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Seo K, Shu W, Rückert-Reed C, Gerlinger P, Erb TJ, Kalinowski J, Wittmann C. From waste to health-supporting molecules: biosynthesis of natural products from lignin-, plastic- and seaweed-based monomers using metabolically engineered Streptomyces lividans. Microb Cell Fact 2023; 22:262. [PMID: 38114944 PMCID: PMC10731712 DOI: 10.1186/s12934-023-02266-0] [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: 11/02/2023] [Accepted: 12/05/2023] [Indexed: 12/21/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Transforming waste and nonfood materials into bulk biofuels and chemicals represents a major stride in creating a sustainable bioindustry to optimize the use of resources while reducing environmental footprint. However, despite these advancements, the production of high-value natural products often continues to depend on the use of first-generation substrates, underscoring the intricate processes and specific requirements of their biosyntheses. This is also true for Streptomyces lividans, a renowned host organism celebrated for its capacity to produce a wide array of natural products, which is attributed to its genetic versatility and potent secondary metabolic activity. Given this context, it becomes imperative to assess and optimize this microorganism for the synthesis of natural products specifically from waste and nonfood substrates. RESULTS We metabolically engineered S. lividans to heterologously produce the ribosomally synthesized and posttranslationally modified peptide bottromycin, as well as the polyketide pamamycin. The modified strains successfully produced these compounds using waste and nonfood model substrates such as protocatechuate (derived from lignin), 4-hydroxybenzoate (sourced from plastic waste), and mannitol (from seaweed). Comprehensive transcriptomic and metabolomic analyses offered insights into how these substrates influenced the cellular metabolism of S. lividans. In terms of production efficiency, S. lividans showed remarkable tolerance, especially in a fed-batch process using a mineral medium containing the toxic aromatic 4-hydroxybenzoate, which led to enhanced and highly selective bottromycin production. Additionally, the strain generated a unique spectrum of pamamycins when cultured in mannitol-rich seaweed extract with no additional nutrients. CONCLUSION Our study showcases the successful production of high-value natural products based on the use of varied waste and nonfood raw materials, circumventing the reliance on costly, food-competing resources. S. lividans exhibited remarkable adaptability and resilience when grown on these diverse substrates. When cultured on aromatic compounds, it displayed a distinct array of intracellular CoA esters, presenting promising avenues for polyketide production. Future research could be focused on enhancing S. lividans substrate utilization pathways to process the intricate mixtures commonly found in waste and nonfood sources more efficiently.
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- Kyoyoung Seo
- Institute of Systems Biotechnology, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany
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- Institute of Systems Biotechnology, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Terrestrial Microbiology, Marburg, Germany
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- Institute of Systems Biotechnology, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany.
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McLean TC, Beaton ADM, Martins C, Saalbach G, Chandra G, Wilkinson B, Hutchings MI. Evidence of a role for CutRS and actinorhodin in the secretion stress response in Streptomyces coelicolor M145. MICROBIOLOGY (READING, ENGLAND) 2023; 169:001358. [PMID: 37418299 PMCID: PMC10433416 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.001358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2023] [Accepted: 06/20/2023] [Indexed: 07/08/2023]
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CutRS was the first two-component system to be identified in Streptomyces species and is highly conserved in this genus. It was reported >25 years ago that deletion of cutRS increases the production of the antibiotic actinorhodin in Streptomyces coelicolor. However, despite this early work, the function of CutRS has remained enigmatic until now. Here we show that deletion of cutRS upregulates the production of the actinorhodin biosynthetic enzymes up to 300-fold, explaining the increase in actinorhodin production. However, while ChIP-seq identified 85 CutR binding sites in S. coelicolor none of these are in the actinorhodin biosynthetic gene cluster, meaning the effect is indirect. The directly regulated CutR targets identified in this study are implicated in extracellular protein folding, including two of the four highly conserved HtrA-family foldases: HtrA3 and HtrB, and a putative VKOR enzyme, which is predicted to recycle DsbA following its catalysis of disulphide bond formation in secreted proteins. Thus, we tentatively propose a role for CutRS in sensing and responding to protein misfolding outside the cell. Since actinorhodin can oxidise cysteine residues and induce disulphide bond formation in proteins, its over production in the ∆cutRS mutant may be a response to protein misfolding on the extracellular face of the membrane.
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- Thomas C. McLean
- Department of Molecular Microbiology, John Innes Centre, Norwich, Norwich Research Park, NR4 7UH, UK
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology, John Innes Centre, Norwich, Norwich Research Park, NR4 7UH, UK
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- Department Biochemistry and Metabolism, Proteomics Facility, John Innes Centre, Norwich, Norwich Research Park, NR4 7UH, UK
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- Department Biochemistry and Metabolism, Proteomics Facility, John Innes Centre, Norwich, Norwich Research Park, NR4 7UH, UK
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology, John Innes Centre, Norwich, Norwich Research Park, NR4 7UH, UK
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology, John Innes Centre, Norwich, Norwich Research Park, NR4 7UH, UK
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology, John Innes Centre, Norwich, Norwich Research Park, NR4 7UH, UK
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Xu K, Zhao Q, Jiang HZ, Mou XR, Chang YF, Cao YQ, Miao C, Wu R, Wen YP, Huang XB, Yan QG, Du SY, Cao SJ. Molecular and functional characterization of HtrA protein in Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae. Vet Microbiol 2021; 257:109058. [PMID: 33862332 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2021.109058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2020] [Accepted: 03/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae (A.pleuropneumoniae) causes serious economic loss for the swine industry. A high-temperature requirements A (HtrA)-like protease and its homologs have been reported to be involved in protein quality control and expression of important immunoprotective antigens in many pathogens. In this study, we showed that HtrA of A.pleuropneumoniae exhibited both chaperone and proteolytic activities. Moreover, Outer membrane protein P5 (OmpP5) in A.pleuropneumoniae and Heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90) in porcine lung tissues were first discovered and identified as specific proteolytic substrates for rHtrA. The maximum cleavage activity occurs at 50 ℃ in a time-dependent manner. In addition, rHtrA mainly induced IgG 2a subtype of IgG and Th1 (IFN-γ, IL-2) response in a mice model, and promoted a significant proliferation of spleen lymphocytes compare with negative control (P < 0.05). The survival rates of 37.5 % were observed against A.pleuropneumoniae strain. Together, these data demonstrate that rHtrA plays a multi-functional role in A.pleuropneumoniae.
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- Kui Xu
- Research Center of Swine Disease, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- Research Center of Swine Disease, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- Research Center of Swine Disease, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- Research Center of Swine Disease, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States
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- Research Center of Swine Disease, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- Research Center of Swine Disease, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- Research Center of Swine Disease, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- Research Center of Swine Disease, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- Research Center of Swine Disease, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- Research Center of Swine Disease, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- Research Center of Swine Disease, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China
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- Research Center of Swine Disease, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China.
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Jurischka S, Bida A, Dohmen-Olma D, Kleine B, Potzkei J, Binder S, Schaumann G, Bakkes PJ, Freudl R. A secretion biosensor for monitoring Sec-dependent protein export in Corynebacterium glutamicum. Microb Cell Fact 2020; 19:11. [PMID: 31964372 PMCID: PMC6975037 DOI: 10.1186/s12934-019-1273-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2019] [Accepted: 12/16/2019] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND In recent years, the industrial workhorse Corynebacterium glutamicum has gained increasing interest as a host organism for the secretory production of heterologous proteins. Generally, the yield of a target protein in the culture supernatant depends on a multitude of interdependent biological and bioprocess parameters which have to be optimized. So far, the monitoring of such optimization processes depends on the availability of a direct assay for the respective target protein that can be handled also in high throughput approaches. Since simple assays, such as standard enzymatic activity assays, are not always at hand, the availability of a general protein secretion biosensor is highly desirable. RESULTS High level secretion of proteins via the Sec protein export pathway leads to secretion stress, a phenomenon that is thought to be caused by the accumulation of incompletely or misfolded proteins at the membrane-cell envelope interface. We have analyzed the transcriptional responses of C. glutamicum to the secretory production of two different heterologous proteins and found that, in both cases, the expression of the gene encoding a homologue of the extracytosolic HtrA protease was highly upregulated. Based on this finding, a C. glutamicum Sec secretion biosensor strain was constructed in which the htrA gene on the chromosome was replaced by the eyfp gene. The fluorescence of the resulting reporter strain responded to the secretion of different heterologous proteins (cutinase from Fusarium solani pisi and alkaline phosphatase PhoA from Escherichia coli) in a dose-dependent manner. In addition, three differently efficient signal peptides for the secretory production of the cutinase could be differentiated by the biosensor signal. Furthermore, we have shown that an efficient signal peptide can be separated from a poor signal peptide by using the biosensor signal of the respective cells in fluorescence activated cell sorting experiments. CONCLUSIONS We have succeeded in the construction of a C. glutamicum biosensor strain that allows for the monitoring of Sec-dependent secretion of heterologous proteins in a dose-dependent manner, independent of a direct assay for the desired target protein.
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- Sarah Jurischka
- Institut für Bio- und Geowissenschaften 1, IBG1: Biotechnologie, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, 52425, Jülich, Germany
- Bioeconomy Science Center (BioSC), 52425, Jülich, Germany
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- Institut für Bio- und Geowissenschaften 1, IBG1: Biotechnologie, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, 52425, Jülich, Germany
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- Institut für Bio- und Geowissenschaften 1, IBG1: Biotechnologie, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, 52425, Jülich, Germany
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- Institut für Bio- und Geowissenschaften 1, IBG1: Biotechnologie, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, 52425, Jülich, Germany
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- SenseUp GmbH, c/o Campus Forschungszentrum, Wilhelm-Johnen-Strasse, 52428, Jülich, Germany
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- SenseUp GmbH, c/o Campus Forschungszentrum, Wilhelm-Johnen-Strasse, 52428, Jülich, Germany
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- SenseUp GmbH, c/o Campus Forschungszentrum, Wilhelm-Johnen-Strasse, 52428, Jülich, Germany
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- Institut für Bio- und Geowissenschaften 1, IBG1: Biotechnologie, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, 52425, Jülich, Germany
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- Institut für Bio- und Geowissenschaften 1, IBG1: Biotechnologie, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, 52425, Jülich, Germany.
- Bioeconomy Science Center (BioSC), 52425, Jülich, Germany.
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Vicente RL, Marín S, Valverde JR, Palomino C, Mellado RP, Gullón S. Functional identification of a Streptomyces lividans FKBP-like protein involved in the folding of overproduced secreted proteins. Open Biol 2019; 9:190201. [PMID: 31662098 PMCID: PMC6833217 DOI: 10.1098/rsob.190201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2019] [Accepted: 10/01/2019] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Some bacterial peptidyl-prolyl cis/trans isomerases (PPIases) are involved in secretory protein folding after the translocation step. Streptomyces lividans has been used as a host for engineering extracellular overproduction of homologous and heterologous proteins in industrial applications. Although the mechanisms governing the major secretory pathway (Sec route) and the minor secretory pathway (Tat route) are reasonably well described, the function of proteins responsible for the extracellular secretory protein folding is not characterized as yet. We have characterized a Tat-dependent S. lividans FK506-binding protein-like lipoprotein (FKBP) that has PPIase activity. A mutant in the sli-fkbp gene induces a secretion stress response and affects secretion and activity of the Sec-dependent protein α-amylase. Additionally, propagation in high copy number of the sli-fkbp gene has a positive effect on the activity of both the overproduced α-amylase and the overproduced Tat-dependent agarase, both containing proline cis isomers. Targeted proteomic analyses showed that a relevant group of secreted proteins in S. lividans TK21 are affected by Sli-FKBP, revealing a wide substrate range. The results obtained indicate that, regardless of the secretory route used by proteins in S. lividans, adjusting the expression of sli-fkbp may facilitate folding of dependent proteins when engineering Streptomyces strains for the overproduction of homologous or heterologous secretory proteins.
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- R. L. Vicente
- Departamento de Biotecnología Microbiana, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB-CSIC), c/Darwin 3, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Biotecnología Microbiana, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB-CSIC), c/Darwin 3, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Scientific Computing Service, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB-CSIC), c/Darwin 3, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Biotecnología Microbiana, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB-CSIC), c/Darwin 3, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Biotecnología Microbiana, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB-CSIC), c/Darwin 3, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Biotecnología Microbiana, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB-CSIC), c/Darwin 3, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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Valverde JR, Gullón S, García-Herrero CA, Campoy I, Mellado RP. Dynamic metabolic modelling of overproduced protein secretion in Streptomyces lividans using adaptive DFBA. BMC Microbiol 2019; 19:233. [PMID: 31655540 PMCID: PMC6815373 DOI: 10.1186/s12866-019-1591-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2019] [Accepted: 09/02/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Streptomyces lividans is an appealing host for the production of proteins of biotechnological interest due to its relaxed exogenous DNA restriction system and its ability to secrete proteins directly to the medium through the major Sec or the minor Tat routes. Often, protein secretion displays non-uniform time-dependent patterns. Understanding the associated metabolic changes is a crucial step to engineer protein production. Dynamic Flux Balance Analysis (DFBA) allows the study of the interactions between a modelled organism and its environment over time. Existing methods allow the specification of initial model and environment conditions, but do not allow introducing arbitrary modifications in the course of the simulation. Living organisms, however, display unexpected adaptive metabolic behaviours in response to unpredictable changes in their environment. Engineering the secretion of products of biotechnological interest has systematically proven especially difficult to model using DFBA. Accurate time-dependent modelling of complex and/or arbitrary, adaptive metabolic processes demands an extended approach to DFBA. RESULTS In this work, we introduce Adaptive DFBA, a novel, versatile simulation approach that permits inclusion of changes in the organism or the environment at any time in the simulation, either arbitrary or interactively responsive to environmental changes. This approach extends traditional DFBA to allow steering arbitrarily complex simulations of metabolic dynamics. When applied to Sec- or Tat-dependent secretion of overproduced proteins in S. lividans, Adaptive DFBA can overcome the limitations of traditional DFBA to reproduce experimental data on plasmid-free, plasmid bearing and secretory protein overproducing S. lividans TK24, and can yield useful insights on the behaviour of systems with limited experimental knowledge such as agarase or amylase overproduction in S. lividans TK21. CONCLUSIONS Adaptive DFBA has allowed us to overcome DFBA limitations and to generate more accurate models of the metabolism during the overproduction of secretory proteins in S. lividans, improving our understanding of the underlying processes. Adaptive DFBA is versatile enough to permit dynamical metabolic simulations of arbitrarily complex biotechnological processes.
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- Jósé R. Valverde
- Scientific Computing Service, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB-CSIC), c/Darwin 3, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Biotecnología Microbiana, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB-CSIC), c/Darwin, 3, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Scientific Computing Service, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB-CSIC), c/Darwin 3, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Scientific Computing Service, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB-CSIC), c/Darwin 3, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Biotecnología Microbiana, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB-CSIC), c/Darwin, 3, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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Gullón S, Marín S, Mellado RP. Four thiol-oxidoreductases involved in the formation of disulphide bonds in the Streptomyces lividans TK21 secretory proteins. Microb Cell Fact 2019; 18:126. [PMID: 31345224 PMCID: PMC6657201 DOI: 10.1186/s12934-019-1175-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2019] [Accepted: 07/17/2019] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Background Bacterial secretory proteins often require the formation of disulphide bonds outside the cell to acquire an active conformation. Thiol-disulphide oxidoreductases are enzymes that catalyse the formation of disulphide bonds. The bacterium Streptomyces lividans is a well-known host for the efficient secretion of overproduced homologous and heterologous secretory proteins of industrial application. Therefore, the correct conformation of these extracellular proteins is of great importance when engineering that overproduction. Results We have identified four acting thiol-disulphide oxidoreductases (TDORs) in S. lividans TK21, mutants in all TDOR candidates affect the secretion and activity of the Sec-dependent alpha-amylase, which contains several disulphide bonds, but the effect was more drastic in the case of the Sli-DsbA deficient strain. Thus, the four TDOR are required to obtain active alpha-amylase. Additionally, only mutations in Sli-DsbA and Sli-DsbB affect the secretion and activity of the Tat-dependent agarase, which does not form a disulphide bond, when it is overproduced. This suggests a possible role of the oxidised Sli-DsbA as a chaperone in the production of active agarase. Conclusions Enzymes involved in the production of the extracellular mature active proteins are not fully characterised yet in Streptomyces lividans. Our results suggest that the role of thiol-disulphide oxidoreductases must be considered when engineering Streptomyces strains for the overproduction of homologous or heterologous secretory proteins of industrial application, irrespective of their secretion route, in order to obtain active, correctly folded proteins. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12934-019-1175-0) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Sonia Gullón
- Departamento de Biotecnología Microbiana, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB-CSIC), c/Darwin 3, 28049, Madrid, Spain.
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- Departamento de Biotecnología Microbiana, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB-CSIC), c/Darwin 3, 28049, Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Biotecnología Microbiana, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB-CSIC), c/Darwin 3, 28049, Madrid, Spain
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Yan S, Wu G. Proteases HtrA and HtrB for α-amylase secreted from Bacillus subtilis in secretion stress. Cell Stress Chaperones 2019; 24:493-502. [PMID: 31001739 PMCID: PMC6527527 DOI: 10.1007/s12192-019-00985-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2019] [Revised: 02/22/2019] [Accepted: 02/25/2019] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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HtrA and HtrB are two important proteases across species. In biotechnological industries, they are related to degradation of secreted heterologous proteins from bacteria, especially in the case of overproduction of α-amylases in Bacillus subtilis. Induction of HtrA and HtrB synthesis follows the overproduction of α-amylases in B. subtilis. This is different from the order usually observed in B. subtilis, i.e., the production of proteases is prior to the secretion of proteins. This discrepancy suggests three possibilities: (i) HtrA and HtrB are constantly synthesized from the end of the exponential phase, and then are synthesized more abundantly due to secretion stress; (ii) There is a hysteresis mechanism that holds HtrA and HtrB back from their large amount of secretion before the overproduction of α-amylases; (iii) Heterologous amylases could be a stress to B. subtilis leading to a general response to stress. In this review, we analyze the literature to explore these three possibilities. The first possibility is attributed to the regulatory pathway of CssR-CssS. The second possibility is because sigma factor σD plays a role in the overproduction of α-amylases and is subpopulation dependent with the switch between "ON" and "OFF" states that is fundamental for a bistable system and a hysteresis mechanism. Thus, sigma factor σD helps to hold HtrA and HtrB back from massive secretion before the overproduction of α-amylases. The third possibility is that several sigma factors promote the secretion of proteases at the end of the exponential phase of growth under the condition that heterologous amylases are considered as a stress.
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- Shaomin Yan
- State Key Laboratory of Non-Food Biomass and Enzyme Technology, National Engineering Research Center for Non-Food Biorefinery, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Bio-refinery, Guangxi Academy of Sciences, 98 Daling Road, Nanning, 530007, Guangxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Non-Food Biomass and Enzyme Technology, National Engineering Research Center for Non-Food Biorefinery, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Bio-refinery, Guangxi Academy of Sciences, 98 Daling Road, Nanning, 530007, Guangxi, China.
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Daniels W, Bouvin J, Busche T, Rückert C, Simoens K, Karamanou S, Van Mellaert L, Friðjónsson ÓH, Nicolai B, Economou A, Kalinowski J, Anné J, Bernaerts K. Transcriptomic and fluxomic changes in Streptomyces lividans producing heterologous protein. Microb Cell Fact 2018; 17:198. [PMID: 30577858 PMCID: PMC6302529 DOI: 10.1186/s12934-018-1040-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2018] [Accepted: 11/26/2018] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The Gram-positive Streptomyces lividans TK24 is an attractive host for heterologous protein production because of its high capability to secrete proteins-which favors correct folding and facilitates downstream processing-as well as its acceptance of methylated DNA and its low endogeneous protease activity. However, current inconsistencies in protein yields urge for a deeper understanding of the burden of heterologous protein production on the cell. In the current study, transcriptomics and [Formula: see text]-based fluxomics were exploited to uncover gene expression and metabolic flux changes associated with heterologous protein production. The Rhodothermus marinus thermostable cellulase A (CelA)-previously shown to be successfully overexpressed in S. lividans-was taken as an example protein. RESULTS RNA-seq and [Formula: see text]-based metabolic flux analysis were performed on a CelA-producing and an empty-plasmid strain under the same conditions. Differential gene expression, followed by cluster analysis based on co-expression and co-localization, identified transcriptomic responses related to secretion-induced stress and DNA damage. Furthermore, the OsdR regulon (previously associated with hypoxia, oxidative stress, intercellular signaling, and morphological development) was consistently upregulated in the CelA-producing strain and exhibited co-expression with isoenzymes from the pentose phosphate pathway linked to secondary metabolism. Increased expression of these isoenzymes matches to increased fluxes in the pentose phosphate pathway. Additionally, flux maps of the central carbon metabolism show increased flux through the tricarboxylic acid cycle in the CelA-producing strain. Redirection of fluxes in the CelA-producing strain leads to higher production of NADPH, which can only partly be attributed to increased secretion. CONCLUSIONS Transcriptomic and fluxomic changes uncover potential new leads for targeted strain improvement strategies which may ease the secretion stress and metabolic burden associated with heterologous protein synthesis and secretion, and may help create a more consistently performing S. lividans strain. Yet, links to secondary metabolism and redox balancing should be further investigated to fully understand the S. lividans metabolome under heterologous protein production.
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- Wouter Daniels
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Bio- and Chemical Systems Technology, Reactor Engineering and Safety Section, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F, box 2424, 3001, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Bio- and Chemical Systems Technology, Reactor Engineering and Safety Section, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F, box 2424, 3001, Leuven, Belgium
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- Center for Biotechnology (CeBiTec), Bielefeld University, Universitätsstraße 27, 33615, Bielefeld, Germany
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- Center for Biotechnology (CeBiTec), Bielefeld University, Universitätsstraße 27, 33615, Bielefeld, Germany
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Bio- and Chemical Systems Technology, Reactor Engineering and Safety Section, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F, box 2424, 3001, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Laboratory of Molecular Bacteriology, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49, box 1037, 3000, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Laboratory of Molecular Bacteriology, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49, box 1037, 3000, Leuven, Belgium
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- Division of Mechatronics, Biostatistics and Sensors (MeBioS), Department of Biosystems (BIOSYST), KU Leuven, Willem de Croylaan 42, 3001, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Laboratory of Molecular Bacteriology, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49, box 1037, 3000, Leuven, Belgium
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- Center for Biotechnology (CeBiTec), Bielefeld University, Universitätsstraße 27, 33615, Bielefeld, Germany
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Laboratory of Molecular Bacteriology, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49, box 1037, 3000, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Bio- and Chemical Systems Technology, Reactor Engineering and Safety Section, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200F, box 2424, 3001, Leuven, Belgium.
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Gullón S, Mellado RP. The Cellular Mechanisms that Ensure an Efficient Secretion in Streptomyces. Antibiotics (Basel) 2018; 7:E33. [PMID: 29661993 PMCID: PMC6022935 DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics7020033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2018] [Revised: 04/10/2018] [Accepted: 04/11/2018] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
Abstract
Gram-positive soil bacteria included in the genus Streptomyces produce a large variety of secondary metabolites in addition to extracellular hydrolytic enzymes. From the industrial and commercial viewpoints, the S. lividans strain has generated greater interest as a host bacterium for the overproduction of homologous and heterologous hydrolytic enzymes as an industrial application, which has considerably increased scientific interest in the characterization of secretion routes in this bacterium. This review will focus on the secretion machinery in S. lividans.
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- Sonia Gullón
- Departamento de Biotecnología Microbiana, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB-CSIC), c/Darwin 3, 28049 Madrid, Spain.
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- Departamento de Biotecnología Microbiana, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB-CSIC), c/Darwin 3, 28049 Madrid, Spain.
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Tsolis KC, Tsare EP, Orfanoudaki G, Busche T, Kanaki K, Ramakrishnan R, Rousseau F, Schymkowitz J, Rückert C, Kalinowski J, Anné J, Karamanou S, Klapa MI, Economou A. Comprehensive subcellular topologies of polypeptides in Streptomyces. Microb Cell Fact 2018; 17:43. [PMID: 29544487 PMCID: PMC5853079 DOI: 10.1186/s12934-018-0892-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2017] [Accepted: 03/08/2018] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Members of the genus Streptomyces are Gram-positive bacteria that are used as important cell factories to produce secondary metabolites and secrete heterologous proteins. They possess some of the largest bacterial genomes and thus proteomes. Understanding their complex proteomes and metabolic regulation will improve any genetic engineering approach. Results Here, we performed a comprehensive annotation of the subcellular localization of the proteome of Streptomyces lividans TK24 and developed the Subcellular Topology of Polypeptides in Streptomyces database (SToPSdb) to make this information widely accessible. We first introduced a uniform, improved nomenclature that re-annotated the names of ~ 4000 proteins based on functional and structural information. Then protein localization was assigned de novo using prediction tools and edited by manual curation for 7494 proteins, including information for 183 proteins that resulted from a recent genome re-annotation and are not available in current databases. The S. lividans proteome was also linked with those of other model bacterial strains including Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) and Escherichia coli K-12, based on protein homology, and can be accessed through an open web interface. Finally, experimental data derived from proteomics experiments have been incorporated and provide validation for protein existence or topology for 579 proteins. Proteomics also reveals proteins released from vesicles that bleb off the membrane. All export systems known in S. lividans are also presented and exported proteins assigned export routes, where known. Conclusions SToPSdb provides an updated and comprehensive protein localization annotation resource for S. lividans and other streptomycetes. It forms the basis for future linking to databases containing experimental data of proteomics, genomics and metabolomics studies for this organism. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12934-018-0892-0) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Konstantinos C Tsolis
- Laboratory of Molecular Bacteriology, Dpt. of Microbiology and Immunology, Rega Institute, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000, Leuven, Belgium
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- Metabolic Engineering & Systems Biology Laboratory, Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences, Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH/ICE-HT), Patras, Greece.,Department of General Biology, School of Medicine, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology-FoRTH, P.O. Box 1385, Iraklio, Crete, Greece
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- Center for Biotechnology (CeBiTec), Universität Bielefeld, 33594, Bielefeld, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology-FoRTH, P.O. Box 1385, Iraklio, Crete, Greece
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- VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research and VIB Switch Laboratory, Department for Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000, Leuven, Belgium
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- VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research and VIB Switch Laboratory, Department for Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000, Leuven, Belgium
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- VIB-KU Leuven Center for Brain & Disease Research and VIB Switch Laboratory, Department for Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000, Leuven, Belgium
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- Center for Biotechnology (CeBiTec), Universität Bielefeld, 33594, Bielefeld, Germany
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- Center for Biotechnology (CeBiTec), Universität Bielefeld, 33594, Bielefeld, Germany
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- Laboratory of Molecular Bacteriology, Dpt. of Microbiology and Immunology, Rega Institute, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Molecular Bacteriology, Dpt. of Microbiology and Immunology, Rega Institute, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000, Leuven, Belgium
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- Metabolic Engineering & Systems Biology Laboratory, Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences, Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH/ICE-HT), Patras, Greece
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- Laboratory of Molecular Bacteriology, Dpt. of Microbiology and Immunology, Rega Institute, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000, Leuven, Belgium.
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