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Sexton DL, Tocheva EI. Ultrastructure of Exospore Formation in Streptomyces Revealed by Cryo-Electron Tomography. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:581135. [PMID: 33072052 PMCID: PMC7541840 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.581135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2020] [Accepted: 09/04/2020] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Many bacteria form spores in response to adverse environmental conditions. Several sporulation pathways have evolved independently and occur through distinctive mechanisms. Here, using cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET), we examine all stages of growth and exospore formation in the model organism Streptomyces albus. Our data reveal the native ultrastructure of vegetative hyphae, including the likely structures of the polarisome and cytoskeletal filaments. In addition, we observed septal junctions in vegetative septa, predicted to be involved in protein and DNA translocation between neighboring cells. During sporulation, the cell envelope undergoes dramatic remodeling, including the formation of a spore wall and two protective proteinaceous layers. Mature spores reveal the presence of a continuous spore coat and an irregular rodlet sheet. Together, these results provide an unprecedented examination of the ultrastructure in Streptomyces and further our understanding of the structural complexity of exospore formation.
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- Danielle L Sexton
- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Life Sciences Institute, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Life Sciences Institute, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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Choudoir MJ, Panke-Buisse K, Andam CP, Buckley DH. Genome Surfing As Driver of Microbial Genomic Diversity. Trends Microbiol 2017; 25:624-636. [PMID: 28283403 DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2017.02.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2016] [Revised: 02/03/2017] [Accepted: 02/10/2017] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Historical changes in population size, such as those caused by demographic range expansions, can produce nonadaptive changes in genomic diversity through mechanisms such as gene surfing. We propose that demographic range expansion of a microbial population capable of horizontal gene exchange can result in genome surfing, a mechanism that can cause widespread increase in the pan-genome frequency of genes acquired by horizontal gene exchange. We explain that patterns of genetic diversity within Streptomyces are consistent with genome surfing, and we describe several predictions for testing this hypothesis both in Streptomyces and in other microorganisms.
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- Mallory J Choudoir
- School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850 USA
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- School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850 USA
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- Department of Molecular, Cellular and Biomedical Sciences, University of New Hampshire, Durham NH 03824, USA
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- School of Integrative Plant Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850 USA.
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Andam CP, Choudoir MJ, Vinh Nguyen A, Sol Park H, Buckley DH. Contributions of ancestral inter-species recombination to the genetic diversity of extant Streptomyces lineages. ISME JOURNAL 2016; 10:1731-41. [PMID: 26849310 DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2015.230] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2015] [Revised: 10/27/2015] [Accepted: 11/06/2015] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Streptomyces species produce many important antibiotics and have a crucial role in soil nutrient cycling. However, their evolutionary history remains poorly characterized. We have evaluated the impact of homologous recombination on the evolution of Streptomyces using multi-locus sequence analysis of 234 strains that represent at least 11 species clusters. Evidence of inter-species recombination is widespread but not uniform within the genus and levels of mosaicism vary between species clusters. Most phylogenetically incongruent loci are monophyletic at the scale of species clusters and their subclades, suggesting that these recombination events occurred in shared ancestral lineages. Further investigation of two mosaic species clusters suggests that genes acquired by inter-species recombination may have become fixed in these lineages during periods of demographic expansion; implicating a role for phylogeography in determining contemporary patterns of genetic diversity. Only by examining the phylogeny at the scale of the genus is apparent that widespread phylogenetically incongruent loci in Streptomyces are derived from a far smaller number of ancestral inter-species recombination events.
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- Cheryl P Andam
- Soil and Crop Sciences, School of Integrative Plant Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY USA
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- Soil and Crop Sciences, School of Integrative Plant Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY USA
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- Soil and Crop Sciences, School of Integrative Plant Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY USA
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- Soil and Crop Sciences, School of Integrative Plant Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY USA
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- Soil and Crop Sciences, School of Integrative Plant Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY USA
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Conjugation is a major route of horizontal gene transfer, an important driving force in the evolution of bacterial genomes. Since antibiotic producing streptomycetes represent a natural reservoir of antibiotic resistance genes, the Streptomyces conjugation system might have a particular role in the dissemination of the resistance genes. Streptomycetes transfer DNA in a unique process, clearly distinguished from the well-known DNA-transfer by type IV secretion systems. A single plasmid-encoded DNA-translocase, TraB, transfers a double-stranded DNA-molecule to the recipient. Elucidation of the structure, pore forming ability and DNA binding characteristics of TraB indicated that the TraB conjugation system is derived from an FtsK-like ancestor protein suggesting that Streptomyces adapted the FtsK/SpoIIIE chromosome segregation system to transfer DNA between two distinct Streptomyces cells. Following the primary transfer, a multi-protein DNA-translocation apparatus consisting of TraB and several Spd-proteins spreads the newly transferred DNA to the neighbouring mycelial compartments resulting in the rapid colonization of the recipient mycelium by the donor DNA.
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- Lina Thoma
- Interfakultäres Institut für Mikrobiologie und Infektionsmedizin Tübingen IMIT, Mikrobiologie/Biotechnologie, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 28, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Interfakultäres Institut für Mikrobiologie und Infektionsmedizin Tübingen IMIT, Mikrobiologie/Biotechnologie, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 28, 72076 Tübingen, Germany.
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Claessen D, Rozen DE, Kuipers OP, Søgaard-Andersen L, van Wezel GP. Bacterial solutions to multicellularity: a tale of biofilms, filaments and fruiting bodies. Nat Rev Microbiol 2014; 12:115-24. [PMID: 24384602 DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro3178] [Citation(s) in RCA: 275] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Although bacteria frequently live as unicellular organisms, many spend at least part of their lives in complex communities, and some have adopted truly multicellular lifestyles and have abandoned unicellular growth. These transitions to multicellularity have occurred independently several times for various ecological reasons, resulting in a broad range of phenotypes. In this Review, we discuss the strategies that are used by bacteria to form and grow in multicellular structures that have hallmark features of multicellularity, including morphological differentiation, programmed cell death and patterning. In addition, we examine the evolutionary and ecological factors that lead to the wide range of coordinated multicellular behaviours that are observed in bacteria.
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- Dennis Claessen
- 1] Molecular Biotechnology, Institute of Biology Leiden, Leiden University, Sylviusweg 72, P.O. Box 9502, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands. [2]
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- 1] Molecular Biotechnology, Institute of Biology Leiden, Leiden University, Sylviusweg 72, P.O. Box 9502, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands. [2]
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- 1] Department of Molecular Genetics, Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute, University of Groningen, Linnaeusborg, Nijenborgh 7, 9747 AG, Groningen, The Netherlands. [2] Kluyver Center for Genomics of Industrial Fermentation, Nijenborgh 7, 9747 AG, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Ecophysiology, Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Karl-von-Frisch Strasse 10, 35043, Marburg, Germany
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- Molecular Biotechnology, Institute of Biology Leiden, Leiden University, Sylviusweg 72, P.O. Box 9502, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
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Background Streptomycetes are filamentous soil-dwelling bacteria. They are best known as the
producers of a great variety of natural products such as antibiotics, antifungals,
antiparasitics, and anticancer agents and the decomposers of organic substances
for carbon recycling. They are also model organisms for the studies of gene
regulatory networks, morphological differentiation, and stress response. The
availability of sets of genomes from closely related Streptomyces strains
makes it possible to assess the mechanisms underlying genome plasticity and
systems adaptation. Results We present the results of a comprehensive analysis of the genomes of five
Streptomyces species with distinct phenotypes. These streptomycetes
have a pan-genome comprised of 17,362 orthologous families which includes 3,096
components in the core genome, 5,066 components in the dispensable genome, and
9,200 components that are uniquely present in only one species. The core genome
makes up about 33%-45% of each genome repertoire. It contains important genes for
Streptomyces biology including those involved in gene regulation,
secretion, secondary metabolism and morphological differentiation. Abundant
duplicate genes have been identified, with 4%-11% of the whole genomes composed of
lineage-specific expansions (LSEs), suggesting that frequent gene duplication or
lateral gene transfer events play a role in shaping the genome diversification
within this genus. Two patterns of expansion, single gene expansion and chromosome
block expansion are observed, representing different scales of duplication. Conclusions Our results provide a catalog of genome components and their potential functional
roles in gene regulatory networks and metabolic networks. The core genome
components reveal the minimum requirement for streptomycetes to sustain a
successful lifecycle in the soil environment, reflecting the effects of both
genome evolution and environmental stress acting upon the expressed phenotypes. A
better understanding of the LSE gene families will, on the other hand, bring a
wealth of new insights into the mechanisms underlying strain-specific phenotypes,
such as the production of novel antibiotics, pathogenesis, and adaptive response
to environmental challenges.
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- Zhan Zhou
- College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, PR China
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Doroghazi JR, Buckley DH. Widespread homologous recombination within and between Streptomyces species. ISME JOURNAL 2010; 4:1136-43. [DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2010.45] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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The carboxyl-terminal domain of TraR, a Streptomyces HutC family repressor, functions in oligomerization. J Bacteriol 2008; 190:7164-9. [PMID: 18723611 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00843-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Efficient conjugative transfer of the Streptomyces plasmid pSN22 is accomplished by regulated expression of the tra operon genes, traA, traB, and spdB. The TraR protein is the central transcriptional repressor regulating the expression of the tra operon and itself and is classified as a member of the HutC subfamily in the helix-turn-helix (HTH) GntR protein family. Sequence information predicts that the N-terminal domain (NTD) of TraR, containing an HTH motif, functions in binding of DNA to the cis element; however, the function of the C-terminal region remains obscure, like that for many other GntR family proteins. Here we demonstrate the domain structure of the TraR protein and explain the role of the C-terminal domain (CTD). The TraR protein can be divided into two structural domains, the NTD of M1 to R95 and the CTD of Y96 to E246, revealed by limited proteolysis. Domain expression experiments revealed that both domains retained their function. An in vitro pull-down assay using recombinant TraR proteins revealed that TraR oligomerization depended on the CTD. A bacterial two-hybrid system interaction assay revealed that the minimum region necessary for this binding is R95 to P151. A mutant TraR protein in which Leu121 was replaced by His exhibited a loss of both oligomerization ability and repressor function. An in vitro cross-linking assay revealed preferential tetramer formation by TraR and the minimum CTD. These results indicate that the C-terminal R95-to-P151 region of TraR functions to form an oligomer, preferentially a tetramer, that is essential for the repressor function of TraR.
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Tiffert Y, Götz B, Reuther J, Wohlleben W, Muth G. Conjugative DNA transfer in Streptomyces: SpdB2 involved in the intramycelial spreading of plasmid pSVH1 is an oligomeric integral membrane protein that binds to dsDNA. MICROBIOLOGY-SGM 2007; 153:2976-2983. [PMID: 17768240 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.2006/005413-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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In the current model of conjugal plasmid transfer in mycelium-forming streptomycetes, plasmid transfer by the FtsK-like TraB protein is followed by the subsequent spreading of the newly transferred plasmid within the neighbouring mycelial compartments. Several plasmid-encoded Spd proteins are involved in the plasmid spreading by an unknown mechanism. spdB2 of the conjugative pSVH1 plasmid of Streptomyces venezuelae was heterologously expressed in Escherichia coli and Streptomyces lividans, with a C-terminal His-tag-encoding sequence. Induction of spdB2-His expression affected viability in both species. The integral membrane protein SpdB2-His was eluted from the membrane fraction of S. lividans with Triton X-100, and purified as a soluble protein by Ni-NTA affinity chromatography. Cross-linking experiments with glutaraldehyde showed that SpdB2-His formed oligomers. SpdB2-His had a nonspecific DNA-binding activity: while all types of dsDNA were bound, single-stranded M13-DNA was not recognized. The spd genes of the spdB3-spd79-spdB2 operon of pSVH1 were simultaneously expressed in E. coli with different affinity tags. While expression of StrepII-SpdB3 was not detected, Spd79-flag and SpdB2-His were localized in the membrane fraction of E. coli. In the absence of SpdB2, most of the Spd79-flag protein was found in the cytoplasmic fraction, indicating that SpdB2 affects localization of Spd79. Pulldown assays with StrepII-TraB protein of pSVH1 demonstrated that TraB interacted with SpdB2, suggesting that the septal DNA translocator TraB is also involved in intramycelial plasmid spreading.
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- Yvonne Tiffert
- Mikrobiologie/Biotechnologie, Mikrobiologisches Institut, Fakultät für Biologie, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 28, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Mikrobiologie/Biotechnologie, Mikrobiologisches Institut, Fakultät für Biologie, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 28, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Mikrobiologie/Biotechnologie, Mikrobiologisches Institut, Fakultät für Biologie, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 28, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Mikrobiologie/Biotechnologie, Mikrobiologisches Institut, Fakultät für Biologie, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 28, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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- Mikrobiologie/Biotechnologie, Mikrobiologisches Institut, Fakultät für Biologie, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 28, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
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The 8-9-Mb Streptomyces chromosome is linear, with a "core" containing essential genes and "arms" carrying conditionally adaptive genes that can sustain large deletions in the laboratory. Bidirectional chromosome replication from a central oriC is completed by "end-patching," primed from terminal proteins covalently bound to the free 5'-ends. Plasmid-mediated conjugation involves movement of double-stranded DNA by proteins resembling other bacterial motor proteins, probably via hyphal tip fusion, mediated by these transfer proteins. Circular plasmids probably transfer chromosomes by transient integration, but linear plasmids may lead the donor chromosome end-first into the recipient by noncovalent association of ends. Transfer of complete chromosomes may be the rule. The recipient mycelium is colonized by intramycelial spreading of plasmid copies, under the control of plasmid-borne "spread" genes. Chromosome partition into prespore compartments of the aerial mycelium is controlled in part by actin- and tubulin-like proteins, resembling MreB and FtsZ of other bacteria.
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- David A Hopwood
- Department of Molecular Microbiology, John Innes Centre, Colney, Norwich, NR4 7UH, United Kingdom.
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Reuther J, Gekeler C, Tiffert Y, Wohlleben W, Muth G. Unique conjugation mechanism in mycelial streptomycetes: a DNA-binding ATPase translocates unprocessed plasmid DNA at the hyphal tip. Mol Microbiol 2006; 61:436-46. [PMID: 16776656 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05258.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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A single plasmid-encoded protein, the septal DNA translocator TraB, is sufficient to promote conjugal plasmid transfer in mycelial streptomycetes. To analyse the molecular mechanism of conjugation the closely related TraB proteins from plasmids pSG5 of Streptomyces ghanaensis and pSVH1 of Streptomyces venezuelae were characterized. TraB of pSG5 was expressed as a fusion protein with eGFP and found to be localized at the hyphal tips of Streptomyces lividans by fluorescence microscopy, which strongly indicates that conjugation takes place at the tips of the mating mycelium. The TraB protein of pSVH1 was heterologously expressed in S. lividans with an N-terminal strep-tagII and purified as a soluble protein to near homogeneity. The purified protein was shown to hydrolyse ATP and to bind to a 50 bp non-coding pSVH1 sequence containing a 14 bp direct repeat. The protein-DNA complex was too large to enter an agarose gel, indicating that multimers of TraB were bound to the DNA. Denaturation of the protein-DNA complex released unprocessed plasmid DNA demonstrating that the TraB protein does not possess nicking activity. Our experimental data provide evidence that conjugal DNA transfer in streptomycetes is mediated by the septal DNA translocator TraB, an plasmid-encoded ATPase that interacts non-covalently with DNA and translocates an unprocessed double-stranded DNA molecule at the hyphal tip into the recipient.
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- Jens Reuther
- Mikrobiologie/Biotechnologie, Mikrobiologisches Institut, Fakultaet für Biologie, Eberhard Karls Universitaet Tuebingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 28, 72076 Tuebingen, Germany
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Reuther J, Wohlleben W, Muth G. Modular architecture of the conjugative plasmid pSVH1 from Streptomyces venezuelae. Plasmid 2006; 55:201-9. [PMID: 16439019 DOI: 10.1016/j.plasmid.2005.11.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2005] [Revised: 11/11/2005] [Accepted: 11/18/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The conjugative rolling circle replication (RCR) type plasmid pSVH1 from the chloramphenicol producer Streptomyces venezuelae was characterized by DNA sequence analysis and insertion/deletion analysis. Nucleotide sequence of the 12,652 bp pSVH1 revealed 11 open reading frames with high coding probability for which putative functions could be assigned. Beside the replication initiator gene rep for RCR, pSVH1 contained only genes involved in conjugative transfer. The transfer gene traB encoding the septal DNA translocator TraB is regulated by the GntR-type transcriptional regulator TraR. Six spd genes involved in intra-mycelial plasmid spreading are organized in two operons, consisting of two and three translationally coupled genes. Subcloning experiments demonstrated that the transfer gene traB represents a kill function and localized the pSVH1 minimal replicon consisting of rep and the dso origin to a 2072-bp fragment. Plasmid pSVH1 showed a modular architecture. Its replication region resembled that of the Streptomyces natalensis plasmid pSNA1, while the transfer and spread regions involved in conjugative plasmid transfer were highly similar to the corresponding regions of the Streptomyces ghanaensis plasmid pSG5.
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- Jens Reuther
- Microbiology/Biotechnology, Microbiological Institute, Faculty of Biology, University of Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 28, D-72076 Tübingen, Germany
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Qin Z, Shen M, Cohen SN. Identification and characterization of a pSLA2 plasmid locus required for linear DNA replication and circular plasmid stable inheritance in Streptomyces lividans. J Bacteriol 2003; 185:6575-82. [PMID: 14594830 PMCID: PMC262113 DOI: 10.1128/jb.185.22.6575-6582.2003] [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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Streptomyces linear plasmids and linear chromosomes can replicate also in a circular form when their telomeres are deleted. The 17-kb linear plasmid pSLA2 has been a useful model in studies of such replicons. Here we report that the minimal origin initiating replication of pSLA2-derived plasmids as circular molecules cannot propagate these plasmids in a linear mode unless they also contain a novel plasmid-encoded locus, here named rlrA (required for linear replication). In contrast with the need for rlrA to accomplish replication of telomere-containing linear plasmids, expression of rlrA, which encodes two LuxR family regulatory domains, interferes with the establishment of pSLA2 in circular form in Streptomyces lividans transformants. The additional presence of an adjacent divergently transcribed locus, rorA (rlrA override), which strongly resembles the kor (kil override) transcription control genes identified previously on Streptomyces plasmids, reversed the detrimental effects of rlrA on plasmid establishment and additionally stabilized circular plasmid inheritance by spores during the S. lividans life cycle. While the effects of the rlrA/rorA locus of pSLA2 were seen also on linear plasmids derived from the unrelated SLP2 replicon, they did not extend to plasmids whose replication was initiated at a cloned chromosomal origin. Our results establish the existence of, and provide the initial description of, a novel plasmid-borne regulatory system that differentially affects the propagation of linear and circular plasmids in Streptomyces.
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- Zhongjun Qin
- Department of Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305-5120, USA
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Tanaka T, Sugai M, Kobayashi K, Kataoka M, Kohno T. Complete 1H, 13C, and 15N assignments of the N-terminal DNA binding domain of the TraR protein. JOURNAL OF BIOMOLECULAR NMR 2002; 23:161-162. [PMID: 12153045 DOI: 10.1023/a:1016312307257] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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DNA transport is important in various biological contexts--particularly chromosome segregation and intercellular gene transfer. Recently, progress has been made in understanding the function of a family of bacterial proteins involved in DNA transfer, and we focus here on one of the best-understood members, SpoIIIE. Studies of SpoIIIE-like proteins show that they might couple DNA transport to processes such as cell division, conjugation (mating) and the resolution of chromosome dimers.
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- J Errington
- Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3RE, UK.
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Kataoka M, Kosono S, Tsujimoto G. Spatial and temporal regulation of protein expression by bldA within a Streptomyces lividans colony. FEBS Lett 1999; 462:425-9. [PMID: 10622739 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(99)01569-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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The bldA gene encodes the only tRNA for the UUA codon that, although dispensable in genes important for primary vegetative growth of Streptomyces spp., is important in genes that serve a regulatory purpose in the differentiation. To investigate this role further, the spatial and temporal expression profiles of the bldA-regulated and unregulated genes within a Streptomyces colony were examined using modified genes for the green fluorescent protein (gfp) as an expression-tag. A comparative study, based on computer-assisted quantitative analysis of the GFP fluorescence, revealed that the presence of TTA codons in gfp results in a temporal delay of translation and, consequently, changed the spatial pattern of the GFP expression within a colony, especially during early differentiation. The delay of GFP expression was undetectable at 60 h post-inoculation. These results provide the first extensive evidence that the bldA does indeed play a significant regulatory role during colony differentiation.
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- M Kataoka
- Project Research Center, Mitsubishikasei Institute of Life Sciences, Machida, Tokyo, Japan.
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Hagege JM, Brasch MA, Cohen SN. Regulation of transfer functions by the imp locus of the Streptomyces coelicolor plasmidogenic element SLP1. J Bacteriol 1999; 181:5976-83. [PMID: 10498709 PMCID: PMC103624 DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.19.5976-5983.1999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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SLP1(int) is a 17.2-kb genetic element that normally is integrated site specifically into the chromosome of Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2). The imp operon within SLP1(int) represses replication of both chromosomally integrated and extrachromosomal SLP1. During mating with S. lividans, SLP1(int) can excise, delete part of imp, and form a family of autonomously replicating conjugative plasmids. Earlier work has shown that impA and impC gene products act in concert to control plasmid maintenance and regulate their own transcription. Here we report that these imp genes act also on a second promoter, P(opimp) (promoter opposite imp), located adjacent to, and initiating transcription divergent from, imp to regulate loci involved in the intramycelial transfer of SLP1 plasmids. spdB1 and spdB2, two overlapping genes immediately 3' to P(opimp) and directly regulated by imp, are shown by Tn5 mutagenesis to control transfer-associated growth inhibition (i.e., pocking). Additional genes resembling transfer genes of other Streptomyces spp. plasmids and required for SLP1 transfer and/or postconjugal intramycelial spread are located more distally to P(opimp). Expression of impA and impC in an otherwise competent recipient strain prevented SLP1-mediated gene transfer of chromosomal and plasmid genes but not plasmid-independent chromosome-mobilizing activity, suggesting that information transduced to recipients after the formation of mating pairs affects imp activity. Taken together with earlier evidence that the imp operon regulates SLP1 DNA replication, the results reported here implicate imp in the overall regulation of functions related to the extrachromosomal state of SLP1.
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- J M Hagege
- Departments of Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305-5120, USA
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Holčík M, Iyer VM. Conditionally lethal genes associated with bacterial plasmids. MICROBIOLOGY (READING, ENGLAND) 1997; 143 ( Pt 11):3403-3416. [PMID: 9387219 DOI: 10.1099/00221287-143-11-3403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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- Martin Holčík
- Department of Biology and Institute of Biochemistry, Carleton University, Ottawa Ontario Canada K1S5B6
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- Department of Biology and Institute of Biochemistry, Carleton University, Ottawa Ontario Canada K1S5B6
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Kataoka M, Tatsuta T, Suzuki I, Kosono S, Seki T, Yoshida T. Development of a temperature-inducible expression system for Streptomyces spp. J Bacteriol 1996; 178:5540-2. [PMID: 8808949 PMCID: PMC178382 DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.18.5540-5542.1996] [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: 02/02/2023] Open
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PCR mutagenesis of a 0.9-kbp fragment, containing a repressor gene, traR, and its target promoter, Ptra, from Streptomyces nigrifaciens plasmid pSN22, produced Streptomyces lividans clones with temperature-inducible Ptra expression. Using the promoterless gene for the thermostable Thermus flavus malate dehydrogenase as an indicator, an induction of enzyme activity of as much as was observed in a temperature shift from 28 to 37 degrees C. Temperature downshift reestablished repression of Ptra, making these promoter cassettes very attractive for the temporally regulated expression of cloned genes in Streptomyces spp.
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- M Kataoka
- International Center for Biotechnology, Osaka University, Japan.
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Wu LJ, Lewis PJ, Allmansberger R, Hauser PM, Errington J. A conjugation-like mechanism for prespore chromosome partitioning during sporulation in Bacillus subtilis. Genes Dev 1995; 9:1316-26. [PMID: 7797072 DOI: 10.1101/gad.9.11.1316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 145] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Spore formation in Bacillus subtilis begins with an asymmetric cell division that superficially resembles the division of vegetative cells. Mutations in the spoIIIE gene of B. subtilis partially block partitioning of one chromosome into the smaller (prespore) compartment of the sporulating cell. Point mutations that specifically block prespore chromosome partitioning affect a carboxy-terminal domain of SpoIIIE that shows significant sequence similarity to the DNA transfer (Tra) proteins of several conjugative plasmids of Streptomyces. In wild-type sporulating cells, the prespore chromosome passes through an intermediate stage resembling the state in which spoIIIE mutant cells are blocked. The prespore chromosome is then transferred progressively through the newly formed spore septum. We propose that translocation of the prespore chromosome occurs by a mechanism that is functionally related to the conjugative transfer of plasmid DNA.
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- L J Wu
- Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, UK
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Suzuki Y, Yabuta M, Ohsuye K. Cloning and expression of the gene encoding the glutamic acid-specific protease of Streptomyces griseus ATCC10137. Gene X 1994; 150:149-51. [PMID: 7959042 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(94)90875-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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The gene (sgpE) encoding the Streptomyces griseus glutamic-acid-specific protease (SGPE) was cloned and sequenced. The sgpE gene contained an open reading frame of 1065 nucleotides encoding 355 amino acids (aa) with a pre-propeptide of 168 aa ending at Glu, suggesting the probability of auto-proteolysis. A Streptomyces lividans strain carrying the plasmid-borne sgpE under control of the traA gene promoter secreted mature SGPE into the culture medium. Compared to Staphylococcus aureus protease V8, the purified SGPE was more resistant to urea. It is suggested that SGPE would be a useful tool for site-specific processing of proteins, even under denaturing conditions.
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- Y Suzuki
- Suntory Pharma Tech Center, Gumma, Japan
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Kataoka M, Kosono S, Seki T, Yoshida T. Regulation of the transfer genes of Streptomyces plasmid pSN22: in vivo and in vitro study of the interaction of TraR with promoter regions. J Bacteriol 1994; 176:7291-8. [PMID: 7961501 PMCID: PMC197118 DOI: 10.1128/jb.176.23.7291-7298.1994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Expression of the tra operon, essential for conjugative transfer of the 11-kb Streptomyces nigrifaciens plasmid pSN22, is negatively regulated by traR, which is located upstream of the tra operon and transcribed in the opposite orientation. The transcriptional start points for the tra and traR mRNAs were determined by primer extension; they are 72 bp apart and have identical -10 promoter sequences. The TraR protein was overexpressed in Escherichia coli and used for gel retardation and DNase I protection experiments. It bound specifically to the bidirectional tra-traR promoter region and protected four DNA regions, each of which contains a similar 12-bp sequence. The binding was strongest to the region downstream of the tra promoter, probably ensuring that expression of the potentially lethal traB gene is turned off before traR. The efficiency of intramycelial plasmid transfer was decreased by the mutation at the downstream region.
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- M Kataoka
- International Center of Cooperative Research in Biotechnology, Faculty of Engineering, Osaka University, Japan
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Zotchev SB, Schrempf H. The linear Streptomyces plasmid pBL1: analyses of transfer functions. MOLECULAR & GENERAL GENETICS : MGG 1994; 242:374-82. [PMID: 8121393 DOI: 10.1007/bf00281786] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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pBL1 is a conjugative linear extrachromosomal element of 43 kb previously isolated after interspecific mating between Streptomyces bambergiensis and S. lividans. Cloning experiments using the non-conjugative, circular Streptomyces vector pIJ702 allowed the identification of a 5.74 kb region from pBL1 which facilitates plasmid transfer. Insertion and deletion mutagenesis, gene disruptions, and sequence data suggest that at least five previously unknown genes of pBL1 are required for efficient plasmid transfer and its regulation.
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Kataoka M, Kuno N, Horiguchi T, Seki T, Yoshida T. Replication of the Streptomyces plasmid pSN22 through single-stranded intermediates. MOLECULAR & GENERAL GENETICS : MGG 1994; 242:130-6. [PMID: 8159162 DOI: 10.1007/bf00391005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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The replication of the 11 kb conjugative multicopy Streptomyces plasmid pSN22 was analyzed. Mutation and complementation analyses indicated that the minimal region essential for plasmid replication was located on a 1.9 kb fragment of pSN22, containing a transacting element encoding a replication protein and a cis-acting sequence acting as a replication origin. Southern hybridization showed that minimal replicon plasmids accumulated much more single-stranded plasmid molecules than did wild-type pSN22. Only one strand was accumulated. A 500 bp fragment from the pSN22 transfer region was identified which reduced the relative amount of single-stranded DNA, when added in the native orientation to minimal replicon plasmids. This 500 bp DNA sequence may be an origin for second-strand synthesis. It had no effect on the efficiency of co-transformation, plasmid incompatibility, or stability. The results indicate that pSN22 replicates via single-stranded intermediates by a rolling circle mechanism.
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- M Kataoka
- International Center of Cooperative Research in Biotechnology, Japan, Osaka
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Brolle DF, Pape H, Hopwood DA, Kieser T. Analysis of the transfer region of the Streptomyces plasmid SCP2. Mol Microbiol 1993; 10:157-70. [PMID: 7968512 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1993.tb00912.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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pIJ903, a bifunctional derivative of the 31.4 kb low-copy-number, conjugative Streptomyces plasmid SCP2*, was mutagenized in Streptomyces lividans using Tn4560. Mutant plasmids differing in their transfer frequencies, chromosome mobilization abilities, pock formation, and complementation properties were isolated. The mutations defined five transfer-related genes, traA, traB, traC, traD and spd, clustered in a region of 9 kb. The deduced sequences of the putative TraA and TraB proteins showed no overall similarity to known protein sequences, but the phenotype of traA mutant plasmids and sequence motifs in the putative TraA protein suggested that it might be a DNA helicase.
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- D F Brolle
- John Innes Institute, John Innes Centre, Norwich, UK
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Hagège J, Pernodet JL, Sezonov G, Gerbaud C, Friedmann A, Guérineau M. Transfer functions of the conjugative integrating element pSAM2 from Streptomyces ambofaciens: characterization of a kil-kor system associated with transfer. J Bacteriol 1993; 175:5529-38. [PMID: 8366038 PMCID: PMC206609 DOI: 10.1128/jb.175.17.5529-5538.1993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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pSAM2 is an 11-kb integrating element from Streptomyces ambofaciens. During matings, pSAM2 can be transferred at high frequency, forming pocks, which are zones of growth inhibition of the recipient strain. The nucleotide sequences of the regions involved in pSAM2 transfer, pock formation, and maintenance have been determined. Seven putative open reading frames with the codon usage typical of Streptomyces genes have been identified: traSA (306 amino acids [aa]), orf84 (84 aa), spdA (224 aa), spdB (58 aa), spdC (51 aa), spdD (104 aa), and korSA (259 aa). traSA is essential for pSAM2 intermycelial transfer and pock formation. It could encode a protein with similarities to the major transfer protein, Tra, of pIJ101. TraSA protein contains a possible nucleotide-binding sequence and a transmembrane segment. spdA, spdB, spdC, and spdD influence pock size and transfer efficiency and may be required for intramycelial transfer. A kil-kor system similar to that of pIJ101 is associated with pSAM2 transfer: the korSA (kil-override) gene product could control the expression of the traSA gene, which has lethal effects when unregulated (Kil phenotype). The KorSA protein resembles KorA of pIJ101 and repressor proteins belonging to the GntR family. Thus, the integrating element pSAM2 possesses for transfer general features of nonintegrating Streptomyces plasmids: different genes are involved in the different steps of the intermycelial and intramycelial transfer, and a kil-kor system is associated with transfer. However, some differences in the functional properties, organization, and sizes of the transfer genes compared with those of other Streptomyces plasmids have been found.
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- J Hagège
- Laboratoire de Biologie et Génétique Moléculaire, Université Paris-Sud, Orsay, France
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