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Deutch CE, Farden AM, DiCesare ES. Characterization of β-galactosidase and α-galactosidase activities from the halophilic bacterium Gracilibacillus dipsosauri. ANN MICROBIOL 2021. [DOI: 10.1186/s13213-021-01657-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Purpose
Gracilibacillus dipsosauri strain DD1 is a salt-tolerant Gram-positive bacterium that can hydrolyze the synthetic substrates o-nitrophenyl-β-d-galactopyranoside (β-ONP-galactose) and p-nitrophenyl-α-d-galactopyranoside (α-PNP-galactose). The goals of this project were to characterize the enzymes responsible for these activities and to identify the genes encoding them.
Methods
G. dipsosauri strain DD1 was grown in tryptic soy broth containing various carbohydrates at 37 °C with aeration. Enzyme activities in cell extracts and whole cells were measured colorimetrically by hydrolysis of synthetic substrates containing nitrophenyl moieties. Two enzymes with β-galactosidase activity and one with α-galactosidase activity were partially purified by ammonium sulfate fractionation, ion-exchange chromatography, and gel-filtration chromatography from G. dipsosauri. Coomassie Blue-stained bands corresponding to each activity were excised from nondenaturing polyacrylamide gels and subjected to peptide sequencing after trypsin digestion and HPLC/MS analysis.
Result
Formation of β-galactosidase and α-galactosidase activities was repressed by d-glucose and not induced by lactose or d-melibiose. β-Galactosidase I had hydrolytic and transgalactosylation activity with lactose as the substrate but β-galactosidase II showed no activity towards lactose. The α-galactosidase had hydrolytic and transgalactosylation activity with d-melibiose but not with d-raffinose. β-Galactosidase I had a lower Km with β-ONP-galactose as the substrate (0.693 mmol l−1) than β-galactosidase II (1.662 mmol l−1), was active at more alkaline pH, and was inhibited by the product d-galactose. β-Galactosidase II was active at more acidic pH, was partially inhibited by ammonium salts, and showed higher activity with α-PNP-arabinose as a substrate. The α-galactosidase had a low Km with α-PNP-galactose as the substrate (0.338 mmol l−1), a pH optimum of about 7, and was inhibited by chloride-containing salts. β-Galactosidase I activity was found to be due to the protein A0A317L6F0 (encoded by gene DLJ74_04930), β-galactosidase II activity to the protein A0A317KZG3 (encoded by gene DLJ74_12640), and the α-galactosidase activity to the protein A0A317KU47 (encoded by gene DLJ74_17745).
Conclusions
G. dipsosauri forms three intracellular enzymes with different physiological properties which are responsible for the hydrolysis of β-ONP-galactose and α-PNP-galactose. BLAST analysis indicated that similar β-galactosidases may be formed by G. ureilyticus, G. orientalis, and G. kekensis and similar α-galactosidases by these bacteria and G. halophilus.
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Deutch CE, Yang S. Genomic sequencing of Gracilibacillus dipsosauri reveals key properties of a salt-tolerant α-amylase. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2020; 113:1049-1059. [PMID: 32318981 DOI: 10.1007/s10482-020-01417-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2020] [Accepted: 04/09/2020] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Gracilibacillus dipsosauri is a moderately-halophilic Gram-positive bacterium which forms an extracellular α-amylase that is induced by starch, repressed by D-glucose, and active in 2.0 M KCl. Previous studies showed that while enzyme activity could be measured with the synthetic substrate 2-chloro-4-nitrophenyl-α-D-maltotrioside (CNPG3), other assays were inconsistent and the protein showed aberrant mobility during nondenaturing gel electrophoresis. To clarify the properties of this enzyme, the genome of G. dipsosauri was sequenced and was found to be 4.19 Mb in size with an overall G+C content of 36.9%. A gene encoding an α-amylase composed of 691 amino acids was identified. The protein was a member of the glycosyl hydrolase 13 family, which had a molecular mass of 77,396 daltons and a pI of 4.39 due to an unusually large number of aspartate and glutamate residues (95/691 or 13.7%). BLAST analysis of the amino acid sequence revealed significant matches to other proteins with cyclodextrin glycosyltransferase activity. Partial purification of the protein from G. dipsosauri showed that fractions catalyzing the hydrolysis of CNPG3 and p-nitrophenyl-D-maltoheptoside also catalyzed the formation of β-cyclodextrin but not α-cyclodextrin or γ-cyclodextrin. Formation of β-cyclodextrin was not stimulated by high salt concentrations but did occur with rice, potato, wheat, and corn starches and amylopectin. These studies explain the unusual features of the α-amylase from G. dipsosauri and indicate it should be classified as EC 2.4.1.19. The availability of the complete genomic sequence of G. dipsosauri will provide the basis for studies on other enzymes from this halophile which may be useful for biotechnology.
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Affiliation(s)
- Charles E Deutch
- Microbion Research, 8931 W. Deanna Dr., Peoria, AZ, 85382, USA.
- School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences, Arizona State University, Glendale, AZ, 85306, USA.
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- Bioinformatics Core Facility, Knowledge Enterprise, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, 85281, USA
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Francis R, Anani H, Fontanini A, Fournier P, Scola B, Raoult D, Bou Khalil J. Virgibacillus ndiopensis sp. nov., a new halophilic bacterium isolated from the stool of a healthy 11-year-old boy. New Microbes New Infect 2019; 30:100541. [PMID: 31193282 PMCID: PMC6522852 DOI: 10.1016/j.nmni.2019.100541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2019] [Revised: 03/25/2019] [Accepted: 03/28/2019] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Virgibacillus ndiopensis strain Marseille-P3835T (= CSURP3835T; = CCUG70388T) is a new specie isolated from the stool of a healthy 11-year-old boy from N'Diop, Senegal.
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- R. Francis
- Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire Méditerranée-Infection, Marseille, France
- Aix-Marseille Université, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), UMR Microbes Evolution Phylogeny and Infections (MEPHI), Marseille, France
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- Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire Méditerranée-Infection, Marseille, France
- Aix-Marseille Université, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Service de Santé des Armées, AP-HM, UMR Vecteurs Infections Tropicales et Méditeranéennes (VITROME), Marseille, France
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- Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire Méditerranée-Infection, Marseille, France
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- Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire Méditerranée-Infection, Marseille, France
- Aix-Marseille Université, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), Service de Santé des Armées, AP-HM, UMR Vecteurs Infections Tropicales et Méditeranéennes (VITROME), Marseille, France
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- Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire Méditerranée-Infection, Marseille, France
- Aix-Marseille Université, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), UMR Microbes Evolution Phylogeny and Infections (MEPHI), Marseille, France
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- Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire Méditerranée-Infection, Marseille, France
- Aix-Marseille Université, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), UMR Microbes Evolution Phylogeny and Infections (MEPHI), Marseille, France
- Special Infectious Agents Unit, King Fahed Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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- Institut Hospitalo-Universitaire Méditerranée-Infection, Marseille, France
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Senghor B, Bassène H, Khelaifia S, Robert C, Fournier PE, Ruimy R, Sokhna C, Raoult D, Lagier JC. Sediminibacillus massiliensis sp. nov., a moderately halophilic, Gram-positive bacterium isolated from a stool sample of a young Senegalese man. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 2018; 111:1225-1236. [PMID: 29417358 DOI: 10.1007/s10482-018-1032-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2017] [Accepted: 01/27/2018] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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A Gram-positive, moderately halophilic bacterium, referred to as strain Marseille-P3518T, was isolated from a stool sample with 2% NaCl concentration from a healthy 15-year-old male living in Dielmo, a village in Senegal. Cells are aerobic, rod-shaped and motile and display endospore formation. Strain Marseille-P3518T can grow in a medium with 0-20% (w/v) sodium chloride (optimally at 5-7.5% w/v). The major fatty acids were 12-methyl-tetradecanoic acid (45.8%), 13-methyl-tetradecanoic acid (26.9%) and 12-methyl-tridecanoic acid (12.8%). The genome is 4,347,479 bp long with 42.1% G+C content. It contains 4282 protein-coding and 107 RNA genes. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequence comparisons showed that strain Marseille-P3518T is a member of the Bacillaceae family and is closely related to Sediminibacillus albus (97.4% gene sequence similarity). Strain Marseille-P3518T was clearly differentiated from its phylogenetic neighbors on the basis of phenotypic and genotypic features. Strain Marseille-P3518T is, therefore, considered to be a novel representative of the genus Sediminibacillus, for which the name Sediminibacillus massiliensis sp. nov. is proposed, and the type strain is Marseille-P3518T (CSUR P3518T, DSM69894).
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- Bruno Senghor
- URMITE, Aix Marseille Université, UM63, CNRS 7278, IRD 198, INSERM 1095, IHU - Méditerranée Infection, 19-21 Boulevard Jean Moulin, 13005, Marseille, France
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- Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes IRD 198, CNRS 7278, Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France.,Campus Commun UCAD-IRD of Hann, Dakar, Senegal
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- URMITE, Aix Marseille Université, UM63, CNRS 7278, IRD 198, INSERM 1095, IHU - Méditerranée Infection, 19-21 Boulevard Jean Moulin, 13005, Marseille, France
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- URMITE, Aix Marseille Université, UM63, CNRS 7278, IRD 198, INSERM 1095, IHU - Méditerranée Infection, 19-21 Boulevard Jean Moulin, 13005, Marseille, France
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- URMITE, Aix Marseille Université, UM63, CNRS 7278, IRD 198, INSERM 1095, IHU - Méditerranée Infection, 19-21 Boulevard Jean Moulin, 13005, Marseille, France
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- Department of Bacteriology at Nice, Academic Hospital, Nice, France.,Nice Medical University, Nice-Sophia Antipolis University, Nice, France.,INSERM U1065 (C3M), Bacterial Toxins in Host Pathogen Interactions, C3M, Bâtiment Universitaire Archimed, Nice, France
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- Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes IRD 198, CNRS 7278, Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France.,Campus Commun UCAD-IRD of Hann, Dakar, Senegal
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- URMITE, Aix Marseille Université, UM63, CNRS 7278, IRD 198, INSERM 1095, IHU - Méditerranée Infection, 19-21 Boulevard Jean Moulin, 13005, Marseille, France.,Special Infectious Agents Unit, King Fahd Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz University, Jedda, Saudi Arabia
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- URMITE, Aix Marseille Université, UM63, CNRS 7278, IRD 198, INSERM 1095, IHU - Méditerranée Infection, 19-21 Boulevard Jean Moulin, 13005, Marseille, France.
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