endometrial tissue samples were collected from patients reporting at the tertiary infertility care center during the period September 2011-March 2013. Women having tested positive for GTB were considered as the study group (n = 24). Normal healthy women undergoing sterilization (n = 26) and unexplained infertile women with repeated IVF failure (n = 21) volunteered to participate as controls. PARTICIPANTS/MATERIALS, SETTING, METHODS Endometrial tissue samples were collected 6-10 days after confirmation of ovulation. PCR and BACTEC-460 culture were used for diagnosing GTB. Proton nuclear magnetic resonance (1H NMR) spectra of tissue were recorded using a 700 MHz Bruker Avance AV III spectrometer. Following phase and baseline correction of all NMR spectra by Bruker Topspin 2.1 software, spectral peak alignment of the data was performed. Multivariate analysis was applied to all spectra and individual metabolites identified and multiple correlation analysis was performed. MAIN RESULTS AND THE ROLE OF CHANCE Leucine, isoleucine, acetate, lactate, glutamate, glutamine, methionine, lysine, creatine, glycogen, glycine, proline and choline were found to be significantly increased (P < 0.05) in endometrial tissue of women with dormant GTB compared with unexplained infertile women with repeated implantation failure. Valine, citrate, succinate and aspartate were also observed to be significantly up-regulated (P < 0.01). Furthermore, a significant decrease in glucose (P < 0.05), threonine (P < 0.05), tyrosine (P < 0.01) and phenylalanine (P < 0.0001) was observed in women with dormant GTB. Pearson's correlation analysis between the expression of various endometrial receptivity markers and metabolites showed a significant negative correlation (-0.236 to -0.545, P < 0.05). Also, the metabolites were positively correlated with endometrial receptivity markers (0.207 to 0.618, P < 0.05). LIMITATIONS, REASONS FOR CAUTION It is often difficult to diagnose dormant GTB because it tends to exist without any clinical signs or symptoms. In addition, the diagnosis of GTB by culture remains a challenge due to low detection rates and its paucibacillary nature. Testing for prostate-specific antigen or the Y chromosome in order to account for the possible influences of recent exposure to semen on endometrial metabolism would be important. WIDER IMPLICATIONS OF THE FINDINGS The metabolic changes associated with the dormant tubercle infection are of potential relevance to clinicians for the treatment of dormant GTB-related infertility. STUDY FUNDING/COMPETING INTERESTS Government of India, Indian Council of Medical Research. There are no conflicts of interest.
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- School of Medical Science and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur 721302, India
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- Cell Biology and Genetic Toxicology Laboratory, Centre of Advanced study, Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, Kolkata 700019, India
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- School of Medical Science and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur 721302, India
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- School of Medical Science and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur 721302, India
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- National Facility for High-field NMR, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai 400005, India
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- National Facility for High-field NMR, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai 400005, India
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- Cell Biology and Genetic Toxicology Laboratory, Centre of Advanced study, Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, Kolkata 700019, India
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Institute of Post-Graduate Medical Education and Research (IPGME&R) and SSKM Hospital, Kolkata 700020, India
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- School of Medical Science and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur 721302, India
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Multifaceted roles of extracellular DNA in bacterial physiology. Curr Genet 2015; 62:71-9. [PMID: 26328805 PMCID: PMC4723616 DOI: 10.1007/s00294-015-0514-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2015] [Revised: 08/20/2015] [Accepted: 08/21/2015] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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In textbooks, DNA is generally defined as the universal storage material for genetic information in all branches of life. Beyond this important intracellular role, DNA can also be present outside of living cells and is an abundant biopolymer in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. The origin of extracellular DNA in such ecological niches is diverse: it can be actively secreted or released by prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells by means of autolysis, apoptosis, necrosis, bacterial secretion systems or found in association with extracellular bacterial membrane vesicles. Especially for bacteria, extracellular DNA represents a significant and convenient element that can be enzymatically modulated and utilized for multiple purposes. Herein, we discuss briefly the main origins of extracellular DNA and the most relevant roles for the bacterial physiology, such as biofilm formation, nutrient source, antimicrobial means and horizontal gene transfer.
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UNLABELLED ToxR is a major virulence gene regulator in Vibrio cholerae. Although constitutively expressed under many laboratory conditions, our previous work demonstrated that the level of ToxR increases significantly when cells are grown in the presence of the 4 amino acids asparagine, arginine, glutamate, and serine (NRES). We show here that the increase in ToxR production in response to NRES requires the Var/Csr global regulatory circuit. The VarS/VarA two-component system controls the amount of active CsrA, a small RNA-binding protein involved in the regulation of a wide range of cellular processes. Our data show that a varA mutant, which is expected to overproduce active CsrA, had elevated levels of ToxR in the absence of the NRES stimulus. Conversely, specific amino acid substitutions in CsrA were associated with defects in ToxR production in response to NRES. These data indicate that CsrA is a positive regulator of ToxR levels. Unlike previously described effects of CsrA on virulence gene regulation, the effects of CsrA on ToxR were not mediated through quorum sensing and HapR. CsrA is likely essential in V. cholerae, since a complete deletion of csrA was not possible; however, point mutations in CsrA were tolerated well. The CsrA Arg6His mutant had wild-type growth in vitro but was severely attenuated in the infant mouse model of V. cholerae infection, showing that CsrA is critical for pathogenesis. This study has broad implications for our understanding of how V. cholerae integrates its response to environmental cues with the regulation of important virulence genes. IMPORTANCE In order to colonize the human host, Vibrio cholerae must sense and respond to environmental signals to ensure appropriate expression of genes required for pathogenesis. Uncovering how V. cholerae senses its environment and activates its virulence gene repertoire is critical for our understanding of how V. cholerae transitions from its natural aquatic habitat to the human host. Here we demonstrate a previously unknown link between the global regulator CsrA and the major V. cholerae virulence gene regulator ToxR. The role of CsrA in the cell is to receive input from the environment and coordinate an appropriate cellular response. By linking environmental sensing to the ToxR regulon, CsrA effectively acts as a switch that controls pathogenesis in response to specific signals. We demonstrate that CsrA is critical for virulence in the infant mouse model of V. cholerae infection, consistent with its role as an in vivo regulator of virulence gene expression.
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Acquisition and metabolism of carbohydrates are essential for host colonization and pathogenesis of bacterial pathogens. Different bacteria can uptake different lines of carbohydrates via ABC transporters, in which ATPase subunits energize the transport though ATP hydrolysis. Some ABC transporters possess their own ATPases, while some share a common ATPase. Here we identified MsmK, an ATPase from Streptococcus suis, an emerging zoonotic bacterium causing dead infections in pigs and humans. Genetic and biochemistry studies revealed that the MsmK was responsible for the utilization of raffinose, melibiose, maltotetraose, glycogen and maltotriose. In infected mice, the msmK-deletion mutant showed significant defects of survival and colonization when compared with its parental and complementary strains. Taken together, MsmK is an ATPase that contributes to multiple carbohydrates utilization and host colonization of S. suis. This study gives new insight into our understanding of the carbohydrates utilization and its relationship to the pathogenesis of this zoonotic pathogen.
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Wang L, Regina A, Butardo VM, Kosar-Hashemi B, Larroque O, Kahler CM, Wise MJ. Influence of in situ progressive N-terminal is still controversial truncation of glycogen branching enzyme in Escherichia coli DH5α on glycogen structure, accumulation, and bacterial viability. BMC Microbiol 2015; 15:96. [PMID: 25947105 PMCID: PMC4433092 DOI: 10.1186/s12866-015-0421-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2014] [Accepted: 04/01/2015] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Glycogen average chain length (ACL) has been linked with bacterial durability, but this was on the basis of observations across different species. We therefore wished to investigate the relationship between bacterial durability and glycogen ACL by varying glycogen average chain length in a single species. It has been shown that progressive shortening of the N-terminus of glycogen branching enzyme (GBE) leads to a lengthening of oligosaccharide inter-α-1,6-glycosidic chain lengths, so we sought to harness this to create a set of Escherichia coli DH5α strains with a range of glycogen average chain lengths, and assess these strains for durability related attributes, such as starvation, cold and desiccation stress resistance, and biofilm formation. RESULTS A series of Escherichia coli DH5α mutants were created with glgB genes that were in situ progressively N-terminus truncated. N-terminal truncation shifted the distribution of glycogen chain lengths from 5-11 DP toward 13-50 DP, but the relationship between glgB length and glycogen ACL was not linear. Surprisingly, removal of the first 270 nucleotides of glgB (glgBΔ270) resulted in comparatively high glycogen accumulation, with the glycogen having short ACL. Complete knockout of glgB led to the formation of amylose-like glycogen containing long, linear α1,4-glucan chains with significantly reduced branching frequency. Physiologically, the set of mutant strains had reduced bacterial starvation resistance, while minimally increasing bacterial desiccation resistance. Finally, although there were no obvious changes in cold stress resistance or biofilm forming ability, one strain (glgBΔ180) had significantly increased biofilm formation in favourable media. CONCLUSIONS Despite glgB being the first gene of an operon, it is clear that in situ mutation is a viable means to create more biologically relevant mutant strains. Secondly, there was the suggestion in the data that impairments of starvation, cold and desiccation resistance were worse for the strain lacking glgB, though the first of these was not statistically significant. The results provide prima facie evidence linking abiotic stress tolerance with shorter glycogen ACL. However, further work needs to be done, perhaps in a less labile species. Further work is also required to tease out the complex relationship between glycogen abundance and glycogen structure.
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- Liang Wang
- School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.
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- CSIRO Agriculture Flagship, Canberra, Australia.
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- International Rice Research Institute, Los Baños, Philippines.
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- School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.
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- School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.
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Almagro G, Viale AM, Montero M, Rahimpour M, Muñoz FJ, Baroja-Fernández E, Bahaji A, Zúñiga M, González-Candelas F, Pozueta-Romero J. Comparative genomic and phylogenetic analyses of Gammaproteobacterial glg genes traced the origin of the Escherichia coli glycogen glgBXCAP operon to the last common ancestor of the sister orders Enterobacteriales and Pasteurellales. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0115516. [PMID: 25607991 PMCID: PMC4301808 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0115516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2014] [Accepted: 11/25/2014] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Production of branched α-glucan, glycogen-like polymers is widely spread in the Bacteria domain. The glycogen pathway of synthesis and degradation has been fairly well characterized in the model enterobacterial species Escherichia coli (order Enterobacteriales, class Gammaproteobacteria), in which the cognate genes (branching enzyme glgB, debranching enzyme glgX, ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase glgC, glycogen synthase glgA, and glycogen phosphorylase glgP) are clustered in a glgBXCAP operon arrangement. However, the evolutionary origin of this particular arrangement and of its constituent genes is unknown. Here, by using 265 complete gammaproteobacterial genomes we have carried out a comparative analysis of the presence, copy number and arrangement of glg genes in all lineages of the Gammaproteobacteria. These analyses revealed large variations in glg gene presence, copy number and arrangements among different gammaproteobacterial lineages. However, the glgBXCAP arrangement was remarkably conserved in all glg-possessing species of the orders Enterobacteriales and Pasteurellales (the E/P group). Subsequent phylogenetic analyses of glg genes present in the Gammaproteobacteria and in other main bacterial groups indicated that glg genes have undergone a complex evolutionary history in which horizontal gene transfer may have played an important role. These analyses also revealed that the E/P glgBXCAP genes (a) share a common evolutionary origin, (b) were vertically transmitted within the E/P group, and (c) are closely related to glg genes of some phylogenetically distant betaproteobacterial species. The overall data allowed tracing the origin of the E. coli glgBXCAP operon to the last common ancestor of the E/P group, and also to uncover a likely glgBXCAP transfer event from the E/P group to particular lineages of the Betaproteobacteria.
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- Goizeder Almagro
- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología (CSIC/UPNA/Gobierno de Navarra), Iruñako etorbidea 123, 31192 Mutiloabeti, Nafarroa, Spain
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- Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular de Rosario (IBR, CONICET), Departamento de Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias Bioquímicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad Nacional de Rosario (UNR), Suipacha 531, 2000 Rosario, Argentina
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología (CSIC/UPNA/Gobierno de Navarra), Iruñako etorbidea 123, 31192 Mutiloabeti, Nafarroa, Spain
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología (CSIC/UPNA/Gobierno de Navarra), Iruñako etorbidea 123, 31192 Mutiloabeti, Nafarroa, Spain
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología (CSIC/UPNA/Gobierno de Navarra), Iruñako etorbidea 123, 31192 Mutiloabeti, Nafarroa, Spain
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología (CSIC/UPNA/Gobierno de Navarra), Iruñako etorbidea 123, 31192 Mutiloabeti, Nafarroa, Spain
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología (CSIC/UPNA/Gobierno de Navarra), Iruñako etorbidea 123, 31192 Mutiloabeti, Nafarroa, Spain
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- Dpt. Biotecnología de Alimentos, Instituto de Agroquímica y Tecnología de Alimentos, CSIC, Calle Agustín Escardino, 7, 46980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain
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- Unidad Mixta Genómica y Salud, FISABIO-Salud Pública/Instituto Cavanilles de Biodiversidad y Biología Evolutiva, Universidad de Valencia, Calle Catedrático José Beltrán Martínez, 246980 Paterna, Valencia, Spain
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- Instituto de Agrobiotecnología (CSIC/UPNA/Gobierno de Navarra), Iruñako etorbidea 123, 31192 Mutiloabeti, Nafarroa, Spain
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Park KH. Roles of Enzymes in Glycogen Metabolism and Degradation in Escherichia coli. J Appl Glycosci (1999) 2015. [DOI: 10.5458/jag.jag.jag-2015_005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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- Kwan-Hwa Park
- Department of Foodservice Management and Nutrition, Sangmyung University
- Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, Seoul National University
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Singh A, Gopinath K, Sharma P, Bisht D, Sharma P, Singh N, Singh S. Comparative proteomic analysis of sequential isolates of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from a patient with pulmonary tuberculosis turning from drug sensitive to multidrug resistant. Indian J Med Res 2015; 141:27-45. [PMID: 25857493 PMCID: PMC4405938 DOI: 10.4103/0971-5916.154492] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES Tuberculosis is a major health problem in India, and the emergence of multidrug resistant (MDR) and extensively drug resistant (XDR) strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) has further complicated the situation. Though several studies characterizing drug sensitive and drug resistant strains are available in literature, almost all studies are done on unrelated strains. Therefore, the objective of this study was to compare the proteomic data of four sequential isolates of Mtb from a single patient who developed MDR-TB during the course of anti-tuberculosis therapy (ATT). METHODS In this study, using two-dimensional (2D) gel electrophoresis and MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry, we compared and analyzed the cell lysate proteins of Mtb sequential clinical isolates from a patient undergoing anti-TB treatment. The mRNA expression levels of selected identified proteins were determined by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR). RESULTS The genotypes of all four isolates remained homologous, indicating no re-infection. The initial isolate (before treatment) was sensitive to all first-line drugs, but the consecutive isolates were found to be resistant to isoniazid (INH) and rifampicin (RIF) and developed mutations in the katG, inhA and rpoB. the intensities of 27 protein spots were found to be consistently overexpressed in INH and RIF resistant isolates. The most prominent and overexpressed proteins found during the development of drug resistance were GarA (Rv1827), wag31 (Rv2145c), Rv1437 and Rv2970c. INTERPRETATION & CONCLUSIONS This preliminary proteomic study provides an insight about the proteins that are upregulated during drug resistance development. These upregulated proteins, identified here, could prove useful as immunodiagnostic and possibly drug resistant markers in future. However, more studies are required to confirm these findings.
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- Amit Singh
- Division of Clinical Microbiology & Molecular Medicine, Department of Laboratory Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- Division of Clinical Microbiology & Molecular Medicine, Department of Laboratory Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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- National JALMA Institute for Leprosy & other Mycobacterial Diseases (ICMR), Agra, India
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- National JALMA Institute for Leprosy & other Mycobacterial Diseases (ICMR), Agra, India
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- Immunology Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology, New Delhi; North-East Region-BPMC, Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Microbiology, National Institute of Tuberculosis & Respiratory Diseases, New Delhi, India
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- Division of Clinical Microbiology & Molecular Medicine, Department of Laboratory Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
- Reprint requests: Dr Sarman Singh, Division of Clinical Microbiology & Molecular Medicine, Department of Laboratory Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi 110 029, India e-mail: ,
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Goh YJ, Klaenhammer TR. Insights into glycogen metabolism in Lactobacillus acidophilus: impact on carbohydrate metabolism, stress tolerance and gut retention. Microb Cell Fact 2014; 13:94. [PMID: 25410006 PMCID: PMC4243779 DOI: 10.1186/s12934-014-0094-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2014] [Accepted: 06/20/2014] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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In prokaryotic species equipped with glycogen metabolism machinery, the co-regulation of glycogen biosynthesis and degradation has been associated with the synthesis of energy storage compounds and various crucial physiological functions, including global cellular processes such as carbon and nitrogen metabolism, energy sensing and production, stress response and cell-cell communication. In addition, the glycogen metabolic pathway was proposed to serve as a carbon capacitor that regulates downstream carbon fluxes, and in some microorganisms the ability to synthesize intracellular glycogen has been implicated in host persistence. Among lactobacilli, complete glycogen metabolic pathway genes are present only in select species predominantly associated with mammalian hosts or natural environments. This observation highlights the potential involvement of glycogen biosynthesis in probiotic activities and persistence of intestinal lactobacilli in the human gastrointestinal tract. In this review, we summarize recent findings on (i) the presence and potential ecological distribution of glycogen metabolic pathways among lactobacilli, (ii) influence of carbon substrates and growth phases on glycogen metabolic gene expression and glycogen accumulation in L. acidophilus, and (iii) the involvement of glycogen metabolism on growth, sugar utilization and bile tolerance. Our present in vivo studies established the significance of glycogen biosynthesis on the competitive retention of L. acidophilus in the mouse intestinal tract, demonstrating for the first time that the ability to synthesize intracellular glycogen contributes to gut fitness and retention among probiotic microorganisms.
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- Yong Jun Goh
- Department of Food, Bioprocessing and Nutrition Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh 27695, North Carolina, USA.
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Ferrando ML, van Baarlen P, Orrù G, Piga R, Bongers RS, Wels M, De Greeff A, Smith HE, Wells JM. Carbohydrate availability regulates virulence gene expression in Streptococcus suis. PLoS One 2014; 9:e89334. [PMID: 24642967 PMCID: PMC3958366 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0089334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2013] [Accepted: 01/17/2014] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Streptococcus suis is a major bacterial pathogen of young pigs causing worldwide economic problems for the pig industry. S. suis is also an emerging pathogen of humans. Colonization of porcine oropharynx by S. suis is considered to be a high risk factor for invasive disease. In the oropharyngeal cavity, where glucose is rapidly absorbed but dietary α-glucans persist, there is a profound effect of carbohydrate availability on the expression of virulence genes. Nineteen predicted or confirmed S. suis virulence genes that promote adhesion to and invasion of epithelial cells were expressed at higher levels when S. suis was supplied with the α-glucan starch/pullulan compared to glucose as the single carbon source. Additionally the production of suilysin, a toxin that damages epithelial cells, was increased more than ten-fold when glucose levels were low and S. suis was growing on pullulan. Based on biochemical, bioinformatics and in vitro and in vivo gene expression studies, we developed a biological model that postulates the effect of carbon catabolite repression on expression of virulence genes in the mucosa, organs and blood. This research increases our understanding of S. suis virulence mechanisms and has important implications for the design of future control strategies including the development of anti-infective strategies by modulating animal feed composition.
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- M. Laura Ferrando
- Host-Microbe Interactomics, Animal Sciences, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Department of Medical Microbiology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Host-Microbe Interactomics, Animal Sciences, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Oral Biotechnology Laboratory, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
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- Host-Microbe Interactomics, Animal Sciences, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Central Veterinary Institute, Animal Sciences Group, Wageningen University, Lelystad, The Netherlands
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- Central Veterinary Institute, Animal Sciences Group, Wageningen University, Lelystad, The Netherlands
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- Host-Microbe Interactomics, Animal Sciences, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Rittershaus ESC, Baek SH, Sassetti CM. The normalcy of dormancy: common themes in microbial quiescence. Cell Host Microbe 2013; 13:643-51. [PMID: 23768489 DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2013.05.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 204] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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All microorganisms are exposed to periodic stresses that inhibit growth. Many bacteria and fungi weather these periods by entering a hardy, nonreplicating state, often termed quiescence or dormancy. When this occurs during an infection, the resulting slowly growing pathogen is able to tolerate both immune insults and prolonged antibiotic exposure. While the stresses encountered in a free-living environment may differ from those imposed by host immunity, these growth-limiting conditions impose common pressures, and many of the corresponding microbial responses appear to be universal. In this review, we discuss the common features of these growth-limited states, which suggest new approaches for treating chronic infections such as tuberculosis.
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- Emily S C Rittershaus
- Department of Microbiology and Physiological Systems, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655, USA
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Kamp HD, Patimalla-Dipali B, Lazinski DW, Wallace-Gadsden F, Camilli A. Gene fitness landscapes of Vibrio cholerae at important stages of its life cycle. PLoS Pathog 2013; 9:e1003800. [PMID: 24385900 PMCID: PMC3873450 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003800] [Citation(s) in RCA: 125] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2013] [Accepted: 10/14/2013] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Vibrio cholerae has evolved to adeptly transition between the human small intestine and aquatic environments, leading to water-borne spread and transmission of the lethal diarrheal disease cholera. Using a host model that mimics the pathology of human cholera, we applied high density transposon mutagenesis combined with massively parallel sequencing (Tn-seq) to determine the fitness contribution of >90% of all non-essential genes of V. cholerae both during host infection and dissemination. Targeted mutagenesis and validation of 35 genes confirmed our results for the selective conditions with a total false positive rate of 4%. We identified 165 genes never before implicated for roles in dissemination that reside within pathways controlling many metabolic, catabolic and protective processes, from which a central role for glycogen metabolism was revealed. We additionally identified 76 new pathogenicity factors and 414 putatively essential genes for V. cholerae growth. Our results provide a comprehensive framework for understanding the biology of V. cholerae as it colonizes the small intestine, elicits profuse secretory diarrhea, and disseminates into the aquatic environment.
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- Heather D. Kamp
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Lutz C, Erken M, Noorian P, Sun S, McDougald D. Environmental reservoirs and mechanisms of persistence of Vibrio cholerae. Front Microbiol 2013; 4:375. [PMID: 24379807 PMCID: PMC3863721 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2013.00375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 155] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2013] [Accepted: 11/21/2013] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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It is now well accepted that Vibrio cholerae, the causative agent of the water-borne disease cholera, is acquired from environmental sources where it persists between outbreaks of the disease. Recent advances in molecular technology have demonstrated that this bacterium can be detected in areas where it has not previously been isolated, indicating a much broader, global distribution of this bacterium outside of endemic regions. The environmental persistence of V. cholerae in the aquatic environment can be attributed to multiple intra- and interspecific strategies such as responsive gene regulation and biofilm formation on biotic and abiotic surfaces, as well as interactions with a multitude of other organisms. This review will discuss some of the mechanisms that enable the persistence of this bacterium in the environment. In particular, we will discuss how V. cholerae can survive stressors such as starvation, temperature, and salinity fluctuations as well as how the organism persists under constant predation by heterotrophic protists.
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- Carla Lutz
- Centre for Marine Bio-Innovation, School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Science, University of New South Wales Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Centre for Marine Bio-Innovation, School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Science, University of New South Wales Sydney, NSW, Australia ; Advanced Environmental Biotechnology Centre, Nanyang Environment and Water Research Institute, School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University Singapore, Singapore
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- Centre for Marine Bio-Innovation, School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Science, University of New South Wales Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- The Singapore Centre on Environmental Life Sciences Engineering, Nanyang Technological University Singapore, Singapore
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- Centre for Marine Bio-Innovation, School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Science, University of New South Wales Sydney, NSW, Australia ; Advanced Environmental Biotechnology Centre, Nanyang Environment and Water Research Institute, School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University Singapore, Singapore
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Pukatzki S, Provenzano D. Vibrio cholerae as a predator: lessons from evolutionary principles. Front Microbiol 2013; 4:384. [PMID: 24368907 PMCID: PMC3857921 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2013.00384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2013] [Accepted: 11/25/2013] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Diarrheal diseases are the second-most common cause of death among children under the age of five worldwide. Cholera alone, caused by the marine bacterium Vibrio cholerae, is responsible for several million cases and over 120,000 deaths annually. When contaminated water is ingested, V. cholerae passes through the gastric acid barrier, penetrates the mucin layer of the small intestine, and adheres to the underlying epithelial lining. V. cholerae multiplies rapidly, secretes cholera toxin, and exits the human host in vast numbers during diarrheal purges. How V. cholerae rapidly reaches such high numbers during each purge is not clearly understood. We propose that V. cholerae employs its bactericidal type VI secretion system to engage in intraspecies and intraguild predation for nutrient acquisition to support rapid growth and multiplication.
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- Stefan Pukatzki
- Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Alberta Edmonton, AB, Canada
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Texas Brownsville Brownsville, TX, USA ; Department of Biological Sciences, University of Texas Brownsville Brownsville, TX, USA
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GlgS, described previously as a glycogen synthesis control protein, negatively regulates motility and biofilm formation in Escherichia coli. Biochem J 2013; 452:559-73. [PMID: 23537328 DOI: 10.1042/bj20130154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Escherichia coli glycogen metabolism involves the regulation of glgBXCAP operon expression and allosteric control of the GlgC [ADPG (ADP-glucose) pyrophosphorylase]-mediated catalysis of ATP and G1P (glucose-1-phosphate) to ADPG linked to glycogen biosynthesis. E. coli glycogen metabolism is also affected by glgS. Though the precise function of the protein it encodes is unknown, its deficiency causes both reduced glycogen content and enhanced levels of the GlgC-negative allosteric regulator AMP. The transcriptomic analyses carried out in the present study revealed that, compared with their isogenic BW25113 wild-type strain, glgS-null (ΔglgS) mutants have increased expression of the operons involved in the synthesis of type 1 fimbriae adhesins, flagella and nucleotides. In agreement, ΔglgS cells were hyperflagellated and hyperfimbriated, and displayed elevated swarming motility; these phenotypes all reverted to the wild-type by ectopic glgS expression. Also, ΔglgS cells accumulated high colanic acid content and displayed increased ability to form biofilms on polystyrene surfaces. F-driven conjugation based on large-scale interaction studies of glgS with all the non-essential genes of E. coli showed that deletion of purine biosynthesis genes complement the glycogen-deficient, high motility and high biofilm content phenotypes of ΔglgS cells. Overall the results of the present study indicate that glycogen deficiency in ΔglgS cells can be ascribed to high flagellar propulsion and high exopolysaccharide and purine nucleotides biosynthetic activities competing with GlgC for the same ATP and G1P pools. Supporting this proposal, glycogen-less ΔglgC cells displayed an elevated swarming motility, and accumulated high levels of colanic acid and biofilm. Furthermore, glgC overexpression reverted the glycogen-deficient, high swarming motility, high colanic acid and high biofilm content phenotypes of ΔglgS cells to the wild-type. As on the basis of the present study GlgS has emerged as a major determinant of E. coli surface composition and because its effect on glycogen metabolism appears to be only indirect, we propose to rename it as ScoR (surface composition regulator).
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Vibrio cholerae VttR(A) and VttR(B) regulatory influences extend beyond the type 3 secretion system genomic island. J Bacteriol 2013; 195:2424-36. [PMID: 23524608 DOI: 10.1128/jb.02151-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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A subset of non-O1/non-O139 serogroup strains of Vibrio cholerae cause disease using type 3 secretion system (T3SS)-mediated mechanisms. An ∼50-kb genomic island carries genes encoding the T3SS structural apparatus, effector proteins, and two transmembrane transcriptional regulators, VttR(A) and VttR(B), which are ToxR homologues. Previous experiments demonstrated that VttR(A) and VttR(B) are necessary for colonization in vivo and promote bile-dependent T3SS gene expression in vitro. To better understand the scope of genes that are potential targets of VttR(A) and VttR(B) regulation, we performed deep RNA sequencing using O39 serogroup strain AM-19226 and derivatives carrying deletions in vttR(A) and vttR(B) grown in bile. Comparison of the transcript profiles from ΔvttR(A) and ΔvttR(B) mutant strains to the isogenic parent strain confirmed that VttR(A) and VttR(B) regulate expression of some T3SS island genes and provided additional information about relative expression levels and operon organization. Interestingly, the data also suggested that additional genes, located outside the T3SS island and encoding functions involved in motility, chemotaxis, type 6 secretion, transcriptional regulation, and stress responses, may also by regulated by VttR(A) and VttR(B). We verified transcript levels for selected genes by quantitative reverse transcription (RT)-PCR and then focused additional studies on motility and biofilm formation. The results suggest that VttR(A) and VttR(B) act as part of a complex transcriptional network that coordinates virulence gene expression with multiple cellular phenotypes. VttR(A) and VttR(B) therefore represent horizontally acquired transcriptional regulators with the ability to influence global gene expression in addition to modulating gene expression within the T3SS genomic island.
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Yamamotoya T, Dose H, Tian Z, Fauré A, Toya Y, Honma M, Igarashi K, Nakahigashi K, Soga T, Mori H, Matsuno H. Glycogen is the primary source of glucose during the lag phase of E. coli proliferation. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2012; 1824:1442-8. [PMID: 22750467 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2012.06.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/29/2012] [Revised: 05/31/2012] [Accepted: 06/18/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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In the studies of Escherichia coli (E. coli), metabolomics analyses have mainly been performed using steady state culture. However, to analyze the dynamic changes in cellular metabolism, we performed a profiling of concentration of metabolites by using batch culture. As a first step, we focused on glucose uptake and the behavior of the first metabolite, G6P (glucose-6-phosphate). A computational formula was derived to express the glucose uptake rate by a single cell from two kinds of experimental data, extracellular glucose concentration and cell growth, being simulated by Cell Illustrator. In addition, average concentration of G6P has been measured by CE-MS. The existence of another carbon source was suggested from the computational result. After careful comparison between cell growth, G6P concentration, and the computationally obtained curve of glucose uptake rate, we predicted the consumption of glycogen in lag phase and its accumulation as an energy source in an E. coli cell for the next proliferation. We confirmed our prediction experimentally. This behavior indicates the importance of glycogen participation in the lag phase for the growth of E. coli. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: Computational Methods for Protein Interaction and Structural Prediction.
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- Tomoaki Yamamotoya
- Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Yamaguchi University, 1677-1 Yoshida, Yamaguchi-shi, Yamaguchi 753-8512, Japan
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Thomas M, Wrzosek L, Ben-Yahia L, Noordine ML, Gitton C, Chevret D, Langella P, Mayeur C, Cherbuy C, Rul F. Carbohydrate metabolism is essential for the colonization of Streptococcus thermophilus in the digestive tract of gnotobiotic rats. PLoS One 2011; 6:e28789. [PMID: 22216112 PMCID: PMC3245227 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2011] [Accepted: 11/15/2011] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Streptococcus thermophilus is the archetype of lactose-adapted bacterium and so far, its sugar metabolism has been mainly investigated in vitro. The objective of this work was to study the impact of lactose and lactose permease on S. thermophilus physiology in the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) of gnotobiotic rats. We used rats mono-associated with LMD-9 strain and receiving 4.5% lactose. This model allowed the analysis of colonization curves of LMD-9, its metabolic profile, its production of lactate and its interaction with the colon epithelium. Lactose induced a rapid and high level of S. thermophilus in the GIT, where its activity led to 49 mM of intra-luminal L-lactate that was related to the induction of mono-carboxylic transporter mRNAs (SLC16A1 and SLC5A8) and p27(Kip1) cell cycle arrest protein in epithelial cells. In the presence of a continuous lactose supply, S. thermophilus recruited proteins involved in glycolysis and induced the metabolism of alternative sugars as sucrose, galactose, and glycogen. Moreover, inactivation of the lactose transporter, LacS, delayed S. thermophilus colonization. Our results show i/that lactose constitutes a limiting factor for colonization of S. thermophilus, ii/that activation of enzymes involved in carbohydrate metabolism constitutes the metabolic signature of S. thermophilus in the GIT, iii/that the production of lactate settles the dialogue with colon epithelium. We propose a metabolic model of management of carbohydrate resources by S. thermophilus in the GIT. Our results are in accord with the rationale that nutritional allegation via consumption of yogurt alleviates the symptoms of lactose intolerance.
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- Muriel Thomas
- Commensal and Probiotics-Host Interactions Laboratory, INRA, UMR1319 Micalis, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Commensal and Probiotics-Host Interactions Laboratory, INRA, UMR1319 Micalis, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Commensal and Probiotics-Host Interactions Laboratory, INRA, UMR1319 Micalis, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Commensal and Probiotics-Host Interactions Laboratory, INRA, UMR1319 Micalis, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Peptides and Bacterial Communication Laboratory, INRA, UMR1319 Micalis, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- PAPPSO (Plateforme d'Analyse Protéomique de Paris Sud-Ouest) proteomic platform, INRA, UMR1319 Micalis, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Commensal and Probiotics-Host Interactions Laboratory, INRA, UMR1319 Micalis, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Commensal and Probiotics-Host Interactions Laboratory, INRA, UMR1319 Micalis, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Commensal and Probiotics-Host Interactions Laboratory, INRA, UMR1319 Micalis, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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- Peptides and Bacterial Communication Laboratory, INRA, UMR1319 Micalis, Jouy-en-Josas, France
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Caburlotto G, Lleo MM, Gennari M, Balboa S, Romalde JL. The use of multiple typing methods allows a more accurate molecular characterization ofVibrio parahaemolyticusstrains isolated from the Italian Adriatic Sea. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2011; 77:611-22. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2011.01142.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Kalhoefer D, Thole S, Voget S, Lehmann R, Liesegang H, Wollher A, Daniel R, Simon M, Brinkhoff T. Comparative genome analysis and genome-guided physiological analysis of Roseobacter litoralis. BMC Genomics 2011; 12:324. [PMID: 21693016 PMCID: PMC3141670 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-12-324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2011] [Accepted: 06/21/2011] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Roseobacter litoralis OCh149, the type species of the genus, and Roseobacter denitrificans OCh114 were the first described organisms of the Roseobacter clade, an ecologically important group of marine bacteria. Both species were isolated from seaweed and are able to perform aerobic anoxygenic photosynthesis. RESULTS The genome of R. litoralis OCh149 contains one circular chromosome of 4,505,211 bp and three plasmids of 93,578 bp (pRLO149_94), 83,129 bp (pRLO149_83) and 63,532 bp (pRLO149_63). Of the 4537 genes predicted for R. litoralis, 1122 (24.7%) are not present in the genome of R. denitrificans. Many of the unique genes of R. litoralis are located in genomic islands and on plasmids. On pRLO149_83 several potential heavy metal resistance genes are encoded which are not present in the genome of R. denitrificans. The comparison of the heavy metal tolerance of the two organisms showed an increased zinc tolerance of R. litoralis. In contrast to R. denitrificans, the photosynthesis genes of R. litoralis are plasmid encoded. The activity of the photosynthetic apparatus was confirmed by respiration rate measurements, indicating a growth-phase dependent response to light. Comparative genomics with other members of the Roseobacter clade revealed several genomic regions that were only conserved in the two Roseobacter species. One of those regions encodes a variety of genes that might play a role in host association of the organisms. The catabolism of different carbon and nitrogen sources was predicted from the genome and combined with experimental data. In several cases, e.g. the degradation of some algal osmolytes and sugars, the genome-derived predictions of the metabolic pathways in R. litoralis differed from the phenotype. CONCLUSIONS The genomic differences between the two Roseobacter species are mainly due to lateral gene transfer and genomic rearrangements. Plasmid pRLO149_83 contains predominantly recently acquired genetic material whereas pRLO149_94 was probably translocated from the chromosome. Plasmid pRLO149_63 and one plasmid of R. denitrifcans (pTB2) seem to have a common ancestor and are important for cell envelope biosynthesis. Several new mechanisms of substrate degradation were indicated from the combination of experimental and genomic data. The photosynthetic activity of R. litoralis is probably regulated by nutrient availability.
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- Daniela Kalhoefer
- Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment, University of Oldenburg, Carl-von-Ossietzky-Straße 9-11, 26129 Oldenburg, Germany
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- Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment, University of Oldenburg, Carl-von-Ossietzky-Straße 9-11, 26129 Oldenburg, Germany
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- Göttingen Genomics Laboratory, Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, Georg-August University of Göttingen, Grisebachstraße 8, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Göttingen Genomics Laboratory, Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, Georg-August University of Göttingen, Grisebachstraße 8, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Göttingen Genomics Laboratory, Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, Georg-August University of Göttingen, Grisebachstraße 8, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Göttingen Genomics Laboratory, Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, Georg-August University of Göttingen, Grisebachstraße 8, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Göttingen Genomics Laboratory, Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, Georg-August University of Göttingen, Grisebachstraße 8, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment, University of Oldenburg, Carl-von-Ossietzky-Straße 9-11, 26129 Oldenburg, Germany
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- Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment, University of Oldenburg, Carl-von-Ossietzky-Straße 9-11, 26129 Oldenburg, Germany
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