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Dobruchowska JM, Jonsson JO, Fridjonsson OH, Aevarsson A, Kristjansson JK, Altenbuchner J, Watzlawick H, Gerwig GJ, Dijkhuizen L, Kamerling JP, Hreggvidsson GO. Modification of linear (β1→3)-linked gluco-oligosaccharides with a novel recombinant β-glucosyltransferase (trans-β-glucosidase) enzyme from Bradyrhizobium diazoefficiens. Glycobiology 2016; 26:1157-1170. [PMID: 27550196 DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cww074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2015] [Revised: 07/14/2016] [Accepted: 07/18/2016] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Recently, we have shown that glycoside hydrolases enzymes of family GH17 from proteobacteria (genera Pseudomonas, Azotobacter) catalyze elongation transfer reactions with laminari-oligosaccharides generating (β1→3) linkages preferably and to a lesser extent (β1→6) or (β1→4) linkages. In the present study, the cloning and characterization of the gene encoding the structurally very similar GH17 domain of the NdvB enzyme from Bradyrhizobium diazoefficiens, designated Glt20, as well as its catalytic properties are described. The Glt20 enzyme was strikingly different from the previously investigated bacterial GH17 enzymes, both regarding substrate specificity and product formation. The Azotobacter and Pseudomonas enzymes cleaved the donor laminari-oligosaccharide substrates three or four moieties from the non-reducing end, generating linear oligosaccharides. In contrast, the Glt20 enzyme cleaved donor laminari-oligosaccharide substrates two glucose moieties from the reducing end, releasing laminaribiose and transferring the remainder to laminari-oligosaccharide acceptor substrates creating only (β1→3)(β1→6) branching points. This enables Glt20 to transfer larger oligosaccharide chains than the other type of bacterial enzymes previously described, and helps explain the biologically significant formation of cyclic β-glucans in B. diazoefficiens.
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- Justyna M Dobruchowska
- Microbial Physiology, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute (GBB), University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 7, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Institut für Industrielle Genetik, Universität Stuttgart, Allmandring 31, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Institut für Industrielle Genetik, Universität Stuttgart, Allmandring 31, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Microbial Physiology, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute (GBB), University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 7, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands.,NMR Spectroscopy, Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Microbial Physiology, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute (GBB), University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 7, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Microbial Physiology, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute (GBB), University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 7, 9747 AG Groningen, The Netherlands.,NMR Spectroscopy, Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Matís, Vínlandsleid 12, 113 Reykjavík, Iceland .,Department of Biology, University of Iceland, Sturlugata 7, 101 Reykjavík, Iceland
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Venkatachalam G, Gummadi S, Doble M. Production of Cyclic β-Glucans. SPRINGERBRIEFS IN MICROBIOLOGY 2013. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-32995-1_5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Choma A, Komaniecka I. Characterization of cyclic β-glucans of Bradyrhizobium by MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry. Carbohydr Res 2011; 346:1945-50. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2011.05.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2011] [Revised: 05/11/2011] [Accepted: 05/14/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Fitriyanto NA, Nakamura M, Muto S, Kato K, Yabe T, Iwama T, Kawai K, Pertiwiningrum A. Ce3+-induced exopolysaccharide production by Bradyrhizobium sp. MAFF211645. J Biosci Bioeng 2011; 111:146-52. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2010.09.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2010] [Revised: 08/25/2010] [Accepted: 09/10/2010] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Kawaharada Y, Eda S, Minamisawa K, Mitsui H. A Mesorhizobium loti mutant with reduced glucan content shows defective invasion of its host plant Lotus japonicus. MICROBIOLOGY-SGM 2008; 153:3983-3993. [PMID: 18048913 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.2007/008631-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Random transposon mutagenesis led to the isolation of a novel Mesorhizobium loti mutant that is defective in nitrogen fixation during symbiosis with Lotus japonicus. The mutated locus, designated cep, encodes a putative cell-envelope protein displaying no significant sequence similarity to proteins with known functions. This mutant elicits the formation of nodule-like bumps and root-hair curling, but not the elongation of infection threads, on L. japonicus roots. This is reminiscent of the phenotypes of rhizobial mutants impaired in cyclic beta-glucan biosynthesis. The cep mutant exhibits partially reduced content of cell-associated glucans and intermediate deficiency of motility under hypo-osmotic conditions as compared to a glucan-deficient mutant. Second-site pseudorevertants of the cep mutant were isolated by selecting for restoration of symbiotic nitrogen fixation. A subset of pseudorevertants restored both symbiotic capability and glucan content to levels comparable to that of the wild-type. These results suggest that the Cep product acts on a successful symbiosis by affecting cell-associated glucan content.
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- Yasuyuki Kawaharada
- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
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- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Katahira, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8577, Japan
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Kwon C, Park H, Jung S. Enantioseparation of some chiral flavanones using microbial cyclic beta-(1-->3),(1-->6)-glucans as novel chiral additives in capillary electrophoresis. Carbohydr Res 2006; 342:762-6. [PMID: 17234165 DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2006.12.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2006] [Revised: 12/15/2006] [Accepted: 12/19/2006] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Cyclic beta-(1-->3),(1-->6)-glucans, microbial cyclooligosaccharides produced by Bradyrhizobium japonicum USDA 110, were used as novel chiral additives for the enantiomeric separation of some flavanones such as eriodictyol, homoeriodictyol, hesperetin, naringenin, and isosakuranetin in capillary electrophoresis (CE). Among the flavanones, eriodictyol was separated with the highest resolution (R(s) 5.66) and selectivity factor (alpha 1.18) when 20mM cyclic beta-(1-->3),(1-->6)-glucans were added to the background electrolyte (BGE) at pH 8.3.
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- Chanho Kwon
- Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Konkuk University, Seoul 143-701, South Korea
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Komaniecka I, Choma A. Isolation and characterization of periplasmic cyclic β-glucans ofAzorhizobium caulinodans. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2003; 227:263-9. [PMID: 14592718 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-1097(03)00690-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Oligoglucose molecules isolated from Azorhizobium caulinodans were characterized by compositional analysis, Smith degradation, matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time of flight mass spectrometry, and (1)H and (13)C nuclear magnetic resonance analysis. A. caulinodans produced nonbranched and unsubstituted cyclic glucans composed solely of glucose, with the degree of polymerization ranging from 10 to 13. A major fraction of the periplasmic glucans contains 11 glucose residues within rings. The glucose residues are linked by beta-(1,3) and beta-(1,6) glycosidic bonds. These molecules seem to be quite similar to the periplasmic beta-(1,3);(1,6)-glucans synthesized by the Bradyrhizobium strain and are substantially different from the cyclic beta-(1,2)-glucans produced by Agrobacterium and Sinorhizobium species. Azorhizobial cyclic glucan synthesis is not osmoregulated. The response to the osmotic stress in Azorhizobium can be regulated similarly to Brucella spp. It is probable that the biosynthesis of beta-glucans is subject to the feedback control mechanism.
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- Iwona Komaniecka
- Department of General Microbiology, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, 19 Akademicka St., 20-033, Lublin, Poland.
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Chen R, Bhagwat AA, Yaklich R, Keister DL. Characterization of ndvD, the third gene involved in the synthesis of cyclic beta-(1 --> 3),(1 --> 6)-D-glucans in Bradyrhizobium japonicum. Can J Microbiol 2002; 48:1008-16. [PMID: 12556128 DOI: 10.1139/w02-099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Previously, we identified two genes in Bradyrhizobium japonicum (ndvB, ndvC) that are required for cyclic beta-(1 --> 3),(1 --> 6)-D-glucan synthesis and successful symbiotic interaction with soybean (Glycine max). In this study, we report a new open reading frame (ORF1) located in the intergenic region between ndvB and ndvC, which is essential for beta-glucan synthesis and effective nodulation of G. max. This new gene is designated ndvD (nodule development). The ndvD translation product has a predicted molecular mass of 26.4 kDa with one transmembrane domain. Genetic experiments involving gene deletion, Tn5 insertion, and gene complementation revealed that the mutation of ndvD generated pleiotropic phenotypes, including hypoosmotic sensitivity, reduced motility, and defects in conjugative gene transfer, in addition to symbiotic ineffectiveness. Although deficient in in vivo beta-glucan synthesis, membrane preparations from the ndvD mutant synthesized neutral beta-glucans in vitro. Therefore, ndvD does not appear to be a structural gene for beta-glucan synthesis. Our hypothesis for the mechanism of beta-(1 --> 3),(1 --> 6)-D-glucan synthesis is presented.
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- Rongji Chen
- Soybean Genomics and Improvement Laboratory, USDA-Agricultural Research Service, B-002, BARC-W, Beltsville, Maryland 20705, USA
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Bhagwat AA, Mithöfer A, Pfeffer PE, Kraus C, Spickers N, Hotchkiss A, Ebel J, Keister DL. Further studies of the role of cyclic beta-glucans in symbiosis. An NdvC mutant of Bradyrhizobium japonicum synthesizes cyclodecakis-(1-->3)-beta-glucosyl. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 1999; 119:1057-64. [PMID: 10069844 PMCID: PMC32087 DOI: 10.1104/pp.119.3.1057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/1998] [Accepted: 12/01/1998] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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The cyclic beta-(1-->3),beta-(1-->6)-D-glucan synthesis locus of Bradyrhizobium japonicum is composed of at least two genes, ndvB and ndvC. Mutation in either gene affects glucan synthesis, as well as the ability of the bacterium to establish a successful symbiotic interaction with the legume host soybean (Glycine max). B. japonicum strain AB-14 (ndvB::Tn5) does not synthesize beta-glucans, and strain AB-1 (ndvC::Tn5) synthesizes a cyclic beta-glucan lacking beta-(1-->6)-glycosidic bonds. We determined that the structure of the glucan synthesized by strain AB-1 is cyclodecakis-(1-->3)-beta-D-glucosyl, a cyclic beta-(1-->3)-linked decasaccharide in which one of the residues is substituted in the 6 position with beta-laminaribiose. Cyclodecakis-(1-->3)-beta-D-glucosyl did not suppress the fungal beta-glucan-induced plant defense response in soybean cotyledons and had much lower affinity for the putative membrane receptor protein than cyclic beta-(1-->3),beta-(1-->6)-glucans produced by wild-type B. japonicum. This is consistent with the hypothesis presented previously that the wild-type cyclic beta-glucans may function as suppressors of a host defense response.
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- A A Bhagwat
- U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Building 006, BARC-W, Beltsville, Maryland 20705, USA.
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Briones G, de Lannino NI, Steinberg M, Ugalde RA. Periplasmic cyclic 1,2-beta-glucan in Brucella spp. is not osmoregulated. MICROBIOLOGY (READING, ENGLAND) 1997; 143 ( Pt 4):1115-1124. [PMID: 9141674 DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-4-1115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Biosynthesis of periplasmic cyclic 1,2-beta-glucans in Brucella ovis strain REO198 and B. abortus strain 519 was found to be carried out by membrane-bound enzymes that use UDP-glucose (UDP-Glc) as donor substrate. Contrary to what happens in species of the genera Agrobacterium and Rhizobium, the accumulation of the reaction products in Brucella appeared not to be osmotically regulated. Incubation of permeabilized cells with UDP-[14C]Glc led to the formation of soluble neutral cyclic 1,2-beta-glucans and [14C]glucose-labelled glucoproteins. PAGE of pulse-chase experiments carried out with permeabilized cells showed that the molecular mass of the labelled protein was indistinguishable from Agrobacterium tumefaciens A348 and Rhizobium fredii USDA191 glucoproteins known to be intermediates in the synthesis of cyclic glucans. Brucella total membrane preparations were less efficient than permeabilized cells in the formation of cyclic glucan; this was attributed to defective cyclization. Accumulation of protein intermediates having oligosaccharides of high molecular mass that were not released from the protein was observed after chase with 2 mM UDP-Glc. This defect was not observed when permeabilized cells were used as enzyme preparation, thus suggesting that in Brucella a factor(s) that was lost or inactivated upon the preparation of membranes was required for the effective regulation between elongation and cyclization reactions.
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- Gabriel Briones
- Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica, División Agropecuaria, Centro Atómico Ezeiza, Buenos Aires 1405, Argentina
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Bioquímicas, Fundación Campomar, Avda. Patricias Argentinas 435, Buenos Aires 1405, Argentina
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Bioquímicas, Fundación Campomar, Avda. Patricias Argentinas 435, Buenos Aires 1405, Argentina
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- Instituto de Investigaciones Bioquímicas, Fundación Campomar, Avda. Patricias Argentinas 435, Buenos Aires 1405, Argentina
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Pfeffer PE, Osman SF, Hotchkiss A, Bhagwat AA, Keister DL, Valentine KM. Cyclolaminarinose. A new biologically active beta-(1-->3) cyclic glucan. Carbohydr Res 1996; 296:23-37. [PMID: 9008841 DOI: 10.1016/s0008-6215(96)00238-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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A unique glucan has been isolated from a recombinant strain of a Rhizobium meliloti TY7, a cyclic beta-(1-->2) glucan mutant carrying a locus specifying beta-(1-->3; 1-->6) glucan synthesis from Bradyrhizobium japonicum USDA110. This compound, which appears to have considerable hydrophobic affinity, was separated from a perchloric acid cell extract by adsorption to a C-18 silica column. Unlike those cyclic glucans previously isolated from Rhizobium meliloti or Bradyrhizobium japonicum, this molecule contains neither phosphoglycerol nor phosphocholine substituents, respectively. 2D NMR, FAB mass spectrometric analysis and high-performance anion exchange chromatography with pulsed amperometric detection (HPAEC-PAD) confirmed that this glucan is a single, cyclic decasaccharide (cyclolaminarinose) in which one of the residues is substituted in its 6-position with beta-laminarabiose. This structural assignment was confirmed by mass spectral and NMR analyses of the product obtained from two consecutive Smith degradations. Unlike the complex 13C spectrum of the unoxidized material, the spectrum of this product consisted of only six resonances due to rapid time averaging of its symmetrical structure on the relatively slow NMR timescale. Synthesis of this newly described cyclic beta-glucan in the R. meliloti ndvB mutant restored the symbiotic and hypoosmotic adaptation characteristics of the R. meliloti wild type strain.
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- P E Pfeffer
- U.S. Department of Agriculture, ARS, Eastern Regional Research Center, Wyndmoor, PA 19038, USA
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Bhagwat AA, Gross KC, Tully RE, Keister DL. Beta-glucan synthesis in Bradyrhizobium japonicum: characterization of a new locus (ndvC) influencing beta-(1-->6) linkages. J Bacteriol 1996; 178:4635-42. [PMID: 8755895 PMCID: PMC178234 DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.15.4635-4642.1996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Bradyrhizobium japonicum synthesizes periplasmic cyclic beta-(1-->3),beta-(1-->6)-D-glucans during growth in hypoosmotic environments, and evidence is growing that these molecules may have a specific function during plant-microbe interactions in addition to osmoregulation. Site-directed Tn5 mutagenesis of the DNA region upstream of ndvB resulted in identification of a new gene (ndvC) involved in beta-(1--> 3), beta-(1-->6)-glucan synthesis and in nodule development. The predicted translation product was a polypeptide (ca. 62 kDa) with several transmembrane domains. It contained a sequence characteristic of a conserved nucleoside-sugar-binding motif found in many bacterial enzymes and had 51% similarity with a beta-glucanosyltransferase from Candida albicans. B. japonicum carrying a Tn5 insertion in ndvC resulted in synthesis of altered cyclic beta-glucans composed almost entirely of beta-(1--> 3)-glycosyl linkages. The mutant strain was only slightly sensitive to hypoosmotic growth conditions compared with the ndvB mutant, but it was severely impaired in symbiotic interactions with soybean (Glycine max). Nodulation was delayed by 8 to 10 days, and many small nodule-like structures apparently devoid of viable bacteria were formed. This finding suggests that the structure of the beta-glucan molecule is important for a successful symbiotic interaction, and beta-glucans may have a specific function in addition to their role in hypoosmotic adaptation.
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- A A Bhagwat
- Soybean and Alfalfa Research Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service,U.S. Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland 20705-2350, USA
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Ghittoni NE, Bueno MA. Peanut rhizobia under salt stress: role of trehalose accumulation in strain ATCC 51466. Can J Microbiol 1995. [DOI: 10.1139/m95-141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Strain ATCC 51466, a motile peanut Rhizobium sp., showed patterns of utilization of diverse carbon sources characteristic of fast growers. Bacteria had periplasmic neutral glucans with molecular weight close to 3000. When the extracellular concentration of NaCl was raised to 400 mM, the lag phase of the culture was prolonged about threefold and the generation time was increased almost twice. The changes in growth behavior of salt-stressed bacteria were accompanied by the full suppression of periplasmic oligoglucans and the accumulation of cellular trehalose. Almost identical changes in cell-associated oligoglucans were observed after exposing peanut Rhizobium sp. strain ATCC 10317 to hypersalinity. When the osmotic pressure of the medium was augmented by the addition of either 200 mM mannitol or 16% (w/v) polyethylene glycol, cells of strain ATCC 51466 contained decreased levels of oligoglucans and accumulated trehalose. On the other hand, the content of cellular trehalose increased throughout logarithmic and stationary phases of growth of strain ATCC 51466 in a medium supplemented with 400 mM NaCl. When bacterial cultures were shifted from hypersaline to basal media, oligoglucans were the only oligosaccharides detected. The addition of 10 mM proline to bacteria grown under hypersalinity led to a 50% decrease in the level of trehalose and to the accumulation of oligoglucans. The addition of 10 mM glycine betaine to bacteria grown under hypersalinity also produced accumulation of oligoglucans, but the level of trehalose did not decrease. The results presented here are consistent with a role for trehalose as a compatible solute in peanut Rhizobium ATCC 51466, and they suggest that exogenously added proline may act as a compatible solute in preference to trehalose.Key words: periplasmic glucans, trehalose, peanut Rhizobium, osmotic stress.
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Pfeffer PE, Bécard G, Rolin DB, Uknalis J, Cooke P, Tu S. In vivo nuclear magnetic resonance study of the osmoregulation of phosphocholine-substituted beta-1,3;1,6 cyclic glucan and its associated carbon metabolism in Bradyrhizobium japonicum USDA 110. Appl Environ Microbiol 1994; 60:2137-46. [PMID: 8031100 PMCID: PMC201612 DOI: 10.1128/aem.60.6.2137-2146.1994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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A phosphocholine-substituted beta-1,3;1,6 cyclic glucan (PCCG), an unusual cyclic oligosaccharide, has been isolated from Bradyrhizobium japonicum USDA 110 (D. B. Rolin, P. E. Pfeffer, S. F. Osman, B. S. Swergold, F. Kappler, and A. J. Benesi, Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1116:215-225, 1992). Data presented here suggest that PCCG synthesis is dependent on the carbon metabolism and that osmotic regulation of its biosynthesis parallels regulation of membrane-derived oligosaccharide biosynthesis observed in Escherichia coli (E. P. Kennedy, M. K. Rumley, H. Schulman, and L. M. G. van Golde, J. Biol. Chem. 251:4208-4213, 1976) and Agrobacterium tumefaciens (G. A. Cangelosi, G. Martinetti, and E. W. Nester, J. Bacteriol. 172:2172-2174, 1990). Growth of B. japonicum USDA 110 cells in the reference medium at relatively low osmotic pressures (LO) (65 mosmol/kg of H2O) caused a large accumulation of PCCG and unsubstituted beta-1,3;1,6 cyclic glucans (CG). Sucrose and polyethylene glycol, nonionic osmotica, reduce all growth rates and inhibit almost completely the production of PCCG at high osmotic pressures (HO) above 650 and 400 mosmol/kg of H2O), respectively. We used in vivo 13C nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy to identify the active osmolytes implicated in the osmoregulation process. The level of alpha,alpha-trehalose in B. japonicum cells grown in autoclaved or filter-sterilized solutions remained constant in HO (0.3 M sucrose or 250 g of polyethylene glycol 6000 per liter) medium. Significant amounts of glycogen and extracellular polysaccharides were produced only when glucose was present in the autoclaved HO 0.3 M sucrose media. The results of hypo- and hyperosmotic shocking of B. japonicum USDA 110 cells were monitored by using in vivo 31P and 13C nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. The first observed osmoregulatory response of glycogen-containing cells undergoing hypoosmotic shock was release of P(i) into the medium. Within 7 h, reabsorption of P(i) was complete and production of PCCG was initiated. After 12 h, the PCCG content had increased by a factor of 7. Following the same treatment, cells containing little or no glycogen released trehalose and failed to produce PCCG. Thus the production of PCCG/CG in response to hypoosmotic shocking of stationary-phase cells was found to be directly linked to the interconversion of stored glycogen. Hyperosmotic shocking of LO-grown stationary-phase cells with sucrose had no effect on the content of previously synthesized CG/PCCG. The PCCG/CG content and its osmotically induced biosynthesis are discussed in terms of carbon metabolism and a possible role in hypoosmotic adaptation in B. japonicum USDA 110.
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- P E Pfeffer
- Eastern Regional Research Center, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19118
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Cyclic beta-glucans are low-molecular-weight cell surface carbohydrates that are found almost exclusively in bacteria of the Rhizobiaceae family. These glucans are major cellular constituents, and under certain culture conditions their levels may reach up to 20% of the total cellular dry weight. In Agrobacterium and Rhizobium species, these molecules contain between 17 and 40 glucose residues linked solely by beta-(1,2) glycosidic bonds. In Bradyrhizobium species, the cyclic beta-glucans are smaller (10 to 13 glucose residues) and contain glucose linked by both beta-(1,6) and beta-(1,3) glycosidic bonds. In some rhizobial strains, the cyclic beta-glucans are unsubstituted, whereas in other rhizobia these molecules may become highly substituted with moieties such as sn-1-phosphoglycerol. To date, two genetic loci specifically associated with cyclic beta-glucan biosynthesis have been identified in Rhizobium (ndvA and ndvB) and Agrobacterium (chvA and chvB) species. Mutants with mutations at these loci have been shown to be impaired in their ability to grow in hypoosmotic media, have numerous alterations in their cell surface properties, and are also impaired in their ability to infect plants. The present review will examine the structure and occurrence of the cyclic beta-glucans in a variety of species of the Rhizobiaceae. The possible functions of these unique molecules in the free-living bacteria as well as during plant infection will be discussed.
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- M W Breedveld
- Department of Food Science, Pennsylvania State University, University Park 16802
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Bhagwat AA, Tully RE, Keister DL. Identification and cloning of a cyclic beta-(1-->3), beta-(1-->6)-D-glucan synthesis locus from Bradyrhizobium japonicum. FEMS Microbiol Lett 1993; 114:139-44. [PMID: 8282182 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1993.tb06564.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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A cosmid clone complementing a cyclic beta-(1-->2)-glucan biosynthesis (ndvB) mutant of Rhizobium meliloti was isolated from a Bradyrhizobium japonicum gene library. This clone specified synthesis of beta-(1-->3), beta-(1-->6)-linked glucans in R. meliloti. The complemented strain was osmotically tolerant and symbiotically competent on alfalfa. Thus, beta-(1-->3), beta-(1-->6)-glucans can substitute functionally for beta-(1-->2)-glucans in R. meliloti.
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- A A Bhagwat
- Soybean and Alfalfa Research Laboratory, USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, Maryland 20705
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A gene (ndvB) in Rhizobium meliloti that is essential for nodule development in Medicago sativa (alfalfa), specifies synthesis of a large membrane protein. This protein appears to be an intermediate in beta-1,2-glucan synthesis by the microsymbiont. Southern hybridization analysis showed strong homology between an ndvB (chvB) probe and genomic DNA of R. fredii but not from Bradyrhizobium japonicum. A cosmid clone containing the putative ndvB locus was isolated from a Rhizobium fredii gene library. The cosmid clone which complemented R. meliloti ndvB mutants for synthesis of beta-1,2-glucans and effective nodulation of alfalfa was mapped and subcloned. Fragment-specific Tn5 mutagenesis followed by homologous recombination into the R. fredii genome indicated that the region was essential for beta-1,2-glucan synthesis and for formation of an effective symbiosis with Glycine max (soybean).
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- A A Bhagwat
- Soybean and Alfalfa Research Laboratory, USDA, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville, Maryland 20705-2350
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Rolin DB, Pfeffer PE, Osman SF, Szwergold BS, Kappler F, Benesi AJ. Structural studies of a phosphocholine substituted beta-(1,3);(1,6) macrocyclic glucan from Bradyrhizobium japonicum USDA 110. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1992; 1116:215-25. [PMID: 1610877 DOI: 10.1016/0304-4165(92)90014-l] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
Abstract
In our previous in vivo 31P study of intact nitrogen-fixing nodules (Rolin, D.B., Boswell, R.T., Sloger, C., Tu, S.I. and Pfeffer, P.E., 1989 Plant Physiol. 89, 1238-1246), we observed an unknown phosphodiester. The compound was also observed in the spectra of isolated bacteroids as well as extracts of the colonizing Bradyrhizobium japonicum USDA 110. In order to characterize the phosphodiester in the present study, we took advantage of the relatively hydrophobic nature of the material and purified it by elution from a C-18 silica reverse-phase chromatography column followed by final separation on an aminopropyl silica HPLC column. Structural characterization of this compound with a molecular weight of 2271 (FAB mass spectrometry), using 13C-1H and 31P-1H heteronuclear 2D COSY and double quantum 2D phase sensitive homonuclear 1H COSY NMR spectra, demonstrated that the molecule contained beta-(1,3); beta-(1,6); beta-(1,3,6) and beta-linked non-reducing terminal glucose units in the ratio of 5:6:1:1, respectively, as well as one C-6 substituted phosphocholine (PC) moiety associated with one group of (1,3) beta-glucose residues. Carbohydrate degradation analysis indicated that this material was a macrocyclic glucan, (absence of a reducing end group) with two separated units containing three consecutively linked beta-(1,3) glucose residues and 6 beta-(1,6) glucose residues. The sequences of beta-(1,3)-linked glucose units contained a single non-reducing, terminal, unsubstituted glucose linked at the C-6 position and a PC group attached primarily to an unsubstituted C-6 position of a beta-(1,3)-linked glucose.
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- D B Rolin
- US Department of Agriculture, ARS, Eastern Regional Research Center, Philadelphia, PA
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Streeter JG, Salminen SO, Whitmoyer RE, Carlson RW. Formation of Novel Polysaccharides by
Bradyrhizobium japonicum
Bacteroids in Soybean Nodules. Appl Environ Microbiol 1992; 58:607-13. [PMID: 16348649 PMCID: PMC195291 DOI: 10.1128/aem.58.2.607-613.1992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Certain strains of
Bradyrhizobium japonicum
form a previously unknown polysaccharide in the root nodules of soybean plants (
Glycine max
(L.) Merr.). The polysaccharide accumulates inside of the symbiosome membrane—the plant-derived membrane enclosing the bacteroids. In older nodules (60 days after planting), the polysaccharide occupies most of the symbiosome volume and symbiosomes become enlarged so that there is little host cytoplasm in infected cells. The two different groups of
B. japonicum
which produce different types of polysaccharide in culture produce polysaccharides of similar composition in nodules. Polysaccharide formed by group I strains (e.g., USDA 5 and USDA 123) is composed of rhamnose, galactose, and 2-
O
-methylglucuronic acid, while polysaccharide formed by group II strains (e.g., USDA 31 and USDA 39) is composed of rhamnose and 4-
O
-methylglucuronic acid. That the polysaccharide is a bacterial product is indicated by its composition plus the fact that polysaccharide formation is independent of host genotype but is dependent on the bacterial genotype. Polysaccharide formation in nodules is common among strains in serogroups 123, 127, 129, and 31, with 27 of 39 strains (69%) testing positive. Polysaccharide formation in nodules is uncommon among other
B. japonicum
serogroups, with only 1 strain in 18 (6%) testing positive.
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- J G Streeter
- Department of Agronomy and Department of Plant Pathology, The Ohio State University/Ohio Agricultural Research & Development Center, Wooster, Ohio 44691-4096, and Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602
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Cyclic beta-1,6-1,3 glucans ofBradyrhizobium: Functional analogs of the cyclic beta-1,2-glucans ofRhizobium? Curr Microbiol 1992. [DOI: 10.1007/bf01570905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Bacteria within the family Rhizobiaceae are distinguished by their ability to infect higher plants. The cell envelope carbohydrates of these bacteria are believed to be involved in the plant infection process. One class of cell envelope carbohydrate, the cyclic beta-1,2-glucans, is synthesized by species within two genera of this family, Agrobacterium and Rhizobium. In contrast, species of the genus Bradyrhizobium, a third genus within this family, appear to lack the capacity for cyclic beta-1,2-glucan biosynthesis. Instead, these bacteria synthesize cyclic glucans containing beta-1,6 and beta-1,3 glycosidic linkages (K.J. Miller, R.S. Gore, R. Johnson, A.J. Benesi, and V.N. Reinhold, J. Bacteriol. 172:136-142, 1990). We now report the initial characterization of a novel membrane-bound glucosyltransferase activity from Bradyrhizobium japonicum USDA 110. Analysis of the product of this glucosyltransferase activity revealed the following: the presence of beta-1,3 and beta-1,6 glycosidic linkages, an average molecular weight of 2,100, and no detectable reducing terminal residues. The glucosyltransferase activity was found to have an apparent Km of 50 microM for for UDP-glucose, and activity was stimulated optimally by Mn2+ ions. On the basis of the structural properties of the in vitro glucan product, it is possible that this membrane-bound glucosyltransferase activity may be responsible for the biosynthesis of cyclic beta-1,6-beta-1,3-glucans by this organism.
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- J L Cohen
- Department of Food Science, Pennsylvania State University, University Park 16802
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