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Burin R, Shah DH. Phenelzine and Amoxapine Inhibit Tyramine and d-Glucuronic Acid Catabolism in Clinically Significant Salmonella in A Serotype-Independent Manner. Pathogens 2021; 10:469. [PMID: 33924374 PMCID: PMC8070173 DOI: 10.3390/pathogens10040469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2021] [Revised: 04/07/2021] [Accepted: 04/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Non-typhoidal Salmonella ingeniously scavenges energy for growth from tyramine (TYR) and d-glucuronic acid (DGA), both of which occur in the host as the metabolic byproducts of the gut microbial metabolism. A critical first step in energy scavenging from TYR and DGA in Salmonella involves TYR-oxidation via TYR-oxidoreductase and production of free-DGA via β-glucuronidase (GUS)-mediated hydrolysis of d-glucuronides (conjugated form of DGA), respectively. Here, we report that Salmonella utilizes TYR and DGA as sole sources of energy in a serotype-independent manner. Using colorimetric and radiometric approaches, we report that genes SEN2971, SEN3065, and SEN2426 encode TYR-oxidoreductases. Some Salmonella serotypes produce GUS, thus can also scavenge energy from d-glucuronides. We repurposed phenelzine (monoaminoxidase-inhibitor) and amoxapine (GUS-inhibitor) to inhibit the TYR-oxidoreductases and GUS encoded by Salmonella, respectively. We show that phenelzine significantly inhibits the growth of Salmonella by inhibiting TYR-oxidoreductases SEN2971, SEN3065, and SEN2426. Similarly, amoxapine significantly inhibits the growth of Salmonella by inhibiting GUS-mediated hydrolysis of d-glucuronides. Because TYR and DGA serve as potential energy sources for Salmonella growth in vivo, the data and the novel approaches used here provides a better understanding of the role of TYR and DGA in Salmonella pathogenesis and nutritional virulence.
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- Raquel Burin
- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, USA;
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- Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, USA;
- Paul Allen School for Global Animal Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, USA
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Das S, Sreevidya VS, Udvadia AJ, Gyaneshwar P. Dopamine-induced sulfatase and its regulator are required for Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium pathogenesis. MICROBIOLOGY-SGM 2019; 165:302-310. [PMID: 30648943 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.000769] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Catecholamine hormones enhance the virulence of pathogenic bacteria. Studies in the 1980s made intriguing observations that catecholamines were required for induction of sulfatase activity in many enteric pathogens, including Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium. In this report, we show that STM3122 and STM3124, part of horizontally acquired Salmonella pathogenesis island 13, encode a catecholamine-induced sulfatase and its regulator, respectively. Induction of sulfatase activity was independent of the well-studied QseBC and QseEF two-component regulatory systems. S. Typhimurium 14028S mutants lacking STM3122 or STM3124 showed reduced virulence in zebrafish. Because catecholamines are inactivated by sulfation in the mammalian gut, S. Typhimurium could utilize CA-induced sulfatase to access free catecholamines for growth and virulence.
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- Seema Das
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, USA
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Elder JR, Paul NC, Burin R, Guard J, Shah DH. Genomic organization and role of SPI-13 in nutritional fitness of Salmonella. Int J Med Microbiol 2018; 308:1043-1052. [PMID: 30466554 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2018.10.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2018] [Revised: 09/21/2018] [Accepted: 10/10/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Salmonella pathogenicity island 13 (SPI-13) contributes to the virulence of Salmonella. The majority of the SPI-13 genes encode proteins putatively involved in bacterial metabolism, however, their functions largely remain uncharacterized. It is currently unknown if SPI-13 contributes to metabolic fitness of Salmonella and, if so, what are the metabolic substrates for the protein encoded by genes within SPI-13. We employed Phenotype Microarray (Biolog, USA) to compare the metabolic properties of SPI-13 deficient mutant (ΔSPI-13) and the WT parent strain of non-typhoidal Salmonella enterica sub sp. enterica serovar Enteritidis (S. Enteritidis). The results of Phenotype Microarray revealed that SPI-13 is required for efficient utilization of two micronutrients, namely, d-glucuronic acid (DGA) and tyramine (TYR), as sole sources of carbon and/or nitrogen. By systematic deletion of the individual gene(s), we identified specific genes within SPI-13 that are required for efficient utilization of DGA (SEN2977-80) and TYR (SEN2967 and SEN2971-72) as sole nutrient sources. The results show that SPI-13 mediated DGA and TYR metabolic pathways afford nutritional fitness to S. Enteritidis. Comparative genomics analysis of the SPI-13 locus from 247 Salmonella strains belonging to 57 different serovars revealed that SPI-13 genes specifically involved in the metabolism of DGA and TYR are highly conserved in Salmonella enterica. Because DGA and TYR are naturally present as metabolic byproducts in the gastrointestinal tract and other host tissues, we propose a metabolic model that shows that the role of SPI-13 mediated DGA and TYR metabolism in the nutritional fitness of Salmonella is likely linked to nutritional virulence of this pathogen.
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- Jacob R Elder
- Department of Microbiology and Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, 99164-7040, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, 99164-7040, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, 99164-7040, USA
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- Egg Quality and Safety Research Unit, Agriculture Research Service, United StatesDepartment of Agriculture, Athens, GA, 30605, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, 99164-7040, USA; Paul Allen School for Global Animal Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, 99164-7040, USA.
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Miura T, Okamoto K, Yanase H. Characterization of Arylsulfatase Formed by Derepressed Synthesis inCitrobacter braakii. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2014; 70:1509-12. [PMID: 16794337 DOI: 10.1271/bbb.50651] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Arylsulfatase activity was detected in a bacterial strain, Citrobacter braakii 69-b, isolated from soil by enrichment cultivation using porcine gastric mucin. The production of arylsulfatase was derepressed markedly in a synthetic medium by the addition of tyramine. The purified enzyme hydrolyzed 4-nitrophenyl sulfate, 4-nitrocatechol sulfate, and 3-indoxyl sulfate, and was classified as type I arylsulfatase.
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- Toyokazu Miura
- Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Engineering, Tottori University
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Gold MS, Blum K, Oscar-Berman M, Braverman ER. Low dopamine function in attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder: should genotyping signify early diagnosis in children? Postgrad Med 2014; 126:153-77. [PMID: 24393762 DOI: 10.3810/pgm.2014.01.2735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is present in 8% to 12% of children, and 4% of adults worldwide. Children with ADHD can have learning impairments, poor selfesteem, social dysfunction, and an increased risk of substance abuse, including cigarette smoking. Overall, the rate of treatment with medication for patients with ADHD has been increasing since 2008, with ≥ 2 million children now being treated with stimulants. The rise of adolescent prescription ADHD medication abuse has occurred along with a concomitant increase of stimulant medication availability. Of adults presenting with a substance use disorder (SUD), 20% to 30% have concurrent ADHD, and 20% to 40% of adults with ADHD have a history of SUD. Following a brief review of the etiology of ADHD, its diagnosis and treatment, we focus on the benefits of early and appropriate testing for a predisposition to ADHD. We suggest that by genotyping patients for a number of known, associated dopaminergic polymorphisms, especially at an early age, misdiagnoses and/or over-diagnosis can be reduced. Ethical and legal issues of early genotyping are considered. As many as 30% of individuals with ADHD are estimated to either have secondary side-effects or are not responsive to stimulant medication. We also consider the benefits of non-stimulant medication and alternative treatment modalities, which include diet, herbal medications, iron supplementation, and neurofeedback. With the goals of improving treatment of patients with ADHD and SUD prevention, we encourage further work in both genetic diagnosis and novel treatment approaches.
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- Mark S Gold
- Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine and McKnight Brain Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL.
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Characterization of an acid-inducible sulfatase in Salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium. Appl Environ Microbiol 2013; 79:2092-5. [PMID: 23315743 DOI: 10.1128/aem.03707-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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Sulfatases of enteric bacteria can provide access to heavily sulfated mucosal glycans. In this study, we show that aslA (STM0084) of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium LT2 encodes a sulfatase that requires mildly acidic pH for its expression and activity. AslA is not regulated by sulfur compounds or tyramine but requires the EnvZ-OmpR and PhoPQ regulatory systems, which play an important role in pathogenesis.
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Arcos M, Olivera ER, Arias S, Naharro G, Luengo JM. The 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid catabolon, a catabolic unit for degradation of biogenic amines tyramine and dopamine in Pseudomonas putida U. Environ Microbiol 2010; 12:1684-704. [PMID: 20482587 DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2010.02233.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Degradation of tyramine and dopamine by Pseudomonas putida U involves the participation of twenty one proteins organized in two coupled catabolic pathways, Tyn (tynABFEC tynG tynR tynD, 12 338 bp) and Hpa (hpaR hpaBC hpaHI hpaX hpaG1G2EDF hpaA hpaY, 12 722 bp). The Tyn pathway catalyses the conversion of tyramine and dopamine into 4-hydroxyphenylacetic acid (4HPA) and 3,4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid (3,4HPA) respectively. Together, the Tyn and Hpa pathways constitute a complex catabolic unit (the 3,4HPA catabolon) in which 3,4HPA is the central intermediate. The genes encoding Tyn proteins are organized in four consecutive transcriptional units (tynABFEC, tynG, tynR and tynD), whereas those encoding Hpa proteins constitute consecutive operons (hpaBC, hpaG1G2EDF, hpaX, hpaHI) and three independent units (hpaA, hpaR and hpaY). Genetic engineering approaches were used to clone tyn and hpa genes and then express them, either individually or in tandem, in plasmids and/or bacterial chromosomes, resulting in recombinant bacterial strains able to eliminate tyramine and dopamine from different media. These results enlarge our biochemical and genetic knowledge of the microbial catabolic routes involved in the degradation of aromatic bioamines. Furthermore, they provide potent biotechnological tools to be used in food processing and fermentation as well as new strategies that could be used for pharmacological and gene therapeutic applications in the near future.
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- Mario Arcos
- Departamento de Biología Molecular, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de León, 24007 León, España
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Kilic M, Lindsay RC. Enrichment of cheeses manufactured from cow's and sheep's milk blends with sheep-like species-related alkylphenols. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2005; 53:1707-1712. [PMID: 15740062 DOI: 10.1021/jf0484834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Enhancement of concentrations of species-related sheep-like alkylphenols, p- and m-cresols and 3- and 4-ethylphenols, in experimental Manchego-type cheeses manufactured from cow's and sheep's milk blends (80:20) by using arylsulfatases was investigated. A food-grade arylsulfatase from Aspergillus oryzae (ATCC 20719) was produced using a stimulatory medium, and crude dried cells were used as the enzyme source. Exogenous arylsulfatases from Helix pomatia and A. oryzae were added to cheese curd, and the amounts of species-related alkylphenols were measured. Arylsulfatase from H. pomatia released limited amounts of alkylphenols in the cheese only when used at a high level. Arylsulfatase from A. oryzae released substantial amounts of alkylphenols during 2 months of ripening. The concentrations of alkylphenols in A. oryzae arylsulfatase-treated cheese were comparable to the previously reported levels present in aged Manchego-type cheeses manufactured from pure sheep's milk.
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- Meral Kilic
- Department of Food Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA.
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Hanson SR, Best MD, Wong CH. Sulfatases: Structure, Mechanism, Biological Activity, Inhibition, and Synthetic Utility. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2004; 43:5736-63. [PMID: 15493058 DOI: 10.1002/anie.200300632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 287] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Sulfatases, which cleave sulfate esters in biological systems, play a key role in regulating the sulfation states that determine the function of many physiological molecules. Sulfatase substrates range from small cytosolic steroids, such as estrogen sulfate, to complex cell-surface carbohydrates, such as the glycosaminoglycans. The transformation of these molecules has been linked with important cellular functions, including hormone regulation, cellular degradation, and modulation of signaling pathways. Sulfatases have also been implicated in the onset of various pathophysiological conditions, including hormone-dependent cancers, lysosomal storage disorders, developmental abnormalities, and bacterial pathogenesis. These findings have increased interest in sulfatases and in targeting them for therapeutic endeavors. Although numerous sulfatases have been identified, the wide scope of their biological activity is only beginning to emerge. Herein, accounts of the diversity and growing biological relevance of sulfatases are provided along with an overview of the current understanding of sulfatase structure, mechanism, and inhibition.
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- Sarah R Hanson
- Department of Chemistry and The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, BCC 357, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
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Hanson SR, Best MD, Wong CH. Sulfatasen: Struktur, Mechanismus, biologische Aktivität, Inhibition, Anwendung in Synthesen. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2004. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.200300632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Kertesz MA. Riding the sulfur cycle â metabolism of sulfonates and sulfate esters in Gram-negative bacteria. FEMS Microbiol Rev 2000. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6976.2000.tb00537.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Kertesz MA. Riding the sulfur cycle--metabolism of sulfonates and sulfate esters in gram-negative bacteria. FEMS Microbiol Rev 2000; 24:135-75. [PMID: 10717312 DOI: 10.1016/s0168-6445(99)00033-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 134] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Sulfonates and sulfate esters are widespread in nature, and make up over 95% of the sulfur content of most aerobic soils. Many microorganisms can use sulfonates and sulfate esters as a source of sulfur for growth, even when they are unable to metabolize the carbon skeleton of the compounds. In these organisms, expression of sulfatases and sulfonatases is repressed in the presence of sulfate, in a process mediated by the LysR-type regulator protein CysB, and the corresponding genes therefore constitute an extension of the cys regulon. Additional regulator proteins required for sulfonate desulfonation have been identified in Escherichia coli (the Cbl protein) and Pseudomonas putida (the AsfR protein). Desulfonation of aromatic and aliphatic sulfonates as sulfur sources by aerobic bacteria is oxygen-dependent, carried out by the alpha-ketoglutarate-dependent taurine dioxygenase, or by one of several FMNH(2)-dependent monooxygenases. Desulfurization of condensed thiophenes is also FMNH(2)-dependent, both in the rhodococci and in two Gram-negative species. Bacterial utilization of aromatic sulfate esters is catalyzed by arylsulfatases, most of which are related to human lysosomal sulfatases and contain an active-site formylglycine group that is generated post-translationally. Sulfate-regulated alkylsulfatases, by contrast, are less well characterized. Our increasing knowledge of the sulfur-regulated metabolism of organosulfur compounds suggests applications in practical fields such as biodesulfurization, bioremediation, and optimization of crop sulfur nutrition.
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- M A Kertesz
- Institute of Microbiology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH-Zentrum, CH-8092, Zürich, Switzerland.
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Yao R, Guerry P. Molecular cloning and site-specific mutagenesis of a gene involved in arylsulfatase production in Campylobacter jejuni. J Bacteriol 1996; 178:3335-8. [PMID: 8655516 PMCID: PMC178088 DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.11.3335-3338.1996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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The arylsulfatase gene from Campylobacter jejuni 81-176 encodes a predicted protein of 69,293 Da which shows no sequence similarity with other known arylsulfatases. The gene hybridizes to other Ast+ strains of C. jejuni and Campylobacter sputorum subsp. bubulus, as well as to many Ast- strains of C. jejuni.
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- R Yao
- Enterics Program, Naval Medical Research Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20814, USA
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Kertesz MA, Cook AM, Leisinger T. Microbial metabolism of sulfur- and phosphorus-containing xenobiotics. FEMS Microbiol Rev 1994; 15:195-215. [PMID: 7946467 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6976.1994.tb00135.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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The enzymes involved in the microbial metabolism of many important phosphorus- or sulfur-containing xenobiotics, including organophosphate insecticides and precursors to organosulfate and organosulfonate detergents and dyestuffs have been characterized. In several instances their genes have been cloned and analysed. For phosphonate xenobiotics, the enzyme system responsible for the cleavage of the carbon-phosphorus bond has not yet been observed in vitro, though much is understood on a genetic level about phosphonate degradation. Phosphonate metabolism is regulated as part of the Pho regulon, under phosphate starvation control. For organophosphorothionate pesticides the situation is not so clear, and the mode of regulation appears to depend on whether the compounds are utilized to provide phosphorus, carbon or sulfur for cell growth. The same is true for organosulfonate metabolism, where different (and differently regulated) enzymatic pathways are involved in the utilization of sulfonates as carbon and as sulfur sources, respectively. Observations at the protein level in a number of bacteria suggest that a regulatory system is present which responds to sulfate limitation and controls the synthesis of proteins involved in providing sulfur to the cell and which may reveal analogies between the regulation of phosphorus and sulfur metabolism.
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- M A Kertesz
- Institute of Microbiology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH-Zentrum, Zürich
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Azakami H, Sugino H, Yokoro N, Iwata N, Murooka Y. moaR, a gene that encodes a positive regulator of the monoamine regulon in Klebsiella aerogenes. J Bacteriol 1993; 175:6287-92. [PMID: 8407801 PMCID: PMC206725 DOI: 10.1128/jb.175.19.6287-6292.1993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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We cloned and sequenced a Klebsiella aerogenes gene (moaR) for activation of arylsulfatase synthesis by tyramine. This gene was cloned by complementation of a K. aerogenes mutant in which tyramine fails to relieve the arylsulfatase repression caused by sulfur compounds. The moaR gene also activated induction of the synthesis of both tyramine oxidase and the 30-kDa protein that is specifically induced by high concentrations of tyramine or catecholamines. The moaR gene on the chromosome of the wild-type strain of K. aerogenes was disrupted by homologous recombination with a plasmid containing the inactivated moaR. The resultant mutant showed the same phenotype as previously isolated atsT mutant strains that are negative for the derepressed synthesis of arylsulfatase. In this mutant strain, tyramine also failed to induce the synthesis of tyramine oxidase or the production of a 30-kDa protein. The moaR gene is capable of encoding a protein of 26,238 Da. The putative MoaR protein has a helix-turn-helix motif in its C terminus. Thus, it seems likely that the MoaR protein regulates the operons by binding to the regulatory region of the monoamine regulon. The MoaR protein is subject to autogenous control, which was shown by use of a moaR'-lacZ transcriptional fusion.
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- H Azakami
- Department of Fermentation Technology, Faculty of Engineering, Hiroshima University, Japan
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Azakami H, Sugino H, Murooka Y. Cloning and nucleotide sequence of a negative regulator gene for Klebsiella aerogenes arylsulfatase synthesis and identification of the gene as folA. J Bacteriol 1992; 174:2344-51. [PMID: 1551851 PMCID: PMC205857 DOI: 10.1128/jb.174.7.2344-2351.1992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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A negative regulator gene for synthesis of arylsulfatase in Klebsiella aerogenes was cloned. Deletion analysis showed that the regulator gene was located within a 1.6-kb cloned segment. Transfer of the plasmid, which contains the cloned fragment, into constitutive atsR mutant strains of K. aerogenes resulted in complementation of atsR; the synthesis of arylsulfatase was repressed in the presence of inorganic sulfate or cysteine, and this repression was relieved, in each case, by the addition of tyramine. The nucleotide sequence of the 1.6-kb fragment was determined. From the amino acid sequence deduced from the DNA sequence, we found two open reading frames. One of them lacked the N-terminal region but was highly homologous to the gene which codes for diadenosine tetraphosphatase (apaH) in Escherichia coli. The other open reading frame was located counterclockwise to the apaH-like gene. This gene was highly homologous to the gene which codes for dihydrofolate reductase (folA) in E. coli. We detected 30 times more activity of dihydrofolate reductase in the K. aerogenes strains carrying the plasmid, which contains the arylsulfatase regulator gene, than in the strains without plasmid. Further deletion analysis showed that the K. aerogenes folA gene is consistent with the essential region required for the repression of arylsulfatase synthesis. Transfer of a plasmid containing the E. coli folA gene into atsR mutant cells of K. aerogenes resulted in repression of the arylsulfatase synthesis. Thus, we conclude that the folA gene codes a negative regulator for the ats operon.
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- H Azakami
- Department of Fermentation Technology, Faculty of Engineering, Hiroshima University, Japan
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Murooka Y, Ishibashi K, Yasumoto M, Sasaki M, Sugino H, Azakami H, Yamashita M. A sulfur- and tyramine-regulated Klebsiella aerogenes operon containing the arylsulfatase (atsA) gene and the atsB gene. J Bacteriol 1990; 172:2131-40. [PMID: 2180918 PMCID: PMC208713 DOI: 10.1128/jb.172.4.2131-2140.1990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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The structural gene for arylsulfatase (atsA) of Klebsiella aerogenes was cloned into a pKI212 vector in Escherichia coli. Deletion analysis showed that the atsA gene with the promoter region was located within a 3.2-kilobase cloned segment. In E. coli cells which carried the plasmid, the synthesis of arylsulfatase was repressed by various sources of sulfur; the repression was relieved, in each case, by tyramine. Transfer of the plasmid into atsA or constitutive atsR mutant strains of K. aerogenes resulted in complementation of atsA but not of atsR. The nucleotide sequence of the 3.2-kilobase fragment was determined. Two open reading frames, the atsA gene and an unknown gene (atsB), were found. These are located between a potential promoter and a transcriptional terminator sequence. Deletion analysis suggests that atsB is a potential positive factor for the regulation of arylsulfatase. Analysis of the amino acid sequences of the first 13 amino acids from the N terminus of the purified secreted arysulfatase agrees with that of the nucleotide sequence of atsA. The leader peptide extends over 20 amino acids and has the characteristics of a signal sequence. Primer extension mapping of transcripts generated in vivo suggests that the synthesis of mRNA starts at a site 31 or 32 bases upstream from the ATG initiation codon of the atsB gene. By Northern (RNA) blot analysis of the transcripts induced by tyramine, we found a 2.7-kilobase transcript which is identical in size to the total sequence of the atsB and atsA genes. Thus, the ats operon is composed of two cistrons and is regulated by sulfur and tyramine.
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- Y Murooka
- Department of Fermentation Technology, Faculty of Engineering, Hiroshima University, Japan
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Cuskey SM, Peccoraro V, Olsen RH. Initial catabolism of aromatic biogenic amines by Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO: pathway description, mapping of mutations, and cloning of essential genes. J Bacteriol 1987; 169:2398-404. [PMID: 3034855 PMCID: PMC212074 DOI: 10.1128/jb.169.6.2398-2404.1987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 was able to utilize several aromatic biogenic amines as sole sources of carbon or nitrogen. These included the phenethylamines tyramine and dopamine and the phenethanolamines octopamine, synephrine, and norepinephrine. Initial catabolism of the phenethylamines was mediated by a membrane-bound tyramine dehydrogenase which produced 4-hydroxyphenylacetaldehyde (4HPAL) with tyramine as the substrate. The enzyme was induced by growth with both classes of amines. Initial catabolism of octopamine (except when present as the sole source of carbon and nitrogen) was mediated by a soluble enzyme with activity against the phenethanolamines but not against tyramine or dopamine. The product of the reaction with octopamine as substrate was also 4HPAL. Addition of NAD to reaction mixtures yielded 4-hydroxyphenylacetic acid and NADH. These activities, octopamine hydrolyase and 4-HPAL dehydrogenase (measured as a combined activity, OCAH-4HPALDH), were only induced by growth with phenethanolamines. However, the combined activities were not observed in extracts from cells grown with octopamine as the sole source of carbon and nitrogen, suggesting that an alternate pathway is used under this growth condition. Two independently isolated mutant strains were unable to utilize tyramine as a sole source of carbon or nitrogen. These mutants were also unable to utilize dopamine but grew at wild-type rates on the phenethanolamines. The mutations were mapped at about 70 min on the PAO1 chromosome with the chromosome-mobilizing plasmid R68.45, and both were linked to the catA1, mtu-9002, tyu-9009, and puuE mutations. DNA complementing both of the mutations was cloned on a single BamHI fragment approximately 13.8 kilobase pairs in length. Analysis of a subcloned fragment showed that the two mutations were in different genes.
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Cerbelaud EC, Conway LJ, Galliher PM, Langer RS, Cooney CL. Sulfur regulation of heparinase and sulfatases in Flavobacterium heparinum. Appl Environ Microbiol 1986; 51:640-6. [PMID: 3963813 PMCID: PMC238932 DOI: 10.1128/aem.51.3.640-646.1986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Sulfur regulation of heparinase synthesis and sulfatase synthesis was studied in Flavobacterium heparinum. Heparinase synthesis was strongly repressed by sulfate and L-cysteine, while the activity of this enzyme showed little or no inhibition by these compounds. Heparinase was synthesized in the absence of heparin when L-methionine was used as the sole sulfur source. The sulfatases produced by F. heparinum, which include the sulfatases involved in heparin catabolism, were also studied. At least some of the sulfatase activity was regulated by sulfur compounds in a manner similar to heparinase regulation. L-Cysteic acid and taurine were not suitable sulfur sources to support the growth of F. heparinum.
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