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Silverio MP, Neumann T, Schaubruch K, Heermann R, Pérez-García P, Chow J, Streit WR. Metagenome-derived SusD-homologs affiliated with Bacteroidota bind to synthetic polymers. Appl Environ Microbiol 2024; 90:e0093324. [PMID: 38953372 DOI: 10.1128/aem.00933-24] [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: 05/17/2024] [Accepted: 06/04/2024] [Indexed: 07/04/2024] Open
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Starch utilization system (Sus)D-homologs are well known for their carbohydrate-binding capabilities and are part of the sus operon in microorganisms affiliated with the phylum Bacteroidota. Until now, SusD-like proteins have been characterized regarding their affinity toward natural polymers. In this study, three metagenomic SusD homologs (designated SusD1, SusD38489, and SusD70111) were identified and tested with respect to binding to natural and non-natural polymers. SusD1 and SusD38489 are cellulose-binding modules, while SusD70111 preferentially binds chitin. Employing translational fusion proteins with superfolder GFP (sfGFP), pull-down assays, and surface plasmon resonance (SPR) has provided evidence for binding to polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and other synthetic polymers. Structural analysis suggested that a Trp triad might be involved in protein adsorption. Mutation of these residues to Ala resulted in an impaired adsorption to microcrystalline cellulose (MC), but not so to PET and other synthetic polymers. We believe that the characterized SusDs, alongside the methods and considerations presented in this work, will aid further research regarding bioremediation of plastics. IMPORTANCE SusD1 and SusD38489 can be considered for further applications regarding their putative adsorption toward fossil-fuel based polymers. This is the first time that SusD homologs from the polysaccharide utilization loci (PUL), largely described for the phylum Bacteroidota, are characterized as synthetic polymer-binding proteins.
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- Department of Microbiology and Biotechnology, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Physiology, Johannes-Gutenberg University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Physiology, Johannes-Gutenberg University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Department of Microbiology and Biotechnology, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Microbiology and Biotechnology, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Microbiology and Biotechnology, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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Brown HA, Morris AL, Pudlo NA, Hopkins AE, Martens EC, Golob JL, Koropatkin NM. Acarbose Impairs Gut Bacteroides Growth by Targeting Intracellular GH97 Enzymes. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2024.05.20.595031. [PMID: 38826241 PMCID: PMC11142093 DOI: 10.1101/2024.05.20.595031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2024]
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Acarbose is a type-2 diabetes medicine that inhibits dietary starch breakdown into glucose by inhibiting host amylase and glucosidase enzymes. Numerous gut species in the Bacteroides genus enzymatically break down starch and change in relative abundance within the gut microbiome in acarbose-treated individuals. To mechanistically explain this observation, we used two model starch-degrading Bacteroides, Bacteroides ovatus (Bo) and Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron (Bt). Bt growth is severely impaired by acarbose whereas Bo growth is not. The Bacteroides use a starch utilization system (Sus) to grow on starch. We hypothesized that Bo and Bt Sus enzymes are differentially inhibited by acarbose. Instead, we discovered that although acarbose primarily targets the Sus periplasmic GH97 enzymes in both organisms, the drug affects starch processing at multiple other points. Acarbose competes for transport through the Sus beta-barrel proteins and binds to the Sus transcriptional regulators. Further, Bo expresses a non-Sus GH97 (BoGH97D) when grown in starch with acarbose. The Bt homolog, BtGH97H, is not expressed in the same conditions, nor can overexpression of BoGH97D complement the Bt growth inhibition in the presence of acarbose. This work informs us about unexpected complexities of Sus function and regulation in Bacteroides, including variation between related species. Further, this indicates that the gut microbiome may be a source of variable response to acarbose treatment for diabetes.
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- Haley A. Brown
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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Yang J, Zhang L, Lin S, Li W, Liu C, Yan J, Li S, Long L. Structural insights of a SusD-like protein in marine Bacteroidetes bacteria reveal the molecular basis for chitin recognition and acquisition. FEBS J 2024; 291:584-595. [PMID: 37845429 DOI: 10.1111/febs.16974] [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: 07/24/2023] [Revised: 09/02/2023] [Accepted: 10/12/2023] [Indexed: 10/18/2023]
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Efficient recognition and transportation of chitin oligosaccharides are crucial steps for the utilization of chitin by heterotrophic bacteria. In this study, we employed structural biological and biochemical approaches to investigate the substrate recognition and acquisition mechanism of a novel chitin-binding SusD-like protein, AqSusD, which is derived from the chitin utilization gene cluster of a marine Bacteroides strain (Aquimarina sp. SCSIO 21287). We resolved the crystal structures of the AqSusD apo-protein and its complex with chitin oligosaccharides. Our results revealed that some crucial residues (Gln67, Phe87, and Asp276) underwent significant conformational changes to form tighter substrate binding sites for ligand binding. Moreover, we identified the functions of key amino acid residues and discovered that π-π stacking and hydrogen bonding between AqSusD and the ligand played significant roles in recognition of the protein for chitin oligosaccharide binding. Based on our findings and previous investigations, we put forward a model for the mechanism of chitin oligosaccharide recognition, capture, and transport by AqSusD, in collaboration with the membrane protein AqSusC. Our study deepens the understanding of the molecular-level "selfish" use of polysaccharides such as chitin by Bacteroides.
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- Jian Yang
- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
- Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), China
- University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
- University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
- University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
- University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- Guangzhou Quality Supervision and Testing Institute, China
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- Guangzhou Quality Supervision and Testing Institute, China
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- College of Light Industry and Food Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Key Laboratory of Marine Materia Medica, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
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Brown S, Lloyd CC, Giljan G, Ghobrial S, Amann R, Arnosti C. Pulsed inputs of high molecular weight organic matter shift the mechanisms of substrate utilisation in marine bacterial communities. Environ Microbiol 2024; 26:e16580. [PMID: 38254313 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.16580] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2023] [Accepted: 12/27/2023] [Indexed: 01/24/2024]
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Heterotrophic bacteria hydrolyze high molecular weight (HMW) organic matter extracellularly prior to uptake, resulting in diffusive loss of hydrolysis products. An alternative 'selfish' uptake mechanism that minimises this loss has recently been found to be common in the ocean. We investigated how HMW organic matter addition affects these two processing mechanisms in surface and bottom waters at three stations in the North Atlantic Ocean. A pulse of HMW organic matter increased cell numbers, as well as the rate and spectrum of extracellular enzymatic activities at both depths. The effects on selfish uptake were more differentiated: in Gulf Stream surface waters and productive surface waters south of Newfoundland, selfish uptake of structurally simple polysaccharides increased upon HMW organic matter addition. The number of selfish bacteria taking up structurally complex polysaccharides, however, was largely unchanged. In contrast, in the oligotrophic North Atlantic gyre, despite high external hydrolysis rates, the number of selfish bacteria was unchanged, irrespective of polysaccharide structure. In deep bottom waters (> 4000 m), structurally complex substrates were processed only by selfish bacteria. Mechanisms of substrate processing-and the extent to which hydrolysis products are released to the external environment-depend on substrate structural complexity and the resident bacterial community.
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- Sarah Brown
- Environment, Ecology, and Energy Program, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Earth, Marine and Environmental Sciences, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Molecular Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany
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- Department of Earth, Marine and Environmental Sciences, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Molecular Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany
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- Department of Earth, Marine and Environmental Sciences, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
- Department of Molecular Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany
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Huang J, Gao K, Yang L, Lu Y. Successional action of Bacteroidota and Firmicutes in decomposing straw polymers in a paddy soil. ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOME 2023; 18:76. [PMID: 37838745 PMCID: PMC10576277 DOI: 10.1186/s40793-023-00533-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2023] [Accepted: 10/06/2023] [Indexed: 10/16/2023]
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BACKGROUND Decomposition of plant biomass is vital for carbon cycling in terrestrial ecosystems. In waterlogged soils including paddy fields and natural wetlands, plant biomass degradation generates the largest natural source of global methane emission. However, the intricate process of plant biomass degradation by diverse soil microorganisms remains poorly characterized. Here we report a chemical and metagenomic investigation into the mechanism of straw decomposition in a paddy soil. RESULTS The chemical analysis of 16-day soil microcosm incubation revealed that straw decomposition could be divided into two stages based on the dynamics of methane, short chain fatty acids, dissolved organic carbon and monosaccharides. Metagenomic analysis revealed that the relative abundance of glucoside hydrolase (GH) encoding genes for cellulose decomposition increased rapidly during the initial stage (3-7 days), while genes involved in hemicellulose decomposition increased in the later stage (7-16 days). The increase of cellulose GH genes in initial stage was derived mainly from Firmicutes while Bacteroidota contributed mostly to the later stage increase of hemicellulose GH genes. Flagella assembly genes were prevalent in Firmicutes but scarce in Bacteroidota. Wood-Ljungdahl pathway (WLP) was present in Firmicutes but not detected in Bacteroidota. Overall, Bacteroidota contained the largest proportion of total GHs and the highest number of carbohydrate active enzymes gene clusters in our paddy soil metagenomes. The strong capacity of the Bacteroidota phylum to degrade straw polymers was specifically attributed to Bacteroidales and Chitinophagales orders, the latter has not been previously recognized. CONCLUSIONS This study revealed a collaborating sequential contribution of microbial taxa and functional genes in the decomposition of straw residues in a paddy soil. Firmicutes with the property of mobility, WLP and cellulose decomposition could be mostly involved in the initial breakdown of straw polymers, while Bacteroidota became abundant and possibly responsible for the decomposition of hemicellulosic polymers during the later stage.
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- Junjie Huang
- College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, No. 5, Yiheyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100871, China
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- College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, No. 5, Yiheyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100871, China
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- College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, No. 5, Yiheyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100871, China
- Key Laboratory of Biology and Genetic Improvement of Oil Crops, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs/Oil Crops Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Wuhan, China
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- College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, No. 5, Yiheyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100871, China.
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Kwain S, Dominy BN, Whitehead KJ, Miller BA, Whitehead DC. Exploring the interactive mechanism of acarbose with the amylase SusG in the starch utilization system of the human gut symbiont Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron through molecular modeling. Chem Biol Drug Des 2023; 102:486-499. [PMID: 37062591 DOI: 10.1111/cbdd.14251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2023] [Revised: 03/15/2023] [Accepted: 04/04/2023] [Indexed: 04/18/2023]
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The α-amylase, SusG, is a principal component of the Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron (Bt) starch utilization system (Sus) used to metabolize complex starch molecules in the human gastrointestinal (GI) tract. We previously reported the non-microbicidal growth inhibition of Bt by the acarbose-mediated arrest of the Sus as a potential therapeutic strategy. Herein, we report a computational approach using density functional theory (DFT), molecular docking, and molecular dynamics (MD) simulation to explore the interactive mechanism between acarbose and SusG at the atomic level in an effort to understand how acarbose shuts down the Bt Sus. The docking analysis reveals that acarbose binds orthosterically to SusG with a binding affinity of -8.3 kcal/mol. The MD simulation provides evidence of conformational variability of acarbose at the active site of SusG and also suggests that acarbose interacts with the main catalytic residues via a general acid-base double-displacement catalytic mechanism. These results suggest that small molecule competitive inhibition against the SusG protein could impact the entire Bt Sus and eliminate or reduce the system's ability to metabolize starch. This computational strategy could serve as a potential avenue for structure-based drug design to discover other small molecules capable of inhibiting the Sus of Bt with high potency, thus providing a holistic approach for selective modulation of the GI microbiota.
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- Samuel Kwain
- Department of Chemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, USA
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Brown HA, DeVeaux AL, Juliano BR, Photenhauer AL, Boulinguiez M, Bornschein RE, Wawrzak Z, Ruotolo BT, Terrapon N, Koropatkin NM. BoGH13A Sus from Bacteroides ovatus represents a novel α-amylase used for Bacteroides starch breakdown in the human gut. Cell Mol Life Sci 2023; 80:232. [PMID: 37500984 PMCID: PMC10540511 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-023-04812-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2023] [Revised: 05/15/2023] [Accepted: 05/17/2023] [Indexed: 07/29/2023]
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Members of the Bacteroidetes phylum in the human colon deploy an extensive number of proteins to capture and degrade polysaccharides. Operons devoted to glycan breakdown and uptake are termed polysaccharide utilization loci or PUL. The starch utilization system (Sus) is one such PUL and was initially described in Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron (Bt). BtSus is highly conserved across many species, except for its extracellular α-amylase, SusG. In this work, we show that the Bacteroides ovatus (Bo) extracellular α-amylase, BoGH13ASus, is distinguished from SusG in its evolutionary origin and its domain architecture and by being the most prevalent form in Bacteroidetes Sus. BoGH13ASus is the founding member of both a novel subfamily in the glycoside hydrolase family 13, GH13_47, and a novel carbohydrate-binding module, CBM98. The BoGH13ASus CBM98-CBM48-GH13_47 architecture differs from the CBM58 embedded within the GH13_36 of SusG. These domains adopt a distinct spatial orientation and invoke a different association with the outer membrane. The BoCBM98 binding site is required for Bo growth on polysaccharides and optimal enzymatic degradation thereof. Finally, the BoGH13ASus structure features bound Ca2+ and Mn2+ ions, the latter of which is novel for an α-amylase. Little is known about the impact of Mn2+ on gut bacterial function, much less on polysaccharide consumption, but Mn2+ addition to Bt expressing BoGH13ASus specifically enhances growth on starch. Further understanding of bacterial starch degradation signatures will enable more tailored prebiotic and pharmaceutical approaches that increase starch flux to the gut.
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- Haley A Brown
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA.
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA
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- Architecture et Fonction des Macromolécules Biologiques, UMR 7257, CNRS AMU; USC1408 INRAE, 13288, Marseille, France
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- Synchrotron Research Center, Life Science Collaborative Access Team, Northwestern University, Lemont, IL, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA
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- Architecture et Fonction des Macromolécules Biologiques, UMR 7257, CNRS AMU; USC1408 INRAE, 13288, Marseille, France
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA.
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White JBR, Silale A, Feasey M, Heunis T, Zhu Y, Zheng H, Gajbhiye A, Firbank S, Baslé A, Trost M, Bolam DN, van den Berg B, Ranson NA. Outer membrane utilisomes mediate glycan uptake in gut Bacteroidetes. Nature 2023:10.1038/s41586-023-06146-w. [PMID: 37286596 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06146-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2022] [Accepted: 04/27/2023] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Bacteroidetes are abundant members of the human microbiota, utilizing a myriad of diet- and host-derived glycans in the distal gut1. Glycan uptake across the bacterial outer membrane of these bacteria is mediated by SusCD protein complexes, comprising a membrane-embedded barrel and a lipoprotein lid, which is thought to open and close to facilitate substrate binding and transport. However, surface-exposed glycan-binding proteins and glycoside hydrolases also play critical roles in the capture, processing and transport of large glycan chains. The interactions between these components in the outer membrane are poorly understood, despite being crucial for nutrient acquisition by our colonic microbiota. Here we show that for both the levan and dextran utilization systems of Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron, the additional outer membrane components assemble on the core SusCD transporter, forming stable glycan-utilizing machines that we term utilisomes. Single-particle cryogenic electron microscopy structures in the absence and presence of substrate reveal concerted conformational changes that demonstrate the mechanism of substrate capture, and rationalize the role of each component in the utilisome.
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- Joshua B R White
- Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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- Biosciences Institute, The Medical School, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Biosciences Institute, The Medical School, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Biosciences Institute, The Medical School, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Biosciences Institute, The Medical School, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Biosciences Institute, The Medical School, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Biosciences Institute, The Medical School, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Biosciences Institute, The Medical School, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Biosciences Institute, The Medical School, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Biosciences Institute, The Medical School, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Biosciences Institute, The Medical School, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Biosciences Institute, The Medical School, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
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- Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.
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Nguyen TTH, Vuong TQ, Han HL, Li Z, Lee YJ, Ko J, Nedashkovskaya OI, Kim SG. Three marine species of the genus Fulvivirga, rich sources of carbohydrate-active enzymes degrading alginate, chitin, laminarin, starch, and xylan. Sci Rep 2023; 13:6301. [PMID: 37072506 PMCID: PMC10113389 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-33408-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2022] [Accepted: 04/12/2023] [Indexed: 05/03/2023] Open
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Bacteroidota is a group of marine polysaccharide degraders, which play a crucial role in the carbon cycle in the marine ecosystems. In this study, three novel gliding strains, designated as SS9-22T, W9P-11T, and SW1-E11T, isolated from algae and decaying wood were proposed to represent three novel species of the genus Fulvivirga. We identified a large number of genes encoding for carbohydrate-active enzymes, which potentially participate in polysaccharide degradation, based on whole genome sequencing. The 16S rRNA sequence similarities among them were 94.4-97.2%, and against existing species in the genus Fulvivirga 93.1-99.8%. The complete genomes of strains SS9-22T, W9P-11T, and SW1-E11T comprised one circular chromosome with size of 6.98, 6.52, and 6.39 Mb, respectively; the GC contents were 41.9%, 39.0%, and 38.1%, respectively. The average nucleotide identity and the digital DNA-DNA hybridization values with members in the genus Fulvivirga including the isolates were in a range of 68.9-85.4% and 17.1-29.7%, respectively, which are low for the proposal of novel species. Genomic mining in three genomes identified hundreds of carbohydrate-active enzymes (CAZymes) covering up to 93 CAZyme families and 58-70 CAZyme gene clusters, exceeding the numbers of genes present in the other species of the genus Fulvivirga. Polysaccharides of alginate, chitin, laminarin, starch, and xylan were degraded in vitro, highlighting that the three strains are rich sources of CAZymes of polysaccharide degraders for biotechnological applications. The phenotypic, biochemical, chemotaxonomic, and genomic characteristics supported the proposal of three novel species in the genus Fulvivirga, for which the names Fulvivirga ulvae sp. nov. (SS9-22T = KCTC 82072T = GDMCC 1.2804T), Fulvivirga ligni sp. nov. (W9P-11T = KCTC 72992T = GDMCC 1.2803T), and Fulvivirga maritima sp. nov. (SW1-E11T = KCTC 72832T = GDMCC 1.2802T) are proposed.
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- Tra T H Nguyen
- Biological Resource Center, Korean Collection for Type Cultures, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Jeongeup, 56212, Republic of Korea
- Department of Biotechnology, KRIBB School, University of Science and Technology (UST), Daejeon, 34113, Republic of Korea
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- Hanoi University of Science, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, 10000, Vietnam
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- The University of Danang, University of Science and Technology, 54 Nguyen Luong Bang St., Da Nang, 550000, Vietnam
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- Biological Resource Center, Korean Collection for Type Cultures, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Jeongeup, 56212, Republic of Korea
- Department of Biotechnology, KRIBB School, University of Science and Technology (UST), Daejeon, 34113, Republic of Korea
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- Biological Resource Center, Korean Collection for Type Cultures, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Jeongeup, 56212, Republic of Korea
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- Biological Resource Center, Korean Collection for Type Cultures, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Jeongeup, 56212, Republic of Korea
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- G.B. Elyakov Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Far-Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, Russia, 690022
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- Biological Resource Center, Korean Collection for Type Cultures, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Jeongeup, 56212, Republic of Korea.
- Department of Biotechnology, KRIBB School, University of Science and Technology (UST), Daejeon, 34113, Republic of Korea.
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Exploring Bacterial Attributes That Underpin Symbiont Life in the Monogastric Gut. Appl Environ Microbiol 2022; 88:e0112822. [PMID: 36036591 PMCID: PMC9499014 DOI: 10.1128/aem.01128-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The large bowel of monogastric animals, such as that of humans, is home to a microbial community (microbiota) composed of a diversity of mostly bacterial species. Interrelationships between the microbiota as an entity and the host are complex and lifelong and are characteristic of a symbiosis. The relationships may be disrupted in association with disease, resulting in dysbiosis. Modifications to the microbiota to correct dysbiosis require knowledge of the fundamental mechanisms by which symbionts inhabit the gut. This review aims to summarize aspects of niche fitness of bacterial species that inhabit the monogastric gut, especially of humans, and to indicate the research path by which progress can be made in exploring bacterial attributes that underpin symbiont life in the gut.
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Structural and Biochemical Characterization of a Nonbinding SusD-Like Protein Involved in Xylooligosaccharide Utilization by an Uncultured Human Gut Bacteroides Strain. mSphere 2022; 7:e0024422. [PMID: 36043703 PMCID: PMC9599597 DOI: 10.1128/msphere.00244-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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In the human gut microbiota, Bacteroidetes break down dietary and endogenous glycosides through highly specific polysaccharide utilization loci (PULs). PULs encode a variety of sensor regulators, binding proteins, transporters, and carbohydrate-active enzymes (CAZymes). Surface glycan-binding proteins (SGBPs) are essential for the efficient capture of the glycosides present on the cell surface, providing Bacteroidetes with a competitive advantage in colonizing their habitats. Here, we present the functional and structural characterization of a SusD-like protein encoded by a xylooligosaccharide (XOS) PUL from an uncultured human gut Bacteroides strain. This locus is also conserved in Bacteroides vulgatus, thereby providing new mechanistic insights into the role of SGBPs in the metabolism of dietary fiber of importance for gut health. Various in vitro analyses, including saturation transfer difference nuclear magnetic resonance (STD-NMR) spectroscopy, revealed that the SusD-like protein cannot bind to the cognate substrate of the XOS PUL, although its presence is essential for the PUL to function. Analysis of the crystal structure of the SusD-like protein reveals an unfolded binding surface and the absence or inappropriate orientation of several key residues compared with other known SusD-like structures. These results highlight the critical role of the SusD-like protein in the transport of oligosaccharides and provide fundamental knowledge about the structure-function of SusC/D-like transporters, revealing that the binding specificity of SusD-like SGBPs does not necessarily reflect the uptake specificity of the transporter. IMPORTANCE The metabolization of dietary fiber is a crucial function for many gut bacteria, especially Bacteroidetes, which are particularly well adapted for recognizing, binding, transporting, and degrading glycosides. In this study, we report the functional and structural characterization of a SusD-like protein involved in xylooligosaccharide utilization by an uncultured gut Bacteroides strain. We demonstrate that while this protein is structurally similar to many canonical Bacteroidetes surface glycan-binding proteins, it cannot bind the substrate taken up by the cognate SusC-like transporter. This lack of binding might be explained by the absence of several key residues known to be involved in oligosaccharide binding and/or the possible necessity of the SusC-like protein to be present to create a cooperative binding site. The term “surface glycan-binding proteins” generally used for SusD-like proteins is thus not generic. Overall, this study allowed us to revisit the concept of glycoside utilization by Bacteroidetes, in particular those strains that feed on the short fibers naturally present in some dietary compounds or on the leftovers of other microbes.
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Rumen Metaproteomics Highlight the Unique Contributions of Microbe-Derived Extracellular and Intracellular Proteins for In Vitro Ruminal Fermentation. FERMENTATION 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/fermentation8080394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Rumen microorganisms can be used in in vitro anaerobic fermentation to encourage the sustainable exploitation of agricultural wastes. However, the understanding of active microbiota under in vitro ruminal fermentation conditions is still insufficient. To investigate how rumen microbes actively participate in the fermentation process in vitro, we resolved the metaproteome generated from ruminal fermentation broth after seven days of in vitro incubation. Herein, the sample-specific database for metaproteomic analysis was constructed according to the metagenomic data of in vitro ruminal fermentation. Based on the sample-specific database, we found in the metaproteome that Bacteroidetes and Firmicutes_A were the most active in protein expression, and over 50% of these proteins were assigned to gene categories involved in energy conversion and basic structures. On the other hand, a variety of bacteria-derived extracellular proteins, which contained carbohydrate-active enzyme domains, were found in the extracellular proteome of fermentation broth. Additionally, the bacterial intracellular/surface moonlighting proteins (ISMPs) and proteins of outer membrane vesicles were detected in the extracellular proteome, and these ISMPs were involved in maintaining microbial population size through potential adherence to substrates. The metaproteomic characterizations of microbial intracellular/extracellular proteins provide new insights into the ability of the rumen microbiome to maintain in vitro ruminal fermentation.
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Giljan G, Arnosti C, Kirstein IV, Amann R, Fuchs BM. Strong seasonal differences of bacterial polysaccharide utilization in the North Seas over an annual cycle. Environ Microbiol 2022; 24:2333-2347. [PMID: 35384240 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.15997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2021] [Revised: 03/26/2022] [Accepted: 04/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Marine heterotrophic bacteria contribute considerably to global carbon cycling, in part by utilizing phytoplankton-derived polysaccharides. The patterns and rates of two different polysaccharide utilization modes - extracellular hydrolysis and selfish uptake - have previously been found to change during spring phytoplankton bloom events. Here we investigated seasonal changes in bacterial utilization of three polysaccharides, laminarin, xylan, and chondroitin sulfate. Strong seasonal differences were apparent in mode and speed of polysaccharide utilization, as well as in bacterial community compositions. Compared to the winter month of February, during the spring bloom in May, polysaccharide utilization was detected earlier in the incubations and a higher portion of all bacteria took up laminarin selfishly. Highest polysaccharide utilization was measured in June and September, mediated by bacterial communities that were significantly different from spring assemblages. Extensive selfish laminarin uptake, for example, was detectible within a few hours in June, while extracellular hydrolysis of chondroitin was dominant in September. In addition to the well-known Bacteroidota and Gammaproteobacteria clades, the numerically minor verrucomicrobial clade Pedosphaeraceae could be identified as a rapid laminarin utilizer. In summary, polysaccharide utilization proved highly variable over the seasons, both in mode and speed, and also by the bacterial clades involved. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
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- Greta Giljan
- Department of Molecular Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany
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- Department of Marine Sciences, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Alfred-Wegner-Institute Helmholtz-Center for Polar and Marine Research, Biological Station Helgoland, Helgoland, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany
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Qu D, Sun F, Feng S, Yu L, Tian F, Zhang H, Chen W, Zhai Q. Protective effects of Bacteroides fragilis against lipopolysaccharide-induced systemic inflammation and their potential functional genes. Food Funct 2022; 13:1015-1025. [PMID: 35015021 DOI: 10.1039/d1fo03073f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Bacteroides fragilis, one of the potential next-generation probiotics, has been demonstrated to alleviate inflammation-associated diseases. In this study, we compare the anti-inflammatory effects of six Bacteroides fragilis strains on systemic inflammation and link their strain-specific characteristics, both physiologically and genetically, to their function. A lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced systemic inflammation model in mice was used as an in vivo model to compare the effects of different B. fragilis strains. Short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) were measured by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The in vitro immunomodulatory properties were evaluated in LPS-stimulating RAW264.7 cell lines. Orthologous gene clusters were compared using OrthoVenn2. The results indicate a strain-specific in vitro anti-inflammatory effect. Effective strains induce higher colon SCFAs in vivo and interleukin-10 (IL-10) production in vitro. Comparative genomic analysis showed that the SCFA-inducing strains possess three genes relating to carbohydrate metabolism (GH2, GH35 families) and binding and transportation (SusD), all of which are associated with niche fitness and expansion. IL-10-inducing strains share a highly similar gene, wbjE, which may result in a distinct O-antigen structure of LPS and influence their immunomodulatory properties. B. fragilis is strain-specific against LPS-induced systemic inflammation in mice. The beneficial effects of a specific strain may be attributed to its SCFA and IL-10 inducing abilities. Strain-specific potential genes can be excavated to link these differences.
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- Dingwu Qu
- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, P. R China. .,School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, P. R China. .,School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, P. R China. .,School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, P. R China. .,School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, P. R China. .,School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, P. R China. .,School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, China.,National Engineering Research Center for Functional Food, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, China.,Wuxi Translational Medicine Research Center and Jiangsu Translational Medicine Research Institute Wuxi Branch, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, P. R China. .,School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, China.,National Engineering Research Center for Functional Food, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, P. R China. .,School of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, China
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Grondin JM, Déjean G, Van Petegem F, Brumer H. Cell Surface Xyloglucan Recognition and Hydrolysis by the Human Gut Commensal Bacteroides uniformis. Appl Environ Microbiol 2022; 88:e0156621. [PMID: 34731054 PMCID: PMC8752140 DOI: 10.1128/aem.01566-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2021] [Accepted: 10/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Xyloglucan (XyG) is a ubiquitous plant cell wall hemicellulose that is targeted by a range of syntenic, microheterogeneous xyloglucan utilization loci (XyGUL) in Bacteroidetes species of the human gut microbiota (HGM), including Bacteroides ovatus and B. uniformis. Comprehensive biochemical and biophysical analyses have identified key differences in the protein complements of each locus that confer differential access to structurally diverse XyG side chain variants. A second, nonsyntenic XyGUL was previously identified in B. uniformis, although its function in XyG utilization compared to its syntenic counterpart was unclear. Here, complementary enzymatic product profiles and bacterial growth curves showcase the notable preference of BuXyGUL2 surface glycan-binding proteins (SGBPs) to bind full-length XyG, as well as a range of oligosaccharides produced by the glycoside hydrolase family 5 (GH5_4) endo-xyloglucanase from this locus. We use isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) to characterize this binding capacity and pinpoint the specific contributions of each protein to nutrient capture. The high-resolution structure of BuXyGUL2 SGBP-B reveals remarkable putative binding site conservation with the canonical XyG-binding BoXyGUL SGBP-B, supporting similar roles for these proteins in glycan capture. Together, these data underpin the central role of complementary XyGUL function in B. uniformis and broaden our systems-based and mechanistic understanding of XyG utilization in the HGM. IMPORTANCE The omnipresence of xyloglucans in the human diet has led to the evolution of heterogeneous gene clusters in several Bacteroidetes species in the HGM, each specially tuned to respond to the structural variations of these complex plant cell wall polysaccharides. Our research illuminates the complementary roles of syntenic and nonsyntenic XyGUL in B. uniformis in conferring growth on a variety of XyG-derived substrates, providing evidence of glycan-binding protein microadaptation within a single species. These data serve as a comprehensive overview of the binding capacities of the SGBPs from a nonsyntenic B. uniformis XyGUL and will inform future studies on the roles of complementary loci in glycan targeting by key HGM species.
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- Julie M. Grondin
- Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Investigating the role of carbohydrate-binding module 34 in cyclomaltodextrinase from Geobacillus thermopakistaniensis: structural and functional analyses. 3 Biotech 2022; 12:25. [PMID: 35036273 PMCID: PMC8702598 DOI: 10.1007/s13205-021-03089-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2021] [Accepted: 12/09/2021] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Carbohydrate-binding modules (CBMs) are noncatalytic regions found in several enzymes of glycoside hydrolase family 13 and are proposed to orient substrates to the catalytic site. In this study, a substantial information on the conserved aromatic residues in CBM34 regions of characterized bacterial cyclolmaltodextrinases (CDases) has been presented. Molecular modeling of CDase from Geobacillus thermopakistaniensis (CDase Gt ) revealed a change in the active site geometry due to CBM34 truncation. The binding energies of full-length (CDase Gt ) and CBM34 truncated (CDase Gt -ΔN) models showed opposite trends. The least preferred substrate molecule by the full-length model was the most preferred by the CBM34 truncated one. These exciting in silico findings were experimentally verified by recombinant production and characterization of the full-length and the CBM34 truncated proteins. Both the enzymes showed similar optimum pH and temperature. However, substrate specificity was in the reverse order. These experimental verifications matched the homology modeling and docking predictions. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s13205-021-03089-9.
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Small RNAs go global in human gut Bacteroides. J Bacteriol 2021; 203:e0038321. [PMID: 34370557 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00383-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The last two decades have seen numerous studies connecting physiological behaviors in Bacteroides-including polysaccharide degradation and capsule production-with elements of global regulation, but a complete model is still elusive. A new study by Adams et al. in this issue of the Journal of Bacteriology reveals another layer of regulation by describing a novel family of RNA-binding proteins (Rbps) in Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron that modify expression of genes involved in carbohydrate utilization and capsule expression, among others.
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Trastoy B, Du JJ, Li C, García-Alija M, Klontz EH, Roberts BR, Donahue TC, Wang LX, Sundberg EJ, Guerin ME. GH18 endo-β-N-acetylglucosaminidases use distinct mechanisms to process hybrid-type N-linked glycans. J Biol Chem 2021; 297:101011. [PMID: 34324829 PMCID: PMC8374693 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2021.101011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2021] [Revised: 07/22/2021] [Accepted: 07/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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N-glycosylation is one of the most abundant posttranslational modifications of proteins, essential for many physiological processes, including protein folding, protein stability, oligomerization and aggregation, and molecular recognition events. Defects in the N-glycosylation pathway cause diseases that are classified as congenital disorders of glycosylation. The ability to manipulate protein N-glycosylation is critical not only to our fundamental understanding of biology but also for the development of new drugs for a wide range of human diseases. Chemoenzymatic synthesis using engineered endo-β-N-acetylglucosaminidases (ENGases) has been used extensively to modulate the chemistry of N-glycosylated proteins. However, defining the molecular mechanisms by which ENGases specifically recognize and process N-glycans remains a major challenge. Here we present the X-ray crystal structure of the ENGase EndoBT-3987 from Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron in complex with a hybrid-type glycan product. In combination with alanine scanning mutagenesis, molecular docking calculations and enzymatic activity measurements conducted on a chemically engineered monoclonal antibody substrate unveil two mechanisms for hybrid-type recognition and processing by paradigmatic ENGases. Altogether, the experimental data provide pivotal insight into the molecular mechanism of substrate recognition and specificity for GH18 ENGases and further advance our understanding of chemoenzymatic synthesis and remodeling of homogeneous N-glycan glycoproteins.
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- Beatriz Trastoy
- Structural Glycobiology Lab, Structural Biology Unit, Center for Cooperative Research in Biosciences (CIC bioGUNE), Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Bizkaia, Derio, Spain; Structural Glycobiology Lab, IIS-Biocruces Bizkaia, Barakaldo, Bizkaia, Spain.
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- Department of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA
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- Structural Glycobiology Lab, Structural Biology Unit, Center for Cooperative Research in Biosciences (CIC bioGUNE), Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Bizkaia, Derio, Spain; Structural Glycobiology Lab, IIS-Biocruces Bizkaia, Barakaldo, Bizkaia, Spain
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- Institute of Human Virology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
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- Structural Glycobiology Lab, Structural Biology Unit, Center for Cooperative Research in Biosciences (CIC bioGUNE), Basque Research and Technology Alliance (BRTA), Bizkaia, Derio, Spain; Structural Glycobiology Lab, IIS-Biocruces Bizkaia, Barakaldo, Bizkaia, Spain; Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science, Bilbao, Spain.
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Fernandez-Julia PJ, Munoz-Munoz J, van Sinderen D. A comprehensive review on the impact of β-glucan metabolism by Bacteroides and Bifidobacterium species as members of the gut microbiota. Int J Biol Macromol 2021; 181:877-889. [PMID: 33864864 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2021.04.069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2020] [Revised: 04/01/2021] [Accepted: 04/10/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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β-glucans are polysaccharides which can be obtained from different sources, and which have been described as potential prebiotics. The beneficial effects associated with β-glucan intake are that they reduce energy intake, lower cholesterol levels and support the immune system. Nevertheless, the mechanism(s) of action underpinning these health effects related to β-glucans are still unclear, and the precise impact of β-glucans on the gut microbiota has been subject to debate and revision. In this review, we summarize the most recent advances involving structurally different types of β-glucans as fermentable substrates for Bacteroidetes (mainly Bacteroides) and Bifidobacterium species as glycan degraders. Bacteroides is one of the most abundant bacterial components of the human gut microbiota, while bifidobacteria are widely employed as a probiotic ingredient. Both are generalist glycan degraders capable of using a wide range of substrates: Bacteroides spp. are specialized as primary degraders in the metabolism of complex carbohydrates, whereas Bifidobacterium spp. more commonly metabolize smaller glycans, in particular oligosaccharides, sometimes through syntrophic interactions with Bacteroides spp., in which they act as secondary degraders.
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- Pedro J Fernandez-Julia
- Department of Applied Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 8ST, Tyne & Wear, England, United Kingdom
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- Department of Applied Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 8ST, Tyne & Wear, England, United Kingdom.
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- School of Microbiology & APC Microbiome Ireland, University College Cork, Ireland University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.
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PUL-Mediated Plant Cell Wall Polysaccharide Utilization in the Gut Bacteroidetes. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22063077. [PMID: 33802923 PMCID: PMC8002723 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22063077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2021] [Revised: 03/07/2021] [Accepted: 03/11/2021] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Plant cell wall polysaccharides (PCWP) are abundantly present in the food of humans and feed of livestock. Mammalians by themselves cannot degrade PCWP but rather depend on microbes resident in the gut intestine for deconstruction. The dominant Bacteroidetes in the gut microbial community are such bacteria with PCWP-degrading ability. The polysaccharide utilization systems (PUL) responsible for PCWP degradation and utilization are a prominent feature of Bacteroidetes. In recent years, there have been tremendous efforts in elucidating how PULs assist Bacteroidetes to assimilate carbon and acquire energy from PCWP. Here, we will review the PUL-mediated plant cell wall polysaccharides utilization in the gut Bacteroidetes focusing on cellulose, xylan, mannan, and pectin utilization and discuss how the mechanisms can be exploited to modulate the gut microbiota.
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Modulating the Gut Microbiota of Humans by Dietary Intervention with Plant Glycans. Appl Environ Microbiol 2021; 87:AEM.02757-20. [PMID: 33355114 DOI: 10.1128/aem.02757-20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The human colon contains a community of microbial species, mostly bacteria, which is often referred to as the gut microbiota. The community is considered essential to human well-being by conferring additional energy-harvesting capacity, niche exclusion of pathogens, and molecular signaling activities that are integrated into human physiological processes. Plant polysaccharides (glycans, dietary fiber) are an important source of carbon and energy that supports the maintenance and functioning of the gut microbiota. Therefore, the daily quantity and quality of plant glycans consumed by the human host have the potential to influence health. Members of the gut microbiota differ in ability to utilize different types of plant glycans. Dietary interventions with specific glycans could modulate the microbiota, counteracting ecological perturbations that disrupt the intricate relationships between microbiota and host (dysbiosis). This review considers prospects and research options for modulation of the gut microbiota by the formulation of diets that, when consumed habitually, would correct dysbiosis by building diverse consortia that boost functional resilience. Traditional "prebiotics" favor bifidobacteria and lactobacilli, whereas dietary mixtures of plant glycans that are varied in chemical complexity would promote high-diversity microbiotas. It is concluded that research should aim at improving knowledge of bacterial consortia that, through shared nourishment, degrade and ferment plant glycans. The consortia may vary in composition from person to person, but functional outputs will be consistent in a given context because of metabolic redundancy among bacteria. Thus, the individuality of gut microbiotas could be encompassed, functional resilience encouraged, and correction of dysbiosis achieved.
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Pollet RM, Martin LM, Koropatkin NM. TonB-dependent transporters in the Bacteroidetes: Unique domain structures and potential functions. Mol Microbiol 2021; 115:490-501. [PMID: 33448497 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.14683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2020] [Revised: 01/10/2021] [Accepted: 01/11/2021] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The human gut microbiota endows the host with a wealth of metabolic functions central to health, one of which is the degradation and fermentation of complex carbohydrates. The Bacteroidetes are one of the dominant bacterial phyla of this community and possess an expanded capacity for glycan utilization. This is mediated via the coordinated expression of discrete polysaccharide utilization loci (PUL) that invariantly encode a TonB-dependent transporter (SusC) that works with a glycan-capturing lipoprotein (SusD). More broadly within Gram-negative bacteria, TonB-dependent transporters (TBDTs) are deployed for the uptake of not only sugars, but also more often for essential nutrients such as iron and vitamins. Here, we provide a comprehensive look at the repertoire of TBDTs found in the model gut symbiont Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron and the range of predicted functional domains associated with these transporters and SusD proteins for the uptake of both glycans and other nutrients. This atlas of the B. thetaiotaomicron TBDTs reveals that there are at least three distinct subtypes of these transporters encoded within its genome that are presumably regulated in different ways to tune nutrient uptake.
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- Department of Biology, Alcorn State University, Alcorn, MS, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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Gray DA, White JBR, Oluwole AO, Rath P, Glenwright AJ, Mazur A, Zahn M, Baslé A, Morland C, Evans SL, Cartmell A, Robinson CV, Hiller S, Ranson NA, Bolam DN, van den Berg B. Insights into SusCD-mediated glycan import by a prominent gut symbiont. Nat Commun 2021; 12:44. [PMID: 33398001 PMCID: PMC7782687 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-20285-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2020] [Accepted: 11/19/2020] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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In Bacteroidetes, one of the dominant phyla of the mammalian gut, active uptake of large nutrients across the outer membrane is mediated by SusCD protein complexes via a "pedal bin" transport mechanism. However, many features of SusCD function in glycan uptake remain unclear, including ligand binding, the role of the SusD lid and the size limit for substrate transport. Here we characterise the β2,6 fructo-oligosaccharide (FOS) importing SusCD from Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron (Bt1762-Bt1763) to shed light on SusCD function. Co-crystal structures reveal residues involved in glycan recognition and suggest that the large binding cavity can accommodate several substrate molecules, each up to ~2.5 kDa in size, a finding supported by native mass spectrometry and isothermal titration calorimetry. Mutational studies in vivo provide functional insights into the key structural features of the SusCD apparatus and cryo-EM of the intact dimeric SusCD complex reveals several distinct states of the transporter, directly visualising the dynamics of the pedal bin transport mechanism.
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- Declan A Gray
- Biosciences Institute, The Medical School, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4HH, UK
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- Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
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- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3QZ, UK
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- Biosciences Institute, The Medical School, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4HH, UK
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- Biozentrum, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Biozentrum, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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- Biosciences Institute, The Medical School, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4HH, UK
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- Biosciences Institute, The Medical School, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4HH, UK
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- Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
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- Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 7ZB, UK
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- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3QZ, UK
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- Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
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- Biosciences Institute, The Medical School, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4HH, UK.
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- Biosciences Institute, The Medical School, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 4HH, UK.
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Briggs JA, Grondin JM, Brumer H. Communal living: glycan utilization by the human gut microbiota. Environ Microbiol 2020; 23:15-35. [PMID: 33185970 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.15317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2020] [Revised: 11/06/2020] [Accepted: 11/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Our lower gastrointestinal tract plays host to a vast consortium of microbes, known as the human gut microbiota (HGM). The HGM thrives on a complex and diverse range of glycan structures from both dietary and host sources, the breakdown of which requires the concerted action of cohorts of carbohydrate-active enzymes (CAZymes), carbohydrate-binding proteins, and transporters. The glycan utilization profile of individual taxa, whether 'specialist' or 'generalist', is dictated by the number and functional diversity of these glycan utilization systems. Furthermore, taxa in the HGM may either compete or cooperate in glycan deconstruction, thereby creating a complex ecological web spanning diverse nutrient niches. As a result, our diet plays a central role in shaping the composition of the HGM. This review presents an overview of our current understanding of glycan utilization by the HGM on three levels: (i) molecular mechanisms of individual glycan deconstruction and uptake by key bacteria, (ii) glycan-mediated microbial interactions, and (iii) community-scale effects of dietary changes. Despite significant recent advancements, there remains much to be discovered regarding complex glycan metabolism in the HGM and its potential to affect positive health outcomes.
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- Jonathon A Briggs
- Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Michael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada.,Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada.,Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada.,Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4, Canada
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Trzilova D, Tamayo R. Site-Specific Recombination - How Simple DNA Inversions Produce Complex Phenotypic Heterogeneity in Bacterial Populations. Trends Genet 2020; 37:59-72. [PMID: 33008627 DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2020.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2020] [Revised: 08/26/2020] [Accepted: 09/01/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Many bacterial species generate phenotypically heterogeneous subpopulations as a strategy for ensuring the survival of the population as a whole - an environmental stress that eradicates one subpopulation may leave other phenotypic groups unharmed, allowing the lineage to continue. Phase variation, a process that functions as an ON/OFF switch for gene expression, is one way that bacteria achieve phenotypic heterogeneity. Phase variation occurs stochastically and reversibly, and in the presence of a selective pressure the advantageous phenotype(s) predominates in the population. Phase variation can occur through multiple genetic and epigenetic mechanisms. This review focuses on conservative site-specific recombination that generates reversible DNA inversions as a genetic mechanism mediating phase variation. Recent studies have sparked a renewed interest in phase variation mediated through DNA inversion, revealing a high level of complexity beyond simple ON/OFF switching, including unusual modes of gene regulation, and highlighting an underappreciation of the use of these mechanisms by bacteria.
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- Dominika Trzilova
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
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Brown HA, Koropatkin NM. Host glycan utilization within the Bacteroidetes Sus-like paradigm. Glycobiology 2020; 31:697-706. [PMID: 32518945 DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwaa054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2020] [Revised: 05/29/2020] [Accepted: 05/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The Bacteroidetes are numerically abundant Gram-negative organisms of the distal human gut with a greatly expanded capacity to degrade complex glycans. A subset of these are adept at scavenging host glycans within this environment, including mucin O-linked glycans, N-linked glycoproteins and highly sulfated glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) such as heparin (Hep) and chondroitin sulfate (CS). Several recent biochemical studies have revealed the specific polysaccharide utilization loci (PULs) within the model symbiont Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron for the deconstruction of these host glycans. Here we discuss the Sus-like paradigm that defines glycan uptake by the Bacteroidetes and the salient details of the PULs that target heparin/heparan sulfate (HS) and chondroitin sulfate/dermatan sulfate (DS)/hyaluronic acid (HA), respectively, in B. thetaiotaomicron. The ability of the Bacteroidetes to target highly sulfated host glycans is key to their success in the gut environment but can lead to inflammation in susceptible hosts. Therefore, our continued understanding of the molecular strategies employed by these bacteria to scavenge carbohydrate nutrition is likely to lead to novel ways to alter their metabolism to promote host health.
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- Haley A Brown
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, 1150 West Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, 1150 West Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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Domínguez-Santos R, Pérez-Cobas AE, Artacho A, Castro JA, Talón I, Moya A, García-Ferris C, Latorre A. Unraveling Assemblage, Functions and Stability of the Gut Microbiota of Blattella germanica by Antibiotic Treatment. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:487. [PMID: 32269557 PMCID: PMC7109288 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.00487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2019] [Accepted: 03/05/2020] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Symbiosis between prokaryotes and eukaryotes is a widespread phenomenon that has contributed to the evolution of eukaryotes. In cockroaches, two types of symbionts coexist: an endosymbiont in the fat body (Blattabacterium), and a rich gut microbiota. The transmission mode of Blattabacterium is vertical, while the gut microbiota of a new generation is mainly formed by bacterial species present in feces. We have carried out a metagenomic analysis of Blattella germanica populations, treated and non-treated with two antibiotics (vancomycin and ampicillin) over two generations to (1) determine the core of bacterial communities and potential functions of the gut microbiota and (2) to gain insights into the mechanisms of resistance and resilience of the gut microbiota. Our results indicate that the composition and functions of the bacteria were affected by treatment, more severely in the case of vancomycin. Further results demonstrated that in an untreated second-generation population that comes from antibiotic-treated first-generation, the microbiota is not yet stabilized at nymphal stages but can fully recover in adults when feces of a control population were added to the diet. This signifies the existence of a stable core in either composition and functions in lab-reared populations. The high microbiota diversity as well as the observed functional redundancy point toward the microbiota of cockroach hindguts as a robust ecosystem that can recover from perturbations, with recovery being faster when feces are added to the diet.
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- Institut Pasteur, Biologie des Bactéries Intracellulaires, Paris, France
- CNRS UMR 3525, Paris, France
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- Genomics and Health Area, Foundation for the Promotion of Sanitary and Biomedical Research, Valencia, Spain
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- Unit of Genetics, Department of Biology, University of the Balearic Islands, Palma, Spain
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- Institute for Integrative Systems Biology, University of Valencia and CSIC, Valencia, Spain
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- Institute for Integrative Systems Biology, University of Valencia and CSIC, Valencia, Spain
- Genomics and Health Area, Foundation for the Promotion of Sanitary and Biomedical Research, Valencia, Spain
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- Institute for Integrative Systems Biology, University of Valencia and CSIC, Valencia, Spain
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Institute for Integrative Systems Biology, University of Valencia and CSIC, Valencia, Spain
- Genomics and Health Area, Foundation for the Promotion of Sanitary and Biomedical Research, Valencia, Spain
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Reintjes G, Fuchs BM, Scharfe M, Wiltshire KH, Amann R, Arnosti C. Short-term changes in polysaccharide utilization mechanisms of marine bacterioplankton during a spring phytoplankton bloom. Environ Microbiol 2020; 22:1884-1900. [PMID: 32128969 DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.14971] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2019] [Revised: 02/27/2020] [Accepted: 02/29/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Spring phytoplankton blooms in temperate environments contribute disproportionately to global marine productivity. Bloom-derived organic matter, much of it occurring as polysaccharides, fuels biogeochemical cycles driven by interacting autotrophic and heterotrophic communities. We tracked changes in the mode of polysaccharide utilization by heterotrophic bacteria during the course of a diatom-dominated bloom in the German Bight, North Sea. Polysaccharides can be taken up in a 'selfish' mode, where initial hydrolysis is coupled to transport into the periplasm, such that little to no low-molecular weight (LMW) products are externally released to the environment. Alternatively, polysaccharides hydrolyzed by cell-surface attached or free extracellular enzymes (external hydrolysis) yield LMW products available to the wider bacterioplankton community. In the early bloom phase, selfish activity was accompanied by low extracellular hydrolysis rates of a few polysaccharides. As the bloom progressed, selfish uptake increased markedly, and external hydrolysis rates increased, but only for a limited range of substrates. The late bloom phase was characterized by high external hydrolysis rates of a broad range of polysaccharides and reduced selfish uptake of polysaccharides, except for laminarin. Substrate utilization mode is related both to substrate structural complexity and to the bloom-stage dependent composition of the heterotrophic bacterial community.
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- Greta Reintjes
- Department of Molecular Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany
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- Department of Marine Sciences, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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Khare D, Kumar R, Acharya C. Genomic and functional insights into the adaptation and survival of Chryseobacterium sp. strain PMSZPI in uranium enriched environment. ECOTOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY 2020; 191:110217. [PMID: 32001422 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2020.110217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2019] [Revised: 12/11/2019] [Accepted: 01/13/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Metal enriched areas represent important and dynamic microbiological ecosystems. In this study, the draft genome of a uranium (U) tolerant bacterium, Chryseobacterium sp. strain PMSZPI, isolated from the subsurface soil of Domiasiat uranium ore deposit in Northeast India, was analyzed. The strain revealed a genome size of 3.8 Mb comprising of 3346 predicted protein-coding genes. The analysis indicated high abundance of genes associated with metal resistance and efflux, transporters, phosphatases, antibiotic resistance, polysaccharide synthesis, motility, protein secretion systems, oxidoreductases and DNA repair. Comparative genomics with other closely related Chryseobacterium strains led to the identification of unique inventory of genes which were of adaptive significance in PMSZPI. Consistent with the genome analysis, PMSZPI showed superior tolerance to uranium and other heavy metals. The metal exposed cells exhibited transcriptional induction of metal translocating PIB ATPases suggestive of their involvement in metal resistance. Efficient U binding (~90% of 100 μM U) and U bioprecipitation (~93-94% of 1 mM U at pH 5, 7 and 9) could be attributed as uranium tolerance strategies in PMSZPI. The strain demonstrated resistance to a large number of antibiotics which was in agreement with in silico prediction. Reduced gliding motility in the presence of cadmium and uranium, enhanced biofilm formation on uranium exposure and tolerance to 1.5 kGy of 60Co gamma radiation were perceived as adaptive responses in PMSZPI. Overall, the positive correlation observed between uranium/metal tolerance abilities predicted using genome analysis and the functional characterization reinforced the multifaceted adaptation strategies employed by PMSZPI for its survival in the soil of uranium ore deposit comprising of high concentrations of uranium and other heavy metals.
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- Devanshi Khare
- Molecular Biology Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Mumbai, 400085, India; Homi Bhabha National Institute, Anushakti Nagar, Mumbai, 400094, India
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- Biotechnology Division, CSIR-Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology, Palampur, 176061, India
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- Molecular Biology Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Mumbai, 400085, India; Homi Bhabha National Institute, Anushakti Nagar, Mumbai, 400094, India.
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Cerqueira FM, Photenhauer AL, Pollet RM, Brown HA, Koropatkin NM. Starch Digestion by Gut Bacteria: Crowdsourcing for Carbs. Trends Microbiol 2020; 28:95-108. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2019.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2019] [Revised: 08/29/2019] [Accepted: 09/09/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Larsbrink J, McKee LS. Bacteroidetes bacteria in the soil: Glycan acquisition, enzyme secretion, and gliding motility. ADVANCES IN APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY 2020; 110:63-98. [PMID: 32386606 DOI: 10.1016/bs.aambs.2019.11.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The secretion of extracellular enzymes by soil microbes is rate-limiting in the recycling of biomass. Fungi and bacteria compete and collaborate for nutrients in the soil, with wide ranging ecological impacts. Within soil microbiota, the Bacteroidetes tend to be a dominant phylum, just like in human and animal intestines. The Bacteroidetes thrive because of their ability to secrete diverse arrays of carbohydrate-active enzymes (CAZymes) that target the highly varied glycans in the soil. Bacteroidetes use an energy-saving system of genomic organization, whereby most of their CAZymes are grouped into Polysaccharide Utilization Loci (PULs). These loci enable high level production of specific CAZymes only when their substrate glycans are abundant in the local environment. This gives the Bacteroidetes a clear advantage over other species in the competitive soil environment, further enhanced by the phylum-specific Type IX Secretion System (T9SS). The T9SS is highly effective at secreting CAZymes and/or tethering them to the cell surface, and is tightly coupled to the ability to rapidly glide over solid surfaces, a connection that promotes an active hunt for nutrition. Although the soil Bacteroidetes are less well studied than human gut symbionts, research is uncovering important biochemical and physiological phenomena. In this review, we summarize the state of the art on research into the CAZymes secreted by soil Bacteroidetes in the contexts of microbial soil ecology and the discovery of novel CAZymes for use in industrial biotechnology. We hope that this review will stimulate further investigations into the somewhat neglected enzymology of non-gut Bacteroidetes.
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- Johan Larsbrink
- Wallenberg Wood Science Center, Gothenburg and Stockholm, Sweden; Division of Industrial Biotechnology, Department of Biology and Biological Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Wallenberg Wood Science Center, Gothenburg and Stockholm, Sweden; Division of Glycoscience, Department of Chemistry, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, AlbaNova University Centre, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Bågenholm V, Wiemann M, Reddy SK, Bhattacharya A, Rosengren A, Logan DT, Stålbrand H. A surface-exposed GH26 β-mannanase from Bacteroides ovatus: Structure, role, and phylogenetic analysis of BoMan26B. J Biol Chem 2019; 294:9100-9117. [PMID: 31000630 PMCID: PMC6556568 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra118.007171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2018] [Revised: 04/17/2019] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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The galactomannan utilization locus (BoManPUL) of the human gut bacterium Bacteroides ovatus encodes BoMan26B, a cell-surface–exposed endomannanase whose functional and structural features have been unclear. Our study now places BoMan26B in context with related enzymes and reveals the structural basis for its specificity. BoMan26B prefers longer substrates and is less restricted by galactose side-groups than the mannanase BoMan26A of the same locus. Using galactomannan, BoMan26B generated a mixture of (galactosyl) manno-oligosaccharides shorter than mannohexaose. Three defined manno-oligosaccharides had affinity for the SusD-like surface–exposed glycan-binding protein, predicted to be implicated in saccharide transport. Co-incubation of BoMan26B and the periplasmic α-galactosidase BoGal36A increased the rate of galactose release by about 10-fold compared with the rate without BoMan26B. The results suggested that BoMan26B performs the initial attack on galactomannan, generating oligosaccharides that after transport to the periplasm are processed by BoGal36A. A crystal structure of BoMan26B with galactosyl-mannotetraose bound in subsites −5 to −2 revealed an open and long active-site cleft with Trp-112 in subsite −5 concluded to be involved in mannosyl interaction. Moreover, Lys-149 in the −4 subsite interacted with the galactosyl side-group of the ligand. A phylogenetic tree consisting of GH26 enzymes revealed four strictly conserved GH26 residues and disclosed that BoMan26A and BoMan26B reside on two distinct phylogenetic branches (A and B). The three other branches contain lichenases, xylanases, or enzymes with unknown activities. Lys-149 is conserved in a narrow part of branch B, and Trp-112 is conserved in a wider group within branch B.
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- Viktoria Bågenholm
- From the Department of Biochemistry and Structural Biology, Lund University P. O. Box 124, S-221 00, Lund, Sweden and
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- From the Department of Biochemistry and Structural Biology, Lund University P. O. Box 124, S-221 00, Lund, Sweden and
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- the Department of Molecular Sciences, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Box 7015, 750 07, Uppsala, Sweden
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- From the Department of Biochemistry and Structural Biology, Lund University P. O. Box 124, S-221 00, Lund, Sweden and
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- From the Department of Biochemistry and Structural Biology, Lund University P. O. Box 124, S-221 00, Lund, Sweden and
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- From the Department of Biochemistry and Structural Biology, Lund University P. O. Box 124, S-221 00, Lund, Sweden and
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- From the Department of Biochemistry and Structural Biology, Lund University P. O. Box 124, S-221 00, Lund, Sweden and
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Husain F, Tang K, Veeranagouda Y, Boente R, Patrick S, Blakely G, Wexler HM. Novel large-scale chromosomal transfer in Bacteroides fragilis contributes to its pan-genome and rapid environmental adaptation. Microb Genom 2019; 3. [PMID: 29208130 PMCID: PMC5729914 DOI: 10.1099/mgen.0.000136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Bacteroides fragilis, an important component of the human gastrointestinal microbiota, can cause lethal extra-intestinal infection upon escape from the gastrointestinal tract. We demonstrated transfer and recombination of large chromosomal segments from B. fragilis HMW615, a multidrug resistant clinical isolate, to B. fragilis 638R. In one example, the transfer of a segment of ~435 Kb/356 genes replaced ~413 Kb/326 genes of the B. fragilis 638R chromosome. In addition to transfer of antibiotic resistance genes, these transfers (1) replaced complete divergent polysaccharide biosynthesis loci; (2) replaced DNA inversion-controlled intergenic shufflons (that control expression of genes encoding starch utilization system outer membrane proteins) with more complex, divergent shufflons; and (3) introduced additional intergenic shufflons encoding divergent Type 1 restriction/modification systems. Conjugative transposon-like genes within a transferred segment and within a putative integrative conjugative element (ICE5) ~45 kb downstream from the transferred segment both encode proteins that may be involved in the observed transfer. These data indicate that chromosomal transfer is a driver of antigenic diversity and nutrient adaptation in Bacteroides that (1) contributes to the dissemination of the extensive B. fragilis pan-genome, (2) allows rapid adaptation to a changing environment and (3) can confer pathogenic characteristics to host symbionts.
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- Fasahath Husain
- Brentwood Biomedical Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Research, GLAVAHCS, 11301 Wilshire Blvd., 691/151J Bldg. 115, Room 312, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- *Correspondence: Hannah M. Wexler,
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Zafar H, Saier MH. Comparative genomics of transport proteins in seven Bacteroides species. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0208151. [PMID: 30517169 PMCID: PMC6281302 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0208151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2018] [Accepted: 11/12/2018] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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The communities of beneficial bacteria that live in our intestines, the gut microbiome, are important for the development and function of the immune system. Bacteroides species make up a significant fraction of the human gut microbiome, and can be probiotic and pathogenic, depending upon various genetic and environmental factors. These can cause disease conditions such as intra-abdominal sepsis, appendicitis, bacteremia, endocarditis, pericarditis, skin infections, brain abscesses and meningitis. In this study, we identify the transport systems and predict their substrates within seven Bacteroides species, all shown to be probiotic; however, four of them (B. thetaiotaomicron, B. vulgatus, B. ovatus, B. fragilis) can be pathogenic (probiotic and pathogenic; PAP), while B. cellulosilyticus, B. salanitronis and B. dorei are believed to play only probiotic roles (only probiotic; OP). The transport system characteristics of the four PAP and three OP strains were identified and tabulated, and results were compared among the seven strains, and with E. coli and Salmonella strains. The Bacteroides strains studied contain similarities and differences in the numbers and types of transport proteins tabulated, but both OP and PAP strains contain similar outer membrane carbohydrate receptors, pore-forming toxins and protein secretion systems, the similarities were noteworthy, but these Bacteroides strains showed striking differences with probiotic and pathogenic enteric bacteria, particularly with respect to their high affinity outer membrane receptors and auxiliary proteins involved in complex carbohydrate utilization. The results reveal striking similarities between the PAP and OP species of Bacteroides, and suggest that OP species may possess currently unrecognized pathogenic potential.
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- Hassan Zafar
- Department of Molecular Biology, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States of America
- Institute of Microbiology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States of America
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TonB-dependent transport by the gut microbiota: novel aspects of an old problem. Curr Opin Struct Biol 2018; 51:35-43. [DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2018.03.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2017] [Revised: 03/01/2018] [Accepted: 03/03/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Tuson HH, Foley MH, Koropatkin NM, Biteen JS. The Starch Utilization System Assembles around Stationary Starch-Binding Proteins. Biophys J 2018; 115:242-250. [PMID: 29338841 PMCID: PMC6051301 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2017.12.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2017] [Revised: 12/02/2017] [Accepted: 12/11/2017] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron (Bt) is a prominent member of the human gut microbiota with an extensive capacity for glycan harvest. This bacterium expresses a five-protein complex in the outer membrane, called the starch utilization system (Sus), which binds, degrades, and imports starch into the cell. Sus is a model system for the many glycan-targeting polysaccharide utilization loci found in Bt and other members of the Bacteroidetes phylum. Our previous work has shown that SusG, a lipidated amylase in the outer membrane, explores the entire cell surface but diffuses more slowly as it interacts with starch. Here, we use a combination of single-molecule tracking, super-resolution imaging, reverse genetics, and proteomics to show that SusE and SusF, two proteins that bind starch, are immobile on the cell surface even when other members of the system are knocked out and under multiple different growth conditions. This observation suggests a new paradigm for protein complex formation: binding proteins form immobile complexes that transiently associate with a mobile enzyme partner.
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- Hannah H Tuson
- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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Foley MH, Martens EC, Koropatkin NM. SusE facilitates starch uptake independent of starch binding in B. thetaiotaomicron. Mol Microbiol 2018; 108:551-566. [PMID: 29528148 PMCID: PMC5980745 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.13949] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 03/07/2018] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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The Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron starch utilization system (Sus) is a model system for nutrient acquisition by gut Bacteroidetes, a dominant phylum of gut bacteria. The Sus includes SusCDEFG, which assemble on the cell surface to capture, degrade and import starch. While SusD is an essential starch-binding protein, the precise role(s) of the partially homologous starch-binding proteins SusE and SusF has remained elusive. We previously reported that a non-binding version of SusD (SusD*) supports growth on starch when other members of the multi-protein complex are present. Here we demonstrate that SusE supports SusD* growth on maltooligosaccharides, and determine the domains of SusE essential for this function. Furthermore, we demonstrate that SusE does not need to bind starch to support growth in the presence of SusD*, suggesting that the assembly of SusCDE is most important for maltooligosaccharide uptake in this context. However, starch binding by proteins SusDEF directs the uptake of maltooligosaccharides of specific lengths, suggesting that these proteins equip the cell to scavenge a range of starch fragments. These data demonstrate that the assembly of core Sus proteins SusCDE is secondary to their glycan binding roles, but glycan binding by Sus proteins may fine tune the selection of glycans from the environment.
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- Matthew H. Foley
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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Veith PD, Luong C, Tan KH, Dashper SG, Reynolds EC. Outer Membrane Vesicle Proteome of Porphyromonas gingivalis Is Differentially Modulated Relative to the Outer Membrane in Response to Heme Availability. J Proteome Res 2018; 17:2377-2389. [PMID: 29766714 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.8b00153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Porphyromonas gingivalis is an anaerobic, Gram-negative oral pathogen associated with chronic periodontitis. P. gingivalis has an obligate requirement for heme, which it obtains from the host. Heme availability has been linked to disease initiation and progression. In this study we used continuous culture of the bacterium to determine the effect of heme limitation and excess on the P. gingivalis proteome. Four biological replicates of whole cell lysate (WCL) and outer membrane vesicle (OMV) samples were digested with trypsin and analyzed by tandem mass spectrometry and MaxQuant label-free quantification. In total, 1211 proteins were quantified, with 108 and 49 proteins significantly changing in abundance more than 1.5-fold ( p < 0.05) in the WCLs and OMVs, respectively. The proteins most upregulated in response to heme limitation were those involved in binding and transporting heme, whereas the four proteins most upregulated under the heme-excess condition constitute a putative heme efflux system. In general, the protein abundance ratios obtained for OMVs and WCLs agreed, indicating that changes to the OM protein composition are passed onto OMVs; however, 16 proteins were preferentially packaged into OMVs under one condition more than the other. In particular, moonlighting cytoplasmic proteins were preferentially associated with OMVs under heme excess.
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- Paul D Veith
- Oral Health Cooperative Research Centre, Melbourne Dental School, Bio21 Institute , University of Melbourne , Victoria , Victoria 3010 , Australia
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- Oral Health Cooperative Research Centre, Melbourne Dental School, Bio21 Institute , University of Melbourne , Victoria , Victoria 3010 , Australia
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- Oral Health Cooperative Research Centre, Melbourne Dental School, Bio21 Institute , University of Melbourne , Victoria , Victoria 3010 , Australia
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- Oral Health Cooperative Research Centre, Melbourne Dental School, Bio21 Institute , University of Melbourne , Victoria , Victoria 3010 , Australia
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- Oral Health Cooperative Research Centre, Melbourne Dental School, Bio21 Institute , University of Melbourne , Victoria , Victoria 3010 , Australia
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Santilli AD, Dawson EM, Whitehead KJ, Whitehead DC. Nonmicrobicidal Small Molecule Inhibition of Polysaccharide Metabolism in Human Gut Microbes: A Potential Therapeutic Avenue. ACS Chem Biol 2018; 13:1165-1172. [PMID: 29660284 DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.8b00309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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A new approach for the nonmicrobicidal phenotypic manipulation of prominent gastrointestinal microbes is presented. Low micromolar concentrations of a chemical probe, acarbose, can selectively inhibit the Starch Utilization System and ablate the ability of Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron and B. fragilis strains to metabolize potato starch and pullulan. This strategy has potential therapeutic relevance for the selective modulation of the GI microbiota in a nonmicrobicidal manner.
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- Anthony D. Santilli
- Department of Chemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29634, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29634, United States
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29634, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29634, United States
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Salmeán AA, Guillouzo A, Duffieux D, Jam M, Matard-Mann M, Larocque R, Pedersen HL, Michel G, Czjzek M, Willats WGT, Hervé C. Double blind microarray-based polysaccharide profiling enables parallel identification of uncharacterized polysaccharides and carbohydrate-binding proteins with unknown specificities. Sci Rep 2018; 8:2500. [PMID: 29410423 PMCID: PMC5802718 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-20605-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2017] [Accepted: 01/17/2018] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Marine algae are one of the largest sources of carbon on the planet. The microbial degradation of algal polysaccharides to their constitutive sugars is a cornerstone in the global carbon cycle in oceans. Marine polysaccharides are highly complex and heterogeneous, and poorly understood. This is also true for marine microbial proteins that specifically degrade these substrates and when characterized, they are frequently ascribed to new protein families. Marine (meta)genomic datasets contain large numbers of genes with functions putatively assigned to carbohydrate processing, but for which empirical biochemical activity is lacking. There is a paucity of knowledge on both sides of this protein/carbohydrate relationship. Addressing this 'double blind' problem requires high throughput strategies that allow large scale screening of protein activities, and polysaccharide occurrence. Glycan microarrays, in particular the Comprehensive Microarray Polymer Profiling (CoMPP) method, are powerful in screening large collections of glycans and we described the integration of this technology to a medium throughput protein expression system focused on marine genes. This methodology (Double Blind CoMPP or DB-CoMPP) enables us to characterize novel polysaccharide-binding proteins and to relate their ligands to algal clades. This data further indicate the potential of the DB-CoMPP technique to accommodate samples of all biological sources.
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- Armando A Salmeán
- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Thorvaldsensvej 40, 1871, Frederiksberg, Denmark
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, CNRS, UMR 8227, Integrative Biology of Marine Models, Station Biologique de Roscoff, CS 90074, Roscoff, France
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, CNRS, UMR 8227, Integrative Biology of Marine Models, Station Biologique de Roscoff, CS 90074, Roscoff, France
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, CNRS, UMR 8227, Integrative Biology of Marine Models, Station Biologique de Roscoff, CS 90074, Roscoff, France
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, CNRS, UMR 8227, Integrative Biology of Marine Models, Station Biologique de Roscoff, CS 90074, Roscoff, France
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, CNRS, UMR 8227, Integrative Biology of Marine Models, Station Biologique de Roscoff, CS 90074, Roscoff, France
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Thorvaldsensvej 40, 1871, Frederiksberg, Denmark
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, CNRS, UMR 8227, Integrative Biology of Marine Models, Station Biologique de Roscoff, CS 90074, Roscoff, France
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, CNRS, UMR 8227, Integrative Biology of Marine Models, Station Biologique de Roscoff, CS 90074, Roscoff, France
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- Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Thorvaldsensvej 40, 1871, Frederiksberg, Denmark.
- William G.T. Willats, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, CNRS, UMR 8227, Integrative Biology of Marine Models, Station Biologique de Roscoff, CS 90074, Roscoff, France.
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Functional metagenomics identifies novel genes ABCTPP, TMSRP1 and TLSRP1 among human gut enterotypes. Sci Rep 2018; 8:1397. [PMID: 29362424 PMCID: PMC5780487 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-19862-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2017] [Accepted: 01/09/2018] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Every niche in the biosphere is touched by the seemingly endless capacity of microbes to transform the world around them by adapting swiftly and flexibly to the environmental changes, likewise the gastrointestinal tract is no exception. The ability to cope with rapid changes in external osmolarity is an important aspect of gut microbes for their survival and colonization. Identification of these survival mechanisms is a pivotal step towards understanding genomic suitability of a symbiont for successful human gut colonization. Here we highlight our recent work applying functional metagenomics to study human gut microbiome to identify candidate genes responsible for the salt stress tolerance. A plasmid borne metagenomic library of Bacteroidetes enriched human fecal metagenomic DNA led to identification of unique salt osmotolerance clones SR6 and SR7. Subsequent gene analysis combined with functional studies revealed that TLSRP1 within pSR7 and TMSRP1 and ABCTPP of pSR6 are the active loci responsible for osmotolerance through an energy dependent mechanism. Our study elucidates the novel genetic machinery involved in bestowing osmotolerance in Prevotella and Bacteroidetes, the predominant microbial groups in a North Indian population. This study unravels an alternative method for imparting ionic stress tolerance, which may be prevalent in the human gut microbiome.
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Cartmell A, Lowe EC, Baslé A, Firbank SJ, Ndeh DA, Murray H, Terrapon N, Lombard V, Henrissat B, Turnbull JE, Czjzek M, Gilbert HJ, Bolam DN. How members of the human gut microbiota overcome the sulfation problem posed by glycosaminoglycans. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2017; 114:7037-7042. [PMID: 28630303 PMCID: PMC5502631 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1704367114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The human microbiota, which plays an important role in health and disease, uses complex carbohydrates as a major source of nutrients. Utilization hierarchy indicates that the host glycosaminoglycans heparin (Hep) and heparan sulfate (HS) are high-priority carbohydrates for Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron, a prominent member of the human microbiota. The sulfation patterns of these glycosaminoglycans are highly variable, which presents a significant enzymatic challenge to the polysaccharide lyases and sulfatases that mediate degradation. It is possible that the bacterium recruits lyases with highly plastic specificities and expresses a repertoire of enzymes that target substructures of the glycosaminoglycans with variable sulfation or that the glycans are desulfated before cleavage by the lyases. To distinguish between these mechanisms, the components of the B. thetaiotaomicron Hep/HS degrading apparatus were analyzed. The data showed that the bacterium expressed a single-surface endo-acting lyase that cleaved HS, reflecting its higher molecular weight compared with Hep. Both Hep and HS oligosaccharides imported into the periplasm were degraded by a repertoire of lyases, with each enzyme displaying specificity for substructures within these glycosaminoglycans that display a different degree of sulfation. Furthermore, the crystal structures of a key surface glycan binding protein, which is able to bind both Hep and HS, and periplasmic sulfatases reveal the major specificity determinants for these proteins. The locus described here is highly conserved within the human gut Bacteroides, indicating that the model developed is of generic relevance to this important microbial community.
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- Alan Cartmell
- Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4HH, United Kingdom
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- Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4HH, United Kingdom
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- Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4HH, United Kingdom
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- Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4HH, United Kingdom
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- Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4HH, United Kingdom
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- Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4HH, United Kingdom
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- Architecture et Fonction des Macromolécules Biologiques, CNRS, Aix-Marseille University, F-13288 Marseille, France
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- Architecture et Fonction des Macromolécules Biologiques, CNRS, Aix-Marseille University, F-13288 Marseille, France
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- Architecture et Fonction des Macromolécules Biologiques, CNRS, Aix-Marseille University, F-13288 Marseille, France
- Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, USC1408 Architecture et Fonction des Macromolécules Biologiques, F-13288 Marseille, France
- Department of Biological Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
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- Centre for Glycobiology, Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 7ZB, United Kingdom
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- Sorbonne Universités, Université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie, Université Paris 06, F-29688 Roscoff cedex, Bretagne, France
- CNRS, UMR 8227, Integrative Biology of Marine Models, Station Biologique de Roscoff, F-29688 Roscoff cedex, Bretagne, France
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- Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4HH, United Kingdom
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- Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4HH, United Kingdom;
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Reintjes G, Arnosti C, Fuchs BM, Amann R. An alternative polysaccharide uptake mechanism of marine bacteria. ISME JOURNAL 2017; 11:1640-1650. [PMID: 28323277 PMCID: PMC5520146 DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2017.26] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2016] [Revised: 12/06/2016] [Accepted: 01/22/2017] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Heterotrophic microbial communities process much of the carbon fixed by phytoplankton in the ocean, thus having a critical role in the global carbon cycle. A major fraction of the phytoplankton-derived substrates are high-molecular-weight (HMW) polysaccharides. For bacterial uptake, these substrates must initially be hydrolysed to smaller sizes by extracellular enzymes. We investigated polysaccharide hydrolysis by microbial communities during a transect of the Atlantic Ocean, and serendipitously discovered-using super-resolution structured illumination microscopy-that up to 26% of total cells showed uptake of fluorescently labelled polysaccharides (FLA-PS). Fluorescence in situ hybridisation identified these organisms as members of the bacterial phyla Bacteroidetes and Planctomycetes and the gammaproteobacterial genus Catenovulum. Simultaneous membrane staining with nile red indicated that the FLA-PS labelling occurred in the cell but not in the cytoplasm. The dynamics of FLA-PS staining was further investigated in pure culture experiments using Gramella forsetii, a marine member of Bacteroidetes. The staining patterns observed in environmental samples and pure culture tests are consistent with a 'selfish' uptake mechanisms of larger oligosaccharides (>600 Da), as demonstrated for gut Bacteroidetes. Ecologically, this alternative polysaccharide uptake mechanism secures substantial quantities of substrate in the periplasmic space, where further processing can occur without diffusive loss. Such a mechanism challenges the paradigm that hydrolysis of HMW substrates inevitably yields low-molecular-weight fragments that are available to the surrounding community and demonstrates the importance of an alternative mechanism of polysaccharide uptake in marine bacteria.
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- Greta Reintjes
- Department of Molecular Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany
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- Department of Marine Sciences, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Molecular Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular Ecology, Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany
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Schwalm ND, Townsend GE, Groisman EA. Prioritization of polysaccharide utilization and control of regulator activation in Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron. Mol Microbiol 2017; 104:32-45. [PMID: 28009067 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.13609] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/16/2016] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron is a human gut symbiotic bacterium that utilizes a myriad of host dietary and mucosal polysaccharides. The proteins responsible for the uptake and breakdown of many of these polysaccharides are transcriptionally regulated by hybrid two-component systems (HTCSs). These systems consist of a single polypeptide harboring the domains of sensor kinases and response regulators, and thus, are thought to autophosphorylate in response to specific signals. We now report that the HTCS BT0366 is phosphorylated in vivo when B. thetaiotaomicron experiences the BT0366 inducer arabinan but not when grown in the presence of glucose. BT0366 phosphorylation and transcription of BT0366-activated genes requires the conserved predicted sites of phosphorylation in BT0366. When chondroitin sulfate is added to arabinan-containing cultures, BT0366 phosphorylation and transcription of BT0366-activated genes are inhibited and the bacterium exhibits diauxic growth. Whereas 20 additional combinations of polysaccharides also give rise to diauxic growth, other combinations result in synergistic or unaltered growth relative to bacteria experiencing a single polysaccharide. The different strategies employed by B. thetaiotaomicron when faced with multiple polysaccharides may aid its competitiveness in the mammalian gut.
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- Nathan D Schwalm
- Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.,Yale Microbial Sciences Institute, West Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.,Yale Microbial Sciences Institute, West Haven, CT, USA
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- Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.,Yale Microbial Sciences Institute, West Haven, CT, USA
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Goulas T, Garcia-Ferrer I, Hutcherson JA, Potempa BA, Potempa J, Scott DA, Gomis-Rüth FX. Structure of RagB, a major immunodominant outer-membrane surface receptor antigen of Porphyromonas gingivalis. Mol Oral Microbiol 2016; 31:472-485. [PMID: 26441291 PMCID: PMC4823178 DOI: 10.1111/omi.12140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/30/2015] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Porphyromonas gingivalis is the main causative agent of periodontitis. It deregulates the inflammatory and innate host immune responses through virulence factors, which include the immunodominant outer-membrane surface receptor antigens A (PgRagA) and B (PgRagB), co-transcribed from the rag pathogenicity island. The former is predicted to be a Ton-dependent porin-type translocator but the targets of this translocation and the molecular function of PgRagB are unknown. Phenomenologically, PgRagB has been linked with epithelial cell invasion and virulence according to murine models. It also acts as a Toll-like receptor agonist and promotes multiple mediators of inflammation. Hence, PgRagB is a candidate for the development of a periodontitis vaccine, which would be facilitated by the knowledge of its atomic structure. Here, we crystallized and solved the structure of 54-kDa PgRagB, which revealed a single domain centered on a curved helical scaffold. It consists of four tetratrico peptide repeats (TPR1-4), each arranged as two helices connected by a linker, plus two extra downstream capping helices. The concave surface bears four large intertwined irregular inserts (A-D), which contribute to an overall compact moiety. Overall, PgRagB shows substantial structural similarity with Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron SusD and Tannerella forsythia NanU, which are, respectively, engaged in binding and uptake of malto-oligosaccharide/starch and sialic acid. This suggests a similar sugar-binding function for PgRagB for uptake by the cognate PgRagA translocator, and, consistently, three potential monosaccharide-binding sites were tentatively assigned on the molecular surface.
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- T Goulas
- Proteolysis Laboratory, Department of Structural Biology ('María de Maeztu' Unit of Excellence), Molecular Biology Institute of Barcelona, CSIC, Barcelona, Spain
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- Proteolysis Laboratory, Department of Structural Biology ('María de Maeztu' Unit of Excellence), Molecular Biology Institute of Barcelona, CSIC, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Oral Immunology and Infectious Diseases, University of Louisville School of Dentistry, Louisville, KY, USA
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- Department of Oral Immunology and Infectious Diseases, University of Louisville School of Dentistry, Louisville, KY, USA
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- Department of Oral Immunology and Infectious Diseases, University of Louisville School of Dentistry, Louisville, KY, USA
- Małopolska Center of Biotechnology and Department Laboratory of Microbiology, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland
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- Department of Oral Immunology and Infectious Diseases, University of Louisville School of Dentistry, Louisville, KY, USA
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Louisville School of Dentistry, Louisville, KY, USA
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- Proteolysis Laboratory, Department of Structural Biology ('María de Maeztu' Unit of Excellence), Molecular Biology Institute of Barcelona, CSIC, Barcelona, Spain.
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Bennke CM, Krüger K, Kappelmann L, Huang S, Gobet A, Schüler M, Barbe V, Fuchs BM, Michel G, Teeling H, Amann RI. Polysaccharide utilisation loci ofBacteroidetesfrom two contrasting open ocean sites in the North Atlantic. Environ Microbiol 2016; 18:4456-4470. [DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.13429] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- Christin M. Bennke
- Max-Planck-Institute for Marine Microbiology, Department of Molecular Ecology; Celsiusstraße 1 28359 Bremen Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institute for Marine Microbiology, Department of Molecular Ecology; Celsiusstraße 1 28359 Bremen Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institute for Marine Microbiology, Department of Molecular Ecology; Celsiusstraße 1 28359 Bremen Germany
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- Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures; Inhoffenstraße 7B 38124 Braunschweig Germany
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- Sorbonne Université, UPMC Univ Paris 06, CNRS, UMR 8227, Integrative Biology of Marine Models; Station Biologique de Roscoff, CS 90074 F-29688 Roscoff cedex Bretagne France
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- University of Bayreuth; Biologie / Elektronenmikroskopie B1, Universitätsstraße 30 95447 Bayreuth Germany
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- Laboratoire de Biologie Moléculaire pour l'Étude des Génomes, C.E.A, Institut de Génomique - Genoscope; 2 rue Gaston Crémieux 91057 Évry cedex France
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- Max-Planck-Institute for Marine Microbiology, Department of Molecular Ecology; Celsiusstraße 1 28359 Bremen Germany
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- Sorbonne Université, UPMC Univ Paris 06, CNRS, UMR 8227, Integrative Biology of Marine Models; Station Biologique de Roscoff, CS 90074 F-29688 Roscoff cedex Bretagne France
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- Max-Planck-Institute for Marine Microbiology, Department of Molecular Ecology; Celsiusstraße 1 28359 Bremen Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institute for Marine Microbiology, Department of Molecular Ecology; Celsiusstraße 1 28359 Bremen Germany
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Cockburn DW, Koropatkin NM. Polysaccharide Degradation by the Intestinal Microbiota and Its Influence on Human Health and Disease. J Mol Biol 2016; 428:3230-3252. [PMID: 27393306 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2016.06.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 320] [Impact Index Per Article: 40.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2016] [Revised: 06/29/2016] [Accepted: 06/30/2016] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Carbohydrates comprise a large fraction of the typical diet, yet humans are only able to directly process some types of starch and simple sugars. The remainder transits the large intestine where it becomes food for the commensal bacterial community. This is an environment of not only intense competition but also impressive cooperation for available glycans, as these bacteria work to maximize their energy harvest from these carbohydrates during their limited transit time through the gut. The species within the gut microbiota use a variety of strategies to process and scavenge both dietary and host-produced glycans such as mucins. Some act as generalists that are able to degrade a wide range of polysaccharides, while others are specialists that are only able to target a few select glycans. All are members of a metabolic network where substantial cross-feeding takes place, as by-products of one organism serve as important resources for another. Much of this metabolic activity influences host physiology, as secondary metabolites and fermentation end products are absorbed either by the epithelial layer or by transit via the portal vein to the liver where they can have additional effects. These microbially derived compounds influence cell proliferation and apoptosis, modulate the immune response, and can alter host metabolism. This review summarizes the molecular underpinnings of these polysaccharide degradation processes, their impact on human health, and how we can manipulate them through the use of prebiotics.
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- Darrell W Cockburn
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
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Foley MH, Cockburn DW, Koropatkin NM. The Sus operon: a model system for starch uptake by the human gut Bacteroidetes. Cell Mol Life Sci 2016; 73:2603-17. [PMID: 27137179 PMCID: PMC4924478 DOI: 10.1007/s00018-016-2242-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 152] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2016] [Accepted: 04/22/2016] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Resident bacteria in the densely populated human intestinal tract must efficiently compete for carbohydrate nutrition. The Bacteroidetes, a dominant bacterial phylum in the mammalian gut, encode a plethora of discrete polysaccharide utilization loci (PULs) that are selectively activated to facilitate glycan capture at the cell surface. The most well-studied PUL-encoded glycan-uptake system is the starch utilization system (Sus) of Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron. The Sus includes the requisite proteins for binding and degrading starch at the surface of the cell preceding oligosaccharide transport across the outer membrane for further depolymerization to glucose in the periplasm. All mammalian gut Bacteroidetes possess analogous Sus-like systems that target numerous diverse glycans. In this review, we discuss what is known about the eight Sus proteins of B. thetaiotaomicron that define the Sus-like paradigm of nutrient acquisition that is exclusive to the Gram-negative Bacteroidetes. We emphasize the well-characterized outer membrane proteins SusDEF and the α-amylase SusG, each of which have unique structural features that allow them to interact with starch on the cell surface. Despite the apparent redundancy in starch-binding sites among these proteins, each has a distinct role during starch catabolism. Additionally, we consider what is known about how these proteins dynamically interact and cooperate in the membrane and propose a model for the formation of the Sus outer membrane complex.
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- Matthew H Foley
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA.
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Boente RF, Pauer H, Silva DN, Filho JS, Sandim V, Antunes LCM, Ferreira RBR, Zingali RB, Domingues RM, Lobo LA. Differential proteomic analysis of outer membrane enriched extracts of Bacteroides fragilis grown under bile salts stress. Anaerobe 2016; 39:84-90. [DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2016.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2015] [Revised: 02/22/2016] [Accepted: 03/02/2016] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Abstract
Polysaccharide utilization loci (PUL) within the genomes of resident human gut Bacteroidetes are central to the metabolism of the otherwise indigestible complex carbohydrates known as “dietary fiber.” However, functional characterization of PUL lags significantly behind sequencing efforts, which limits physiological understanding of the human-bacterial symbiosis. In particular, the molecular basis of complex polysaccharide recognition, an essential prerequisite to hydrolysis by cell surface glycosidases and subsequent metabolism, is generally poorly understood. Here, we present the biochemical, structural, and reverse genetic characterization of two unique cell surface glycan-binding proteins (SGBPs) encoded by a xyloglucan utilization locus (XyGUL) from Bacteroides ovatus, which are integral to growth on this key dietary vegetable polysaccharide. Biochemical analysis reveals that these outer membrane-anchored proteins are in fact exquisitely specific for the highly branched xyloglucan (XyG) polysaccharide. The crystal structure of SGBP-A, a SusD homolog, with a bound XyG tetradecasaccharide reveals an extended carbohydrate-binding platform that primarily relies on recognition of the β-glucan backbone. The unique, tetra-modular structure of SGBP-B is comprised of tandem Ig-like folds, with XyG binding mediated at the distal C-terminal domain. Despite displaying similar affinities for XyG, reverse-genetic analysis reveals that SGBP-B is only required for the efficient capture of smaller oligosaccharides, whereas the presence of SGBP-A is more critical than its carbohydrate-binding ability for growth on XyG. Together, these data demonstrate that SGBP-A and SGBP-B play complementary, specialized roles in carbohydrate capture by B. ovatus and elaborate a model of how vegetable xyloglucans are accessed by the Bacteroidetes. The Bacteroidetes are dominant bacteria in the human gut that are responsible for the digestion of the complex polysaccharides that constitute “dietary fiber.” Although this symbiotic relationship has been appreciated for decades, little is currently known about how Bacteroidetes seek out and bind plant cell wall polysaccharides as a necessary first step in their metabolism. Here, we provide the first biochemical, crystallographic, and genetic insight into how two surface glycan-binding proteins from the complex Bacteroides ovatus xyloglucan utilization locus (XyGUL) enable recognition and uptake of this ubiquitous vegetable polysaccharide. Our combined analysis illuminates new fundamental aspects of complex polysaccharide recognition, cleavage, and import at the Bacteroidetes cell surface that may facilitate the development of prebiotics to target this phylum of gut bacteria.
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