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Yu J, Shin WR, Kim JH, Lee SY, Cho BK, Kim YH, Min J. Increase CO 2 recycling of Escherichia coli containing CBB genes by enhancing solubility of multiple expressed proteins from an operon through temperature reduction. Microbiol Spectr 2023; 11:e0256023. [PMID: 37819141 PMCID: PMC10715213 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.02560-23] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2023] [Accepted: 08/30/2023] [Indexed: 10/13/2023] Open
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IMPORTANCE In a previous study, we successfully engineered Escherichia coli capable of endogenous CO2 recycling through the heterologous expression of the Calvin-Benson Bassham genes. Establishing an efficient gene expression environment for recombinant strains is crucial, on par with the importance of metabolic engineering design. Therefore, the primary objective of this study was to further mitigate greenhouse gas emissions by investigating the effects of culture temperature on the formation of inclusion bodies (IB) and CO2 fixation activity in the engineered bacterial strain. The findings demonstrate that lowering the culture temperature effectively suppresses IB formation, enhances CO2 recycling, and concurrently increases the accumulation of organic acids. This temperature control approach, without adding or modifying compounds, is both convenient and efficient for enhancing CO2 recycling. As such, additional optimization of various environmental parameters holds promise for further enhancing the performance of recombinant strains efficiently.
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- Jaeyoung Yu
- Graduate School of Semiconductor and Chemical Engineering, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju-si, South Korea
- Department of Biotechnology and Life Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Tokyo, Japan
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- School of Biological Sciences, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, South Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, South Korea
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- Gwangju Bio/Energy R&D Centre, Korea Institute of Energy Research, Gwangju, South Korea
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, South Korea
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- School of Biological Sciences, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, South Korea
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- Graduate School of Semiconductor and Chemical Engineering, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju-si, South Korea
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Jiang YH, Wang DY, Wen JF. The independent prokaryotic origins of eukaryotic fructose-1, 6-bisphosphatase and sedoheptulose-1, 7-bisphosphatase and the implications of their origins for the evolution of eukaryotic Calvin cycle. BMC Evol Biol 2012; 12:208. [PMID: 23083334 PMCID: PMC3503850 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-12-208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2012] [Accepted: 10/17/2012] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND In the Calvin cycle of eubacteria, the dephosphorylations of both fructose-1, 6-bisphosphate (FBP) and sedoheptulose-1, 7-bisphosphate (SBP) are catalyzed by the same bifunctional enzyme: fructose-1, 6-bisphosphatase/sedoheptulose-1, 7-bisphosphatase (F/SBPase), while in that of eukaryotic chloroplasts by two distinct enzymes: chloroplastic fructose-1, 6-bisphosphatase (FBPase) and sedoheptulose-1, 7-bisphosphatase (SBPase), respectively. It was proposed that these two eukaryotic enzymes arose from the divergence of a common ancestral eubacterial bifunctional F/SBPase of mitochondrial origin. However, no specific affinity between SBPase and eubacterial FBPase or F/SBPase can be observed in the previous phylogenetic analyses, and it is hard to explain why SBPase and/or F/SBPase are/is absent from most extant nonphotosynthetic eukaryotes according to this scenario. RESULTS Domain analysis indicated that eubacterial F/SBPase of two different resources contain distinct domains: proteobacterial F/SBPases contain typical FBPase domain, while cyanobacterial F/SBPases possess FBPase_glpX domain. Therefore, like prokaryotic FBPase, eubacterial F/SBPase can also be divided into two evolutionarily distant classes (Class I and II). Phylogenetic analysis based on a much larger taxonomic sampling than previous work revealed that all eukaryotic SBPase cluster together and form a close sister group to the clade of epsilon-proteobacterial Class I FBPase which are gluconeogenesis-specific enzymes, while all eukaryotic chloroplast FBPase group together with eukaryotic cytosolic FBPase and form another distinct clade which then groups with the Class I FBPase of diverse eubacteria. Motif analysis of these enzymes also supports these phylogenetic correlations. CONCLUSIONS There are two evolutionarily distant classes of eubacterial bifunctional F/SBPase. Eukaryotic FBPase and SBPase do not diverge from either of them but have two independent origins: SBPase share a common ancestor with the gluconeogenesis-specific Class I FBPase of epsilon-proteobacteria (or probably originated from that of the ancestor of epsilon-proteobacteria), while FBPase arise from Class I FBPase of an unknown kind of eubacteria. During the evolution of SBPase from eubacterial Class I FBPase, the SBP-dephosphorylation activity was acquired through the transition "from specialist to generalist". The evolutionary substitution of the endosymbiotic-origin cyanobacterial bifunctional F/SBPase by the two light-regulated substrate-specific enzymes made the regulation of the Calvin cycle more delicate, which contributed to the evolution of eukaryotic photosynthesis and even the entire photosynthetic eukaryotes.
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- Yong-Hai Jiang
- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunan 650223, China
- Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunan 650223, China
- Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunan 650223, China
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Poggio S, Abreu-Goodger C, Fabela S, Osorio A, Dreyfus G, Vinuesa P, Camarena L. A complete set of flagellar genes acquired by horizontal transfer coexists with the endogenous flagellar system in Rhodobacter sphaeroides. J Bacteriol 2007; 189:3208-16. [PMID: 17293429 PMCID: PMC1855832 DOI: 10.1128/jb.01681-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Bacteria swim in liquid environments by means of a complex rotating structure known as the flagellum. Approximately 40 proteins are required for the assembly and functionality of this structure. Rhodobacter sphaeroides has two flagellar systems. One of these systems has been shown to be functional and is required for the synthesis of the well-characterized single subpolar flagellum, while the other was found only after the genome sequence of this bacterium was completed. In this work we found that the second flagellar system of R. sphaeroides can be expressed and produces a functional flagellum. In many bacteria with two flagellar systems, one is required for swimming, while the other allows movement in denser environments by producing a large number of flagella over the entire cell surface. In contrast, the second flagellar system of R. sphaeroides produces polar flagella that are required for swimming. Expression of the second set of flagellar genes seems to be positively regulated under anaerobic growth conditions. Phylogenic analysis suggests that the flagellar system that was initially characterized was in fact acquired by horizontal transfer from a gamma-proteobacterium, while the second flagellar system contains the native genes. Interestingly, other alpha-proteobacteria closely related to R. sphaeroides have also acquired a set of flagellar genes similar to the set found in R. sphaeroides, suggesting that a common ancestor received this gene cluster.
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- Sebastian Poggio
- Departamento de Biología Molecular y Biotecnología, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cd. Universitaria, México D.F. 04510, México
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Robert Tabita F. Research on Carbon Dioxide Fixation in Photosynthetic Microorganisms (1971-present). PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 2004; 80:315-32. [PMID: 16328829 DOI: 10.1023/b:pres.0000030455.46192.47] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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This paper presents my personal account of research on CO(2) fixation from when I began these studies as a postdoctoral student in the early 1970s. It traces interests in microbial ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (Rubisco) and considers early breakthroughs on the isolation, characterization, and significance of this enzyme from nonsulfur purple photosynthetic bacteria and other phototrophic organisms. This article also develops a historical perspective as to how recent efforts may lead to an understanding of molecular mechanisms by which the synthesis of this enzyme and other proteins of the pathway are regulated at the molecular level. In addition, how these studies impinge on the interactive control of CO(2) fixation, along with nitrogen fixation and hydrogen metabolism, is also considered. Finally, CO(2)-fixation studies in green sulfur photosynthetic bacteria and the discovery of the rather surprising Rubisco-like protein are described.
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- F Robert Tabita
- Department of Microbiology and the Plant Molecular Biology/Biotechnology Program, The Ohio State University, 484 West 12th Avenue, Columbus, OH, 43210-1292, USA,
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Smith SA, Tabita FR. Up-regulated expression of the cbb(I) and cbb(II) operons during photoheterotrophic growth of a ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase-oxygenase deletion mutant of Rhodobacter sphaeroides. J Bacteriol 2002; 184:6721-4. [PMID: 12426361 PMCID: PMC135416 DOI: 10.1128/jb.184.23.6721-6724.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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In a Rhodobacter sphaeroides ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase-oxygenase deletion strain that requires an exogenous electron donor for photoheterotrophic growth, transcription of the genes of the Calvin-Benson-Bassham (CBB) cycle was increased. This finding pointed to a potential physiological effector that enhances the capability of the positive transcriptional activator CbbR to mediate cbb transcription. This effector is most likely ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate or a metabolite derived from this CBB pathway intermediate.
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- Stephanie A Smith
- Department of Microbiology and Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Program, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210-1292, USA
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Tichi MA, Tabita FR. Metabolic signals that lead to control of CBB gene expression in Rhodobacter capsulatus. J Bacteriol 2002; 184:1905-15. [PMID: 11889097 PMCID: PMC134932 DOI: 10.1128/jb.184.7.1905-1915.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Various mutant strains were used to examine the regulation and metabolic control of the Calvin-Benson-Bassham (CBB) reductive pentose phosphate pathway in Rhodobacter capsulatus. Previously, a ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (RubisCO)-deficient strain (strain SBI/II) was found to show enhanced levels of cbb(I) and cbb(II) promoter activities during photoheterotrophic growth in the presence of dimethyl sulfoxide. With this strain as the starting point, additional mutations were made in genes encoding phosphoribulokinase and transketolase and in the gene encoding the LysR-type transcriptional activator, CbbR(II). These strains revealed that a product generated by phosphoribulokinase was involved in control of CbbR-mediated cbb gene expression in SBI/II. Additionally, heterologous expression experiments indicated that Rhodobacter sphaeroides CbbR responded to the same metabolic signal in R. capsulatus SBI/II and mutant strain backgrounds.
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- Mary A Tichi
- Department of Microbiology and Plant Molecular Biology/Biotechnology Program, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210-1292, USA
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Baker SC, Ferguson SJ, Ludwig B, Page MD, Richter OM, van Spanning RJ. Molecular genetics of the genus Paracoccus: metabolically versatile bacteria with bioenergetic flexibility. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 1998; 62:1046-78. [PMID: 9841665 PMCID: PMC98939 DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.62.4.1046-1078.1998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 151] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Paracoccus denitrificans and its near relative Paracoccus versutus (formerly known as Thiobacilllus versutus) have been attracting increasing attention because the aerobic respiratory system of P. denitrificans has long been regarded as a model for that of the mitochondrion, with which there are many components (e.g., cytochrome aa3 oxidase) in common. Members of the genus exhibit a great range of metabolic flexibility, particularly with respect to processes involving respiration. Prominent examples of flexibility are the use in denitrification of nitrate, nitrite, nitrous oxide, and nitric oxide as alternative electron acceptors to oxygen and the ability to use C1 compounds (e.g., methanol and methylamine) as electron donors to the respiratory chains. The proteins required for these respiratory processes are not constitutive, and the underlying complex regulatory systems that regulate their expression are beginning to be unraveled. There has been uncertainty about whether transcription in a member of the alpha-3 Proteobacteria such as P. denitrificans involves a conventional sigma70-type RNA polymerase, especially since canonical -35 and -10 DNA binding sites have not been readily identified. In this review, we argue that many genes, in particular those encoding constitutive proteins, may be under the control of a sigma70 RNA polymerase very closely related to that of Rhodobacter capsulatus. While the main focus is on the structure and regulation of genes coding for products involved in respiratory processes in Paracoccus, the current state of knowledge of the components of such respiratory pathways, and their biogenesis, is also reviewed.
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- S C Baker
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QU, United Kingdom.
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Qian Y, Tabita FR. Expression of glnB and a glnB-like gene (glnK) in a ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase-deficient mutant of Rhodobacter sphaeroides. J Bacteriol 1998; 180:4644-9. [PMID: 9721307 PMCID: PMC107479 DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.17.4644-4649.1998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/1998] [Accepted: 06/18/1998] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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In a ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (RubisCO)-deficient mutant of Rhodobacter sphaeroides, strain 16PHC, nitrogenase activity was derepressed in the presence of ammonia under photoheterotrophic growth conditions. Previous studies also showed that reintroduction of a functional RubisCO and Calvin-Benson-Bassham (CBB) pathway suppressed the deregulation of nitrogenase synthesis in this strain. In this study, the derepression of nitrogenase synthesis in the presence of ammonia in strain 16PHC was further explored by using a glnB::lacZ fusion, since the product of the glnB gene is known to have a negative effect on ammonia-regulated nif control. It was found that glnB expression was repressed in strain 16PHC under photoheterotrophic growth conditions with either ammonia or glutamate as the nitrogen source; glutamine synthetase (GS) levels were also affected in this strain. However, when cells regained a functional CBB pathway by trans complementation of the deleted genes, wild-type levels of GS and glnB expression were restored. Furthermore, a glnB-like gene, glnK, was isolated from this organism, and its expression was found to be under tight nitrogen control in the wild type. Surprisingly, glnK expression was found to be derepressed in strain 16PHC under photoheterotrophic conditions in the presence of ammonia.
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- Y Qian
- The Biochemistry Program and The, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210-1292, USA
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Three genes, cbbX, cbbY, and cbbZ were found downstream from the form I ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (RubisCO) genes of Rhodobacter sphaeroides. As in chemoautotrophic bacteria, cbbZ was shown to encode phosphoglycolate phosphatase (PGP), whereas the identities of cbbX and cbbY are not known. To determine the physiological function of the cbbXYZ gene products, we constructed R. sphaeroides strains in which the genes were inactivated and characterized the resultant mutant strains according to growth phenotype and levels of RubisCO and PGP. Only a mutation in cbbX resulted in a discernible phenotype, namely, impaired photoautotrophic growth. No PGP activity was observed in any of the mutants, suggesting that the three genes are transcriptionally linked. Studies with a spontaneous chemoautotrophic competent derivative of the CBBX mutant suggested that the cbbXYZ gene products are not essential for chemoautotrophic growth. PGP activity determined in the wild-type strain grown under a variety of growth conditions, and in various strains containing mutations in Calvin-Benson-Bassham cycle structural and regulatory genes, indicated that transcription of the cbb(I) operon influenced expression of the downstream cbbXYZ operon.
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- J L Gibson
- Department of Microbiology and the Plant Molecular Biology/Biotechnology Program, The Ohio State University, Columbus 43210, USA
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Flechner A, Dressen U, Westhoff P, Henze K, Schnarrenberger C, Martin W. Molecular characterization of transketolase (EC 2.2.1.1) active in the Calvin cycle of spinach chloroplasts. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1996; 32:475-84. [PMID: 8980496 DOI: 10.1007/bf00019099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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A cDNA encoding the Calvin cycle enzyme transketolase (TKL; EC 2.2.1.1) was isolated from Sorghum bicolor via subtractive differential hybridization, and used to isolate several full-length cDNA clones for this enzyme from spinach. Functional identity of the encoded mature subunit was shown by an 8.6-fold increase of TKL activity upon induction of Escherichia coli cells that overexpress the spinach TKL subunit under the control of the bacteriophage T7 promoter. Chloroplast localization of the cloned enzyme is shown by processing of the in vitro synthesized precursor upon uptake by isolated chloroplasts. Southern blot-analysis suggests that TKL is encoded by a single gene in the spinach genome. TKL proteins of both higher-plant chloroplasts and the cytosol of non-photosynthetic eukaryotes are found to be unexpectedly similar to eubacterial homologues, suggesting a possible eubacterial origin of these nuclear genes. Chloroplast TKL is the last of the demonstrably chloroplast-localized Calvin cycle enzymes to have been cloned and thus completes the isolation of gene probes for all enzymes of the pathway in higher plants.
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- A Flechner
- Institut für Pflanzenphysiologie, Berlin, Germany
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Martin W, Mustafa AZ, Henze K, Schnarrenberger C. Higher-plant chloroplast and cytosolic fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase isoenzymes: origins via duplication rather than prokaryote-eukaryote divergence. PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 1996; 32:485-91. [PMID: 8980497 DOI: 10.1007/bf00019100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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Full-size cDNAs encoding the precursors of chloroplast fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase (FBP), sedoheptulose-1,7-bisphosphatase (SBP), and the small subunit of Rubisco (RbcS) from spinach were cloned. These cDNAs complete the set of homologous probes for all nuclear-encoded enzymes of the Calvin cycle from spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.). FBP enzymes not only of higher plants but also of non-photosynthetic eukaryotes are found to be unexpectedly similar to eubacterial homologues, suggesting a eubacterial origin of these eukaryotic nuclear genes. Chloroplast and cytosolic FBP isoenzymes of higher plants arose through a gene duplication event which occurred early in eukaryotic evolution. Both FBP and SBP of higher plant chloroplasts have acquired substrate specificity, i.e. have undergone functional specialization since their divergence from bifunctional FBP/SBP enzymes of free-living eubacteria.
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- W Martin
- Institut für Genetik, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany
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de Sury d'Aspremont R, Toussaint B, Vignais PM. Isolation of Rhodobacter capsulatus transketolase: cloning and sequencing of its structural tktA gene. Gene 1996; 169:81-4. [PMID: 8635754 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(95)00796-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Rhodobacter capsulatus transketolase (Tkt) protein has been isolated from strain B10 by heparin affinity chromatography. Oligodeoxyribonucleotides (oligo) constructed as based on the amino-acid sequences were used for polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification on total genomic DNA. Southern hybridization with the PCR product as a probe allowed the isolation of a 5-kb PstI DNA fragment containing the structural Tkt-encoding gene (tktA) which was cloned and sequenced. The deduced tktA product of 671 aa (72815 Da) shares 59% identity with Rhodobacter sphaeroides Tkt.
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- R de Sury d'Aspremont
- CEA Grenoble, Biochimie Microbienne, Département de Biologie Moléculaire et Structurale, France
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Paoli GC, Morgan NS, Tabita FR, Shively JM. Expression of the cbbLcbbS and cbbM genes and distinct organization of the cbb Calvin cycle structural genes of Rhodobacter capsulatus. Arch Microbiol 1995; 164:396-405. [PMID: 8588741] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Rhodobacter capsulatus fixes CO2 via the Calvin reductive pentose phosphate pathway and, like some other nonsulfur purple bacteria, is known to synthesize two distinct structural forms of ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (RubisCO). Cosmid clones that hybridized to form I (cbbLcbbS) and form II (cbbM) RubisCO gene probes were isolated from a genomic library of R. capsulatus strain SB1003. Southern blotting and hybridization analysis with gene-specific probes derived from Rhodobacter sphaeroides revealed that R. capsulatus cbbM is clustered with genes encoding other enzymes of the Calvin cycle, including fructose 1,6/sedoheptulose 1,7-bisphosphatase (cbbF), phosphoribulokinase (cbbP), transketolase (cbbT), glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (cbbG), and fructose 1,6-bisphosphate aldolase (cbbA), as well as a gene (cbbR) encoding a divergently transcribed LysR-type regulatory protein. Surprisingly, a cosmid clone containing the R. capsulatus form I RubisCO genes (cbbL and cbbS) failed to hybridize to the other cbb structural gene probes, unlike the situation with the closely related organism R. sphaeroides. The form I and form II RubisCO genes were cloned into pUC-derived vectors and were expressed in Escherichia coli to yield active recombinant enzyme in each case. Complementation of a RubisCO-deletion strain of R. sphaeroides to photosynthetic growth by R. capsulatus cbbLcbbS or cbbM was achieved using the broad host-range vector, pRK415, and R. sphaeroides expression vector pRPS-1.
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- G C Paoli
- Department of Microbiology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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Paoli GC, Morgan NS, Tabita FR, Shively JM. Expression of thecbbLcbbS andcbbM genes and distinct organization of thecbb Calvin cycle structural genes ofRhodobacter capsulatus. Arch Microbiol 1995. [DOI: 10.1007/bf02529737] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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van den Bergh ER, van der Kooij TA, Dijkhuizen L, Meijer WG. Fructosebisphosphatase isoenzymes of the chemoautotroph Xanthobacter flavus. J Bacteriol 1995; 177:5860-4. [PMID: 7592335 PMCID: PMC177410 DOI: 10.1128/jb.177.20.5860-5864.1995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Xanthobacter flavus employs two fructosebisphosphatase (FBPase)-sedoheptulosebisphosphatase (SBPase) enzymes. One of these is constitutively expressed and has a high FBPase-to-SBPase ratio. The alternative enzyme, which is encoded by cbbF, is induced during autotrophic growth. The cbbF gene was expressed in Escherichia coli, and the FBPase was purified to homogeneity. The purified enzyme has a specific FBPase activity of 114 mumol/min/mg of protein, a Michaelis constant for fructosebisphosphate of 3 microM, and a low FBPase-to-SBPase ratio. CbbF was activated by ATP and inhibited by Ca2+.
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- E R van den Bergh
- Department of Microbiology, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute (GBB), University of Groningen, Haren, The Netherlands
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Yoo JG, Bowien B. Analysis of the cbbF genes from Alcaligenes eutrophus that encode fructose-1,6-/sedoheptulose-1,7-bisphosphatase. Curr Microbiol 1995; 31:55-61. [PMID: 7767230 DOI: 10.1007/bf00294635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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The cbbF genes of the facultative chemoautotroph Alcaligenes eutrophus H16 are part of two highly homologous cbb operons. Both the chromosomal and the megaplasmid pHG1-borne copy of cbbF were cloned and sequenced. Subsequent analyses including comparison with known sequences from other organisms and heterologous expression in Escherichia coli revealed that each of the genes encodes fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase (FBPase). A closely related activity likewise operating in the Calvin carbon reduction cycle, sedoheptulose-1,7-bisphosphatase, was also catalyzed by the two isoenzymes which were purified from autotrophically grown cells of A. eutrophus. Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis allowed the separation of the cbbF gene products. Preliminary physical evidence by Southern hybridization with a heterologous gene probe was obtained for the existence of a third FBPase gene, fbp, on the chromosome of the organism. Its product is probably involved in the heterotrophic carbon metabolism.
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- J G Yoo
- Institut für Mikrobiologie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany
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Xu HH, Tabita FR. Positive and negative regulation of sequences upstream of the form II cbb CO2 fixation operon of Rhodobacter sphaeroides. J Bacteriol 1994; 176:7299-308. [PMID: 7961502 PMCID: PMC197119 DOI: 10.1128/jb.176.23.7299-7308.1994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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The unlinked form I and form II Calvin cycle CO2 fixation (cbb) operons of the photosynthetic bacterium Rhodobacter sphaeroides are located on different genetic elements, yet both operons are positively regulated by the transcription activator protein CbbR, the product of the cbbR gene located immediately upstream of the form I operon. By employing deletion mutagenesis, and a newly constructed promoter probe vector, the form II operon promoter (cbbFIIp) and three other promoters (Up, Vp, and Wp) were localized within 2.1 kb upstream of the form II operon. Mutations in both cbbR and the first gene of the form I operon (cbbFI) elicited both positive and negative responses when transcriptional fusions controlled by these four promoters were examined. With the exception of Wp, all these upstream promoters were repressed by oxygen. In addition, these promoters were associated with open reading frames of unknown function whose deduced amino acid sequences showed no significant relationship to proteins in current databases. The results of these experiments suggest that the promoter sequences and genes upstream of the form II cbb operon may be intimately involved with control of the cbb regulon of this photosynthetic organism.
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- H H Xu
- Department of Microbiology, Ohio State University, Columbus 43210-1292
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Meijer WG. The Calvin cycle enzyme phosphoglycerate kinase of Xanthobacter flavus required for autotrophic CO2 fixation is not encoded by the cbb operon. J Bacteriol 1994; 176:6120-6. [PMID: 7928974 PMCID: PMC196832 DOI: 10.1128/jb.176.19.6120-6126.1994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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During autotrophic growth of Xanthobacter flavus, energy derived from the oxidation of hydrogen methanol or formate is used to drive the assimilation of CO2 via the Calvin cycle. The genes encoding the Calvin cycle enzymes are organized in the cbb operon, which is expressed only during autotrophic growth. Although it has been established that the transcriptional activator CbbR is required for the expression of the cbb operon, it is unclear whether CbbR is the only factor contributing to the regulation of the cbb operon. This paper describes the isolation of X. flavus mutants which were affected in the regulation of the cbb operon. One of the mutant strains was subject to an enhanced repression of the cbb operon promoter by the gluconeogenic substrate succinate and in addition failed to grow autotrophically. The rate of growth of the X. flavus mutant on succinate-containing medium was lower than that of the wild-type strain, but rates of growth on medium supplemented with gluconate were identical. A genomic library of X. flavus was constructed and was used to complement the mutant strain. The nucleotide sequence of the DNA fragment required to restore autotrophic growth of the X. flavus mutant was determined. One open reading frame that displayed extensive similarities to phosphoglycerate kinase-encoding genes (pgk) was identified. The X. flavus mutant lacked phosphoglycerate kinase activity following growth on gluconate or succinate. Introduction of the pgk gene into the X. flavus mutant partially restored the activity of phosphoglycerate kinase. Induction of the cbb operon of the X. flavus wild-type strain resulted in a simultaneous and parallel increase in the activities of ribulose-1,5-biphosphate carboxylase and phosphoglycerate kinase, whereas the latter activity remained absent in the X. flavus pgk mutant. It is concluded that X. flavus employees a single phosphoglycerate kinase enzyme and this is not encoded within the cbb operon.
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- W G Meijer
- Department of Microbiology, University of Groningen, Haren, The Netherlands
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Liaud MF, Valentin C, Martin W, Bouget FY, Kloareg B, Cerff R. The evolutionary origin of red algae as deduced from the nuclear genes encoding cytosolic and chloroplast glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenases from Chondrus crispus. J Mol Evol 1994; 38:319-27. [PMID: 8007000 DOI: 10.1007/bf00163149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Algae are a heterogeneous group of photosynthetic eukaryotes traditionally separated into three major subdivisions: rhodophytes, chlorophytes, and chromophytes. The evolutionary origin of rhodophytes or red algae and their links to other photosynthetic and nonphotosynthetic eukaryotes have been a matter of much controversy and speculation. Here we present the first cDNAs of nuclear protein genes from red algae: Those encoding cytosolic and chloroplast glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenases (GAPDH) from Chondrus crispus. A phylogenetic analysis including GAPDH gene sequences from a number of eukaryotic taxa, cyanobacteria, and purple bacteria suggests that chloroplasts and rhodoplasts together form a monophyletic group of cyanobacterial descent and that rhodophytes separated from chlorophytes at about the same time as animals and fungi. The composite GAPDH tree further demonstrates that chloroplast and cytosolic GAPDH genes are closely related to their homologs in cyanobacteria and purple bacteria, respectively, the presumptive ancestors of chloroplasts and mitochondria, thereby firmly establishing the endosymbiotic origin of these nuclear genes and their fixation in eukaryotic cells before the rhodophyte/chlorophyte separation. The present data are in conflict with phylogenetic inferences based on plastid-encoded rbcL sequences supporting a polyphyletic origin of rhodoplasts and chloroplasts. Comparison of rbcL to GAPDH phylogenies suggests that rbcL trees may be misleading because they are composed of branches representing ancient duplicated (paralogous) genes.
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- M F Liaud
- Institut für Genetik, Universität Braunschweig, Germany
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Kersanach R, Brinkmann H, Liaud MF, Zhang DX, Martin W, Cerff R. Five identical intron positions in ancient duplicated genes of eubacterial origin. Nature 1994; 367:387-9. [PMID: 8114942 DOI: 10.1038/367387a0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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In 1985 Cornish-Bowden wrote "although there is now much to suggest that introns are an ancient relic of primordial genes, convincing proof must await the discovery of clearly corresponding intron arrangements in genes that arose by duplication before the separation of prokaryotes and eukaryotes". Genes for chloroplast and cytosolic glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenases of eukaryotes are descendants of an ancient gene family that existed in the common ancestor of extant eubacteria. During eukaryotic evolution, both genes were transferred to the nucleus from the antecedents of present-day chloroplasts and mitochondria, respectively. Here we report the discovery of five spliceosomal introns at positions that are precisely conserved between nuclear genes for this chloroplast/cytosol enzyme pair. These data provide strong evidence in favour of the 'introns early' hypothesis, which proposes that introns were present in the earliest cells, consistent with the idea that introns facilitated the assembly of primordial genes by accelerating the rate of exon shuffling.
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- R Kersanach
- Institut für Genetik, Universität Braunschweig, Germany
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McEwan AG. Photosynthetic electron transport and anaerobic metabolism in purple non-sulfur phototrophic bacteria. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 1994; 66:151-64. [PMID: 7747929 DOI: 10.1007/bf00871637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Purple non-sulfur phototrophic bacteria, exemplified by Rhodobacter capsulatus and Rhodobacter sphaeroides, exhibit a remarkable versatility in their anaerobic metabolism. In these bacteria the photosynthetic apparatus, enzymes involved in CO2 fixation and pathways of anaerobic respiration are all induced upon a reduction in oxygen tension. Recently, there have been significant advances in the understanding of molecular properties of the photosynthetic apparatus and the control of the expression of genes involved in photosynthesis and CO2 fixation. In addition, anaerobic respiratory pathways have been characterised and their interaction with photosynthetic electron transport has been described. This review will survey these advances and will discuss the ways in which photosynthetic electron transport and oxidation-reduction processes are integrated during photoautotrophic and photoheterotrophic growth.
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- A G McEwan
- Department of Microbiology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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Gibson JL, Tabita FR. Nucleotide sequence and functional analysis of cbbR, a positive regulator of the Calvin cycle operons of Rhodobacter sphaeroides. J Bacteriol 1993; 175:5778-84. [PMID: 8376325 PMCID: PMC206655 DOI: 10.1128/jb.175.18.5778-5784.1993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Structural genes encoding Calvin cycle enzymes in Rhodobacter sphaeroides are duplicated and organized within two physically distinct transcriptional units, the form I and form II cbb operons. Nucleotide sequence determination of the region upstream of the form I operon revealed a divergently transcribed open reading frame, cbbR, that showed significant similarity to the LysR family of transcriptional regulatory proteins. Mutants containing an insertionally inactivated cbbR gene were impaired in photoheterotrophic growth and completely unable to grow photolithoautotrophically with CO2 as the sole carbon source. In the cbbR strain, expression of genes within the form I operon was completely abolished and that of the form II operon was reduced to about 30% of the wild-type level. The cloned cbbR gene complemented the mutant for wild-type growth characteristics, and normal levels of ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (RubisCO) were observed. However, rocket immunoelectrophoresis revealed that the wild-type level of RubisCO was due to overexpression of the form II enzyme, whereas expression of the form I RubisCO was 10% of that of the wild-type strain. The cbbR insertional inactivation did not appear to affect aerobic expression of either CO2 fixation operon, but preliminary evidence suggests that the constitutive expression of the form II operon observed in the cbbR strain may be subject to repression during aerobic growth.
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- J L Gibson
- Department of Microbiology, Ohio State University, Columbus 3210-1292
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Falcone DL, Tabita FR. Complementation analysis and regulation of CO2 fixation gene expression in a ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase-oxygenase deletion strain of Rhodospirillum rubrum. J Bacteriol 1993; 175:5066-77. [PMID: 8349547 PMCID: PMC204973 DOI: 10.1128/jb.175.16.5066-5077.1993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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A ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase-oxygenase (RubisCO) deletion strain of Rhodospirillum rubrum that was incapable of photolithoautotrophic growth was constructed. Photoheterotrophic growth, however, was possible for the R. rubrum RubisCO deletion strain when oxidized carbon compounds such as malate were supplied. The R. rubrum RubisCO-deficient strain was not complemented to photolithoautotrophic growth by various R. rubrum DNA fragments that contain the gene encoding RubisCO, cbbM. When the R. rubrum cbbM deletion strain harbored plasmids containing R. rubrum DNA inserts with at least 2.0 kb preceding the translational start site of the cbbM gene, RubisCO activity and RubisCO antigen were detected. Lack of RubisCO expression was therefore not the cause for the failure to complement the cbbM mutant strain. Interestingly, DNA fragments encoding either of two complete Calvin-Benson-Bassham CO2- fixation (cbb) gene operons from Rhodobacter sphaeroides were able to complement the R. rubrum RubisCO deletion strain to photolithoautotrophic growth. The same R. rubrum DNA fragments that failed to complement the R. rubrum cbbM deletion strain successfully complemented the RubisCO deletion strain of R. sphaeroides, pointing to distinct differences in the regulation of metabolism and the genetics of photolithoautotrophic growth in these two organisms. A number of cbb genes were identified by nucleotide sequence analysis of the region upstream of cbbM. Included among these was an open reading frame encoding a cbbR gene showing a high degree of sequence similarity to known lysR-type CO2 fixation transcriptional activator genes. The placement and orientation of the cbbR transcriptional regulator gene in R. rubrum are unique.
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- D L Falcone
- Department of Microbiology, Ohio State University, Columbus 43210-1192
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Stoner MT, Shively JM. Cloning and expression of the D-ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase form II gene from Thiobacillus intermedius in Escherichia coli. FEMS Microbiol Lett 1993; 107:287-92. [PMID: 8472910 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1993.tb06044.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Both form I and II ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (RuBisCO) genes were detected in Thiobacillus intermedius by heterologous hybridization using specific probes from Anacystis nidulans and Rhodobacter sphaeroides, respectively. However, only the previously reported form I enzyme could be demonstrated in cells grown under a number of different conditions. The reason(s) why the form II gene is not expressed in T. intermedius is/are not clear at this time. The form II gene was isolated from a lambda library by screening with the Rb. sphaeroides probe. A SalI fragment from this clone was ligated into pUC8 and transformed into Escherichia coli DH5 alpha. Subclones pTi20IIA and pTi20IIB representing both orientations relative to the lac promoter were isolated. Low levels of RuBisCO activity were detected in both induced and non-induced pTi20IIA indicating the probable expression from a T. intermedius promoter. Induced pTi20IIB produced much higher levels of enzyme activity. Analysis of cell-free extracts using sucrose density gradients confirmed the expression of a form II RuBisCO similar in size to that found in Rhodobacter capsulatus. Other Calvin cycle genes were not clustered with either the form I or form II genes.
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- M T Stoner
- Department of Biological Sciences, Clemson University, South Carolina 29634-1903
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English RS, Williams CA, Lorbach SC, Shively JM. Two forms of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase fromThiobacillus denitrificans. FEMS Microbiol Lett 1992. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1992.tb05299.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Meijer WG, Tabita FR. Isolation and characterization of the nifUSVW-rpoN gene cluster from Rhodobacter sphaeroides. J Bacteriol 1992; 174:3855-66. [PMID: 1317839 PMCID: PMC206092 DOI: 10.1128/jb.174.12.3855-3866.1992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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The rpoN gene from Rhodobacter sphaeroides was isolated from a genomic library via complementation of a Rhodobacter capsulatus rpoN mutant. The rpoN gene was located on a 7.5-kb HindIII-EcoRI fragment. A Tn5 insertion analysis of this DNA fragment showed that a minimal DNA fragment of 5.3 kb was required for complementation. Nucleotide sequencing of the complementing region revealed the presence of nifUSVW genes upstream from rpoN. The rpoN gene was mutagenized via insertion of a gene encoding kanamycin resistance. The resulting rpoN mutant was not impaired in diazotrophic growth and was in all respects indistinguishable from the wild-type strain. Southern hybridizations using the cloned rpoN gene as a probe indicated the presence of a second rpoN gene. Deletion of the nifUS genes resulted in strongly reduced diazotrophic growth. Two conserved regions were identified in a NifV LeuA amino acid sequence alignment. Similar regions were found in pyruvate carboxylase and oxaloacetate decarboxylase. It is proposed that these conserved regions represent keto acid-binding sites.
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- W G Meijer
- Department of Microbiology, Ohio State University, Columbus 43210-1292
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Kusano T, Takeshima T, Inoue C, Sugawara K. Evidence for two sets of structural genes coding for ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase in Thiobacillus ferrooxidans. J Bacteriol 1991; 173:7313-23. [PMID: 1718945 PMCID: PMC209239 DOI: 10.1128/jb.173.22.7313-7323.1991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Previously, we reported the cloning of the ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase genes (rbcL1-rbcS1) of Thiobacillus ferrooxidans Fe1 (T. Kusano, K. Sugawara, C. Inoue, and N. Suzuki, Curr. Microbiol. 22:35-41, 1991). With these genes as probes, a second set of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase genes (rbcL2-rbcS2) was identified in the same strain and cloned. rbcL1 and rbcL2 encode the large subunits, and rbcS1 and rbcS2 encode the small subunits. Similar restriction patterns between these gene sets suggested a high level of sequence homology. In fact, sequence analysis showed that a 2.2-kb region, including the entire large and small subunit structural genes, was totally conserved in rbcL1-rbcS1 and rbcL2-rbcS2. The rbcL1 (rbcL2) and rbcS1 (rbcS2) genes were 1,422 and 333 bp in length and encoded 473- and 110-amino-acid proteins, respectively. The genes were separated by a 90-bp spacer sequence and were preceded by possible ribosome-binding sites. The N-terminal amino acid sequences of the subunit proteins, synthesized in Escherichia coli, were determined by Edman degradation and found to agree with the deduced amino acid sequences, except for the N-terminal methionine residue. The transcriptional start site of the rbc genes was determined by primer extension, and the size of the rbc transcript was estimated to be about 2.1 kb, suggestive of the cotranscription of rbcL1-rbcS1 and/or rbcL2-rbcS2 mRNAs. Comparisons of amino acid sequences of both subunits with those of other organisms revealed that the ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase of T. ferrooxidans, a chemoautotrophic bacterium, is phylogenetically closer to the photosynthetic bacterium Chromatium vinosum than to another chemoautotrophic bacterium, Alcaligenes eutrophus.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Base Sequence
- Cloning, Molecular
- DNA, Bacterial/genetics
- DNA, Bacterial/isolation & purification
- Escherichia coli/genetics
- Genes, Bacterial
- Isoenzymes/genetics
- Macromolecular Substances
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Multigene Family
- Oligodeoxyribonucleotides
- Plasmids
- RNA, Bacterial/genetics
- RNA, Bacterial/isolation & purification
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/isolation & purification
- Restriction Mapping
- Ribulose-Bisphosphate Carboxylase/genetics
- Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
- Thiobacillus/enzymology
- Thiobacillus/genetics
- Transcription, Genetic
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- T Kusano
- Laboratory of Plant Genetic Engineering, Akita Prefectural College of Agriculture, Japan
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Chen J, Gibson J, McCue L, Tabita F. Identification, expression, and deduced primary structure of transketolase and other enzymes encoded within the form II CO2 fixation operon of Rhodobacter sphaeroides. J Biol Chem 1991. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)54944-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Gibson J, Falcone D, Tabita F. Nucleotide sequence, transcriptional analysis, and expression of genes encoded within the form I CO2 fixation operon of Rhodobacter sphaeroides. J Biol Chem 1991. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)98734-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Falcone DL, Tabita FR. Expression of endogenous and foreign ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase-oxygenase (RubisCO) genes in a RubisCO deletion mutant of Rhodobacter sphaeroides. J Bacteriol 1991; 173:2099-108. [PMID: 1900508 PMCID: PMC207746 DOI: 10.1128/jb.173.6.2099-2108.1991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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A Rhodobacter sphaeroides ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase-oxygenase (RubisCO) deletion strain was constructed that was complemented by plasmids containing either the form I or form II CO2 fixation gene cluster. This strain was also complemented by genes encoding foreign RubisCO enzymes expressed from a Rhodospirillum rubrum RubisCO promoter. In R. sphaeroides, the R. rubrum promoter was regulated, resulting in variable levels of disparate RubisCO molecules under different growth conditions. Photosynthetic growth of the R. sphaeroides deletion strain complemented with cyanobacterial RubisCO revealed physiological properties reflective of the unique cellular environment of the cyanobacterial enzyme. The R. sphaeroides RubisCO deletion strain and R. rubrum promoter system may be used to assess the properties of mutagenized proteins in vivo, as well as provide a potential means to select for altered RubisCO molecules after random mutagenesis of entire genes or gene regions encoding RubisCO enzymes.
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- D L Falcone
- Department of Microbiology, Ohio State University, Columbus 43210
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Meijer WG, Arnberg AC, Enequist HG, Terpstra P, Lidstrom ME, Dijkhuizen L. Identification and organization of carbon dioxide fixation genes in Xanthobacter flavus H4-14. MOLECULAR & GENERAL GENETICS : MGG 1991; 225:320-30. [PMID: 1900916 DOI: 10.1007/bf00269865] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The genes encoding the large (cfxL) and small (cfxS) subunits of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase (RuBisC/O) from Xanthobacter flavus H4-14 were identified and characterized. The RuBisC/O genes are separated by 11 bp and cotranscribed in Escherichia coli from the lac promoter in the order cfxLS. Primer extension and R-loop experiments with RNA isolated from autotrophically grown X. flavus H4-14 showed that transcription of cfxL and cfxS initiated 22 bp upstream from cfxL and resulted in a mRNA of at least 2.3 kb. DNA sequence analysis identified the start of an open reading frame transcribed divergently from cfxL, and displaying significant similarities with genes belonging to the lysR family of transcriptional activators. Downstream from cfxS an additional open reading frame was identified with unknown function. Expression studies showed that the genes encoding fructosebisphosphatase (cfxF) and phosphoribulokinase (cfxP) are located downstream from cfxLS. The cfxF and cfxP genes are cotranscribed in the same direction as cfxLS in the order cfxFP.
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- W G Meijer
- Department of Microbiology, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
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Kobayashi H, Viale AM, Takabe T, Akazawa T, Wada K, Shinozaki K, Kobayashi K, Sugiura M. Sequence and expression of genes encoding the large and small subunits of ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase from Chromatium vinosum. Gene 1991; 97:55-62. [PMID: 1899846 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(91)90009-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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A DNA fragment bearing genes for the large (rbcL) and small (rbcS) subunits of ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (RuBisCO) was cloned from the photosynthetic purple sulfur bacterium Chromatium vinosum. Enzymatically fully active RuBisCO was synthesized in Escherichia coli cells when the cloned DNA was placed downstream of tac promoter. Nucleotide (nt) sequences of rbcL-rbcS were more homologous to cyanobacterial counterparts than to those from Alcaligenes eutrophus or higher plants. However, the amino acid (aa) sequence in a domain responsible for CO2 activation in the C. vinosum rbcL product resembled the corresponding aa sequence in higher plant RuBisCos, but not in the cyanobacterial enzymes. Chemically determined aa sequences at the N terminals of both subunits of RuBisCO purified from C. vinosum were not identical to those deduced from the nt sequences, although they were completely the same as aa sequences deduced from rbcA-rbcB, another locus encoding RuBisCO in C. vinosum. Therefore, the rbcL-rbcS locus seems to be barely expressed under a standard condition for photoautotrophic growth. The homology of the nt sequences between rbcL and rbcA was 82%, and that between rbcS and rbcB was 63%, whereas the codon usages of these genes were basically identical. The rbcL-rbcS and rbcA-rbcB loci therefore must have evolved from a common ancestral set of genes after duplication, instead of lateral gene transfer.
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- H Kobayashi
- Radioisotope Research Center, Nagoya University, Japan
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Croes LM, Meijer WG, Dijkhuizen L. Regulation of methanol oxidation and carbon dioxide fixation in Xanthobacter strain 25a grown in continuous culture. Arch Microbiol 1991. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00248611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Bowien B, Windhövel U, Yoo JG, Bednarski R, Kusian B. Genetics of CO2fixation in the chemoautotrophAlcaligenes eutrophus. FEMS Microbiol Lett 1990. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1990.tb04951.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Tabita FR, Gibson JL, Falcone DL, Lee BG, Chen JH. Recent studies on the molecular biology and biochemistry of CO2 fixation in phototrophic bacteria. FEMS Microbiol Rev 1990; 7:437-43. [PMID: 2128804 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1990.tb04950.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Rhodobacter sphaeroides was found to contain two clusters of chromosomally encoded CO2 fixation structural genes. Recent studies indicate that genes within each cluster are cotranscribed, suggesting that there is a single long transcript for each cluster. All of the genes have been sequenced, homologies noted, specific mutations obtained, and interesting upstream regulatory sequences found. Site-directed mutagenesis studies of the Anacystis rbcS has begun to provide information relative to RubisCO structure and function. In addition, RubisCO-negative strains of photosynthetic bacteria have been constructed to screen for altered RubisCO sequences.
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- F R Tabita
- Department of Microbiology, Ohio State University, Columbus 43210
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Gibson JL, Chen JH, Tower PA, Tabita FR. The form II fructose 1,6-bisphosphatase and phosphoribulokinase genes form part of a large operon in Rhodobacter sphaeroides: primary structure and insertional mutagenesis analysis. Biochemistry 1990; 29:8085-93. [PMID: 2175647 DOI: 10.1021/bi00487a014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Fructose 1,6-bisphosphatase (FBPase) and phosphoribulokinase (PRK) are two key enzymes of the reductive pentose phosphate pathway or Calvin cycle of photosynthetic carbon dioxide assimilation. Early studies had indicated that the properties of enzymes isolated from photosynthetic bacteria were clearly distinct from those of enzymes obtained from the chloroplasts of higher plants [for a review, see Tabita (1988)]. The eucaryotic enzymes, which are light activated by the thioredoxin/ferredoxin system (Buchanan, 1980), were each shown to contain a putative regulatory amino acid sequence (Marcus et al., 1988; Porter et al., 1988). The enzymes from photosynthetic bacteria are not controlled by the thioredoxin/ferredoxin system but exhibit complex kinetic properties and, in the case of PRK, there is an absolute requirement of NADH for activity. In the photosynthetic bacterium Rhodobacter sphaeroides, the structural genes of the Calvin cycle, including the genes that encode FBPase (fbp) and PRK (prk), are found in two distinct clusters, and the fbp and prk genes are closely associated in each cluster. In the present investigation, we have determined the nucleotide sequence of the fbpB and prkB genes of the form II cluster and have compared the deduced amino acid sequences to previously determined sequences of light-activated enzymes from higher plants and from other eucaryotic and procaryotic sources. In the case of FBPase, there are several regions that are conserved in the R. sphaeroides enzymes, including a protease-sensitive area located in a region equivalent to residues 51-71 of mammalian FBPase.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- J L Gibson
- Department of Microbiology, Ohio State University, Columbus 43210
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Windhövel U, Bowien B. On the operon structure of the cfx gene clusters in Alcaligenes eutrophus. Arch Microbiol 1990; 154:85-91. [PMID: 2168696 DOI: 10.1007/bf00249183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Three transposon Tn5-induced mutants deficient in autotrophic CO2 fixation were isolated from a megaplasmid pHG1-cured strain of Alcaligenes eutrophus H16. Their phenotypes were initially characterized by their ability to form both key enzymes of the Calvin cycle, ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase (Rubisco) and phosphoribulokinase (PRK). Since the transposon insertions were at different sites within the chromosomal cluster of cfx genes encoding Calvin cycle enzymes, the individual mutants showed different inactivation patterns for Rubisco and PRK synthesis. These data together with already known sequence data and the arrangement of cfx genes suggested that the Rubisco, fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase/sedoheptulose-1,7-bisphosphatase and PRK genes are constituents of the same operon. This was further confirmed by trans complementation analyses which indicated that the very similarly organized pHG1-encoded cfx genes additionally present in wild-type strain H16 are functional and also form a common operon. Each operon may also include a glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase gene. Thus, the duplicated cfx operons of A. eutrophus H16 are large transcriptional units comprising at least about 8 kilobase pairs (kb) and possibly as much as 11 kb.
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- U Windhövel
- Institut für Mikrobiologie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Federal Republic of Germany
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Hallenbeck PL, Lerchen R, Hessler P, Kaplan S. Phosphoribulokinase activity and regulation of CO2 fixation critical for photosynthetic growth of Rhodobacter sphaeroides. J Bacteriol 1990; 172:1749-61. [PMID: 2156801 PMCID: PMC208665 DOI: 10.1128/jb.172.4.1749-1761.1990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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The Rhodobacter sphaeroides genome contains two unlinked genetic regions each encoding numerous proteins involved in CO2 fixation which include phosphoribulokinases (prkA and prkB), ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (rbcLS and rbcR) (P. L. Hallenbeck and S. Kaplan, Photosynth. Res. 19:63-71, 1988; F. R. Tabita, Microbiol. Rev. 52:155-189, 1988), and two open reading frames linked to rbcLS and rbcR, namely, cfxA and cfxB, respectively (P. L. Hallenbeck, R. Lerchen, P. Hessler, and S. Kaplan, J. Bacteriol. 172:1736-1748). In this study, we examined the unique role(s) of each phosphoribulokinase activity in the regulation of CO2 fixation. Strains were constructed which contain null mutations in prkA and/or prkB. Studies utilizing these strains suggested that CO2 fixation plays an essential role in attaining the cellular redox balance necessary for photoheterotrophic growth. The presence of an external electron acceptor can negate the requirement for CO2 for photoheterotrophic growth. Each form of phosphoribulokinase and ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase was shown to have distinct roles in CO2 metabolism when cells were exposed to extremes in CO2 levels. Evidence is also presented which unequivocally demonstrated that regulation of the expression of the enzymes involved in CO2 metabolism is effective at the transcriptional level. Although the two regions of the DNA involved in CO2 fixation are physically unlinked, each region of the DNA can have a profound effect on the expression of the other region of the DNA.
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- P L Hallenbeck
- Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Medical School, Houston 77225
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Hallenbeck PL, Lerchen R, Hessler P, Kaplan S. Roles of CfxA, CfxB, and external electron acceptors in regulation of ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase expression in Rhodobacter sphaeroides. J Bacteriol 1990; 172:1736-48. [PMID: 2108123 PMCID: PMC208664 DOI: 10.1128/jb.172.4.1736-1748.1990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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The Rhodobacter sphaeroides genome contains two unlinked genetic regions each encoding a series of proteins involved in CO2 fixation which include phosphoribulokinase (prkA and prkB) and ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (rbcLS and rbcR) (P. L. Hallenbeck and S. Kaplan, Photosynth. Res. 19:63-71, 1988; F. R. Tabita, Microbiol. Rev. 52:155-189, 1988). We examined the effect of CO2 in the presence and absence of an alternate electron acceptor, dimethyl sulfoxide, on the expression of rbcR and rbcLS in photoheterotrophically grown R. sphaeroides. The expression of both rbcR and rbcLS was shown to depend on the CO2 concentration when succinate was used as the carbon source. It was also demonstrated that CO2 fixation is critical for photoheterotrophic growth but could be replaced by the alternative reduction of dimethyl sulfoxide to dimethyl sulfide. Dimethyl sulfoxide severely depressed both rbcR and rbcLS expression in cells grown photoheterotrophically at CO2 concentrations of 0.05% or greater. However, cells grown photoheterotrophically in the absence of exogenous CO2 but in the presence of dimethyl sulfoxide had intermediate levels of expression of rbcL and rbcR, suggesting partially independent control by limiting CO2 tension. We also present evidence for the existence of two gene products, namely, CfxA and CfxB, which are encoded by genes immediately upstream of rbcLS and rbcR, respectively. Strains were constructed which contained null mutations in cfxA and/or cfxB. Each mutation eliminated expression of the linked downstream rbc operon. Further, studies utilizing these strains demonstrated that each form of ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase plays an essential role in maintaining the cellular redox balance during photoheterotrophic growth at differing CO2 concentrations.
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- P L Hallenbeck
- Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Medical School, Houston 77225
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Windhövel U, Bowien B. Cloning and expression of chromosomally and plasmid-encoded glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase genes from the chemoautotrophAlcaligenes eutrophys. FEMS Microbiol Lett 1990. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1990.tb03967.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Kossmann J, Klintworth R, Bowien B. Sequence analysis of the chromosomal and plasmid genes encoding phosphoribulokinase from Alcaligenes eutrophus. Gene 1989; 85:247-52. [PMID: 2559876 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(89)90490-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Two DNA fragments encoding the chromosomal and plasmid copies of the gene (cfxP) encoding phosphoribulokinase (PRK) from the chemoautotrophic bacterium Alcaligenes eutrophus, were sequenced and found to be highly homologous. The gene (cfxF) of another Calvin cycle enzyme, fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase (FBPase), was identified as terminating immediately upstream of cfxP, but was not completely contained on both fragments. A hypothetical, also incompletely contained, open reading frame starts closely downstream from cfxP. Genes cfxF, cfxP, and the third hypothetical gene seem to belong to the same operon. The cfxP genes encode highly homologous PRK isoenzyme subunits consisting of 292 aa residues with calculated Mrs of 33 319 (chromosomal PRKc) and 33 164 (plasmid-encoded PRKp). There is little overall sequence similarity between the bacterial and plant (spinach) PRK, apart from some structural motifs.
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- J Kossmann
- Institut für Mikrobiologie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, F.R.G
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Hallenbeck BL, Kaplan S. Structural gene regions of Rhodobacter sphaeroides involved in CO2 fixation. PHOTOSYNTHESIS RESEARCH 1988; 19:63-71. [PMID: 24425368 DOI: 10.1007/bf00114569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/1987] [Accepted: 02/25/1988] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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From studies conducted in both our laboratory and by Gibson, Tabita and colleagues, as well as drawing on the recent studies with Alcaligenes eutrophus, we describe two genetic regions which have been identified on the chromosome of Rhodobacter sphaeroides which code for a number of enzymes involved in CO2 fixation. One region was found to contain the genes coding for fructose 1,6-bisphosphatase (fbpA), phosphoribulokinase (prkA), a 37 kDa polypeptide (cfxA), and form I ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (rbcL, S). These genes appear to be expressed in the same transcriptional direction and are tandomly arranged. A second, apparently unlinked region of the chromosome contains a duplicate (with respect to functionality of gene products) but not identical set of these same four genes. Although the gene order in both regions is apparently identical, there is approximately 4 kb of DNA separating the 3'-end of prkB and the beginning of cfxB. The specific genetic organizations and proposed roles of these two genetic regions are discussed.
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- B L Hallenbeck
- Department of Microbiology, University of Illinois, 407 South Goodwin Avenue, 61801, Urbana, IL, USA
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