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Wang Y, Ma F, Yang J, Guo H, Su D, Yu L. Adaption and Degradation Strategies of Methylotrophic 1,4-Dioxane Degrading Strain Xanthobacter sp. YN2 Revealed by Transcriptome-Scale Analysis. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms221910435. [PMID: 34638775 PMCID: PMC8508750 DOI: 10.3390/ijms221910435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2021] [Revised: 09/17/2021] [Accepted: 09/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Biodegradation of 1,4-dioxane (dioxane) contamination has gained much attention for decades. In our previous work, we isolated a highly efficient dioxane degrader, Xanthobacter sp. YN2, but the underlying mechanisms of its extraordinary degradation performance remained unresolved. In this study, we performed a comparative transcriptome analysis of YN2 grown on dioxane and citrate to elucidate its genetic degradation mechanism and investigated the transcriptomes of different dioxane degradation stages (T0, T24, T48). We also analyzed the transcriptional response of YN2 over time during which the carbon source switched from citrate to dioxane. The results indicate that strain YN2 was a methylotroph, which provides YN2 a major advantage as a pollutant degrader. A large number of genes involved in dioxane metabolism were constitutively expressed prior to dioxane exposure. Multiple genes related to the catabolism of each intermediate were upregulated by treatment in response to dioxane. Glyoxylate metabolism was essential during dioxane degradation by YN2, and the key intermediate glyoxylate was metabolized through three routes: glyoxylate carboligase pathway, malate synthase pathway, and anaplerotic ethylmalonyl-CoA pathway. Genes related to quorum sensing and transporters were significantly upregulated during the early stages of degradation (T0, T24) prior to dioxane depletion, while the expression of genes encoding two-component systems was significantly increased at late degradation stages (T48) when total organic carbon in the culture was exhausted. This study is the first to report the participation of genes encoding glyoxalase, as well as methylotrophic genes xoxF and mox, in dioxane metabolism. The present study reveals multiple genetic and transcriptional strategies used by YN2 to rapidly increase biomass during growth on dioxane, achieve high degradation efficiency and tolerance, and adapt to dioxane exposure quickly, which provides useful information regarding the molecular basis for efficient dioxane biodegradation.
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- Yingning Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China; (Y.W.); (J.Y.); (D.S.); (L.Y.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China; (Y.W.); (J.Y.); (D.S.); (L.Y.)
- Correspondence:
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China; (Y.W.); (J.Y.); (D.S.); (L.Y.)
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- College of Energy and Environmental Engineering, Hebei University of Engineering, Handan 056107, China;
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China; (Y.W.); (J.Y.); (D.S.); (L.Y.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, School of Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150090, China; (Y.W.); (J.Y.); (D.S.); (L.Y.)
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Olson JW, Maier RJ. The sequences of hypF, hypC and hypD complete the hyp gene cluster required for hydrogenase activity in Bradyrhizobium japonicum. Gene X 1997; 199:93-9. [PMID: 9358044 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-1119(97)00352-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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A region of DNA 6 kb downstream of the hydrogenase (H2ase) structural genes and directly downstream of the hypB gene of Bradyrhizobium japonicum was shown by mutational analysis to be necessary for H2ase synthesis. Sequencing of this region revealed two complete open reading frames, and the 5' fragment of a third ORF. They encode proteins with homologies to the HypF, HypC and the N-terminus of HypD from other H2ase-containing organisms. The hypF of B. japonicum encodes a 753-aa protein with a predicted molecular mass of 80.3 kDa that contains the two zinc-finger motifs characteristic of other HypF proteins. The hypC encodes a 85-aa protein with a predicted molecular mass of 8.4 kDa. The 5' portion of hypD, which encodes the first 35 aa, upon combining with the previously reported C-terminus of HypD, designated HypD' (Van Soom et al. (1993) Mol. Gen. Genet. 239, 235-240) encodes a protein with a predicted molecular mass of 42.4 kDa. Complementation studies on a H2 uptake defective strain of B. japonicum containing a polar mutation in the hyp operon revealed that the products of the hyp F, C, D, E genes are required for H2ase production. Evidence is also presented that the hyp genes are co-transcribed from a large operon together with the downstream genes hupGHIJK, making a polycistronic message of 11 genes.
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- J W Olson
- Department of Biology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
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Bernhard M, Schwartz E, Rietdorf J, Friedrich B. The Alcaligenes eutrophus membrane-bound hydrogenase gene locus encodes functions involved in maturation and electron transport coupling. J Bacteriol 1996; 178:4522-9. [PMID: 8755880 PMCID: PMC178219 DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.15.4522-4529.1996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Alcaligenes eutrophus H16 produces two [NiFe] hydrogenases which catalyze the oxidation of hydrogen and enable the organism to utilize H2 as the sole energy source. The genes (hoxK and hoxG) for the heterodimeric, membrane-bound hydrogenase (MBH) are located adjacent to a series of eight accessory genes (hoxZ, hoxM, hoxL, hoxO, hoxQ, hoxR, hoxT, and hoxV). In the present study, we generated a set of isogenic mutants with in-frame deletions in the two structural genes and in each of the eight accessory genes. The resulting mutants can be grouped into two classes on the basis of the H2-oxidizing activity of the MBH. Class I mutants (hoxKdelta, hoxGdelta, hoxMdelta, hoxOdelta, and hoxQdelta) were totally devoid of MBH-mediated, H2-oxidizing activity. The hoxM deletion strain was the only mutant in our collection which was completely blocked in carboxy-terminal processing of large subunit HoxG, indicating that hoxM encodes a specific protease. Class II mutants (hoxZdelta, hoxLdelta, hoxRdelta, hoxTdelta, and hoxVdelta) contained residual amounts of MBH activity in the membrane fraction of the extracts. Immunochemical analysis and 63Ni incorporation experiments revealed that the mutations affect various steps in MBH maturation. A lesion in hoxZ led to the production of a soluble MBH which was highly active with redox dye.
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- M Bernhard
- Institut für Biologie der Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin, Germany
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Du L, Tibelius KH, Souza EM, Garg RP, Yates MG. Sequences, organization and analysis of the hupZMNOQRTV genes from the Azotobacter chroococcum hydrogenase gene cluster. J Mol Biol 1994; 243:549-57. [PMID: 7966281 DOI: 10.1016/0022-2836(94)90029-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Hydrogen-uptake (Hup) activity in Azotobacter chroococcum depends upon a cluster of genes spread over 13,687 bp of the chromosome. Six accessory genes of the cluster, hupABYCDE, begin 4.8 kb downstream of the structural genes, hupSL, and are required for the formation of a functional [NiFe] hydrogenase. The sequencing of the intervening 4.8 kb of hup-specific DNA has now been completed. This revealed eight additional closely linked ORFs, which we designated hupZ, hupM, hupN, hupO, hupQ, hupR, hupT and hupV. These genes potentially encode polypeptides with predicted masses of 27.7, 22.3, 11.4, 16.2, 31.3, 8.1, 16.2 and 36.7 kDa, respectively. All eight genes are transcribed from the same strand as hupSL and hupABYCDE. A chroococcum, therefore, has a total of 16 contiguous genes affecting hydrogenase activity beginning with hupS and ending with hupE. The amino acid sequence deduced from hupZ has the characteristics of a b-type cytochrome. Insertion mutagenesis of hupZ resulted in a mutant incapable of supporting O2-dependent H2 oxidation. The deduced amino acid sequence of hupR shares high homology with bacterial rubredoxins. HupZ and HupR may both be involved in transferring electrons from hydrogenase to the electron transport chain. A mutation in hupV knocked out hydrogenase activity entirely; this gene may be involved in processing the large subunit of hydrogenase. It is now clear that the genes controlling [NiFe] hydrogenase activity in many bacteria including Azotobacter chroococcum, Alcaligenes eutrophus, Rhizobium leguminosarum, Rhodobacter capsulatus and Escherichia coli are highly conserved, organized in much the same manner, and likely derived from a common ancestor.
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- L Du
- Department of Microbiology, McGill University, Quebec, Canada
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Vignais PM, Toussaint B. Molecular biology of membrane-bound H2 uptake hydrogenases. Arch Microbiol 1994; 161:1-10. [PMID: 8304820 DOI: 10.1007/bf00248887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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- P M Vignais
- Laboratoire de Biochimie Microbienne (CNRS URA 1130 alliée à l'INSERM), Département de Biologie Moléculaire et Structurale/CENG/85X, Grenoble, France
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ThehupB gene of theAzotobacter chroococcum hydrogenase gene cluster is involved in nickel metabolism. Curr Microbiol 1994. [DOI: 10.1007/bf01575981] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Dernedde J, Eitinger M, Friedrich B. Analysis of a pleiotropic gene region involved in formation of catalytically active hydrogenases in Alcaligenes eutrophus H16. Arch Microbiol 1993; 159:545-53. [PMID: 8352644 DOI: 10.1007/bf00249034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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In Alcaligenes eutrophus H16 a pleiotropic DNA-region is involved in formation of catalytically active hydrogenases. This region lies within the hydrogenase gene cluster of megaplasmid pHG1. Nucleotide sequence determination revealed five open reading frames with significant amino acid homology to the products of the hyp operon of Escherichia coli and other hydrogenase-related gene products of diverse organisms. Mutants of A. eutrophus H16 carrying Tn5 insertions in two genes (hypB and hypD) lacked catalytic activity of both soluble (SH) and membrane-bound (MBH) hydrogenase. Immunological analysis showed that the mutants contained SH- and MBH-specific antigen. Growing the cells in the presence of 63Ni2+ yielded significantly lower nickel accumulation rates of the mutant strains compared to the wild-type. Analysis of partially purified SH showed only traces of nickel in the mutant protein suggesting that the gene products of the pleiotropic region are involved in the supply and/or incorporation of nickel into the two hydrogenases of A. eutrophus.
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- J Dernedde
- Institut für Pflanzenphysiologie und Mikrobiologie der Freien Universität Berlin, Germany
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Tibelius KH, Du L, Tito D, Stejskal F. The Azotobacter chroococcum hydrogenase gene cluster: sequences and genetic analysis of four accessory genes, hupA, hupB, hupY and hupC. Gene 1993; 127:53-61. [PMID: 8486288 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(93)90616-b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The Azotobacter chroococcum chromosome contains a region spanning about 14 kb associated with hydrogen-uptake (Hup) activity. The small and large subunits of the hydrogenase are encoded by the structural genes hupS and hupL. Two other genes, hupD and hupE, are located 8.9 kb downstream from hupL and are required for the formation of a catalytically active hydrogenase. In this study, we determined the nucleotide sequence of a 3.8-kb region immediately upstream from hupD. This revealed four additional closely linked ORFs which we designated hupA, hupB, hupY and hupC; these genes potentially encode polypeptides with predicted masses of 12.6, 33.3, 80.4 and 9.0 kDa, respectively. This cluster of genes was shown to be essential for hydrogenase activity by insertion mutagenesis using antibiotic-resistance gene cassettes and a Tn5 derivative carrying a promoterless lacZ gene. A 10.5-kb fragment of DNA beginning 3.4 kb downstream from hupL, and including the sequenced region, was able to complement hupA and hupY mutants, supporting earlier evidence for a promoter downstream from hupSL. The deduced amino acid sequences of hupA, hupB and hupC are homologous to the Escherichia coli hypA, hypB and hypC gene products, respectively. Of particular interest is the fact that there is no homologue of the hupY gene product in the E. coli hyp operon. Mutations in hupY or hupB had little effect on beta-galactosidase activity in a strain also carrying a hupL::lacZ fusion, showing that hupY and hupB are not major factors in regulating the transcription of the hydrogenase structural genes.
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- K H Tibelius
- Department of Microbiology, McGill University, Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Québec, Canada
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Fu C, Maier RJ. A genetic region downstream of the hydrogenase structural genes of Bradyrhizobium japonicum that is required for hydrogenase processing. J Bacteriol 1993; 175:295-8. [PMID: 8416905 PMCID: PMC196126 DOI: 10.1128/jb.175.1.295-298.1993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Deletion of a 2.9-kb chromosomal EcoRI fragment of DNA located 2.2 kb downstream from the end of the hydrogenase structural genes resulted in the complete loss of hydrogenase activity. The normal 65- and 35-kDa hydrogenase subunits were absent in the deletion mutants. Instead, two peptides of 66.5 and 41 kDa were identified in the mutants by use of anti-hydrogenase subunit-specific antibody. A hydrogenase structural gene mutant did not synthesize either the normal hydrogenase subunits or the larger peptides. Hydrogenase activity in the deletion mutants was complemented to near wild-type levels by plasmid pCF1, containing a 6.5-kb BglII fragment, and the 65- and 35-kDa hydrogenase subunits were also recovered in the mutants containing pCF1.
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- C Fu
- Department of Biology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218
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