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Park Y, Solhtalab M, Thongsomboon W, Aristilde L. Strategies of organic phosphorus recycling by soil bacteria: acquisition, metabolism, and regulation. ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY REPORTS 2022; 14:3-24. [PMID: 35001516 PMCID: PMC9306846 DOI: 10.1111/1758-2229.13040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2021] [Revised: 12/07/2021] [Accepted: 12/14/2021] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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Critical to meeting cellular phosphorus (P) demand, soil bacteria deploy a number of strategies to overcome limitation in inorganic P (Pi ) in soils. As a significant contributor to P recycling, soil bacteria secrete extracellular enzymes to degrade organic P (Po ) in soils into the readily bioavailable Pi . In addition, several Po compounds can be transported directly via specific transporters and subsequently enter intracellular metabolic pathways. In this review, we highlight the strategies that soil bacteria employ to recycle Po from the soil environment. We discuss the diversity of extracellular phosphatases in soils, the selectivity of these enzymes towards various Po biomolecules and the influence of the soil environmental conditions on the enzyme's activities. Moreover, we outline the intracellular metabolic pathways for Po biosynthesis and transporter-assisted Po and Pi uptake at different Pi availabilities. We further highlight the regulatory mechanisms that govern the production of phosphatases, the expression of Po transporters and the key metabolic changes in P metabolism in response to environmental Pi availability. Due to the depletion of natural resources for Pi , we propose future studies needed to leverage bacteria-mediated P recycling from the large pools of Po in soils or organic wastes to benefit agricultural productivity.
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- Yeonsoo Park
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, McCormick School of Engineering and Applied ScienceNorthwestern UniversityEvanstonIL60208USA
- Department of Biological and Environmental EngineeringCornell University, Riley‐Robb HallIthacaNY14853USA
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, McCormick School of Engineering and Applied ScienceNorthwestern UniversityEvanstonIL60208USA
- Department of Biological and Environmental EngineeringCornell University, Riley‐Robb HallIthacaNY14853USA
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, McCormick School of Engineering and Applied ScienceNorthwestern UniversityEvanstonIL60208USA
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of ScienceMahasarakham UniversityMahasarakham44150Thailand
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- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, McCormick School of Engineering and Applied ScienceNorthwestern UniversityEvanstonIL60208USA
- Department of Biological and Environmental EngineeringCornell University, Riley‐Robb HallIthacaNY14853USA
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Suomalainen M, Haiko J, Kukkonen M, Korhonen TK, Lähteenmäki K, Virkola R, Westerlund-Wikström B, Lobo L, Ramu P. Using Every Trick in the Book: The Pla Surface Protease of Yersinia pestis. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2007; 603:268-78. [DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-72124-8_24] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Wing HJ, Goldman SR, Ally S, Goldberg MB. Modulation of an outer membrane protease contributes to the virulence defect of Shigella flexneri strains carrying a mutation in the virK locus. Infect Immun 2005; 73:1217-20. [PMID: 15664968 PMCID: PMC547015 DOI: 10.1128/iai.73.2.1217-1220.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The Shigella actin assembly protein IcsA is removed from the bacterial surface by the protease IcsP. We show that decreased intracellular spreading of virK::Tn10 mutants is due in part to significant increases in IcsP and IcsP-mediated cleavage of IcsA and that IcsP expression is a critical determinant of Shigella virulence.
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- Helen J Wing
- Bacterial Pathogenesis Laboratories, University Park, 65 Landsdowne Street, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
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Kukkonen M, Korhonen TK. The omptin family of enterobacterial surface proteases/adhesins: from housekeeping in Escherichia coli to systemic spread of Yersinia pestis. Int J Med Microbiol 2004; 294:7-14. [PMID: 15293449 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2004.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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The omptins are a family of enterobacterial surface proteases/adhesins that share high sequence identity and a conserved beta-barrel fold in the outer membrane. The omptins are multifunctional, and the individual omptins exhibit differing virulence-associated functions. The Pla plasminogen activator of Yersinia pestis contributes by several mechanisms to bacterial invasiveness and the systemic, uncontrolled proteolysis in plague. Pla proteolytically activates the human proenzyme plasminogen and inactivates the antiprotease alpha2-antiplasmin, and its binding to laminin localizes the uncontrolled plasmin activity onto basement membranes. These properties enhance bacterial migration through tissue barriers. Pla also degrades circulating complement proteins and functions in bacterial invasion into human epithelial cells. PgtE of Salmonella enterica and OmpT of Escherichia coli have been shown to degrade cationic antimicrobial peptides from epithelial cells or macrophages. PgtE and SopA of Shigella flexneri appear important in the intracellular phases of salmonellosis and shigellosis, whereas functions of OmpT have mainly been associated with protein degradation in E. coli cells. The differing virulence roles and functions have been attributed to minor sequence variations at the surface-exposed regions important for substrate recognition, to the dependence of omptin functions on lipopolysaccharide, and to the different regulation of omptin expression.
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- Maini Kukkonen
- General Microbiology, Faculty of Biosciences, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 56 (Viikinkaari 9), FIN-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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Chen H, Schifferli DM. Construction, characterization, and immunogenicity of an attenuated Salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium pgtE vaccine expressing fimbriae with integrated viral epitopes from the spiC promoter. Infect Immun 2003; 71:4664-73. [PMID: 12874347 PMCID: PMC165986 DOI: 10.1128/iai.71.8.4664-4673.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Transmissible gastroenteritis virus (TGEV) is a porcine coronavirus that causes diarrhea, leading to near 100% mortality in neonatal piglets with corresponding devastating economic consequences. For the protection of neonatal and older animals, oral live vaccines present the attractive property of inducing desired mucosal immune responses, including colostral antibodies in sows--an effective means to passively protect suckling piglets. Newly attenuated Salmonella vaccine constructs expressing TGEV S protein epitopes were studied and evaluated for improved humoral immune response to TGEV. The macrophage-inducible Salmonella ssaH and spiC/ssaB promoters were compared for their ability to express the TGEV C and A epitopes in the context of the heterologous 987P fimbriae on Salmonella vaccines. Compared to the ssaH promoter, the Salmonella cya crp vector elicited significantly higher levels of mucosal and systemic antibodies in orally immunized mice when the chimeric fimbriae were expressed from the spiC promoter. The Salmonella spiC promoter construct induced the highest level of chimeric fimbriae after being taken up by the J774A.1 macrophagelike cells. The Salmonella cya crp vaccine vector was shown to incorporate into 987P partially degraded chimeric subunits lacking the TGEV epitopes. In contrast, its isogenic pgtE mutant produced fimbriae consisting exclusively of intact chimeric subunits. Mice immunized orally with the Salmonella pgtE vaccine expressing chimeric fimbriae from the spiC promoter elicited significantly higher systemic and mucosal antibody titers against the TGEV epitopes compared to the parental vaccine. This study indicates that the Salmonella cya crp pgtE vector and the spiC promoter can be used successfully to improve immune responses toward heterologous antigens.
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MESH Headings
- Adhesins, Escherichia coli/genetics
- Adhesins, Escherichia coli/immunology
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Antibodies, Viral/biosynthesis
- Antigens, Bacterial/genetics
- Antigens, Bacterial/immunology
- Antigens, Viral/genetics
- Bacterial Proteins/genetics
- Base Sequence
- DNA, Bacterial/genetics
- Endopeptidases/genetics
- Endopeptidases/immunology
- Epitopes/genetics
- Female
- Fimbriae Proteins/genetics
- Fimbriae Proteins/immunology
- Fimbriae, Bacterial/genetics
- Fimbriae, Bacterial/immunology
- Gastroenteritis, Transmissible, of Swine/immunology
- Gastroenteritis, Transmissible, of Swine/prevention & control
- Genes, Bacterial
- Immunization, Secondary
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Promoter Regions, Genetic
- Recombinant Fusion Proteins/genetics
- Recombinant Fusion Proteins/immunology
- Salmonella Vaccines/genetics
- Salmonella Vaccines/immunology
- Salmonella typhimurium/genetics
- Salmonella typhimurium/immunology
- Transmissible gastroenteritis virus/genetics
- Transmissible gastroenteritis virus/immunology
- Vaccines, Attenuated/genetics
- Vaccines, Attenuated/immunology
- Viral Vaccines/genetics
- Viral Vaccines/immunology
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- Huaiqing Chen
- Department of Pathobiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA
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Kramer RA, Vandeputte-Rutten L, de Roon GJ, Gros P, Dekker N, Egmond MR. Identification of essential acidic residues of outer membrane protease OmpT supports a novel active site. FEBS Lett 2001; 505:426-30. [PMID: 11576541 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(01)02863-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Escherichia coli outer membrane protease OmpT has previously been classified as a serine protease with Ser(99) and His(212) as active site residues. The recently solved X-ray structure of the enzyme was inconsistent with this classification, and the involvement of a nucleophilic water molecule was proposed. Here, we substituted all conserved aspartate and glutamate residues by alanines and measured the residual enzymatic activities of the variants. Our results support the involvement of a nucleophilic water molecule that is activated by the Asp(210)/His(212) catalytic dyad. Activity is also strongly dependent on Asp(83) and Asp(85). Both may function in binding of the water molecule and/or oxyanion stabilization. The proposed mechanism implies a novel proteolytic catalytic site.
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- R A Kramer
- Department of Enzymology and Protein Engineering, Institute of Biomembranes, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
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Vandeputte-Rutten L, Kramer R, Kroon J, Dekker N, Egmond MR, Gros P. Crystal structure of the outer membrane protease OmpT from Escherichia coli suggests a novel catalytic site. EMBO J 2001; 20:5033-9. [PMID: 11566868 PMCID: PMC125623 DOI: 10.1093/emboj/20.18.5033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 210] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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OmpT from Escherichia coli belongs to a family of highly homologous outer membrane proteases, known as omptins, which are implicated in the virulence of several pathogenic Gram-negative bacteria. Here we present the crystal structure of OmpT, which shows a 10-stranded antiparallel beta-barrel that protrudes far from the lipid bilayer into the extracellular space. We identified a putative binding site for lipopolysaccharide, a molecule that is essential for OmpT activity. The proteolytic site is located in a groove at the extracellular top of the vase-shaped beta-barrel. Based on the constellation of active site residues, we propose a novel proteolytic mechanism, involving a His-Asp dyad and an Asp-Asp couple that activate a putative nucleophilic water molecule. The active site is fully conserved within the omptin family. Therefore, the structure described here provides a sound basis for the design of drugs against omptin-mediated bacterial pathogenesis. Coordinates are in the Protein Data Bank (accession No. 1I78)
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- Lucy Vandeputte-Rutten
- Department of Crystal and Structural Chemistry, Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research and Department of Enzymology and Protein Engineering, Center for Biomembranes and Lipid Enzymology, Institute of Biomembranes, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands Present address: Structural Chemistry Laboratories, AstraZeneca R&D, S-43183 Mölndal, Sweden Corresponding author e-mail: Deceased
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- Department of Crystal and Structural Chemistry, Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research and Department of Enzymology and Protein Engineering, Center for Biomembranes and Lipid Enzymology, Institute of Biomembranes, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands Present address: Structural Chemistry Laboratories, AstraZeneca R&D, S-43183 Mölndal, Sweden Corresponding author e-mail: Deceased
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- Department of Crystal and Structural Chemistry, Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research and Department of Enzymology and Protein Engineering, Center for Biomembranes and Lipid Enzymology, Institute of Biomembranes, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands Present address: Structural Chemistry Laboratories, AstraZeneca R&D, S-43183 Mölndal, Sweden Corresponding author e-mail: Deceased
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- Department of Crystal and Structural Chemistry, Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research and Department of Enzymology and Protein Engineering, Center for Biomembranes and Lipid Enzymology, Institute of Biomembranes, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands Present address: Structural Chemistry Laboratories, AstraZeneca R&D, S-43183 Mölndal, Sweden Corresponding author e-mail: Deceased
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- Department of Crystal and Structural Chemistry, Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research and Department of Enzymology and Protein Engineering, Center for Biomembranes and Lipid Enzymology, Institute of Biomembranes, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands Present address: Structural Chemistry Laboratories, AstraZeneca R&D, S-43183 Mölndal, Sweden Corresponding author e-mail: Deceased
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- Department of Crystal and Structural Chemistry, Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research and Department of Enzymology and Protein Engineering, Center for Biomembranes and Lipid Enzymology, Institute of Biomembranes, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, 3584 CH Utrecht, The Netherlands Present address: Structural Chemistry Laboratories, AstraZeneca R&D, S-43183 Mölndal, Sweden Corresponding author e-mail: Deceased
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Guina T, Yi EC, Wang H, Hackett M, Miller SI. A PhoP-regulated outer membrane protease of Salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium promotes resistance to alpha-helical antimicrobial peptides. J Bacteriol 2000; 182:4077-86. [PMID: 10869088 PMCID: PMC94595 DOI: 10.1128/jb.182.14.4077-4086.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 255] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The outer membrane protein contents of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium strains with PhoP/PhoQ regulon mutations were compared by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis. At least 26 species of outer membrane proteins (OMPs) were identified as being regulated by PhoP/PhoQ activation. One PhoP/PhoQ-activated OMP was identified by semiautomated tandem mass spectrometry coupled with electronic database searching as PgtE, a member of the Escherichia coli OmpT and Yersinia pestis Pla family of outer membrane proteases. Salmonella PgtE expression promoted resistance to alpha-helical cationic antimicrobial peptides (alpha-CAMPs). Strains expressing PgtE cleaved C18G, an 18-residue alpha-CAMP present in culture medium, indicating that protease activity is likely to be the mechanism of OmpT-mediated resistance to alpha-CAMPs. PhoP/PhoQ did not regulate the transcription or export of PgtE, indicating that another PhoP/PhoQ-dependent mechanism is required for PgtE outer membrane localization. PgtE is a posttranscriptionally regulated component of the PhoP/PhoQ regulon that contributes to Salmonella resistance to innate immunity.
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- T Guina
- Departments of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle 98195, USA
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Kramer RA, Dekker N, Egmond MR. Identification of active site serine and histidine residues in Escherichia coli outer membrane protease OmpT. FEBS Lett 2000; 468:220-4. [PMID: 10692590 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(00)01231-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Escherichia coli outer membrane protease OmpT has been characterised as a serine protease based on its inhibitor profile, but serine protease consensus sequences are absent. By site-directed mutagenesis we substituted all conserved serines and histidines. Substitution of His(101) and His(212) by Ala, Asn or Gln resulted in variant enzymes with 0.01 and 9-20% residual enzymatic activity towards a fluorogenic pentapeptide substrate, respectively. The mutations S140A and S201A did not decrease activity, while variants S40A and S99A yielded 0.5 and 0.2% residual activities, respectively. When measured with a dipeptide substrate the variant S40A demonstrated full activity, whereas variant S99A displayed at least 500-fold reduced activity. We conclude that Ser(99) and His(212) are essential active site residues. We propose that OmpT is a novel serine protease with Ser(99) as the active site nucleophile and His(212) as general base.
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- R A Kramer
- Department of Enzymology, Centre for Biomembranes and Lipid Enzymology, Institute of Biomembranes, Utrecht University, Padualaan 8, 3584 CH, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Kramer RA, Zandwijken D, Egmond MR, Dekker N. In vitro folding, purification and characterization of Escherichia coli outer membrane protease ompT. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY 2000; 267:885-93. [PMID: 10651827 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2000.01073.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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OmpT is a protease present in the outer membrane of Escherichia coli. The enzyme was overexpressed without its signal sequence in E. coli using a T7 system, resulting in the accumulation of OmpT as inclusion bodies. After solubilization of the inclusion bodies in urea, the protein could be folded in vitro by dilution in the presence of detergent n-dodecyl-N, N-dimethyl-1-ammonio-3-propanesulphonate. The addition of lipopolysaccharide to the protein was essential to obtain active enzyme. The correctly folded protein was purified to homogeneity by ion exchange chromatography with a 57% overall yield. Autoproteolysis between Lys217-Arg218 was a major problem during purification, but degradation could be abolished by introducing the mutations G216K and K217G. A novel fluorimetric assay using the internally quenched substrate Abz-Ala-Arg-Arg-Ala-Tyr(NO2)-NH2 (where Abz is o-aminobenzoyl and Tyr(NO2) is 3-nitrotyrosine) enabled the determination of the kinetic parameters. The wild-type enzyme has an affinity Km of 0.4 microM for the substrate and a turnover number kcat of 40 s-1. The Km and kcat for the double variant were 1.1 microM and 1.6 s-1, respectively. The pH profiles of the wild type and variant were identical, showing optimal activity at pH 6.5 and pKa values of 5.6 and 7.5, respectively. Circular dichroism spectra of both enzymes indicated a high content of beta-strand conformation, and on that basis a beta-barrel topology model is proposed.
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- R A Kramer
- Department of Enzymology and Protein Engineering, Centre for Biomembranes and Lipid Enzymology, Institute of Biomembranes, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
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McClelland M, Wilson RK. Comparison of sample sequences of the Salmonella typhi genome to the sequence of the complete Escherichia coli K-12 genome. Infect Immun 1998; 66:4305-12. [PMID: 9712782 PMCID: PMC108520 DOI: 10.1128/iai.66.9.4305-4312.1998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/1997] [Accepted: 06/04/1998] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Raw sequence data representing the majority of a bacterial genome can be obtained at a tiny fraction of the cost of a completed sequence. To demonstrate the utility of such a resource, 870 single-stranded M13 clones were sequenced from a shotgun library of the Salmonella typhi Ty2 genome. The sequence reads averaged over 400 bases and sampled the genome with an average spacing of once every 5,000 bases. A total of 339,243 bases of unique sequence was generated (approximately 7% representation). The sample of 870 sequences was compared to the complete Escherichia coli K-12 genome and to the rest of the GenBank database, which can also be considered a collection of sampled sequences. Despite the incomplete S. typhi data set, interesting categories could easily be discerned. Sixteen percent of the sequences determined from S. typhi had close homologs among known Salmonella sequences (P < 1e-40 in BlastX or BlastN), reflecting the proportion of these genomes that have been sequenced previously; 277 sequences (32%) had no apparent orthologs in the complete E. coli K-12 genome (P > 1e-20), of which 155 sequences (18%) had no close similarities to any sequence in the database (P > 1e-5). Eight of the 277 sequences had similarities to genes in other strains of E. coli or plasmids, and six sequences showed evidence of novel phage lysogens or sequence remnants of phage integrations, including a member of the lambda family (P < 1e-15). Twenty-three sample sequences had a significantly closer similarity a sequence in the database from organisms other than the E. coli/Salmonella clade (which includes Shigella and Citrobacter). These sequences are new candidate lateral transfer events to the S. typhi lineage or deletions on the E. coli K-12 lineage. Eleven putative junctions of insertion/deletion events greater than 100 bp were observed in the sample, indicating that well over 150 such events may distinguish S. typhi from E. coli K-12. The need for automatic methods to more effectively exploit sample sequences is discussed.
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- M McClelland
- Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, San Diego, California 92121, USA.
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Venkatesan MM, Alexander WA, Fernandez-Prada C. A Shigella flexneri invasion plasmid gene, ipgH, with homology to IS629 and sequences encoding bacterial sugar phosphate transport proteins. Gene 1996; 175:23-7. [PMID: 8917071 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(96)00115-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Sequences representing the 2684 bp flanking the ipaH4.5 gene on the invasion plasmid of Shigella flexneri 5 indicate an unusual fusion gene, designated ipgH, in which the first 27 amino acids (aa) are identical to ORF2 of IS629. The aa sequence encoded by the remainder of ipgH bears significant homology to Escherichia coli and to Salmonella typhimurium GlpT and UhpT proteins and to the S. typhimurium PgtP protein, which are involved in the uptake of high-energy sugar phosphates from an external source.
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- M M Venkatesan
- Department of Enteric Infections, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, DC 20307-5100, USA.
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Sturr MG, Krulwich TA, Hicks DB. Purification of a cytochrome bd terminal oxidase encoded by the Escherichia coli app locus from a delta cyo delta cyd strain complemented by genes from Bacillus firmus OF4. J Bacteriol 1996; 178:1742-9. [PMID: 8626304 PMCID: PMC177861 DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.6.1742-1749.1996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Escherichia coli GK100, with deletions in the operons encoding its two terminal oxidases, cytochrome bo and ctyochrome bd, was complemented for growth on succinate by a recombinant plasmid (pMS100) containing a 3.4-kb region of DNA from alkaliphilic Bacillus firmus OF4. The complementing DNA was predicted to encode five proteins, but neither sequence analysis nor complementation experiments with subclones provided insight into the basis for the complementation. Cytochrome difference spectra of everted membrane vesicles from the transformed strain had characteristics of a cytochrome bd spectrum but with features different from those observed for alkaliphile membranes. To determine the bacterial source and identity of the structural genes for the cytochrome bd in the transformed mutant, the complex was extracted and partially purified. On sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gels, two polypeptides were resolved from the preparation, 43 (subunit I) and 27 (subunit II) kDa. An internal peptide from subunit I was sequenced, and it yielded the same primary sequence as is found in positions 496 to 510 of E. coli appC. Consistent with the microsequencing results pMS100 failed to complement a triple mutant of E. coli carrying a deletion in appB as well as in the cyo and cyd loci. The deduced sequence of AppBC had been predicted to be very similar to the sequence of CydAB (J. Dassa et al., Mol. Gen. Genet. 229:341-352, 1991) but this is the first demonstration that the former is indeed a cytochrome bd terminal oxidase. The enzyme catalyzed oxygen uptake coupled to quinol or N,N,N',N'-tetramethyl-p-phenylenediamine oxidation, and the activity was sensitive to cyanide. No cross-reactivity to subunit-specific polyclonal antibodies directed against the two individual subunits of cyd-encoded cytochrome bd was detected. Since this is the second cytochrome bd discovered in E. coli, it is proposed that the two complexes be designated cytochrome bd-I (cydAB-encoded enzyme) and cytochrome bd-II (appBC-encoded enzyme). In addition, cbdAB is suggested as a more appropriate gene designation for cytochrome bd than either appBC or cyxAB.
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- M G Sturr
- Department of Biochemistry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, City University of New York, USA
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Niu S, Jiang SQ, Hong J. Salmonella typhimurium pgtB mutants conferring constitutive expression of phosphoglycerate transporter pgtP independent of pgtC. J Bacteriol 1995; 177:4297-302. [PMID: 7635815 PMCID: PMC177176 DOI: 10.1128/jb.177.15.4297-4302.1995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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PgtC is one of the three components of the atypical "two-component" pgt regulatory system. To investigate whether functional PgtC required for the induction of pgtP expression could be bypassed in the signal transduction process, we sought, and succeeded in isolating, intergenic suppressors arising in the low-copy mini-F plasmid, pSJ11, bearing the entire pgt system except for a 168-bp deletion near the end of the pgtC gene. By transport assays, these suppressors were found to confer constitutive pgtP expression. Intriguingly, all five mutations reside near the 5' end of the pgtB gene, at codons 19 and 21. One mutation alters Arg-19 to Gln, two alter Ala-21 to Thr, one alters Ala-21 to Val, and one alters Ala-21 to Ile. Appropriate strains in which the pgtP promoter was fused to lacZ and which bore the pgtB mutations with and without mutations in pgtC and pgtA genes were constructed, and the epistatic relationships of the wild-type pgtC allele, a mutant pgtA allele, and an essentially total deletion of pgtC to the constitutive pgtB mutations were determined. In the mutant strains bearing the Ala-21 --> Ile and Ala-21 --> Val substitutions, the level of constitutive pgtP-lacZ reporter expression was not affected by the presence of the wild-type pgtC allele, nor was it affected by the total absence of PgtC in the case of the Ala-21 --> Val alteration examined; however, in the mutant strains bearing the Ala-21 --> Thr and the Arg-19 --> Gln substitutions, the extent of constitutive pgtP-lacZ reporter expression was markedly enhanced by the presence of wild-type pgtC allele and, in the case of the Arg-19 -->Gln change examined, by the total absence of PgtC as well. These results indicate that PgtC contains no domain necessary for the kinase activity; that PgtB can be activated in the absence of PgtC mutational alterations of the protein itself; and that PgtB and PgtC interact in the signaling process, with PgtC functioning to activate and modulate the kinase activity of Pgtb. In all strains, the replacement of the wild type pgtA allele with a mutant pgtA allele completely abolished expression of the pgtP-lacZ reporter, indicating that functional pgtA is essential for the constitutivity. His-457 of PgtB, a potential site of autophosphorylation, is also required for the constitutivity because its change to Val drastically reduced pgtP-lacZ reporter expression. The structural basis for the activation of the altered PgtB is discussed in terms of putative structure of PgtB in the membrane.
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- S Niu
- Boston Biomedical Research Institute, Massachusetts 02114, USA
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We present edition VIII of the genetic map of Salmonella typhimurium LT2. We list a total of 1,159 genes, 1,080 of which have been located on the circular chromosome and 29 of which are on pSLT, the 90-kb plasmid usually found in LT2 lines. The remaining 50 genes are not yet mapped. The coordinate system used in this edition is neither minutes of transfer time in conjugation crosses nor units representing "phage lengths" of DNA of the transducing phage P22, as used in earlier editions, but centisomes and kilobases based on physical analysis of the lengths of DNA segments between genes. Some of these lengths have been determined by digestion of DNA by rare-cutting endonucleases and separation of fragments by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. Other lengths have been determined by analysis of DNA sequences in GenBank. We have constructed StySeq1, which incorporates all Salmonella DNA sequence data known to us. StySeq1 comprises over 548 kb of nonredundant chromosomal genomic sequences, representing 11.4% of the chromosome, which is estimated to be just over 4,800 kb in length. Most of these sequences were assigned locations on the chromosome, in some cases by analogy with mapped Escherichia coli sequences.
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- K E Sanderson
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Kaufmann A, Stierhof YD, Henning U. New outer membrane-associated protease of Escherichia coli K-12. J Bacteriol 1994; 176:359-67. [PMID: 8288530 PMCID: PMC205058 DOI: 10.1128/jb.176.2.359-367.1994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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The gene for a new outer membrane-associated protease, designated OmpP, of Escherichia coli has been cloned and sequenced. The gene encodes a 315-residue precursor protein possessing a 23-residue signal sequence. Including conservative substitutions and omitting the signal peptides, OmpP is 87% identical to the outer membrane protease OmpT. OmpP possessed the same enzymatic activity as OmpT. Immuno-electron microscopy demonstrated the exposure of the protein at the cell surface. Digestion of intact cells with proteinase K removed 155 N-terminal residues of OmpP, while the C-terminal half remained protected. It is possible that much of this N-terminal part is cell surface exposed and carries the enzymatic activity. Synthesis of OmpP was found to be thermoregulated, as is the expression of ompT (i.e., there is a low rate of synthesis at low temperatures) and, in addition, was found to be controlled by the cyclic AMP system.
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- A Kaufmann
- Max-Planck-Institut für Biologie, Tübingen, Germany
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Expression of the Escherichia coli uhpT gene, encoding the sugar phosphate transport protein, is induced by extracellular glucose-6-phosphate and requires the function of the uhpABC regulatory genes. The UhpA and UhpB proteins are related to the response-regulator and sensor-kinase proteins of two-component regulatory systems, whereas the UhpC protein is related to UhpT and homologous transport proteins. To investigate the role of segments of the membrane-associated UhpB and UhpC regulatory proteins, a series of mutations were constructed in vitro by insertion of a 12- or 24-bp oligonucleotide linker at 44 sites within the uhpABCT locus. The effect of these mutations on regulation of a uhpT-lacZ transcriptional reporter was assayed with the mutated uhp alleles in single copy on the chromosome. All but one of the insertions in uhpA or uhpT were inactive for transcription activation or transport, respectively. In contrast, about half of the insertions in uhpB and uhpC retained Uhp expression, and insertions at four sites in uhpB and at one site in uhpC conferred high-level constitutive expression. The constitutive mutants in UhpB resulted from insertions in the nonpolar amino-terminal half of the protein, and all insertions in that half of UhpB affected Uhp expression in some manner, which suggests that the transmembrane segments of UhpB might negatively regulate the kinase activity of the carboxyl portion. The constitutive behavior of all but one of these uhpB alleles was dependent on the presence of active forms of both UhpA and UhpC, which suggests that UhpB and UhpC act jointly as a complex in the signaling process.
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- M D Island
- Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville 22908
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Ninfa AJ. Protein Phosphorylation and the Regulation of Cellular Processes by the Homologous Two-Component Regulatory Systems of Bacteria. GENETIC ENGINEERING 1991; 13:39-72. [PMID: 1369339 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-3760-1_2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/09/2023]
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- A J Ninfa
- Department of Biochemistry, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48201
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Sanders DA, Gillece-Castro BL, Stock AM, Burlingame AL, Koshland DE. Identification of the site of phosphorylation of the chemotaxis response regulator protein, CheY. J Biol Chem 1989. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(20)88250-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 255] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Stock JB, Ninfa AJ, Stock AM. Protein phosphorylation and regulation of adaptive responses in bacteria. Microbiol Rev 1989; 53:450-90. [PMID: 2556636 PMCID: PMC372749 DOI: 10.1128/mr.53.4.450-490.1989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 915] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Bacteria continuously adapt to changes in their environment. Responses are largely controlled by signal transduction systems that contain two central enzymatic components, a protein kinase that uses adenosine triphosphate to phosphorylate itself at a histidine residue and a response regulator that accepts phosphoryl groups from the kinase. This conserved phosphotransfer chemistry is found in a wide range of bacterial species and operates in diverse systems to provide different regulatory outputs. The histidine kinases are frequently membrane receptor proteins that respond to environmental signals and phosphorylate response regulators that control transcription. Four specific regulatory systems are discussed in detail: chemotaxis in response to attractant and repellent stimuli (Che), regulation of gene expression in response to nitrogen deprivation (Ntr), control of the expression of enzymes and transport systems that assimilate phosphorus (Pho), and regulation of outer membrane porin expression in response to osmolarity and other culture conditions (Omp). Several additional systems are also examined, including systems that control complex developmental processes such as sporulation and fruiting-body formation, systems required for virulent infections of plant or animal host tissues, and systems that regulate transport and metabolism. Finally, an attempt is made to understand how cross-talk between parallel phosphotransfer pathways can provide a global regulatory curcuitry.
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Timme TL, Lawrence CB, Moses RE. Two new members of the OmpR superfamily detected by homology to a sensor-binding core domain. J Mol Evol 1989; 28:545-52. [PMID: 2549258 DOI: 10.1007/bf02602935] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The OmpR superfamily includes proteins that act as transcriptional regulators of operons that respond to environmental stimuli. A homologous domain near the N-terminus, termed a sensor-binding core domain, is thought to play a role in recognition of a signal transduction protein. We have identified two previously unrecognized members of this regulator family of proteins: a 23.8-kd protein transcribed from the uvrC transcription unit and the PgtA gene product, which is a phosphoglycerate transport regulatory protein. The sensor-binding core domain is also present in four proteins that regulate bacterial sporulation and chemotaxis. The 23.8-kd protein also has sequence similarity to elongation factor Tu and two regulatory proteins: HtpR, the heat-shock regulatory protein, and TraJ, a regulator of expression of genes involved in conjugation. There is a 77-amino acid region near the C-terminus of the 23.8-kd protein that has 30% similarity with a 28.1-kd protein coded for by an open reading frame 5' to the reading frame of the 23.8-kd protein in the uvrC transcription unit. Genetic distance analysis of amino acid sequences of proteins with a sensor-binding core domain suggests that the 23.8-kd protein and the chemotaxis regulatory proteins are distantly related to the other regulatory proteins in the OmpR superfamily.
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- T L Timme
- Department of Cell Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030
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McDonough KA, Falkow S. A Yersinia pestis-specific DNA fragment encodes temperature-dependent coagulase and fibrinolysin-associated phenotypes. Mol Microbiol 1989; 3:767-75. [PMID: 2526282 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1989.tb00225.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The effect of temperature on coagulase and fibrinolysin expression (Pla) by Yersinia pestis has been implicated in the transmission of plague by fleas. In an attempt to improve our understanding of this process, we have cloned, sequenced and characterized the gene encoding the Pla phenotypes in Y. pestis, and examined its temperature-dependent regulation. The coding region for this gene overlaps a 900bp Y. pestis-specific DNA fragment that we have previously shown to be capable of detecting plague bacilli in fleas. The pla gene contains a single open reading frame encoding 312 amino acids with a predicted molecular weight of 34.7 kD and a putative signal sequence of 20 amino acids. This coding region appears to be sufficient for both coagulase and fibrinolytic activities. In Y. pestis, modulation between coagulase and fibrinolytic activities is temperature-dependent: coagulase activity is most evident at temperatures below 30 degrees C but fibrinolytic activity increases with higher temperatures (greater than 30 degrees C), regardless of the temperature at which the bacteria are grown. Our results lead us to believe that this regulation occurs post-translationally. It is possible that the alternative forms of the Pla protein are essential to 'flea blockage' and subsequent transmission of the plague bacillus to animals.
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- K A McDonough
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University, California 94305
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Grodberg J, Dunn JJ. Comparison of Escherichia coli K-12 outer membrane protease OmpT and Salmonella typhimurium E protein. J Bacteriol 1989; 171:2903-5. [PMID: 2651422 PMCID: PMC209985 DOI: 10.1128/jb.171.5.2903-2905.1989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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The predicted amino acid sequence of OmpT, an Escherichia coli outer membrane protease, was found to be highly homologous to that predicted for the pgtE gene product of Salmonella typhimurium. In this paper, it is shown that pgtE codes for a protein functionally homologous to OmpT as judged by its ability to proteolyze T7 RNA polymerase and to localize in the outer membrane of E. coli.
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- J Grodberg
- Department of Microbiology, State University of New York, Stony Brook 11794
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Sodeinde OA, Goguen JD. Nucleotide sequence of the plasminogen activator gene of Yersinia pestis: relationship to ompT of Escherichia coli and gene E of Salmonella typhimurium. Infect Immun 1989; 57:1517-23. [PMID: 2651310 PMCID: PMC313308 DOI: 10.1128/iai.57.5.1517-1523.1989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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We have determined the nucleotide sequence of the 1.4-kilobase DNA fragment containing the plasminogen activator gene (pla) of Yersinia pestis, which determines both plasminogen activator and coagulase activities of the species. The sequence revealed the presence of a 936-base-pair open reading frame that constitutes the pla gene. This reading frame encodes a 312-amino-acid protein of 34.6 kilodaltons and containing a putative 20-amino-acid signal sequence. The presence of a single large open reading frame is consistent with our previous conclusion that the two Pla proteins which appear in the outer membrane of pla+ Y. pestis are derived from a common precursor. The deduced amino acid sequence of Pla revealed that it possesses a high degree of homology to the products of gene E of Salmonella typhimurium and ompT of Escherichia coli but does not possess significant homology to other plasminogen activators of known sequence. We also identified a transcription unit that resides on the complimentary strand and overlaps the pla gene.
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- O A Sodeinde
- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester 01655
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Nohno T, Noji S, Taniguchi S, Saito T. The narX and narL genes encoding the nitrate-sensing regulators of Escherichia coli are homologous to a family of prokaryotic two-component regulatory genes. Nucleic Acids Res 1989; 17:2947-57. [PMID: 2657652 PMCID: PMC317704 DOI: 10.1093/nar/17.8.2947] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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The nucleotide sequence of a 4.4-kilobase SacII-SspI fragment encoding the narXL operon and a part of the narK gene of Escherichia coli has been determined. The narX and narL genes encode proteins of molecular weight 67,275 and 23,927, respectively, and are transcribed from a common promoter, narXp, locating within 429 bases upstream of narX. Transcription from narXp is not significantly induced by nitrate under anaerobiosis, whereas transcription from narK promoter, which overlaps narXp region and is transcribed divergently, is fully induced by nitrate. The N-terminal two-thirds of the NarL protein has extensive homology with those of a diverse set of prokaryotic regulatory proteins, including OmpR, PhoB, SfrA, UhpA, CheY, CheB, NtrC, DctD, FixJ, VirG, SpoOF, and SpoOA. A segment locating in the C-terminal half of the NarL protein seems to have potential most likely to form the helix-turn-helix structure characteristic of a class of DNA-binding protein. The protein is considered to play a role as a transcriptional activator of the nitrate reductase operon, narCHJI, and the narK gene. The C-terminal region of the NarX protein also has homology with other regulatory proteins known as counterparts of two-component regulatory systems, such as EnvZ, PhoR, PhoM, CpxA, NtrB, DctB, FixL, and VirA. Presence of two copies of hydrophobic segments in the N-terminal half of the NarX protein suggests the role as a transmembrane receptor sensing nitrate.
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- T Nohno
- Department of Pharmacology, Kawasaki Medical School, Japan
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Sugimura K, Nishihara T. Purification, characterization, and primary structure of Escherichia coli protease VII with specificity for paired basic residues: identity of protease VII and OmpT. J Bacteriol 1988; 170:5625-32. [PMID: 3056908 PMCID: PMC211661 DOI: 10.1128/jb.170.12.5625-5632.1988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 130] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Escherichia coli cells were found to contain a novel outer membrane-associated protease, designated protease VII (K. Sugimura and N. Higashi, J. Bacteriol. 170:3650-3654, 1988). This enzyme was purified to homogeneity and exhibited an apparent molecular weight of 36,000 on sodium dodecyl sulfate gels and 180,000 on a TSK G-3000SW column in the presence of Triton X-100. It was capable of cleaving several peptides at the center of paired basic residues but not at single basic residues, implying that it is distinct from trypsinlike proteases. Protease VII was most active at pH 6.0 and was sensitive to a serine protease inhibitor, diisopropylfluorophosphate, and to the bivalent cations Zn2+, Cu2+, and Fe2+. The nucleotide sequence of a protease VII gene-carrying DNA fragment, which had been cloned by complementation analysis (K. Sugimura, Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 153:753-759, 1988) was determined. It carried two putative promoter regions and a putative Shine-Dalgarno sequence in addition to the complete structural gene, which encoded pre-protease VII of 317 amino acid residues, with the N-terminal 20 residues being a signal peptide. By comparing their amino acid sequences, protease VII and OmpT, which specifically cleaves ferric enterobactin receptor protein, were found to be identical.
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- K Sugimura
- Suntory Institute for Biomedical Research, Osaka, Japan
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Yang YL, Goldrick D, Hong JS. Identification of the products and nucleotide sequences of two regulatory genes involved in the exogenous induction of phosphoglycerate transport in Salmonella typhimurium. J Bacteriol 1988; 170:4299-303. [PMID: 2842311 PMCID: PMC211441 DOI: 10.1128/jb.170.9.4299-4303.1988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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We describe the determination of the nucleotide sequence of two genes (pgtB and pgtC) contained within the 3.4-kilobase DNA segment sandwiched between the transporter gene, pgtP, and the regulatory gene, pgtA. These two genes are involved in the regulation of expression of phosphoglycerate transport in Salmonella typhimurium. The sequence indicates the presence of two large open reading frames, potentially coding for two polypeptides of 397 and 593 amino acid residues. The two gene products were identified by using the bacteriophage T7 RNA polymerase-T7 promoter coupled system of Tabor and Richardson, and the observed apparent mass of 45 and 69 kilodaltons correlated well with the respective open reading frames. The cellular location of these two polypeptides was directly determined, and the polypeptides were found to be associated with the membrane. Although overall these polypeptides appear to be hydrophilic, there is one hydrophobic transmembrane segment in the smaller polypeptide and four such segments in the larger polypeptide which can account for their association with the membrane. In the accompanying paper, we present genetic evidence that pgtB and pgtC genes are involved in the induction of the pgtP expression by modulating derepressor activity.
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- Y L Yang
- Department of Cell Physiology, Boston Biomedical Research Institute, Massachusetts 02114
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Jiang SQ, Yu GQ, Li ZG, Hong JS. Genetic evidence for modulation of the activator by two regulatory proteins involved in the exogenous induction of phosphoglycerate transport in Salmonella typhimurium. J Bacteriol 1988; 170:4304-8. [PMID: 2842312 PMCID: PMC211442 DOI: 10.1128/jb.170.9.4304-4308.1988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Previous work from this laboratory has identified in a fragment of DNA, cloned from Salmonella typhimurium, two genes involved in the exogenous induction of phosphoglycerate transport. These two genes, the transporter gene, pgtP, and the activator gene, pgtA, are closely linked physically; they are only 3.4 kilobases apart. In the accompanying paper, we describe the determination of the nucleotide sequence of this 3.4-kilobase DNA segment and show that this segment contains two genes, pgtB and pgtC, encoding two polypeptides of 593 and 397 amino acid residues, respectively. This paper presents an analysis of the effects of insertions and deletions in pgtBC on the expression of pgtP gene and on the expression of lacZ fused to the pgtP gene. The results indicate that both pgtBC genes are necessary for expression of the pgtP gene. Strikingly, deletion of both genes resulted in a constitutive phenotype, suggesting that PgtB and PgtC polypeptides modulate PgtA activity. The expression of the pgtP gene appears to be regulated by the pgtA gene product, which acts as an activator. A model of induction is proposed in which the central feature is the interaction of the three regulatory proteins in the membrane such that the activity of the activator (PgtA) is subject to modulation by the binding of an inducer.
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- S Q Jiang
- Department of Cell Physiology, Boston Biomedical Research Institute, Massachusetts 02114
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Goldrick D, Yu GQ, Jiang SQ, Hong JS. Nucleotide sequence and transcription start point of the phosphoglycerate transporter gene of Salmonella typhimurium. J Bacteriol 1988; 170:3421-6. [PMID: 3042749 PMCID: PMC211310 DOI: 10.1128/jb.170.8.3421-3426.1988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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We identified the phosphoglycerate transporter gene of Salmonella typhimurium and its polypeptide product and determined the nucleotide sequence of the gene. The predicted translation product was a protein of 406 amino acid residues and was extremely hydrophobic, a feature that is consistent with its role in membrane transport. Hydropathy analysis suggested that there are eight transmembrane segments of at least 20 amino acid residues for the protein. The transcription start point was mapped to lie at position -44 relative to the putative translational initiation start point. Comparison of PgtP with UhpT and GlpT, the membrane-bound proteins involved in the transport of hexose-6-phosphate and glycerol-3-phosphate, respectively, revealed a very high degree of amino acid sequence similarity among them, reflecting not only similar structures and functions among these polypeptides but also a common evolutionary origin for them.
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- D Goldrick
- Department of Cell Physiology, Boston Biomedical Research Institute, Massachusetts 02114
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Weston LA, Kadner RJ. Role of uhp genes in expression of the Escherichia coli sugar-phosphate transport system. J Bacteriol 1988; 170:3375-83. [PMID: 3042748 PMCID: PMC211304 DOI: 10.1128/jb.170.8.3375-3383.1988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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The uhpABCT locus of Escherichia coli is responsible for expression of the sugar-phosphate transport system and its induction by external glucose 6-phosphate. Expression of uhpT-lacZ fusions depended on the function of uhpA, uhpB, and uhpC but not of uhpT. A plasmid carrying only uhpT conferred transport activity in a host strain deleted for the uhp region. Thus, uhpT encodes the polypeptide required for transport function, and the other three uhp genes regulate uhpT transcription. The presence of uhpA at elevated copy number resulted in a substantial increase in uhpT expression. This elevated expression was only about 50% of the level seen in induced haploid cells, and no further increase occurred after addition of inducer. Activation by multicopy uhpA was not affected by the status of uhpC but was decreased in the absence of uhpB, suggesting a role for UhpB in directly activating UhpA. Transcription of uhpA, monitored by expression of a uhpA-lacZ fusion, was not affected by either inducer or the presence of the wild-type uhpA allele. The presence of multiple copies of the uhpT promoter region reduced uhpT expression in strains with uhpA in single copy number but not in those with multiple copies, consistent with competition for the activator. Amino acid sequence comparisons showed that UhpA was homologous to a family of bacterial regulatory proteins, some of which act as transcriptional activators (OmpR, PhoB, NtrC, and DctD). The C-terminal portion of UhpB displayed matches to the corresponding portions of another family of proteins (EnvZ, PhoMR, NtrB, and DctB) that participate in regulation of gene expression in response to environmental factors.
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- L A Weston
- Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville 22908
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Shen BF, Tai PC, Pritchard AE, Vasil ML. Nucleotide sequences and expression in Escherichia coli of the in-phase overlapping Pseudomonas aeruginosa plcR genes. J Bacteriol 1987; 169:4602-7. [PMID: 3115961 PMCID: PMC213828 DOI: 10.1128/jb.169.10.4602-4607.1987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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The translation products of chromosomal DNAs of Pseudomonas aeruginosa encoding phospholipase C (heat-labile hemolysin) have been examined in T7 promoter plasmid vectors and expressed in Escherichia coli cells. A plasmid carrying a 4.7-kilobase (kb) DNA fragment was found to encode the 80-kilodalton (kDa) phospholipase C as well as two more proteins with an apparent molecular mass of 26 and 19 kDa. Expression directed by this DNA fragment with various deletions suggested that the coding region for the two smaller proteins was contained in a 1-kb DNA region. Moreover, the size of both proteins was reduced by the same amount by an internal BglII-BglII DNA deletion, suggesting that they were translated from overlapping genes. Similar results were obtained with another independently cloned 6.1-kb Pseudomonas DNA, which in addition coded for a 31-kDa protein of opposite orientation. The nucleotide sequence of the 1-kb region above revealed an open reading frame with a signal sequence typical of secretory proteins and a potential in-phase internal translation initiation site. Pulse-chase and localization studies in E. coli showed that the 26-kDa protein was a precursor of a secreted periplasmic 23-kDa protein (PlcR1) while the 19-kDa protein (PlcR2) was mostly cytoplasmic. These results indicate the expression of Pseudomonas in-phase overlapping genes in E. coli.
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- B F Shen
- Department of Metabolic Regulation, Boston Biomedical Research Institute, Massachusetts 02114
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