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Hu T, Yang X, Zhu Y, Liu F, Yang X, Xiong Z, Liang J, Lin Z, Ran Y, Guddat LW, Rao Z, Zhang B. Molecular basis for substrate transport of Mycobacterium tuberculosis ABC importer DppABCD. SCIENCE ADVANCES 2024; 10:eadk8521. [PMID: 38507491 PMCID: PMC10954201 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adk8521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2023] [Accepted: 02/15/2024] [Indexed: 03/22/2024]
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The type I adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP)-binding cassette (ABC) transporter DppABCD is believed to be responsible for the import of exogenous heme as an iron source into the cytoplasm of the human pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). Additionally, this system is also known to be involved in the acquisition of tri- or tetra-peptides. Here, we report the cryo-electron microscopy structures of the dual-function Mtb DppABCD transporter in three forms, namely, the apo, substrate-bound, and ATP-bound states. The apo structure reveals an unexpected and previously uncharacterized assembly mode for ABC importers, where the lipoprotein DppA, a cluster C substrate-binding protein (SBP), stands upright on the translocator DppBCD primarily through its hinge region and N-lobe. These structural data, along with biochemical studies, reveal the assembly of DppABCD complex and the detailed mechanism of DppABCD-mediated transport. Together, these findings provide a molecular roadmap for understanding the transport mechanism of a cluster C SBP and its translocator.
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- Tianyu Hu
- Shanghai Institute for Advanced Immunochemical Studies and School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China
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- National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Disease, Shenzhen Third People's Hospital, Shenzhen 518112, China
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- Shanghai Institute for Advanced Immunochemical Studies and School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China
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- Innovative Center for Pathogen Research, Guangzhou Laboratory, Guangzhou 510005, China
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- Shanghai Institute for Advanced Immunochemical Studies and School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China
- Shanghai Clinical Research and Trial Center, Shanghai 201210, China
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- Laboratory of Structural Biology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Nankai University, Tianjin 300353, China
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- Shanghai Institute for Advanced Immunochemical Studies and School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China
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- Shanghai Institute for Advanced Immunochemical Studies and School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China
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- School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
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- Shanghai Institute for Advanced Immunochemical Studies and School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China
- National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Disease, Shenzhen Third People's Hospital, Shenzhen 518112, China
- Innovative Center for Pathogen Research, Guangzhou Laboratory, Guangzhou 510005, China
- Laboratory of Structural Biology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Nankai University, Tianjin 300353, China
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- Shanghai Institute for Advanced Immunochemical Studies and School of Life Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China
- Shanghai Clinical Research and Trial Center, Shanghai 201210, China
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Badten AJ, Torres AG. Burkholderia pseudomallei Complex Subunit and Glycoconjugate Vaccines and Their Potential to Elicit Cross-Protection to Burkholderia cepacia Complex. Vaccines (Basel) 2024; 12:313. [PMID: 38543947 PMCID: PMC10975474 DOI: 10.3390/vaccines12030313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2024] [Revised: 03/12/2024] [Accepted: 03/14/2024] [Indexed: 04/01/2024] Open
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Burkholderia are a group of Gram-negative bacteria that can cause a variety of diseases in at-risk populations. B. pseudomallei and B. mallei, the etiological agents of melioidosis and glanders, respectively, are the two clinically relevant members of the B. pseudomallei complex (Bpc). The development of vaccines against Bpc species has been accelerated in recent years, resulting in numerous promising subunits and glycoconjugate vaccines incorporating a variety of antigens. However, a second group of pathogenic Burkholderia species exists known as the Burkholderia cepacia complex (Bcc), a group of opportunistic bacteria which tend to affect individuals with weakened immunity or cystic fibrosis. To date, there have been few attempts to develop vaccines to Bcc species. Therefore, the primary goal of this review is to provide a broad overview of the various subunit antigens that have been tested in Bpc species, their protective efficacy, study limitations, and known or suspected mechanisms of protection. Then, we assess the reviewed Bpc antigens for their amino acid sequence conservation to homologous proteins found in Bcc species. We propose that protective Bpc antigens with a high degree of Bpc-to-Bcc sequence conservation could serve as components of a pan-Burkholderia vaccine capable of protecting against both disease-causing groups.
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- Alexander J. Badten
- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA;
- Institute for Translational Sciences, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA;
- Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555, USA
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Xin Q, Jia H, Wang B, Pan L. CRISPR-dCpf1 mediated whole genome crRNA inhibition library for high-throughput screening of growth characteristic genes in Bacillus amyloliquefaciens LB1ba02. Int J Biol Macromol 2023; 253:127179. [PMID: 37802457 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.127179] [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: 05/09/2023] [Revised: 09/06/2023] [Accepted: 09/23/2023] [Indexed: 10/10/2023]
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Bacillus amyloliquefaciens LB1ba02 is generally recognized as food safe (GRAS) microbial host and important enzyme-producing strain in the industry. However, autolysis affects the growth of bacteria, further affecting the yield of target products. Besides, the restriction-modification system, existed in B. amyloliquefaciens LB1ba02, results in a low transformation efficiency, which further leads to a lack of high-throughput screening tools. Here, we constructed a genome-wide crRNA inhibition library based on the CRISPR/dCpf1 system and high-throughput screening of related genes affecting the cell growth and autolysis using flow cytometry in B. amyloliquefaciens LB1ba02. The whole genome crRNA library was first validated for resistance to the toxic chemical 5-fluorouracil, and then used for validation of essential genes. In addition, seven gene loci (oppD, flil, tuaA, prmA, sigO, hslU, and GE03231) that affect the growth characteristics of LB1ba02 were screened. Among them, the Opp system had the greatest impact on growth. When the expression of operon oppA-oppB-oppC-oppD-oppF was inhibited, the cell growth difference was most significant. Inhibition of other sites could also promote rapid growth of bacteria to varying degrees; however, inhibition of GE03231 site accelerated cell autolysis. Therefore, the whole genome crRNA inhibition library is well suited for B. amyloliquefaciens LB1ba02 and can be further applied to high-throughput mining of other functional genes.
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- Qinglong Xin
- School of Biology and Biological Engineering, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Centre, South China University of Technology, Panyu District, Guangzhou 510006, Guangdong, PR China
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- School of Biology and Biological Engineering, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Centre, South China University of Technology, Panyu District, Guangzhou 510006, Guangdong, PR China
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- School of Biology and Biological Engineering, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Centre, South China University of Technology, Panyu District, Guangzhou 510006, Guangdong, PR China.
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- School of Biology and Biological Engineering, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Centre, South China University of Technology, Panyu District, Guangzhou 510006, Guangdong, PR China.
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Genetic and Transcriptomic Variations for Amoxicillin Resistance in Helicobacter pylori under Cryopreservation. Pathogens 2021; 10:pathogens10060676. [PMID: 34070823 PMCID: PMC8229390 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens10060676] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2021] [Revised: 05/02/2021] [Accepted: 05/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Some amoxicillin-resistant strains of H. pylori show a sharp decrease in amoxicillin resistance after freezing. In China, most clinical gastric mucosal specimens are frozen and transported for isolation and drug susceptibility testing for H. pylori, which may lead to an underestimation of the amoxicillin resistance. The objective of this study is to investigated reasons for the decreased amoxicillin resistance after cryopreservation. A high-level amoxicillin-resistant clone (NX24r) was obtained through amoxicillin pressure screening. After cryopreservation at -80 °C for 3 months, the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of NX24r was reduced sharply. Mutations and changes of transcriptome were analyzed after amoxicillin screening and cryopreservation. Mutations in PBP1 (I370T, E428K, T556S) and HefC (M337K, L378F, D976V) were detected in NX24r, which may be the main reason for the induced amoxicillin resistance. No mutations were found in PBP1 or HefC after cryopreservation. However, transcriptome analysis showed that down-regulated genes in the cryopreserved clone were significantly enriched in plasma membrane (GO:0005886), including lepB, secD, gluP, hp0871 and hp1071. These plasma membrane genes are involved in the biosynthesis and transport function of the membrane. The decreased amoxicillin resistance after cryopreservation may be related to the down-regulation of genes involved in membrane structure and transport function.
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Bioinformatics analysis and biochemical characterisation of ABC transporter-associated periplasmic substrate-binding proteins ModA and MetQ from Helicobacter pylori strain SS1. Biophys Chem 2021; 272:106577. [PMID: 33756269 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2021.106577] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2021] [Revised: 02/23/2021] [Accepted: 03/06/2021] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The human gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori relies on the uptake of host-provided nutrients for its proliferation and pathogenicity. ABC transporters that mediate import of small molecules into the cytoplasm of H. pylori employ their cognate periplasmic substrate-binding proteins (SBPs) for ligand capture in the periplasm. The genome of the mouse-adapted strain SS1 of H. pylori encodes eight ABC transporter-associated SBPs, but little is known about their specificity or structure. In this study, we demonstrated that the SBP annotated as ModA binds molybdate (MoO42-, KD = 3.8 nM) and tungstate (WO42-, KD = 7.8 nM). In addition, we showed that MetQ binds D-methionine (KD = 9.5 μM), but not L-methionine, which suggests the existence of as yet unknown pathway for L-methionine uptake. Homology modelling has led to identification of the ligand-binding residues.
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Xu X, Chen J, Huang X, Feng S, Zhang X, She F, Wen Y. The Role of a Dipeptide Transporter in the Virulence of Human Pathogen, Helicobacter pylori. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:633166. [PMID: 33732225 PMCID: PMC7959749 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.633166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2020] [Accepted: 02/05/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Helicobacter pylori harbors a dipeptide (Dpp) transporter consisting of a substrate-binding protein (DppA), two permeases (DppB and C), and two ATPases (DppD and F). The Dpp transporter is responsible for the transportation of dipeptides and short peptides. We found that its expression is important for the growth of H. pylori. To understand the role of the Dpp transporter in the pathogenesis of H. pylori, the expression of virulence factors and H. pylori-induced IL-8 production were investigated in H. pylori wild-type and isogenic H. pylori Dpp transporter mutants. We found that expression of CagA was downregulated, while expression of type 4 secretion system (T4SS) components was upregulated in Dpp transporter mutants. The DppA mutant strain expressed higher levels of outer membrane proteins (OMPs), including BabA, HopZ, OipA, and SabA, and showed a higher adhesion level to gastric epithelial AGS cells compared with the H. pylori 26695 wild-type strain. After infection of AGS cells, H. pylori ΔdppA induced a higher level of NF-κB activation and IL-8 production compared with wild-type. These results suggested that in addition to supporting the growth of H. pylori, the Dpp transporter causes bacteria to alter the expression of virulence factors and reduces H. pylori-induced NF-κB activation and IL-8 production in gastric epithelial cells.
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- Xiaohong Xu
- Key Laboratory of Gastrointestinal Cancer (Fujian Medical University), Ministry of Education, Fuzhou, China.,Fujian Key Laboratory of Tumor Microbiology, Department of Medical Microbiology, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China.,Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Gastrointestinal Cancer (Fujian Medical University), Ministry of Education, Fuzhou, China.,Fujian Key Laboratory of Tumor Microbiology, Department of Medical Microbiology, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Gastrointestinal Cancer (Fujian Medical University), Ministry of Education, Fuzhou, China.,Fujian Key Laboratory of Tumor Microbiology, Department of Medical Microbiology, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Gastrointestinal Cancer (Fujian Medical University), Ministry of Education, Fuzhou, China.,Fujian Key Laboratory of Tumor Microbiology, Department of Medical Microbiology, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Gastrointestinal Cancer (Fujian Medical University), Ministry of Education, Fuzhou, China.,Fujian Key Laboratory of Tumor Microbiology, Department of Medical Microbiology, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Gastrointestinal Cancer (Fujian Medical University), Ministry of Education, Fuzhou, China.,Fujian Key Laboratory of Tumor Microbiology, Department of Medical Microbiology, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Gastrointestinal Cancer (Fujian Medical University), Ministry of Education, Fuzhou, China.,Fujian Key Laboratory of Tumor Microbiology, Department of Medical Microbiology, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China
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Gastric Metabolomics Detects Helicobacter pylori Correlated Loss of Numerous Metabolites in Both the Corpus and Antrum. Infect Immun 2021; 89:IAI.00690-20. [PMID: 33168589 DOI: 10.1128/iai.00690-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2020] [Accepted: 10/31/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Helicobacter pylori is a chronic bacterial pathogen that thrives in several regions of the stomach, causing inflammation that can vary by site and result in distinct disease outcomes. Whether the regions differ in terms of host-derived metabolites is not known. We thus characterized the regional variation of the metabolomes of mouse gastric corpus and antrum organoids and tissue. The uninfected secreted organoid metabolites differed between the corpus and antrum in only seven metabolites as follows: lactic acid, malic acid, phosphoethanolamine, alanine, uridine, glycerol, and isoleucine. Several of the secreted chemicals were depleted upon H. pylori infection in both regions, including urea, cholesterol, glutamine, fumaric acid, lactic acid, citric acid, malic acid, and multiple nonessential amino acids. These results suggest a model in which H. pylori preferentially uses carboxylic acids and amino acids in complex environments, and these are found in both the corpus and antrum. When organoid metabolites were compared to mouse tissue, there was little overlap. The tissue corpus and antrum metabolomes were distinct, including antrum-elevated 5-methoxytryptamine, lactic acid, and caprylic acid, and corpus-elevated phospholipid products. The corpus and antrum remained distinct over an 8-month infection time course. The antrum displayed no significant changes between the time points in contrast to the corpus, which exhibited metabolite changes that were consistent with stress, tissue damage, and depletion of key nutrients, such as glutamine and fructose-6-phosphate. Overall, our results suggest that the corpus and antrum have largely but not completely overlapping metabolomes that change moderately upon H. pylori infection.
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Nemoto TK, Ohara Nemoto Y. Dipeptidyl-peptidases: Key enzymes producing entry forms of extracellular proteins in asaccharolytic periodontopathic bacterium Porphyromonas gingivalis. Mol Oral Microbiol 2020; 36:145-156. [PMID: 33006264 PMCID: PMC8048996 DOI: 10.1111/omi.12317] [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: 06/17/2020] [Revised: 09/17/2020] [Accepted: 09/24/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Porphyromonas gingivalis, a pathogen of chronic periodontitis, is an asaccharolytic microorganism that solely utilizes nutritional amino acids as its energy source and cellular constituents. The bacterium is considered to incorporate proteinaceous nutrients mainly as dipeptides, thus exopeptidases that produce dipeptides from polypeptides are critical for survival and proliferation. We present here an overview of dipeptide production by P. gingivalis mediated by dipeptidyl-peptidases (DPPs), e.g., DPP4, DPP5, DPP7, and DPP11, serine exopeptidases localized in periplasm, which release dipeptides from the N-terminus of polypeptides. Additionally, two other exopeptidases, acylpeptidyl-oligopeptidase (AOP) and prolyl tripeptidyl-peptidase A (PTP-A), which liberate N-terminal acylated di-/tri-peptides and tripeptides with Pro at the third position, respectively, provide polypeptides in an acceptable form for DPPs. Hence, a large fraction of dipeptides is produced from nutritional polypeptides by DPPs with differential specificities in combination with AOP and PTP-A. The resultant dipeptides are then incorporated across the inner membrane mainly via a proton-dependent oligopeptide transporter (POT), a member of the major facilitator superfamily. Recent studies also indicate that DPP4 and DPP7 directly link between periodontal and systemic diseases, such as type 2 diabetes mellitus and coagulation abnormality, respectively. Therefore, these dipeptide-producing and incorporation molecules are considered to be potent targets for prevention and treatment of periodontal and related systemic diseases.
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- Takayuki K Nemoto
- Department of Oral Molecular Biology, Course of Medical and Dental Sciences, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan
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- Department of Oral Molecular Biology, Course of Medical and Dental Sciences, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan
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In Vivo Genome and Methylome Adaptation of cag-Negative Helicobacter pylori during Experimental Human Infection. mBio 2020; 11:mBio.01803-20. [PMID: 32843556 PMCID: PMC7448279 DOI: 10.1128/mbio.01803-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Exceptional genetic diversity and variability are hallmarks of Helicobacter pylori, but the biological role of this plasticity remains incompletely understood. Here, we had the rare opportunity to investigate the molecular evolution during the first weeks of H. pylori infection by comparing the genomes and epigenomes of H. pylori strain BCS 100 used to challenge human volunteers in a vaccine trial with those of bacteria reisolated from the volunteers 10 weeks after the challenge. The data provide molecular insights into the process of establishment of this highly versatile pathogen in 10 different human individual hosts, showing, for example, selection for changes in host-interaction molecules as well as changes in epigenetic methylation patterns. The data provide important clues to the early adaptation of H. pylori to new host niches after transmission, which we believe is vital to understand its success as a chronic pathogen and develop more efficient treatments and vaccines. Multiple studies have demonstrated rapid bacterial genome evolution during chronic infection with Helicobacter pylori. In contrast, little was known about genetic changes during the first stages of infection, when selective pressure is likely to be highest. Using single-molecule, real-time (SMRT) and Illumina sequencing technologies, we analyzed genome and methylome evolution during the first 10 weeks of infection by comparing the cag pathogenicity island (cagPAI)-negative H. pylori challenge strain BCS 100 with pairs of H. pylori reisolates from gastric antrum and corpus biopsy specimens of 10 human volunteers who had been infected with this strain as part of a vaccine trial. Most genetic changes detected in the reisolates affected genes with a surface-related role or a predicted function in peptide uptake. Apart from phenotypic changes of the bacterial envelope, a duplication of the catalase gene was observed in one reisolate, which resulted in higher catalase activity and improved survival under oxidative stress conditions. The methylomes also varied in some of the reisolates, mostly by activity switching of phase-variable methyltransferase (MTase) genes. The observed in vivo mutation spectrum was remarkable for a very high proportion of nonsynonymous mutations. Although the data showed substantial within-strain genome diversity in the challenge strain, most antrum and corpus reisolates from the same volunteers were highly similar to each other, indicating that the challenge infection represents a major selective bottleneck shaping the transmitted population. Our findings suggest rapid in vivo selection of H. pylori during early-phase infection providing adaptation to different individuals by common mechanisms of genetic and epigenetic alterations.
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Leveraging nature's biomolecular designs in next-generation protein sequencing reagent development. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 2020; 104:7261-7271. [PMID: 32617618 DOI: 10.1007/s00253-020-10745-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2020] [Revised: 06/09/2020] [Accepted: 06/15/2020] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Next-generation approaches for protein sequencing are now emerging that could have the potential to revolutionize the field in proteomics. One such sequencing method involves fluorescence-based imaging of immobilized peptides in which the N-terminal amino acid of a polypeptide is readout sequentially by a series of fluorescently labeled biomolecules. When selectively bound to a specific N-terminal amino acid, the NAAB (N-terminal amino acid binder) affinity reagent identifies the amino acid through its associated fluorescence tag. A key technical challenge in implementing this fluoro-sequencing approach is the need to develop NAAB affinity reagents with the high affinity and selectivity for specific N-terminal amino acids required for this biotechnology application. One approach to develop such a NAAB affinity reagent is to leverage naturally occurring biomolecules that bind amino acids and/or peptides. Here, we describe several candidate biomolecules that could be considered for this purpose and discuss the potential for developability of each. Key points • Next-generation sequencing methods are emerging that could revolutionize proteomics. • Sequential readout of N-terminal amino acids by fluorescent-tagged affinity reagents. • Native peptide/amino acid binders can be engineered into affinity reagents. • Protein size and structure contribute to feasibility of reagent developability.
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Masulis IS, Sukharycheva NA, Kiselev SS, Andreeva ZS, Ozoline ON. Between computational predictions and high-throughput transcriptional profiling: in depth expression analysis of the OppB trans-membrane subunit of Escherichia coli OppABCDF oligopeptide transporter. Res Microbiol 2020; 171:55-63. [PMID: 31704256 DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2019.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2019] [Revised: 10/16/2019] [Accepted: 10/21/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Bacterial oligopeptide transporters encoded by arrays of opp genes are implicated in a wide variety of physiological functions including nutrient acquisition, cell-to-cell communication, host-pathogen interaction. Combining the five opp genes in one oppABCDF operon of Escherichia coli assumes unified principle of their transcriptional regulation, which should provide a comparable amounts of translated products. This, however, contradicts the experimentally detected disproportion in the abundance of periplasmic OppA and the trans-membrane subunits OppB and OppC. As a first step towards understanding differential regulation of intraoperonic genes we examined genomic region proximal to oppB for its competence to initiate RNA synthesis using in silico promoter predictions, data of high-throughput RNA sequencing and targeted transcription assay. A number of transcription start sites (TSSs), whose potency depends on the presence of cationic oligopeptide protamine in cultivation medium, was found at the end of oppA and in the early coding part of oppB. We also show that full-size OppB conjugated with EGFP is produced under the control of its own genomic regulatory region and may be detected in analytical quantities of bacterial cell culture.
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- Irina S Masulis
- Department of Functional Genomics and Cellular Stress, Institute of Cell Biophysics Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow Region, 142290, Russian Federation.
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- Department of Functional Genomics and Cellular Stress, Institute of Cell Biophysics Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow Region, 142290, Russian Federation
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- Department of Functional Genomics and Cellular Stress, Institute of Cell Biophysics Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow Region, 142290, Russian Federation
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- Department of Functional Genomics and Cellular Stress, Institute of Cell Biophysics Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow Region, 142290, Russian Federation
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- Department of Functional Genomics and Cellular Stress, Institute of Cell Biophysics Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow Region, 142290, Russian Federation
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Suzuki R, Satou K, Shiroma A, Shimoji M, Teruya K, Matsumoto T, Akada J, Hirano T, Yamaoka Y. Genome-wide mutation analysis of Helicobacter pylori after inoculation to Mongolian gerbils. Gut Pathog 2019; 11:45. [PMID: 31558915 PMCID: PMC6754630 DOI: 10.1186/s13099-019-0326-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2019] [Accepted: 09/12/2019] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Background Helicobacter pylori is a pathogenic bacterium that causes various gastrointestinal diseases in the human stomach. H. pylori is well adapted to the human stomach but does not easily infect other animals. As a model animal, Mongolian gerbils are often used, however, the genome of the inoculated H. pylori may accumulate mutations to adapt to the new host. To investigate mutations occurring in H. pylori after infection in Mongolian gerbils, we compared the whole genome sequence of TN2 wild type strain (TN2wt) and next generation sequencing data of retrieved strains from the animals after different lengths of infection. Results We identified mutations in 21 loci of 17 genes of the post-inoculation strains. Of the 17 genes, five were outer membrane proteins that potentially influence on the colonization and inflammation. Missense and nonsense mutations were observed in 15 and 6 loci, respectively. Multiple mutations were observed in three genes. Mutated genes included babA, tlpB, and gltS, which are known to be associated with adaptation to murine. Other mutations were involved with chemoreceptor, pH regulator, and outer membrane proteins, which also have potential to influence on the adaptation to the new host. Conclusions We confirmed mutations in genes previously reported to be associated with adaptation to Mongolian gerbils. We also listed up genes that mutated during the infection to the gerbils, though it needs experiments to prove the influence on adaptation.
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- Rumiko Suzuki
- 1Department of Environmental and Preventive Medicine, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, 1-1 Idaigaoka, Hasama-machi, Yufu, Oita 879-5593 Japan
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- Okinawa Institute of Advanced Sciences, 5-1 Suzaki, Uruma, Okinawa 904-2234 Japan
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- Okinawa Institute of Advanced Sciences, 5-1 Suzaki, Uruma, Okinawa 904-2234 Japan
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- Okinawa Institute of Advanced Sciences, 5-1 Suzaki, Uruma, Okinawa 904-2234 Japan
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- Okinawa Institute of Advanced Sciences, 5-1 Suzaki, Uruma, Okinawa 904-2234 Japan
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- 1Department of Environmental and Preventive Medicine, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, 1-1 Idaigaoka, Hasama-machi, Yufu, Oita 879-5593 Japan
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- 1Department of Environmental and Preventive Medicine, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, 1-1 Idaigaoka, Hasama-machi, Yufu, Oita 879-5593 Japan
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- Okinawa Institute of Advanced Sciences, 5-1 Suzaki, Uruma, Okinawa 904-2234 Japan
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- 1Department of Environmental and Preventive Medicine, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, 1-1 Idaigaoka, Hasama-machi, Yufu, Oita 879-5593 Japan.,3Department of Medicine-Gastroenterology, Baylor College of Medicine, 2002 Holcombe Blvd., Houston, TX 77030 USA.,Global Oita Medical Advanced Research Center for Health, 1-1 Idaigaoka, Hasama-machi, Yufu, Oita 879-5593 Japan
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Molecular Basis of Unexpected Specificity of ABC Transporter-Associated Substrate-Binding Protein DppA from Helicobacter pylori. J Bacteriol 2019; 201:JB.00400-19. [PMID: 31358613 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00400-19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2019] [Accepted: 07/22/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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The gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori has limited ability to use carbohydrates as a carbon source, relying instead on exogenous amino acids and peptides. Uptake of certain peptides by H. pylori requires an ATP binding cassette (ABC) transporter annotated dipeptide permease (Dpp). The transporter specificity is determined by its cognate substrate-binding protein DppA, which captures ligands in the periplasm and delivers them to the permease. Here, we show that, unlike previously characterized DppA proteins, H. pylori DppA binds, with micromolar affinity, peptides of diverse amino acid sequences ranging between two and eight residues in length. We present analysis of the 1.45-Å-resolution crystal structure of its complex with the tetrapeptide STSA, which provides a structural rationale for the observed broad specificity. Analysis of the molecular surface revealed a ligand-binding pocket that is large enough to accommodate peptides of up to nine residues in length. The structure suggests that H. pylori DppA is able to recognize a wide range of peptide sequences by forming interactions primarily with the peptide main chain atoms. The loop that terminates the peptide-binding pocket in DppAs from other bacteria is significantly shorter in the H. pylori protein, providing an explanation for its ability to bind longer peptides. The subsites accommodating the two N-terminal residues of the peptide ligand make the greatest contribution to the protein-ligand binding energy, in agreement with the observation that dipeptides bind with affinity close to that of longer peptides.IMPORTANCE The World Health Organization listed Helicobacter pylori as a high-priority pathogen for antibiotic development. The potential of using peptide transporters in drug design is well recognized. We discovered that the substrate-binding protein of the ABC transporter for peptides, termed dipeptide permease, is an unusual member of its family in that it directly binds peptides of diverse amino acid sequences, ranging between two and eight residues in length. We also provided a structural rationale for the observed broad specificity. Since the ability to import peptides as a source of carbon is critical for H. pylori, our findings will inform drug design strategies based on inhibition or fusion of membrane-impermeant antimicrobials with peptides.
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Rahman MM, Machuca MA, Roujeinikova A. Preliminary X-ray crystallographic studies on the Helicobacter pylori ABC transporter glutamine-binding protein GlnH. Drug Discov Ther 2019; 13:52-58. [DOI: 10.5582/ddt.2019.01008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Mohammad M. Rahman
- Infection and Immunity Program, Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Department of Microbiology, Monash University
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- Infection and Immunity Program, Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Department of Microbiology, Monash University
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- Infection and Immunity Program, Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Department of Microbiology, Monash University
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University
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Smet A, Yahara K, Rossi M, Tay A, Backert S, Armin E, Fox JG, Flahou B, Ducatelle R, Haesebrouck F, Corander J. Macroevolution of gastric Helicobacter species unveils interspecies admixture and time of divergence. THE ISME JOURNAL 2018; 12:2518-2531. [PMID: 29942073 PMCID: PMC6154992 DOI: 10.1038/s41396-018-0199-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2017] [Revised: 01/29/2018] [Accepted: 03/20/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Since the discovery of the human pathogen Helicobacter pylori, various other Helicobacter species have been identified in the stomach of domesticated and wild mammals. To better understand the evolutionary history of these ecologically similar but genetically distinct species, we analyzed 108 gastric Helicobacter genomes and included 54 enterohepatic Helicobacter genomes for comparison purposes. An admixture analysis supported the presence of an ecological barrier, preventing the genetic exchange between the gastric and enterohepatic Helicobacter species, and unraveled many gene flow events within and across species residing in the stomach. As pets can be colonized by multiple gastric Helicobacter species, the genetic exchange between the canine and feline strains was evident, with H. heilmannii and H. bizzozeronii showing the highest interspecies recombination. An admixture between H. pylori (in particular, the ancestral African strains), H. acinonychis from wild felines and H. cetorum from marine mammals was also identified. Because these latter species do not share the same host, this phenomenon is most likely a remaining signal of shared ancestry. A reconstruction of the time of divergence of the gastric Helicobacter spp. revealed that the domestic animal-related Helicobacter species evolved in parallel with H. pylori and its two closest relatives (H. acinonychis and H. cetorum), rather than together.
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- Annemieke Smet
- Laboratory Experimental Medicine and Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
- Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium.
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- Antimicrobial Resistance Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan.
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- Department of Food Hygiene and Environmental Health, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
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- The Marshall Centre for Infectious Diseases Research and Training, School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Perth, WA, Australia
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- Department Biology, Division Microbiology, University Erlangen Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Institute of clinical and Molecular Virology, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
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- Division of Comparative Medicine, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium
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- Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium
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- Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
- Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Welcome Trust Sanger Institute, Cambridge, UK
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Ge Y, Lee JH, Hu B, Zhao Y. Loss-of-Function Mutations in the Dpp and Opp Permeases Render Erwinia amylovora Resistant to Kasugamycin and Blasticidin S. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS® 2018; 31:823-832. [PMID: 0 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-01-18-0007-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Extensive use of the antibiotic streptomycin to control fire blight disease of apples and pears, caused by the enterobacterial plant pathogen Erwinia amylovora, leads to the development of streptomycin-resistant strains in the United States and elsewhere. Kasugamycin (Ksg) has been permitted to be used as an alternative or replacement to control this serious bacterial disease. In this study, we investigated the role of two major peptide ATP-binding cassette transporter systems in E. amylovora, the dipeptide permease (Dpp) and oligopeptide permease (Opp), in conferring sensitivity to Ksg and blasticidin S (BcS). Minimum inhibitory concentration and spot dilution assays showed that the dpp deletion mutants exhibited slightly enhanced resistance to Ksg in rich medium, whereas the opp mutant exhibited slightly enhanced resistance to Ksg in minimal medium and BcS in rich medium. Deletion of both dpp and opp conferred a higher level of resistance to Ksg in both rich and minimal media, whereas deletion of opp alone was sufficient to confer high level of resistance to BcS in minimal medium. In addition, bioinformatic analysis combined with reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction showed that the Rcs phosphorelay system negatively regulates opp expression and the rcsB mutant was more sensitive to both Ksg and BcS in minimal medium as compared with the wild type. An electrophoresis motility shift assay further confirmed the direct binding of the RcsA/RcsB proteins to the promoter region of the opp operon. However, neither the Dpp nor the Opp permeases contributed to disease progress on immature pears, hypersensitive response on tobacco leaves, or exopolysaccharide amylovoran production. These results suggested that Ksg and BcS employ the Dpp and Opp permeases to enter E. amylovora cells and the Dpp and Opp permeases act synergistically for illicit transport of antibiotics.
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- Yixin Ge
- College of Plant Protection and Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, P. R. China; and
- Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, U.S.A
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- Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, U.S.A
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- College of Plant Protection and Key Laboratory of Integrated Management of Crop Diseases and Pests, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, 210095, P. R. China; and
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- Department of Crop Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801, U.S.A
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Machuca MA, Johnson KS, Liu YC, Steer DL, Ottemann KM, Roujeinikova A. Helicobacter pylori chemoreceptor TlpC mediates chemotaxis to lactate. Sci Rep 2017; 7:14089. [PMID: 29075010 PMCID: PMC5658362 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-14372-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2017] [Accepted: 10/06/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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It is recently appreciated that many bacterial chemoreceptors have ligand-binding domains (LBD) of the dCACHE family, a structure with two PAS-like subdomains, one membrane-proximal and the other membrane-distal. Previous studies had implicated only the membrane-distal subdomain in ligand recognition. Here, we report the 2.2 Å resolution crystal structure of dCACHE LBD of the Helicobacter pylori chemoreceptor TlpC. H. pylori tlpC mutants are outcompeted by wild type during stomach colonisation, but no ligands had been mapped to this receptor. The TlpC dCACHE LBD has two PAS-like subdomains, as predicted. The membrane-distal one possesses a long groove instead of a small, well-defined pocket. The membrane-proximal subdomain, in contrast, had a well-delineated pocket with a small molecule that we identified as lactate. We confirmed that amino acid residues making contact with the ligand in the crystal structure-N213, I218 and Y285 and Y249-were required for lactate binding. We determined that lactate is an H. pylori chemoattractant that is sensed via TlpC with a K D = 155 µM. Lactate is utilised by H. pylori, and our work suggests that this pathogen seeks out lactate using chemotaxis. Furthermore, our work suggests that dCACHE domain proteins can utilise both subdomains for ligand recognition.
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- Mayra A Machuca
- Infection and Immunity Program, Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, 3800, Australia
- Department of Microbiology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, 3800, Australia
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- Department of Microbiology and Environmental Toxicology, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, 3800, Australia
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- Monash Biomedical Proteomics Facility, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, 3800, Australia
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- Department of Microbiology and Environmental Toxicology, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA, 95064, USA.
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- Infection and Immunity Program, Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, 3800, Australia.
- Department of Microbiology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, 3800, Australia.
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, 3800, Australia.
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Carbon Fixation Driven by Molecular Hydrogen Results in Chemolithoautotrophically Enhanced Growth of Helicobacter pylori. J Bacteriol 2016; 198:1423-8. [PMID: 26929299 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00041-16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2016] [Accepted: 02/15/2016] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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UNLABELLED A molecular hydrogen (H2)-stimulated, chemolithoautotrophic growth mode for the gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori is reported. In a culture medium containing peptides and amino acids, H2-supplied cells consistently achieved 40 to 60% greater growth yield in 16 h and accumulated 3-fold more carbon from [(14)C]bicarbonate (on a per cell basis) in a 10-h period than cells without H2 Global proteomic comparisons of cells supplied with different atmospheric conditions revealed that addition of H2 led to increased amounts of hydrogenase and the biotin carboxylase subunit of acetyl coenzyme A (acetyl-CoA) carboxylase (ACC), as well as other proteins involved in various cellular functions, including amino acid metabolism, heme synthesis, or protein degradation. In agreement with this result, H2-supplied cells contained 3-fold more ACC activity than cells without H2 Other possible carbon dioxide (CO2) fixation enzymes were not up-expressed under the H2-containing atmosphere. As the gastric mucus is limited in carbon and energy sources and the bacterium lacks mucinase, this new growth mode may contribute to the persistence of the pathogen in vivo This is the first time that chemolithoautotrophic growth is described for a pathogen. IMPORTANCE Many pathogens must survive within host areas that are poorly supplied with carbon and energy sources, and the gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori resides almost exclusively in the nutritionally stringent mucus barrier of its host. Although this bacterium is already known to be highly adaptable to gastric niches, a new aspect of its metabolic flexibility, whereby molecular hydrogen use (energy) is coupled to carbon dioxide fixation (carbon acquisition) via a described carbon fixation enzyme, is shown here. This growth mode, which supplements heterotrophy, is termed chemolithoautotrophy and has not been previously reported for a pathogen.
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Pletzer D, Lafon C, Braun Y, Köhler T, Page MGP, Mourez M, Weingart H. High-throughput screening of dipeptide utilization mediated by the ABC transporter DppBCDF and its substrate-binding proteins DppA1-A5 in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. PLoS One 2014; 9:e111311. [PMID: 25338022 PMCID: PMC4206461 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0111311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2014] [Accepted: 09/23/2014] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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In this study, we show that the dppBCDF operon of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA14 encodes an ABC transporter responsible for the utilization of di/tripeptides. The substrate specificity of ABC transporters is determined by its associated substrate-binding proteins (SBPs). Whereas in E. coli only one protein, DppA, determines the specificity of the transporter, five orthologous SBPs, DppA1-A5 are present in P. aeruginosa. Multiple SBPs might broaden the substrate specificity by increasing the transporter capacity. We utilized the Biolog phenotype MicroArray technology to investigate utilization of di/tripeptides in mutants lacking either the transport machinery or all of the five SBPs. This high-throughput method enabled us to screen hundreds of dipeptides with various side-chains, and subsequently, to determine the substrate profile of the dipeptide permease. The substrate spectrum of the SBPs was elucidated by complementation of a penta mutant, deficient of all five SBPs, with plasmids carrying individual SBPs. It became apparent that some dipeptides were utilized with different affinity for each SBP. We found that DppA2 shows the highest flexibility on substrate recognition and that DppA2 and DppA4 have a higher tendency to utilize tripeptides. DppA5 was not able to complement the penta mutant under our screening conditions. Phaseolotoxin, a toxic tripeptide inhibiting the enzyme ornithine carbamoyltransferase, is also transported into P. aeruginosa via the DppBCDF permease. The SBP DppA1, and with much greater extend DppA3, are responsible for delivering the toxin to the permease. Our results provide a first overview of the substrate pattern of the ABC dipeptide transport machinery in P. aeruginosa.
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- Daniel Pletzer
- Jacobs University Bremen, School of Engineering and Science, Bremen, Germany
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- Sanofi-Aventis R&D, Infectious Diseases Therapeutic Unit, Toulouse, France
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- Jacobs University Bremen, School of Engineering and Science, Bremen, Germany
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- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Medicine and Service of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Sanofi-Aventis R&D, Infectious Diseases Therapeutic Unit, Toulouse, France
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- Jacobs University Bremen, School of Engineering and Science, Bremen, Germany
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Zanotti G, Cendron L. Structural and functional aspects of the Helicobacter pylori secretome. World J Gastroenterol 2014; 20:1402-1423. [PMID: 24587618 PMCID: PMC3925851 DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i6.1402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2013] [Accepted: 01/06/2014] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Proteins secreted by Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori), an important human pathogen responsible for severe gastric diseases, are reviewed from the point of view of their biochemical characterization, both functional and structural. Despite the vast amount of experimental data available on the proteins secreted by this bacterium, the precise size of the secretome remains unknown. In this review, we consider as secreted both proteins that contain a secretion signal for the periplasm and proteins that have been detected in the external medium in in vitro experiments. In this way, H. pylori’s secretome appears to be composed of slightly more than 160 proteins, but this number must be considered very cautiously, not only because the definition of secretome itself is ambiguous but also because the included proteins were observed as secreted in in vitro experiments that were not representative of the environmental situation in vivo. The proteins that appear to be secreted can be grouped into different classes: enzymes (48 proteins), outer membrane proteins (43), components of flagella (11), members of the cytotoxic-associated genes pathogenicity island or other toxins (8 and 5, respectively), binding and transport proteins (9), and others (11). A final group, which includes 28 members, is represented by hypothetical uncharacterized proteins. Despite the large amount of data accumulated on the H. pylori secretome, a considerable amount of work remains to reach a full comprehension of the system at the molecular level.
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High-level pacidamycin resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa is mediated by an opp oligopeptide permease encoded by the opp-fabI operon. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 2013; 57:5565-71. [PMID: 23979749 DOI: 10.1128/aac.01198-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Pacidamycins (or uridyl peptide antibiotics) possess selective in vivo activity against Pseudomonas aeruginosa. An important limitation for the therapeutic use of pacidamycins with P. aeruginosa is the high frequency (10(-6) to 10(-7)) at which resistant mutants emerge. To elucidate the mechanism(s) of this resistance, pacidamycin-resistant P. aeruginosa mutants were isolated. Two types of mutants were obtained. Type 1, or high-level resistance mutants with a pacidamycin MIC of 512 μg/ml, were more abundant, with a frequency of~2 × 10(-6), and did not show cross-resistance with other antibiotics. Type 2, low-level resistance mutants, were isolated with a frequency of ~10(-8) and had a pacidamycin MIC of 64 μg/ml (the MIC for the wild-type strain was 4 to 16 μg/ml). These mutants were cross-resistant to levofloxacin, tetracycline, and erythromycin and were shown to overexpress either the MexAB-OprM or MexCD-OprJ multidrug resistance efflux pumps. High-level resistant mutants were isolated by transposon mutagenesis and one insertion was localized to oppB, one of two periplasmic binding protein components of an oligopeptide transport system which is encoded by the opp-fabI operon. The Opp system is required for uptake of pacidamycin across the inner membrane, since various opp, but not fabI, mutants were resistant to high levels of pacidamycin. Both of the two putative Opp periplasmic binding proteins, OppA and OppB, were required for pacidamycin uptake. Although both impaired uptake into and efflux from the cell can cause pacidamycin resistance in P. aeruginosa, our data suggest that impaired uptake is the primary reason for the high-frequency and high-level pacidamycin resistance.
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Identification of Salmonella enterica serovar Pullorum antigenic determinants expressed in vivo. Infect Immun 2013; 81:3119-27. [PMID: 23774596 DOI: 10.1128/iai.00145-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Salmonella enterica serovar Pullorum affecting poultry causes pullorum disease and results in severe economic loss in the poultry industry. Currently, it remains a major threat in countries with poor poultry surveillance and no efficient control measures. As S. Pullorum could induce strong humoral immune responses, we applied an immunoscreening technique, the in vivo-induced antigen technology (IVIAT), to identify immunogenic bacterial proteins expressed or upregulated during S. Pullorum infection. Convalescent-phase sera from chickens infected with S. Pullorum were pooled, adsorbed against antigens expressed in vitro, and used to screen an S. Pullorum genomic expression library. Forty-five proteins were screened out, and their functions were implicated in molecular biosynthesis and degradation, transport, metabolism, regulation, cell wall synthesis and antibiotic resistance, environmental adaptation, or putative functions. In addition, 11 of these 45 genes were assessed for their differential expression by quantitative real-time reverse transcription-PCR (RT-PCR), revealing that 9 of 11 genes were upregulated to different degrees under in vivo conditions, especially the regulator of virulence determinants, phoQ. Then, four in vivo-induced proteins (ShdA, PhoQ, Cse3, and PbpC) were tested for their immunoreactivity in 28 clinical serum samples from chickens infected with S. Pullorum. The rate of detection of antibodies against ShdA reached 82% and was the highest among these proteins. ShdA is a host colonization factor known to be upregulated in vivo and related to the persistence of S. Typhimurium in the intestine. Furthermore, these antigens identified by IVIAT warrant further evaluation for their contributions to pathogenesis, and more potential roles, such as diagnostic, therapeutic, and preventive uses, need to be developed in future studies.
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Activation of CpxRA in Haemophilus ducreyi primarily inhibits the expression of its targets, including major virulence determinants. J Bacteriol 2013; 195:3486-502. [PMID: 23729647 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00372-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Haemophilus ducreyi causes chancroid, a genital ulcer disease that facilitates the transmission of human immunodeficiency virus type 1. In humans, H. ducreyi is surrounded by phagocytes and must adapt to a hostile environment to survive. To sense and respond to environmental cues, bacteria frequently use two-component signal transduction (2CST) systems. The only obvious 2CST system in H. ducreyi is CpxRA; CpxR is a response regulator, and CpxA is a sensor kinase. Previous studies by Hansen and coworkers showed that CpxR directly represses the expression of dsrA, the lspB-lspA2 operon, and the flp operon, which are required for virulence in humans. They further showed that CpxA functions predominantly as a phosphatase in vitro to maintain the expression of virulence determinants. Since a cpxA mutant is avirulent while a cpxR mutant is fully virulent in humans, CpxA also likely functions predominantly as a phosphatase in vivo. To better understand the role of H. ducreyi CpxRA in controlling virulence determinants, here we defined genes potentially regulated by CpxRA by using RNA-Seq. Activation of CpxR by deletion of cpxA repressed nearly 70% of its targets, including seven established virulence determinants. Inactivation of CpxR by deletion of cpxR differentially regulated few genes and increased the expression of one virulence determinant. We identified a CpxR binding motif that was enriched in downregulated but not upregulated targets. These data reinforce the hypothesis that CpxA phosphatase activity plays a critical role in controlling H. ducreyi virulence in vivo. Characterization of the downregulated genes may offer new insights into pathogenesis.
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Yuan J, Wei B, Lipton MS, Gao H. Impact of ArcA loss in Shewanella oneidensis
revealed by comparative proteomics under aerobic and anaerobic conditions. Proteomics 2012; 12:1957-69. [DOI: 10.1002/pmic.201100651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Jie Yuan
- Institute of Microbiology and College of Life Sciences; Zhejiang University; Hangzhou Zhejiang China
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- Institute of Microbiology and College of Life Sciences; Zhejiang University; Hangzhou Zhejiang China
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- Biological Sciences Division; Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Richland WA USA
- U.S. Department of Energy Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center; University of Wisconsin-Madison; Madison WI USA
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- Institute of Microbiology and College of Life Sciences; Zhejiang University; Hangzhou Zhejiang China
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Sycuro LK, Wyckoff TJ, Biboy J, Born P, Pincus Z, Vollmer W, Salama NR. Multiple peptidoglycan modification networks modulate Helicobacter pylori's cell shape, motility, and colonization potential. PLoS Pathog 2012; 8:e1002603. [PMID: 22457625 PMCID: PMC3310797 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1002603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2011] [Accepted: 01/05/2012] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Helical cell shape of the gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori has been suggested to promote virulence through viscosity-dependent enhancement of swimming velocity. However, H. pylori csd1 mutants, which are curved but lack helical twist, show normal velocity in viscous polymer solutions and the reason for their deficiency in stomach colonization has remained unclear. Characterization of new rod shaped mutants identified Csd4, a DL-carboxypeptidase of peptidoglycan (PG) tripeptide monomers and Csd5, a putative scaffolding protein. Morphological and biochemical studies indicated Csd4 tripeptide cleavage and Csd1 crosslinking relaxation modify the PG sacculus through independent networks that coordinately generate helical shape. csd4 mutants show attenuation of stomach colonization, but no change in proinflammatory cytokine induction, despite four-fold higher levels of Nod1-agonist tripeptides in the PG sacculus. Motility analysis of similarly shaped mutants bearing distinct alterations in PG modifications revealed deficits associated with shape, but only in gel-like media and not viscous solutions. As gastric mucus displays viscoelastic gel-like properties, our results suggest enhanced penetration of the mucus barrier underlies the fitness advantage conferred by H. pylori's characteristic shape.
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- Laura K. Sycuro
- Molecular and Cellular Biology Graduate Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Division of Human Biology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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- Division of Human Biology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Division of Science and Mathematics, University of Minnesota, Morris, Minnesota, United States of America
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- Centre for Bacterial Cell Biology, Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Bacterial Cell Biology, Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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- Centre for Bacterial Cell Biology, Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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- Molecular and Cellular Biology Graduate Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
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Over the past 25 years, a variety of methods have been developed for culture of Helicobacter pylori in vitro. H. pylori is a capnophilic and microaerophilic organism that is typically cultured using complex culture media. Analysis of H. pylori growth in chemically defined media has provided insight into the nutritional requirements, physiology, and metabolic capacities of this organism.
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Matilla MA, Travieso ML, Ramos JL, Ramos-González MI. Cyclic diguanylate turnover mediated by the sole GGDEF/EAL response regulator in Pseudomonas putida: its role in the rhizosphere and an analysis of its target processes. Environ Microbiol 2011; 13:1745-66. [PMID: 21554519 DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2011.02499.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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GGDEF and EAL/HD-GYP protein domains are responsible for the synthesis and hydrolysis of the bacterial secondary messenger cyclic diguanylate (c-di-GMP) through their diguanylate cyclase and phosphodiesterase activities, respectively. Forty-three genes in Pseudomonas putida KT2440 are putatively involved in the turnover of c-di-GMP. Of them only rup4959 (locus PP4959) encodes a GGDEF/EAL response regulator, which was identified in a genome wide analysis as preferentially induced while this bacterium colonizes roots and adjacent soil areas (the rhizosphere). By using fusions to reporter genes it was confirmed that the rup4959 promoter is active in the rhizosphere and inducible by corn plant root exudates and microaerobiosis. Transcription of rup4959 was strictly dependent on the alternative transcriptional factor σ(S) . The inactivation of the rup4959-4957 operon altered the expression of 22 genes in the rhizosphere and had a negative effect upon oligopeptide utilization and biofilm formation. In multicopy or when overexpressed, rup4959 enhanced adhesin LapA-dependent biofilm formation, the development of wrinkly colony morphology, and increased Calcofluor stainable exopolysaccharides (EPS). Under these conditions the inhibition of swarming motility was total and plant root tip colonization considerably less efficient, whereas swimming was partially diminished. This pleiotropic phenotype, which correlated with an increase in the global level of c-di-GMP, was not acquired with increased levels of Rup4959 catalytic mutant at GGDEF as a proof of this response regulator exhibiting diguanylate cyclase activity. A screen for mutants in putative targets of c-di-GMP led to the identification of a surface polysaccharide specific to KT2440, which is encoded by the genes cluster PP3133-PP3141, as essential for phenotypes associated with increased c-di-GMP. Cellulose and alginate were discarded as the overproduced EPS, and lipopolysaccharide (LPS) core and O-antigen were found to be essential for the development of wrinkly colony morphology.
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- Miguel A Matilla
- Department of Environmental Protection, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Profesor Albareda 1, Granada 18008, Spain
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Siegl A, Hentschel U. PKS and NRPS gene clusters from microbial symbiont cells of marine sponges by whole genome amplification. ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY REPORTS 2010; 2:507-513. [PMID: 23766222 DOI: 10.1111/j.1758-2229.2009.00057.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Whole genome amplification (WGA) approaches provide genomic information on single microbial cells and hold great promise for the field of environmental microbiology. Here, the microbial consortia of the marine sponge Aplysina aerophoba were sorted by fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS) and then subjected to WGA. A cosmid library was constructed from the WGA product of a sample containing two bacterial cells, one a member of the candidate phylum Poribacteria and one of a sponge-specific clade of Chloroflexi. Library screening led to the genomic characterization of three cosmid clones, encoding a polyketide synthase (PKS), a non-ribosomal peptide synthetase (NRPS) and the Chloroflexi 16S rRNA gene. PCR screening of WGA products from additional, FACS-sorted single bacterial symbiont cells supports the assignment of the Sup-PKS gene to the Poribacteria and the novel NRPS gene to the Chloroflexi. This promising single-cell genomics approach has permitted cloning of entire gene clusters from single microbial cells of known phylogenetic origin and thus provides a sought-after link between phylogeny and function.
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- Alexander Siegl
- Research Center for Infectious Diseases, University of Wuerzburg, Roentgenring 11, D-97070 Wuerzburg, Germany. Julius-von-Sachs Institute for Biological Sciences, University of Wuerzburg, Julius-von-Sachs Platz 3, D-97082 Wuerzburg, Germany
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Mukhopadhyay S, Akmal A, Stewart AC, Hsia RC, Read TD. Identification of Bacillus anthracis spore component antigens conserved across diverse Bacillus cereus sensu lato strains. Mol Cell Proteomics 2009; 8:1174-91. [PMID: 19208616 DOI: 10.1074/mcp.m800403-mcp200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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We sought to identify proteins in the Bacillus anthracis spore, conserved in other strains of the closely related Bacillus cereus group, that elicit an immune response in mammals. Two high throughput approaches were used. First, an in silico screening identified 200 conserved putative B. anthracis spore components. A total of 192 of those candidate genes were expressed and purified in vitro, 75 of which reacted with the rabbit immune sera generated against B. anthracis spores. The second approach was to screen for cross-reacting antigens in the spore proteome of 10 diverse B. cereus group strains. Two-dimensional electrophoresis resolved more than 200 protein spots in each spore preparation. About 72% of the protein spots were found in all the strains. 18 of these conserved proteins reacted against anti-B. anthracis spore rabbit immune sera, two of which (alanine racemase, Dal-1 and the methionine transporter, MetN) overlapped the set of proteins identified using the in silico screen. A conserved repeat domain protein (Crd) was the most immunoreactive protein found broadly across B. cereus sensu lato strains. We have established an approach for finding conserved targets across a species using population genomics and proteomics. The results of these screens suggest the possibility of a multiepitope antigen for broad host range diagnostics or therapeutics against Bacillus spore infection.
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- Sanghamitra Mukhopadhyay
- Biological Defense Research Directorate, Naval Medical Research Center, Rockville, Maryland 20852, USA
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Benoit SL, Maier RJ. Hydrogen and Nickel Metabolism inHelicobacterSpecies. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2008; 1125:242-51. [DOI: 10.1196/annals.1419.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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