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Prokaryotic Solute/Sodium Symporters: Versatile Functions and Mechanisms of a Transporter Family. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22041880. [PMID: 33668649 PMCID: PMC7918813 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22041880] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2020] [Revised: 02/02/2021] [Accepted: 02/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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The solute/sodium symporter family (SSS family; TC 2.A.21; SLC5) consists of integral membrane proteins that use an existing sodium gradient to drive the uphill transport of various solutes, such as sugars, amino acids, vitamins, or ions across the membrane. This large family has representatives in all three kingdoms of life. The human sodium/iodide symporter (NIS) and the sodium/glucose transporter (SGLT1) are involved in diseases such as iodide transport defect or glucose-galactose malabsorption. Moreover, the bacterial sodium/proline symporter PutP and the sodium/sialic acid symporter SiaT play important roles in bacteria–host interactions. This review focuses on the physiological significance and structural and functional features of prokaryotic members of the SSS family. Special emphasis will be given to the roles and properties of proteins containing an SSS family domain fused to domains typically found in bacterial sensor kinases.
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Yang L, Zhou D, Liu X, Han H, Zhan L, Guo Z, Zhang L, Qin C, Wong HC, Yang R. Cold-induced gene expression profiles of Vibrio parahaemolyticus: a time-course analysis. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2008; 291:50-8. [PMID: 19054071 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2008.01434.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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A whole-genome DNA microarray was constructed to dissect expression profiles of Vibrio parahaemolyticus in response to a sudden temperature downshift from 37 to 10 degrees C. The mRNA level of each gene at each of three time points (20, 40 and 60 min after temperature downshift) was compared with that just before cold treatment. Clustering analysis of time-course data revealed nine gene clusters with different time-dependent expression patterns. Downregulation of metabolism-related genes was obviously dominant over upregulation at all time points. The distinct negative regulation of metabolism-related genes would account for a generally reduced cellular protein pool resulting from the sudden temperature downshift. In contrast, cold shock had a 'neutral and balanced' regulatory action on nonmetabolic cellular pathways, which likely brought about the remodelling of cell envelope structures and transport/binding functions. We identified a 171-bp 5'-untranslated region in the cspA transcript. The cspA gene encoded cold shock protein A (CspA), and CspA was shown to be the major cold shock protein in V. parahaemolyticus. Evident regulatory motifs were conserved within the cspA promoter regions of Escherichia coli and V. parahaemolyticus. These two bacteria likely use the same mechanism to regulate the cold-inducible expression of cspA.
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- Lei Yang
- Institute of Laboratory Animal Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
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Jahreis K, Pimentel-Schmitt EF, Brückner R, Titgemeyer F. Ins and outs of glucose transport systems in eubacteria. FEMS Microbiol Rev 2008; 32:891-907. [PMID: 18647176 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6976.2008.00125.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Glucose is the classical carbon source that is used to investigate the transport, metabolism, and regulation of nutrients in bacteria. Many physiological phenomena like nutrient limitation, stress responses, production of antibiotics, and differentiation are inextricably linked to nutrition. Over the years glucose transport systems have been characterized at the molecular level in more than 20 bacterial species. This review aims to provide an overview of glucose uptake systems found in the eubacterial kingdom. In addition, it will highlight the diverse and sophisticated regulatory features of glucose transport systems.
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- Knut Jahreis
- Department of Biology and Chemistry, University of Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany
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Mahmud ZH, Neogi SB, Kassu A, Mai Huong BT, Jahid IK, Islam MS, Ota F. Occurrence, seasonality and genetic diversity of Vibrio vulnificus in coastal seaweeds and water along the Kii Channel, Japan. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2008; 64:209-18. [PMID: 18355295 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2008.00460.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Vibrio vulnificus is a ubiquitous toxigenic bacterium found in a coastal environment but little is known about its occurrence and seasonality among seaweeds, which are widely consumed as seafood in Japan. Therefore, we have observed the bacterium's abundance in seawater and seaweed samples from three areas of the Kii Channel, Japan, during June 2003 to May 2004. A total of 192 samples were collected: 24 from each source in summer, autumn, winter and spring. The samples were selectively cultivated following the most probable number (MPN) technique. Vibrio vulnificus population ranged from 0 to 10(3) MPN 100 mL(-1) seawater or 10 g seaweeds; higher counts were observed during summer. The optimum temperature, salinity and pH for the bacterium were 20-24 degrees C, 24-28 p.p.t. and 7.95-8.15, respectively. However, seaweeds always contained higher V. vulnificus than seawater. Among 280 V. vulnificus strains, detected by species-specific colony hybridization and PCR, 78, 74, 11 and 16 were from seaweeds and 46, 42, 2 and 11 were from seawater during summer, autumn, winter and spring, respectively. Ribotyping of 160 selected strains revealed a higher genotypic diversity (18 patterns) among strains from seaweeds than from seawater (10 patterns). Seaweeds can thus act as a potential habitat for V. vulnificus and are more unsafe for consumption during summer.
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- Zahid Hayat Mahmud
- Environmental Microbiology Laboratory, Laboratory Sciences Division, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Mohakhali, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
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Mahmud ZH, Neogi SB, Kassu A, Wada T, Islam MS, Nair GB, Ota F. Seaweeds as a reservoir for diverse Vibrio parahaemolyticus populations in Japan. Int J Food Microbiol 2007; 118:92-6. [PMID: 17629976 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2007.05.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2007] [Revised: 05/03/2007] [Accepted: 05/09/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Gastroenteritis caused by Vibrio parahaemolyticus has recently been associated with foods prepared with seaweeds, but little is known about the bacterium's abundance and diversity among seaweeds in coastal environment. Therefore, we determined its phenotypic and genotypic diversity in relation to its seasonal abundance in seawater and seaweed samples from three areas of Kii Channel, Japan during June 2003 to May 2004. Isolates were obtained by selective enrichment of samples and detection of V. parahaemolyticus by colony hybridization with a species-specific probe. A total of 128 isolates comprising 16 from each source in each season were characterized by serotyping and ribotyping. V. parahaemolyticus was more abundant in seaweeds (3,762 isolates) than in water samples (2,238 isolates). Twenty and 17 serotypes were found among the selected seaweed and seawater isolates, respectively. Cluster analysis revealed 19, 11, 7 and 9 ribotypes during summer, autumn, winter and spring, respectively. Seaweeds supported a diverse V. parahaemolyticus population throughout the year and thus seaweeds are a reservoir for the organism. However, V. parahaemolyticus occurrence had positive correlation with water temperature and its abundance in seaweeds was at least 50 times higher during summer than in winter.
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- Zahid Hayat Mahmud
- Laboratory Sciences Division, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Mohakhali, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh.
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Morita Y, Kataoka A, Shiota S, Mizushima T, Tsuchiya T. NorM of vibrio parahaemolyticus is an Na(+)-driven multidrug efflux pump. J Bacteriol 2000; 182:6694-7. [PMID: 11073914 PMCID: PMC111412 DOI: 10.1128/jb.182.23.6694-6697.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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NorM of Vibrio parahaemolyticus apparently is a new type of multidrug efflux protein, with no significant sequence similarity to any known transport proteins. Based on the following experimental results, we conclude that NorM is an Na(+)-driven Na(+)/drug antiporter. (i) Energy-dependent ethidium efflux from cells possessing NorM was observed in the presence of Na(+) but not of K(+). (ii) An artificially imposed, inwardly directed Na(+) gradient elicited ethidium efflux from cells. (iii) The addition of ethidium to cells loaded with Na(+) elicited Na(+) efflux. Thus, NorM is an Na(+)/drug antiporting multidrug efflux pump, the first to be found in the biological world. Judging from the similarity of the NorM sequence to those of putative proteins in sequence databases, it seems that Na(+)/drug antiporters are present not only in V. parahaemolyticus but also in a wide range of other organisms.
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- Y Morita
- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Tsushima, Okayama, 700-8530, Japan
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Xie Z, Turk E, Wright EM. Characterization of the Vibrio parahaemolyticus Na+/Glucose cotransporter. A bacterial member of the sodium/glucose transporter (SGLT) family. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:25959-64. [PMID: 10852908 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m002687200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The Vibrio parahaemolyticus sodium/glucose transporter (vSGLT) is a bacterial member of the SGLT gene family. Wild-type and mutant vSGLT proteins were expressed in Escherichia coli, and transport activity was measured in intact cells and plasma membrane vesicles. Two cysteine-less vSGLT proteins exhibited sugar transport rates comparable with that of the wild-type protein. Six residues in two regions of vSGLT known to be of functional importance in SGLT1 were replaced individually with cysteine in the cysteine-less protein. Characterization of these single cysteine-substituted vSGLTs showed that two residues (Gly-151 and Gln-428) are essential for transport function, whereas the other four residues (Leu-147, Leu-149, Ala-423, and Gln-425) are not. 2-Aminoethylmethanethiosulfonate (MTSEA) blocked Na(+)/glucose transport by only the transporter bearing a cysteine at position 425 (Q425C). MTSEA inhibition was reversed by dithiothreitol and blocked by the presence of both Na(+) and d-glucose, indicating that conformational changes of the vSGLT protein are involved in Na(+)/glucose transport. A split version of vSGLT was generated by co-expression of the N-terminal (N(7)) and C-terminal (C(7)) halves of the transporter. The split vSGLT maintained Na(+)-dependent glucose transport activity. Chemical cross-linking of split vSGLT, with a cysteine in each N(7) and C(7) fragment, suggested that hydrophilic loops between helices 4 and 5 and between helices 10 and 11 are within 8 A of each other. We conclude that the mechanism of Na(+)/glucose transport by vSGLT is similar to mammalian SGLTs and that further studies on vSGLT will provide novel insight to the structure and function of this class of cotransporters.
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- Z Xie
- Department of Physiology, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California 90095-1751, USA
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Button DK. Nutrient uptake by microorganisms according to kinetic parameters from theory as related to cytoarchitecture. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 1998; 62:636-45. [PMID: 9729603 PMCID: PMC98928 DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.62.3.636-645.1998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The abilities of organisms to sequester substrate are described by the two kinetic constants specific affinity, a degrees, and maximal velocity Vmax. Specific affinity is derived from the frequency of substrate-molecule collisions with permease sites on the cell surface at subsaturating concentrations of substrates. Vmax is derived from the number of permeases and the effective residence time, tau, of the transported molecule on the permease. The results may be analyzed with affinity plots (v/S versus v, where v is the rate of substrate uptake), which extrapolate to the specific affinity and are usually concave up. A third derived parameter, the affinity constant KA, is similar to KM but is compared to the specific affinity rather than Vmax and is defined as the concentration of substrate necessary to reduce the specific affinity by half. It can be determined in the absence of a maximal velocity measurement and is equal to the Michaelis constant for a system with hyperbolic kinetics. Both are taken as a measure of tau, with departure of KM from KA being affected by permease/enzyme ratios. Compilation of kinetic data indicates a 10(8)-fold range in specific affinities and a smaller (10(3)-fold) range in Vmax values. Data suggest that both specific affinities and maximal velocities can be underestimated by protocols which interrupt nutrient flow prior to kinetic analysis. A previously reported inverse relationship between specific affinity and saturation constants was confirmed. Comparisons of affinities with ambient concentrations of substrates indicated that only the largest a degreesS values are compatible with growth in natural systems.
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- D K Button
- Institute of Marine Science and Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska 99775, USA.
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Sarker RI, Ogawa W, Shimamoto T, Shimamoto T, Tsuchiya T. Primary structure and properties of the Na+/glucose symporter (Sg1S) of Vibrio parahaemolyticus. J Bacteriol 1997; 179:1805-8. [PMID: 9045844 PMCID: PMC178897 DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.5.1805-1808.1997] [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: 02/03/2023] Open
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Previously, we cloned and sequenced a DNA fragment from Vibrio parahaemolyticus and found four open reading frames (ORFs). Here, we clearly demonstrate that one of the ORFs, ORF1, is the gene (sglS) encoding a Na+/glucose symporter (SglS). We characterize the Na+/glucose symporter produced in Escherichia coli mutant (JM1100) cells which lack original glucose transport activity and galactose transport activity. We also show that phlorizin, a potent inhibitor of the SGLT1 Na+/glucose symporter of animal cells, inhibited glucose transport, but not galactose transport, via the SglS system.
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- R I Sarker
- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Tsushima, Japan
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Sarker RI, Okabe Y, Tsuda M, Tsuchiya T. Sequence of a Na+/glucose symporter gene and its flanking regions of Vibrio parahaemolyticus. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1996; 1281:1-4. [PMID: 8652595 DOI: 10.1016/0005-2736(96)00025-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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The nucleotide sequence of an approximately 6 kbp segment of chromosomal DNA of Vibrio parahaemolyticus was determined. The nucleotide sequence revealed four open reading frames (ORFs) in this region. Hydropathy profiles of the deduced amino acid sequence of the ORFs indicate that ORF1 encodes a hydrophobic polypeptide with typical characteristics of a membrane transport protein. All other ORFs encode hydrophilic polypeptides. ORF1 showed significant amino acid sequence similarity to proteins of the SGLT (Na+/glucose symporter) family, and the amino acid sequence of ORF4 showed very high similarity to several bacterial transcriptional repressor proteins (GalR-LacI family). We observed elevated glucose transport activity in cells harboring a plasmid carrying the DNA region corresponding to ORF1, and the glucose transport was greatly stimulated by Na+. Thus, we believe that ORF1 encodes a Na+/glucose symporter.
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- R I Sarker
- Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Japan
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Sarker RI, Ogawa W, Tsuda M, Tanaka S, Tsuchiya T. Properties of a Na+/galactose (glucose) symport system in Vibrio parahaemolyticus. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1996; 1279:149-56. [PMID: 8603081 DOI: 10.1016/0005-2736(95)00252-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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We have investigated galactose transport in a mutant strain of Vibrio parahaemolyticus that lacks a glucose-PTS (phosphoenolpyruvate:carbohydrate phosphotransferase system) and a trehalose-PTS. Cells of the V. parahaemolyticus actively transported D-galactose and Na+ greatly stimulated the transport. Maximum stimulation of D-galactose transport activity was observed at 10mM NaCl, and Na+ could be replaced with Li+. Addition of galactose to the cell suspension under anaerobic conditions elicited Na+ uptake. Therefore, we conclude that this organism accomplishes galactose transport by a Na+/solute symport mechanism. Judging from inhibition results, D-galactose, D-glucose and to a lesser extent alpha-D-fucose are substrates of this transport system. The Na+/galactose symport system exhibited a high affinity for D-galactose (Km: 40 microM) and showed a relatively lower affinity for D-glucose (Km: 420 microM), but the maximum velocities for galactose and glucose transport were almost same (about 52 nmol/min per mg protein). The Na+/D-galactose symport system was induced by either D-galactose or alpha-D-fucose, and repressed by D-glucose.
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- R I Sarker
- Department of Microbiology, Okayama University, Japan
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