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Mohsin I, Zhang LQ, Li DC, Papageorgiou AC. Crystal structure of a Cu,Zn superoxide dismutase from the thermophilic fungus Chaetomium thermophilum. Protein Pept Lett 2021; 28:1043-1053. [PMID: 33726638 DOI: 10.2174/0929866528666210316104919] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2021] [Revised: 02/10/2021] [Accepted: 02/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Thermophilic fungi have recently emerged as a promising source of thermostable enzymes. Superoxide dismutases are key antioxidant metalloenzymes with promising therapeutic effects in various diseases, both acute and chronic. However, structural heterogeneity and low thermostability limit their therapeutic efficacy. OBJECTIVE Although several studies from hypethermophilic superoxide dismutases (SODs) have been reported, information about Cu,Zn-SODs from thermophilic fungi is scarce. Chaetomium thermophilum is a thermophilic fungus that could provide proteins with thermophilic properties. METHOD The enzyme was expressed in Pichia pastoris cells and crystallized using the vapor-diffusion method. X-ray data were collected, and the structure was determined and refined to 1.56 Å resolution. Structural analysis and comparisons were carried out. RESULTS The presence of 8 molecules (A through H) in the asymmetric unit resulted in four different interfaces. Molecules A and F form the typical homodimer which is also found in other Cu,Zn-SODs. Zinc was present in all subunits of the structure while copper was found in only four subunits with reduced occupancy (C, D, E and F). CONCLUSION The ability of the enzyme to form oligomers and the elevated Thr:Ser ratio may be contributing factors to its thermal stability. Two hydrophobic residues that participate in interface formation and are not present in other CuZn-SODs may play a role in the formation of new interfaces and the oligomerization process. The CtSOD crystal structure reported here is the first Cu,Zn-SOD structure from a thermophilic fungus.
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- Imran Mohsin
- Turku Bioscience Centre, University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University, Turku 20521. Finland
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- Department of Mycology, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, Shandong 271018. China
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- Department of Mycology, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, Shandong 271018. China
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Folgueira I, Lamas J, de Felipe AP, Sueiro RA, Leiro JM. Identification and Molecular Characterization of Superoxide Dismutases Isolated From A Scuticociliate Parasite: Physiological Role in Oxidative Stress. Sci Rep 2019; 9:13329. [PMID: 31527617 PMCID: PMC6746850 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-49750-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2019] [Accepted: 08/22/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Philasterides dicentrarchi is a free-living microaerophilic scuticociliate that can become a facultative parasite and cause a serious parasitic disease in farmed fish. Both the free-living and parasitic forms of this scuticociliate are exposed to oxidative stress associated with environmental factors and the host immune system. The reactive oxygen species (ROS) generated by the host are neutralized by the ciliate by means of antioxidant defences. In this study we aimed to identify metalloenzymes with superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity capable of inactivating the superoxide anion (•O2-) generated during induction of oxidative stress. P. dicentrarchi possesses the three characteristic types of SOD isoenzymes in eukaryotes: copper/zinc-SOD, manganese-SOD and iron-SOD. The Cu/Zn-SOD isoenzymes comprise three types of homodimeric proteins (CSD1-3) of molecular weight (MW) 34-44 kDa and with very different AA sequences. All Cu/Zn-SODs are sensitive to NaCN, located in the cytosol and in the alveolar sacs, and one of them (CSD2) is extracellular. Mn- and Fe-SOD transcripts encode homodimeric proteins (MSD and FSD, respectively) in their native state: a) MSD (MW 50 kDa) is insensitive to H2O2 and NaN3 and is located in the mitochondria; and b) FSD (MW 60 kDa) is sensitive to H2O2, NaN3 and the polyphenol trans-resveratrol and is located extracellularly. Expression of SOD isoenzymes increases when •O2- is induced by ultraviolet (UV) irradiation, and the increase is proportional to the dose of energy applied, indicating that these enzymes are actively involved in cellular protection against oxidative stress.
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- Iria Folgueira
- Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Laboratory of Parasitology, Institute of Research and Food Analysis, Campus Vida, University of Santiago de Compostela, E-15782, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Department of Fundamental Biology, Institute of Aquaculture, Campus Vida, University of Santiago de Compostela, E-15782, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Laboratory of Parasitology, Institute of Research and Food Analysis, Campus Vida, University of Santiago de Compostela, E-15782, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Laboratory of Parasitology, Institute of Research and Food Analysis, Campus Vida, University of Santiago de Compostela, E-15782, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Department of Fundamental Biology, Institute of Aquaculture, Campus Vida, University of Santiago de Compostela, E-15782, Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
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Biochemical Properties and Neuroprotective Effects of Compounds in Various Species of Berries. Molecules 2017; 23:molecules23010026. [PMID: 29271934 PMCID: PMC5943949 DOI: 10.3390/molecules23010026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2017] [Revised: 12/12/2017] [Accepted: 12/19/2017] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Several species of berries, such as blueberries (Vaccinium angustifolium) and lingonberries (Vaccinium vitis-idaea L.), have attracted much scientific attention in recent years, especially due to their reported antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. Berries, as with other types of plants, have developed metabolic mechanisms to survive various environmental stresses, some of which involve reactive oxygen species. In addition, the fruits and leaves of berries have high amounts of polyphenols, such as flavonoids, which act as potent antioxidants. These compounds could potentially be beneficial for brain aging and neurodegenerative disorders. There are now several studies documenting the beneficial effects of various berries in cell models of neurotoxicity as well as in vivo models of neurodegenerative disease. In the current review, we discuss the metabolic strategies that plants and animals have developed in order to combat reactive oxygen species. We then discuss issues of bioavailability of various compounds in mammals and provide a synopsis of studies demonstrating the neuroprotective ability of berries and polyphenols. We also summarize findings from our own research group. For example, we have detected various polyphenols in samples of blueberries and lingonberries and have found that the leaves have a much higher antioxidant capacity than the fruits. Extracts from these species have also demonstrated neuroprotective effects in cellular models of toxicity and inflammation, which are being further pursued in animal models.
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Diverse molecular resistance mechanisms of Bacillus megaterium during metal removal present in a spent catalyst. BIOTECHNOL BIOPROC E 2017. [DOI: 10.1007/s12257-016-0019-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Guo FX, E SJ, Liu SA, Chen J, Li DC. Purification and characterization of a thermostable MnSOD from the thermophilic fungusChaetomium thermophilum. Mycologia 2017; 100:375-80. [DOI: 10.3852/06-111r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Fang-xian Guo
- Department of Environmental Biology, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, Shandong, 271018, China
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- Department of Environmental Biology, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, Shandong, 271018, China
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- Department of Environmental Biology, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, Shandong, 271018, China
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- Department of Environmental Biology, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, Shandong, 271018, China
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E S, Guo F, Liu S, Chen J, Wang Y, Li D. Purification, Characterization, and Molecular Cloning of a Thermostable Superoxide Dismutase fromThermoascus aurantiacus. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2014; 71:1090-3. [PMID: 17420576 DOI: 10.1271/bbb.60709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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A thermostable superoxide dismutase [(SOD) EC 1.15.1.1] from a Thermoascus aurantiacus var. levisporus was purified to sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) homogeneity by a series of column chromatographies. The molecular mass of a single band of the enzyme was estimated to be 16.8 kDa by SDS-PAGE. The molecular mass was estimated to be 33.2 kDa by gel filtration on Sephacryl S-100, indicating that the enzyme was composed of two identical subunits of 16.8 kDa each. N-terminal amino acid sequencing (seven residues) yielded VKAVAVL. Using RACE-PCR, a Cu, Zn-SOD gene was cloned from T. aurantiacus var. levisporus. The sequence was 705 bp and contained a 468 bp ORF encoding a Cu, Zn-SOD of 155 amino acid residues.
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- Shijin E
- Department of Environmental Biology, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, Shandong, China
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Sheng Y, Abreu IA, Cabelli DE, Maroney MJ, Miller AF, Teixeira M, Valentine JS. Superoxide dismutases and superoxide reductases. Chem Rev 2014; 114:3854-918. [PMID: 24684599 PMCID: PMC4317059 DOI: 10.1021/cr4005296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 569] [Impact Index Per Article: 56.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2013] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Yuewei Sheng
- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University
of California Los Angeles, Los
Angeles, California 90095, United States
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- Instituto
de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Av. da República, 2780-157, Oeiras, Portugal
- Instituto
de Biologia Experimental e Tecnológica, Av. da República,
Qta. do Marquês, Estação Agronómica Nacional,
Edificio IBET/ITQB, 2780-157, Oeiras, Portugal
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- Chemistry
Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts
Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0055, United States
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- Instituto
de Tecnologia Química e Biológica António Xavier, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Av. da República, 2780-157, Oeiras, Portugal
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- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University
of California Los Angeles, Los
Angeles, California 90095, United States
- Department
of Bioinspired Sciences, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 120-750, Republic of Korea
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Molecular characterization of a recombinant manganese superoxide dismutase from Lactococcus lactis M4. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2014; 2014:469298. [PMID: 24592392 PMCID: PMC3921932 DOI: 10.1155/2014/469298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2013] [Revised: 10/12/2013] [Accepted: 11/03/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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A superoxide dismutase (SOD) gene of Lactococcus lactis M4 was cloned and expressed in a prokaryotic system. Sequence analysis revealed an open reading frame of 621 bp which codes for 206 amino acid residues. Expression of sodA under T7 promoter exhibited a specific activity of 4967 U/mg when induced with 1 mM of isopropyl-β-D-thiogalactopyranoside. The recombinant SOD was purified to homogeneity by immobilised metal affinity chromatography and Superose 12 gel filtration chromatography. Sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and western blot analyses of the recombinant SOD detected a molecular mass of approximately 27 kDa. However, the SOD was in dimer form as revealed by gel filtration chromatography. The purified recombinant enzyme had a pI of 4.5 and exhibited maximal activity at 25°C and pH 7.2. It was stable up to 45°C. The insensitivity of this lactococcal SOD to cyanide and hydrogen peroxide established that it was a MnSOD. Although it has 98% homology to SOD of L. lactis IL1403, this is the first elucidated structure of lactococcal SOD revealing active sites containing the catalytic manganese coordinated by four ligands (H-27, H-82, D-168, and H-172).
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Honsa ES, Johnson MDL, Rosch JW. The roles of transition metals in the physiology and pathogenesis of Streptococcus pneumoniae. Front Cell Infect Microbiol 2013; 3:92. [PMID: 24364001 PMCID: PMC3849628 DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2013.00092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2013] [Accepted: 11/19/2013] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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For bacterial pathogens whose sole environmental reservoir is the human host, the acquisition of essential nutrients, particularly transition metals, is a critical aspect of survival due to tight sequestration and limitation strategies deployed to curtail pathogen outgrowth. As such, these bacteria have developed diverse, specialized acquisition mechanisms to obtain these metals from the niches of the body in which they reside. To oppose the spread of infection, the human host has evolved multiple mechanisms to counter bacterial invasion, including sequestering essential metals away from bacteria and exposing bacteria to lethal concentrations of metals. Hence, to maintain homeostasis within the host, pathogens must be able to acquire necessary metals from host proteins and to export such metals when concentrations become detrimental. Furthermore, this acquisition and efflux equilibrium must occur in a tissue-specific manner because the concentration of metals varies greatly within the various microenvironments of the human body. In this review, we examine the functional roles of the metal import and export systems of the Gram-positive pathogen Streptococcus pneumoniae in both signaling and pathogenesis.
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- Erin S Honsa
- Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Memphis, TN, USA
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Memphis, TN, USA
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Choi HJ, Yoo JS, Jeong YK, Joo WH. Involvement of antioxidant defense system in solvent tolerance of Pseudomonas putida BCNU 106. J Basic Microbiol 2013; 54:945-50. [PMID: 24136354 DOI: 10.1002/jobm.201300176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2013] [Accepted: 07/08/2013] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The highly solvent-tolerant bacterium Pseudomonas sp. BCNU 106 was investigated to elucidate the solvent tolerance under specific culture conditions with the presence of solvents and its adaptive mechanisms to those conditions with reference to the antioxidant system. When exposed to 10% toluene, Pseudomonas sp. BCNU 106 increased the generation of reactive oxygen species assessed by monitoring the oxidation of 2',7'-dichlorofluorescein. Typical antioxidant enzymes (viz. catalase, superoxide dismutase, and glutathione reductase) showed increased activity with prolonged incubation in 10% toluene. In addition, the levels of these antioxidant proteins were higher during exposure to 10% toluene than in toluene-free condition. The present study indicates that antioxidant defense activity is one of the adaptive and protective mechanisms developed to avoid the deleterious damage of organic solvents, especially toluene.
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- Hye Jung Choi
- Interdisplinary Program for Biotechnology and Department of Biology, Changwon National University, Changwon, Korea
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Guzmán-Deara J, Reyes-De la Cruz H, Beltrán-Peña EM, Castro-Mercado E, García-Pineda E. Identification and characterization of superoxide dismutase in Phytophthora cinnamomi. PROTOPLASMA 2013; 250:779-785. [PMID: 23086260 DOI: 10.1007/s00709-012-0464-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2012] [Accepted: 10/04/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Superoxide dismutase (SOD) activities of the oomycete Phytophthora cinnamomi were examined. Five polypeptides with manganese superoxide dismutase (MnSOD) activity were found in mycelium growing in liquid culture with relative molecular weights ranging from approximately 25 to 100 kDa. Comparison with characterized avocado SODs showed no evidence for the presence of either iron or copper/zinc SODs in P. cinnamomi. The level of activity of the MnSOD polypeptides decreased in the presence of avocado root or cell wall components. Growth of P. cinnamomi, measured as dry weight, increased when the mycelium was grown in the presence of superoxide anion (O(2) (-)), which was added exogenously. Our results suggest that the metabolism of O(2) (-) has an important role in the development of P. cinnamomi.
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- Jerónimo Guzmán-Deara
- Instituto de Investigaciones Químico Biológicas, U.M.S.N.H, Ciudad Universitaria, Edif. B1, C.P. 58040, Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico
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Cloning, Expression, and Characterization of Iron Superoxide Dismutase in Sonneratia alba, a Highly Salt Tolerant Mangrove Tree. Protein J 2013; 32:259-65. [DOI: 10.1007/s10930-013-9482-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Thankam Finosh G, Jayabalan M. Reactive oxygen species—Control and management using amphiphilic biosynthetic hydrogels for cardiac applications. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013. [DOI: 10.4236/abb.2013.412150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Lucchetti-Miganeh C, Goudenège D, Thybert D, Salbert G, Barloy-Hubler F. SORGOdb: Superoxide Reductase Gene Ontology curated DataBase. BMC Microbiol 2011; 11:105. [PMID: 21575179 PMCID: PMC3116461 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-11-105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2010] [Accepted: 05/16/2011] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Superoxide reductases (SOR) catalyse the reduction of superoxide anions to hydrogen peroxide and are involved in the oxidative stress defences of anaerobic and facultative anaerobic organisms. Genes encoding SOR were discovered recently and suffer from annotation problems. These genes, named sor, are short and the transfer of annotations from previously characterized neelaredoxin, desulfoferrodoxin, superoxide reductase and rubredoxin oxidase has been heterogeneous. Consequently, many sor remain anonymous or mis-annotated. DESCRIPTION SORGOdb is an exhaustive database of SOR that proposes a new classification based on domain architecture. SORGOdb supplies a simple user-friendly web-based database for retrieving and exploring relevant information about the proposed SOR families. The database can be queried using an organism name, a locus tag or phylogenetic criteria, and also offers sequence similarity searches using BlastP. Genes encoding SOR have been re-annotated in all available genome sequences (prokaryotic and eukaryotic (complete and in draft) genomes, updated in May 2010). CONCLUSIONS SORGOdb contains 325 non-redundant and curated SOR, from 274 organisms. It proposes a new classification of SOR into seven different classes and allows biologists to explore and analyze sor in order to establish correlations between the class of SOR and organism phenotypes. SORGOdb is freely available at http://sorgo.genouest.org/index.php.
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- Céline Lucchetti-Miganeh
- CNRS UMR 6026, ICM, Equipe Sp@rte, Université de Rennes 1, Campus de Beaulieu, 35042 Rennes, France.
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Xiang H, Pan G, Vossbrinck CR, Zhang R, Xu J, Li T, Zhou Z, Lu C, Xiang Z. A tandem duplication of manganese superoxide dismutase in Nosema bombycis and its evolutionary origins. J Mol Evol 2010; 71:401-14. [PMID: 20972560 DOI: 10.1007/s00239-010-9394-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2010] [Accepted: 09/17/2010] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Microsporidia are a group of obligate intracellular eukaryotic parasites with small genomes. They infect animals from a wide variety of phyla, including humans. Two manganese superoxide dismutase (MnSOD) genes, designated NbMnSOD1 and NbMnSOD2, were found to be organized in a tandem array within the Nosema bombycis genome. The genes, both 678 bp in length, were found to be more similar to each other than they are to homologous genes of other Microsporidia, suggesting that the tandem duplication occurred subsequent to the development of this lineage. Reverse transcript PCR shows that mRNA for both genes is present in the spores. Analysis of the primary structure, hydrophobic cluster analysis, target signal analysis, and phylogenetic analysis all indicate that NbMnSOD1 is dimeric and targeted to the cytosol. NbMnSOD2 seems to have changed more rapidly and is under less evolutionary constraint than NbMnSOD1 suggesting that NbMnSOD2 may function under different conditions or in different tissues of its host rather than simply resulting in an increase in expression. A phylogenetic analysis of MnSOD sequences from eukaryotes, Archaea, and bacteria shows the microsporidial MnSODs to be grouped with the bacteria suggesting a possible horizontal gene transfer.
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- Heng Xiang
- Institute of Sericulture and Systems Biology, Southwest University, Beibei District, Chongqing, 400715, China
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Wakadkar S, Zhang LQ, Li DC, Haikarainen T, Dhavala P, Papageorgiou AC. Expression, purification and crystallization of Chaetomium thermophilum Cu,Zn superoxide dismutase. Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun 2010; 66:1089-92. [PMID: 20823534 PMCID: PMC2935235 DOI: 10.1107/s1744309110030393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2010] [Accepted: 07/30/2010] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Cu,Zn superoxide dismutase (Cu,ZnSOD) from the thermophilic fungus Chaetomium thermophilum was expressed in Pichia pastoris and purified. Crystals were grown in over 120 conditions but only those produced with 1.4 M sodium potassium phosphate pH 8.2 as precipitant were suitable for structural studies. Data were collected to 1.9 A resolution at 100 K from a single crystal using a synchrotron-radiation source. The crystals belonged to space group P6(1)/P6(5), with unit-cell parameters a=90.2, c=314.5 A and eight molecules in the asymmetric unit. Elucidation of the crystal structure will provide insights into the active site of the enzyme and a better understanding of the structure-activity relationship, assembly and thermal stability of Cu,ZnSODs.
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- Sachin Wakadkar
- Turku Centre for Biotechnology, University of Turku and Åbo Akademi, Turku 20521, Finland
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- Department of Environmental Biology, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, Shandong 271018, People’s Republic of China
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Taishan Medical College, Taian, Shandong 271016, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Environmental Biology, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, Shandong 271018, People’s Republic of China
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- Turku Centre for Biotechnology, University of Turku and Åbo Akademi, Turku 20521, Finland
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- Turku Centre for Biotechnology, University of Turku and Åbo Akademi, Turku 20521, Finland
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Identification of Campylobacter jejuni genes involved in its interaction with epithelial cells. Infect Immun 2010; 78:3540-53. [PMID: 20515930 DOI: 10.1128/iai.00109-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Campylobacter jejuni is the leading cause of infectious gastroenteritis in industrialized nations. Its ability to enter and survive within nonphagocytic cells is thought to be very important for pathogenesis. However, little is known about the C. jejuni determinants that mediate these processes. Through an extensive transposon mutagenesis screen, we have identified several loci that are required for C. jejuni efficient entry and survival within epithelial cells. Among these loci, insertional mutations in aspA, aspB, and sodB resulted in drastic reduction in C. jejuni entry and/or survival within host cells and a severe defect in colonization in an animal model. The implications of these findings for the understanding of C. jejuni-host cell interactions are discussed.
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Nedeva T, Dolashka-Angelova P, Moshtanska V, Voelter W, Petrova V, Kujumdzieva A. Purification and partial characterization of Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase from Kluyveromyces marxianus yeast. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2009; 877:3529-36. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2009.08.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2009] [Revised: 06/12/2009] [Accepted: 08/11/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Gupta MK, Subramanian V, Yadav JS. Immunoproteomic Identification of Secretory and Subcellular Protein Antigens and Functional Evaluation of the Secretome Fraction of Mycobacterium immunogenum, a Newly Recognized Species of the Mycobacterium chelonae−Mycobacterium abscessus Group. J Proteome Res 2009; 8:2319-30. [DOI: 10.1021/pr8009462] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Manish K. Gupta
- Microbial Pathogenesis Laboratory, Department of Environmental Health, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio 45267-0056
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- Microbial Pathogenesis Laboratory, Department of Environmental Health, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio 45267-0056
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- Microbial Pathogenesis Laboratory, Department of Environmental Health, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio 45267-0056
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Verneuil N, Mazé A, Sanguinetti M, Laplace JM, Benachour A, Auffray Y, Giard JC, Hartke A. Implication of (Mn)superoxide dismutase of Enterococcus faecalis in oxidative stress responses and survival inside macrophages. MICROBIOLOGY-SGM 2006; 152:2579-2589. [PMID: 16946253 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.28922-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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The gene encoding the manganese-containing superoxide dismutase (MnSOD) of Enterococcus faecalis was characterized. It is transcribed monocistronically from an upstream promoter identified by rapid amplification of cDNA ends (RACE)-PCR. A sodA mutant was constructed and characterized. Growth of the mutant strain was not significantly different from that of its wild-type counterpart in standing and aerated cultures. However, the mutant was more sensitive towards menadione and hydroperoxide stresses. The response to H(2)O(2) stress was analysed in more detail, and the mode of killing of this oxidant was different under anaerobic and aerobic conditions. Cultures grown and challenged under anaerobic conditions were highly sensitive to treatment with 35 mM H(2)O(2). They were largely protected by the iron chelator deferoxamine, which suggested that killing was mainly due to an enhanced Fenton reaction. In contrast, neither strain was protected by the iron chelators deferoxamine and diethylenetriaminepentaacteic acid when grown and challenged under aerobic conditions, which suggested that inactivation of the cells by H(2)O(2) was due to another killing mode. The sodA mutant was more sensitive under these conditions, showing that MnSOD is also important for protecting the cells from damage under aerobic conditions. Finally, the MnSOD of Ent. faecalis may be considered to be a virulence factor, since survival of the corresponding mutant strain was highly affected inside mouse peritoneal macrophages.
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- Nicolas Verneuil
- Laboratoire de Microbiologie de l'Université de Caen, EA956 USC INRA 2017, 14032 CAEN Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire de Microbiologie de l'Université de Caen, EA956 USC INRA 2017, 14032 CAEN Cedex, France
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- Institute of Microbiology, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, L. go F. Vito 1, 00168, Rome, Italy
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- Laboratoire de Microbiologie de l'Université de Caen, EA956 USC INRA 2017, 14032 CAEN Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire de Microbiologie de l'Université de Caen, EA956 USC INRA 2017, 14032 CAEN Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire de Microbiologie de l'Université de Caen, EA956 USC INRA 2017, 14032 CAEN Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire de Microbiologie de l'Université de Caen, EA956 USC INRA 2017, 14032 CAEN Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire de Microbiologie de l'Université de Caen, EA956 USC INRA 2017, 14032 CAEN Cedex, France
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Bakshi CS, Malik M, Regan K, Melendez JA, Metzger DW, Pavlov VM, Sellati TJ. Superoxide dismutase B gene (sodB)-deficient mutants of Francisella tularensis demonstrate hypersensitivity to oxidative stress and attenuated virulence. J Bacteriol 2006; 188:6443-8. [PMID: 16923916 PMCID: PMC1595384 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00266-06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2006] [Accepted: 06/26/2006] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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A Francisella tularensis live vaccine strain mutant (sodB(Ft)) with reduced Fe-superoxide dismutase gene expression was generated and found to exhibit decreased sodB activity and increased sensitivity to redox cycling compounds compared to wild-type bacteria. The sodB(Ft) mutant also was significantly attenuated for virulence in mice. Thus, this study has identified sodB as an important F. tularensis virulence factor.
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- Chandra Shekhar Bakshi
- Center for Immunology and Microbial Disease, Albany Medical College, 47 New Scotland Avenue, Albany, NY 12208-3479, USA
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Magwere T, West M, Riyahi K, Murphy MP, Smith RAJ, Partridge L. The effects of exogenous antioxidants on lifespan and oxidative stress resistance in Drosophila melanogaster. Mech Ageing Dev 2006; 127:356-70. [PMID: 16442589 DOI: 10.1016/j.mad.2005.12.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2005] [Revised: 12/07/2005] [Accepted: 12/12/2005] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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We used the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster to test the effects of feeding the superoxide dismutase (SOD) mimetic drugs Euk-8 and -134 and the mitochondria-targeted mitoquinone (MitoQ) on lifespan and oxidative stress resistance of wild type and SOD-deficient flies. Our results reaffirm the findings by other workers that exogenous antioxidant can rescue pathology associated with compromised defences to oxidative stress, but fail to extend the lifespan of normal, wild type animals. All three drugs showed a dose-dependent increase in toxicity in wild type flies, an effect that was exacerbated in the presence of the redox-cycling drug paraquat. However, important findings from this study were that in SOD-deficient flies, where the antioxidant drugs increased lifespan, the effects were sex-specific and, for either sex, the effects were also variable depending on (1) the stage of development from which the drugs were given, and (2) the magnitude of the dose. These findings place significant constraints on the role of oxidative stress in normal ageing.
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- Tapiwanashe Magwere
- Centre for Research on Ageing, University College London, Department of Biology, Darwin Building, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, United Kingdom
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Bruno-Bárcena JM, Azcárate-Peril MA, Klaenhammer TR, Hassan HM. Marker-free chromosomal integration of the manganese superoxide dismutase gene (sodA) from Streptococcus thermophilus into Lactobacillus gasseri. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2005; 246:91-101. [PMID: 15869967 DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2005.03.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2004] [Revised: 02/01/2005] [Accepted: 03/26/2005] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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A strategy for functional gene replacement in the chromosome of Lactobacillus gasseri is described. The phospho-beta-galactosidase II gene (lacII) was functionally replaced by the manganese superoxide dismutase (MnSOD) gene (sodA) from Streptococcus thermophilus, by adapting the insertional inactivation method described for lactobacilli [Russell, W.M. and Klaenhammer, T.R. 2001 Efficient system for directed integration into the Lactobacillus acidophilus and Lactobacillus gasseri chromosomes via homologous recombination. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 67, 4361-4364]. L. gasseri carrying the heterologous sodA gene grew on lactose as efficiently as the wild-type parent. An active MnSOD was expressed in the transgenic strain, and the enzyme migrated on PAGE-SOD activity gels to the same position as that of MnSOD from S. thermophilus. The expression of MnSOD from a single copy of sodA integrated in the chromosome of L. gasseri provided enhanced tolerance to hydrogen peroxide, and extended the viability of carbon/energy starved cultures stored at 25 degrees C. This is the first report showing the successful utilization of the pORI plasmids system to generate marker-free gene integration in L. gasseri strains.
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- José M Bruno-Bárcena
- Department of Microbiology, North Carolina State University, P.O. Box 7615, Raleigh, NC 27695-7615, USA
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Miller RF, Lindley AR, Malin AS, Ambrose HE, Wakefield AE. Isolates of Pneumocystis jirovecii from Harare show high genotypic similarity to isolates from London at the superoxide dismutase locus. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg 2005; 99:202-6. [PMID: 15653122 DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2004.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2004] [Revised: 09/17/2004] [Accepted: 09/17/2004] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Pneumocystis jirovecii is the cause of Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) in humans. Isolates of P. jirovecii obtained from patients in Harare, Zimbabwe were genotyped at the superoxide dismutase locus. High genotypic similarity to isolates of P. jirovecii obtained from patients in London, UK was observed. These data provide additional support for the hypothesis that P. jirovecii is genetically indistinguishable in isolates from geographically diverse locations.
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- Robert F Miller
- Centre for Sexual Health and HIV Research, Department of Primary Care and Population Sciences, Royal Free and University College Medical School, University College London, London WC1E 6AU, UK.
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Tolfo Bittencourt SE, Amaral de Castro L, Estrazulas Farias S, Nair Bao S, Schrank A, Henning Vainstein M. Purification and ultrastructural localization of a copper-zinc superoxide dismutase (CuZnSOD) from the entomopathogenic and acaricide fungus Metarhizium anisopliae. Res Microbiol 2005; 155:681-7. [PMID: 15380557 DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2004.04.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2004] [Accepted: 04/28/2004] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The entomopathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae contains three superoxide dismutases. One of these enzymes was purified and partially characterized as a CuZnSOD. The enzyme has an estimated molecular mass of 30690 Da and a specific activity of 3838.89 Umg(-1). SDS-PAGE and 2D gels show a single band of protein in the fractions eluted from the gel filtration column with a molecular mass of 20000 and approximately 15000 Da, respectively, and a pI of 6.0. These results suggest that the native enzyme is a dimer consisting of two subunits. Polyclonal antiserum were raised against purified CuZnSOD and used to determine its subcellular localization by immunoelectron microscopy. M. anisopliae CuZnSOD is present in the cell wall.
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Li DC, Gao J, Li YL, Lu J. A thermostable manganese-containing superoxide dismutase from the thermophilic fungus Thermomyces lanuginosus. Extremophiles 2004; 9:1-6. [PMID: 15290327 DOI: 10.1007/s00792-004-0413-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2004] [Accepted: 06/30/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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A thermostable superoxide dismutase (SOD) from a Thermomyces lanuginosus strain (P134) was purified to homogeneity by fractional ammonium sulfate precipitation, ion-exchange chromatography on DEAE-Sepharose, Phenyl-Sepharose hydrophobic interaction chromatography, and gel filtration on Sephacryl S-100. The molecular mass of a single band of the enzyme was estimated to be 22.4 kDa, using sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Using gel filtration on Sephacryl S-100, the molecular mass was estimated to be 89.1 kDa, indicating that this enzyme was composed of four identical subunits of 22.4 kDa each. The SOD was found to be inhibited by NaN3, but not by KCN or H2O2, suggesting that the SOD in T. lanuginosus was of the manganese superoxide dismutase type. The SOD exhibited maximal activity at pH 7.5. The optimum temperature for the activity was 55 degrees C. It was thermostable at 50 and 60 degrees C and retained 55% activity after 60 min at 70 degrees C. The half-life of the SOD at 80 degrees C was approximately 28 min and even retained 20% activity after 20 min at 90 degrees C.
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- Duo-Chuan Li
- Department of Environmental Biology, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, Shandong 271018, China.
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Yu J, Yu X, Liu J. A thermostable manganese-containing superoxide dismutase from pathogenChlamydia pneumoniae. FEBS Lett 2004; 562:22-6. [PMID: 15043996 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(04)00170-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2003] [Revised: 02/02/2004] [Accepted: 02/02/2004] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The gene CP0718 encoding a putative manganese-containing superoxide dismutase of Chlamydia pneumoniae AR39 was cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli. Characterization showed that the expressed protein with a monomeric molecular mass of 23.1 kDa had superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity and the cofactor of CpSOD was a bivalent manganese cation. It is unexpected that this enzyme was hyperthermostable, and maintained about 90% activity after incubation at 70 degrees C for 60 min. Manganese binding residues found in the SOD sequences from different species are conserved in CpSOD. Bioinformatics analysis compared with Propionibacterium shermanii MnSOD was performed to elucidate the CpSOD hyperthermostability based on amino acid sequences.
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- Jing Yu
- College of Life Sciences and Technology, Shanghai Jiaotong University, 1954 Hua-shan Road, Shanghai 200030, PR China
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Satola SW, Schirmer PL, Farley MM. Genetic analysis of the capsule locus of Haemophilus influenzae serotype f. Infect Immun 2004; 71:7202-7. [PMID: 14638817 PMCID: PMC308930 DOI: 10.1128/iai.71.12.7202-7207.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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A 19-kb DNA region containing genes involved in the biosynthesis of the capsule of Haemophilus influenzae serotype f (Hif) has been cloned and characterized. The Hif cap locus organization is typical of group II capsule biosynthetic loci found in other H. influenzae serotype b bacteria and other gram-negative bacteria. However, the Hif cap locus was not associated with an IS1016 element. Three new open reading frames, Fcs1, Fcs2, and Fcs3, were identified in the Hif capsule-specific region II. The chromosomal location of the Hif cap locus and the organization of the flanking sequences differed significantly from previously described division I H. influenzae serotypes.
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- Sarah W Satola
- Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Decatur, Georgia 30033, USA
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Luke NR, Karalus RJ, Campagnari AA. Inactivation of the Moraxella catarrhalis superoxide dismutase SodA induces constitutive expression of iron-repressible outer membrane proteins. Infect Immun 2002; 70:1889-95. [PMID: 11895952 PMCID: PMC127887 DOI: 10.1128/iai.70.4.1889-1895.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Many pathogens produce one or more superoxide dismutases (SODs), enzymes involved in the detoxification of endogenous and exogenous reactive oxygen species that are encountered during the infection process. One detectable cytoplasmic SOD was identified in the human mucosal pathogen Moraxella catarrhalis, and the gene responsible for the SOD activity, sodA, was isolated from a recent pediatric clinical isolate (strain 7169). Sequence analysis of the cloned M. catarrhalis 7169 DNA fragment revealed an open reading frame of 618 bp encoding a polypeptide of 205 amino acids with 48 to 67% identity to known bacterial manganese-cofactored SODs. An isogenic M. catarrhalis sodA mutant was constructed in strain 7169 by allelic exchange. In contrast to the wild-type 7169, the 7169::sodK20 mutant was severely attenuated for aerobic growth, even in rich medium containing supplemental amino acids, and exhibited extreme sensitivity to the redox-active agent methyl viologen. The ability of recombinant SodA to rescue the aerobic growth defects of E. coli QC774, a sodA sodB-deficient mutant, demonstrated the functional expression of SOD activity by cloned M. catarrhalis sodA. Indirect SOD detection assays were used to visualize both native and recombinant SodA activity in bacterial lysates. This study demonstrates that M. catarrhalis SodA plays a critical role in the detoxification of endogenous, metabolically produced oxygen radicals. In addition, the outer membrane protein (OMP) profile of 7169::sodK20 was consistent with iron starvation in spite of growth under iron-replete conditions. This novel observation indicates that M. catarrhalis strains lacking SodA constitutively express immunogenic OMPs previously described as iron repressible, and this potentially attenuated mutant strain may be an attractive vaccine candidate.
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- Nicole R Luke
- Department of Microbiology, Witebsky Center for Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunology, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14214, USA
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Caldwell JM, Hassan HM. Azotobacter chroococcum does not contain sodA or its gene product Mn-superoxide dismutase. Can J Microbiol 2002; 48:183-7. [PMID: 11963934 DOI: 10.1139/w02-003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Azotobacter chroococcum and Azotobacter vinelandii grown in Burk medium with 1% mannitol (BM) or in BM supplemented with 2.2 mg/mL ammonium acetate (BM+N) were found to have only iron-containing and CuZn-containing superoxide dismutase. Furthermore, genomic DNA from A. chroococcum and A. vinelandii were subjected to polymerase chain reaction analysis using sodA- and sodB-specific primers and yielded only a sodB product. These results dispute the assertion by Buchanan and Lees (Can. J. Microbiol. 26: 441-447, 1980) that A. chroococcum contains Mn-superoxide dismutase.
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- Jane M Caldwell
- Department of Microbiology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh 27695-7615, USA
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Geslin C, Llanos J, Prieur D, Jeanthon C. The manganese and iron superoxide dismutases protect Escherichia coli from heavy metal toxicity. Res Microbiol 2001; 152:901-5. [PMID: 11766965 DOI: 10.1016/s0923-2508(01)01273-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Superoxide dismutases (SODs) are vital components that defend against oxidative stress through decomposition of superoxide radical. Escherichia coli contains two highly homologous SODs, a manganese- and an iron-containing enzyme (Mn-SOD and Fe-SOD, respectively). In contrast, a single Mn-SOD is present in Bacillus subtilis. In E. coli, the absence of SODs was found to be associated with an increased sensitivity to cadmium, nickel and cobalt ions. Mutants lacking either sodA or sodB exhibited metal resistance to levels comparable to that of the wild-type strain. Although sod-deficient mutant cells were more resistant to zinc than their wild-type counterpart, no differences between the strains were observed in the presence of copper. In B. subtilis, the sodA mutation had no effect on cadmium and copper resistance. These results suggest that intracellular generation of superoxide by cadmium, nickel and cobalt is toxic in E. coli. They support the participation of sod genes in its protection against metal stress.
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- C Geslin
- UMR 6539, Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer, Technopole Brest-Iroise, Plouzané, France
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Poyart C, Pellegrini E, Gaillot O, Boumaila C, Baptista M, Trieu-Cuot P. Contribution of Mn-cofactored superoxide dismutase (SodA) to the virulence of Streptococcus agalactiae. Infect Immun 2001; 69:5098-106. [PMID: 11447191 PMCID: PMC98605 DOI: 10.1128/iai.69.8.5098-5106.2001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Superoxide dismutases convert superoxide anions to molecular oxygen and hydrogen peroxide, which, in turn, is metabolized by catalases and/or peroxidases. These enzymes constitute one of the major defense mechanisms of cells against oxidative stress and hence play a role in the pathogenesis of certain bacteria. We previously demonstrated that group B streptococci (GBS) possess a single Mn-cofactored superoxide dismutase (SodA). To analyze the role of this enzyme in the pathogenicity of GBS, we constructed a sodA-disrupted mutant of Streptococcus agalactiae NEM316 by allelic exchange. This mutant was subsequently cis complemented by integration into the chromosome of pAT113/Sp harboring the wild-type sodA gene. The SOD specific activity detected by gel analysis in cell extracts confirmed that active SODs were present in the parental and complemented strains but absent in the sodA mutant. The growth rates of these strains in standing cultures were comparable, but the sodA mutant was extremely susceptible to the oxidative stress generated by addition of paraquat or hydrogen peroxide to the culture medium and exhibited a higher mutation frequency in the presence of rifampin. In mouse bone marrow-derived macrophages, the sodA mutant showed an increased susceptibility to bacterial killing by macrophages. In a mouse infection model, after intravenous injection the survival of the sodA mutant in the blood and the brain was markedly reduced in comparison to that of the parental and complemented strains whereas only minor effects on survival in the liver and the spleen were observed. These results suggest that SodA plays a role in GBS pathogenesis.
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- C Poyart
- INSERM U-411, Faculté de Médecine Necker-Enfants Malades, 75730 Paris Cedex 15, France.
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All aerobic organisms have mechanisms that protect against oxidative compounds. Catalase, peroxidase, superoxide dismutase, glutathione, and thioredoxin are widely distributed in many taxa and constitute elements of a nearly ubiquitous antioxidant metabolic strategy. Interestingly, the regulatory mechanisms that control these elements are rather different depending on the nature of the oxidative stress and the organism. Catalase is well documented to play an important role in protecting cells from oxidative stress. In particular, pathogenic bacteria seem to use this enzyme as a defensive tool against attack by the host. To investigate the significance of catalase in hostile environments, we made catalase deletion mutations in two different B. abortus strains and used two-dimensional gel analysis, survival tests, and adaptation experiments to explore the behavior and role of catalase under several oxidative stress conditions. These studies show that B. abortus strains that do not express catalase activity exhibit increased sensitivity to hydrogen peroxide. We also demonstrate that catalase expression is regulated in this species, and that preexposure to a sublethal concentration of hydrogen peroxide allows B. abortus to adapt so as to survive subsequent exposure to higher concentrations of hydrogen peroxide.
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- J A Kim
- Department of Zoology and Genetics, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011, USA
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Yesilkaya H, Kadioglu A, Gingles N, Alexander JE, Mitchell TJ, Andrew PW. Role of manganese-containing superoxide dismutase in oxidative stress and virulence of Streptococcus pneumoniae. Infect Immun 2000; 68:2819-26. [PMID: 10768978 PMCID: PMC97493 DOI: 10.1128/iai.68.5.2819-2826.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 130] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/1999] [Accepted: 12/27/1999] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Streptococcus pneumoniae was shown to contain two types of superoxide dismutase, MnSOD and FeSOD. Levels of MnSOD increased during growth in an aerobic environment. The sodA gene, encoding MnSOD, of virulent S. pneumoniae type 2 strain D39 was inactivated to give mutant D39HY1. Aerobically, D39HY1 had a lower growth rate than the wild type and exhibited susceptibility to the redox-active compound paraquat, but anaerobic growth of D39HY1 was identical to that of the wild type. Virulence studies showed that the median survival time of mice infected intranasally with D39HY1 was significantly longer than that of mice infected with the wild-type pneumococcus. In contrast to the wild type, D39HY1 did not multiply in lungs during the first 24 h but thereafter grew at the same rate as the wild type. Appearance in the bloodstream was also delayed, but growth in the blood was unimpaired by the sodA mutation. The pattern of inflammation in lungs infected with D39HY1 differed from that in wild-type-infected mice. After infection with D39HY1, neutrophils were densely packed around bronchioles, in contrast to the wild-type infection, where neutrophils were more diffusely localized.
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- H Yesilkaya
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Leicester, Leicester LE1 9HN, United Kingdom
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Odberg-Ferragut C, Renault JP, Viscogliosi E, Toursel C, Briche I, Engels A, Lepage G, Morgenstern-Badarau I, Camus D, Tomavo S, Dive D. Molecular cloning, expression analysis and iron metal cofactor characterisation of a superoxide dismutase from Toxoplasma gondii. Mol Biochem Parasitol 2000; 106:121-9. [PMID: 10743616 DOI: 10.1016/s0166-6851(99)00211-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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A genomic region of 12 kb encompassing the gene encoding the superoxide dismutase (SOD) of Toxoplasma gondii has been cloned. The gene contains four exons of 121, 42, 381 and 59 bp which are separated by three introns of 321, 202, and 577 bp, respectively. The open reading frame can be translated into a protein of 201 amino acids with a molecular mass of 22.6 kDa. Alignment indicated that it is a FeSOD, a type only found in bacteria, protozoa and chloroplast of higher plants. Recombinant SOD was expressed in a Escherichia coli double mutant lacking both MnFeSOD and FeSODs. The presence of iron as metal cofactor was confirmed by measurements of iron by absorption mass spectrometry and electron paramagnetic resonance studies. Semi-quantitative reverse transcribed polymerase chain reaction experiments showed a similar amount of SOD transcripts in two developmental stages of T. gondii. Antibodies raised against the purified recombinant protein detected SOD protein in both bradyzoite and tachyzoite forms suggesting this SOD might be essential for the intracellular growth of both developmental stages. Southern blot analysis indicated that SOD occured as a single copy gene in T. gondii genome.
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Wu CH, Tsai-Wu JJ, Huang YT, Lin CY, Lioua GG, Lee FJ. Identification and subcellular localization of a novel Cu,Zn superoxide dismutase of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. FEBS Lett 1998; 439:192-6. [PMID: 9849904 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(98)01373-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Periplasmic copper, zinc superoxide dismutases (Cu,ZnSOD) of several Gram-negative pathogens have been shown to play an important role in protection against exogenous superoxide radicals and in determining virulence of the pathogens. Here we report the cloning and characterization of the sodC gene, encoding Cu,ZnSOD, from the Gram-positive Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The predicted protein sequence contains 240 amino acids with a putative signal peptide at the N-terminus and shows approximately 25% identity to other bacterial sodC. Recombinant proteins of a full-length sodC and a truncated form lacking the putative signal peptide were overexpressed in Escherichia coli and affinity purified. Renatured recombinant M. tuberculosis sodC protein possessed characteristics of a Cu,ZnSOD. Immunoblotting with an antiserum against the recombinant M. tuberculosis Cu,ZnSOD allowed detection of a single polypeptide in the lysate of M. tuberculosis. This polypeptide has a similar size as the recombinant protein without the putative signal peptide indicating that the endogenous Cu,ZnSOD in M. tuberculosis might be processed and secreted. Furthermore, immunogold electron microscopic image showed that Cu,ZnSOD is located in the periphery of M. tuberculosis. The enzymatic activity and subcellular localization of this novel Cu,ZnSOD suggest that it may play a role in determining virulence of M. tuberculosis.
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- C H Wu
- Institute of Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei
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Lee HS, Lee YS, Kim HS, Choi JY, Hassan HM, Chung MH. Mechanism of regulation of 8-hydroxyguanine endonuclease by oxidative stress: roles of FNR, ArcA, and Fur. Free Radic Biol Med 1998; 24:1193-201. [PMID: 9626574 DOI: 10.1016/s0891-5849(97)00427-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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We found previously that 8-hydroxyguanine (oh8Gua) endonuclease in E. coli is induced in response to oxidative stress in a fashion similar to the oxidative response of the Mn-superoxide dismutase (MnSOD). In this study, attempts were made to identify the genes involved in the co-regulation of E. coli endonuclease and MnSOD (sodA). oh8Gua nuclease is induced by molecular oxygen and a superoxide radical generator (paraquat) but not by H2O2, suggesting that the regulation of this endonuclease is dependent on SoxRS but independent of OxyR. This enzyme was induced by paraquat in all of the soxRS mutant strains used (soxR-, soxS- and soxRc), whereas glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (a member of the soxRS regulon) showed the expected responses; therefore, this possibility was excluded. The presence of metal chelators in the growth medium caused the induction of this enzyme, and this induction was suppressed by the addition of Fe++. Consistent with this finding, this enzyme was expressed under anaerobiosis in all of the mutant strains of fnr in particular, as well as fur, arcA, and combinations thereof. These findings suggest that the oxidative regulation of oh8Gua endonuclease is under control of fnr, fur, and arcA, where fnr plays a predominant role. The multiple involvement of regulatory genes as well as co-regulation with antioxidant enzyme will enhance the efficiency of cellular growth and survival in the aerobic environment.
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- H S Lee
- Department of Pharmacology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Chongno-gu, Seoul, Korea
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Viscogliosi E, Delgado-Viscogliosi P, Gerbod D, Dauchez M, Gratepanche S, Alix AJ, Dive D. Cloning and expression of an iron-containing superoxide dismutase in the parasitic protist, Trichomonas vaginalis. FEMS Microbiol Lett 1998; 161:115-23. [PMID: 9561738 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1998.tb12936.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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A superoxide dismutase (SOD) gene of the parasitic protist Trichomonas vaginalis was cloned, sequenced, expressed in Escherichia coli, and its gene product characterized. It is an iron-containing dimeric protein with a monomeric mass of 22,067 Da. Southern blots analyses suggested the presence of seven iron-containing (FeSOD) gene copies. Hydrophobic cluster analysis revealed some peculiarities in the 2D structure of the FeSOD from T. vaginalis and a strong structural conservation between prokaryotic and eukaryotic FeSODs. Phylogenetic reconstruction of the SOD sequences confirmed the dichotomy between FeSODs and manganese-containing SODs. FeSODs of protists appeared to group together with homologous proteobacterial enzymes suggesting a possible origin of eukaryotic FeSODs through an endosymbiotic event.
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- E Viscogliosi
- Laboratoire de Biologie des Protistes, UPRESA 6023 CNRS, Aubière, France.
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Gaillot O, Poyart C, Berche P, Trieu-Cuot P. Molecular characterization and expression analysis of the superoxide dismutase gene from Streptococcus agalactiae. Gene X 1997; 204:213-8. [PMID: 9434186 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-1119(97)00548-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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We have cloned and sequenced a 3103-bp DNA fragment carrying the gene encoding the Mn-SOD from Streptococcus agalactiae NEM318 serotype III. This DNA fragment contained four orfs that have the same polarity of transcription. Orf1 was truncated by molecular cloning and the corresponding 228-aa-long polypeptide did not exhibit any significant homology with other cognate proteins. Orf2 encodes a protein of 345 aa that displays some similarity (29% identity) with the YqeN peptide of Bacillus subtilis, the function of which is unknown. Orf3 encodes the 202-aa-long Mn-SOD which was functionally expressed in Escherichia coli. Orf4 was also truncated by molecular cloning and encodes 99 aa of the N-terminal moiety of a protein that displays significant homology (40% f identity) with the antiterminator LicT of B. subtilis. Transcriptional analysis revealed that the sodA gene of S. agalactiae NEM318 was transcribed monocistronically from a promoter, the activity of which is neither regulated by pH, O2, nor CO2 concentrations of the culture medium. Analysis by high resolution agarose gel electrophoresis of the AluI DNA polymorphism of the sodA locus in wild-type strains of S. agalactiae belonging to serogroups I, II, or III revealed no detectable difference.
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- O Gaillot
- Laboratoire de Microbiologie, Unité INSERM 411, Faculté de Médecine Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris, France
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Chang SK, Hassan HM. Characterization of superoxide dismutase in Streptococcus thermophilus. Appl Environ Microbiol 1997; 63:3732-5. [PMID: 9293026 PMCID: PMC168681 DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.9.3732-3735.1997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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Streptococcus thermophilus AO54 possesses a single manganese-containing superoxide dismutase (MnSOD). The enzyme was found to be insensitive to cyanide or to a modified H2O2 treatment. The enzyme is expressed in a growth-phase-dependent fashion, increasing three- to fourfold upon entry into stationary phase. The specific activity for MnSOD was the same under anaerobic or aerobic conditions and was not induced by the presence of paraquat under aerobic conditions.
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- S K Chang
- Department of Microbiology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh 27695-7615, USA
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Han JS. Mutagenic activity and specificity of hydrogen peroxide in the ad-3 forward-mutation test in two-component heterokaryons of Neurospora crassa. Mutat Res 1997; 374:169-84. [PMID: 9100841 DOI: 10.1016/s0027-5107(96)00207-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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In the ad-3 forward-mutation test, hydrogen peroxide was at best a weak mutagen in nongrowing conidia from a DNA repair-proficient heterokaryon (H-12, uvs-2+/uvs-2+) but was a moderate mutagen in nongrowing conidia from a DNA-repair-deficient heterokaryon (H-59, uvs-2/uvs-2) over a narrow range of high concentrations. H-59 also was more sensitive than H-12 to the killing activity of hydrogen peroxide at high concentrations. Thus, a DNA-repair pathway, of which the gene product of the uvs-2+ allele is a part, appears to be involved in the repair of hydrogen peroxide-induced DNA lesions at low survival in these strains. There was slightly, but significantly, more killing by hydrogen peroxide of nongrowing conidia from H-12 and H-59 in the presence of O2 than in the absence of O2 (presence of N2). Thus, the killing activity of hydrogen peroxide was enhanced by O2. The Mutational Spectra of hydrogen peroxide-induced ad-3 mutants shows that hydrogen peroxide induced mainly gene/point mutations but also some multilocus deletion mutations in H-12 and H-59. Multiple-locus mutations occurred only in H-59, but the frequency was very low. The frequencies of the 3 kinds of intracistronic complementation pattern among ad-3BR mutants (gene/point mutations) suggest that hydrogen peroxide induced both base-pair substitutions and frameshift mutations in both strains.
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- J S Han
- Department of Natural Medicinals and Biologics, Korean Food and Drug Administration, Seoul, South Korea
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Stevens MK, Hassett DJ, Radolf JD, Hansen EJ. Cloning and sequencing of the gene encoding the Cu,Zn-superoxide dismutase of Haemophilus ducreyi. Gene 1996; 183:35-40. [PMID: 8996084 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-1119(96)00417-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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The sodC gene of Haemophilus ducreyi was cloned and sequenced. The deduced amino acid sequence of this protein exhibited 71.6% identity and 81.8% similarity to the H. influenzae and H. parainfluenzae copper (Cu), zinc (Zn)-superoxide dismutase (SOD) enzymes. This gene was localized to a 2.2-kb H. ducreyi chromosomal DNA insert in plasmid pHdSOD. SOD activity was expressed in cell-free extracts of Escherichia coli containing the recombinant plasmid pHdSOD and was localized to the periplasmic space. The Cu,Zn-SOD produced by the H. ducreyi sodC gene did not complement the aerobic growth defect of an E. coli SOD-deficient mutant.
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- M K Stevens
- Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas 75235-9048, USA
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Angelova MB, Genova LK, Pashova SB, Slokoska LS. Induction of superoxide dismutase synthesis in Humicola lutea 110 by pentachlorophenol. Can J Microbiol 1996. [DOI: 10.1139/m96-154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Pentachlorophenol (PCP) caused a rapid and pronounced increase in the rate of biosynthesis of the superoxide dismutase (SOD) in fungal strain Humicola lutea 110. Mn-containing SOD (Mn-SOD) was mainly responsible for modulating total cell SOD. The kinetics of SOD synthesis in the presence of PCP demonstrated the induction model of enzyme formation. This model was also supported by deinduction experiments, because the removal of the PCP was followed by a marked decrease in SOD activity. PCP also caused a moderate induction of catalase. The concentrations, which were effective in inducing the Mn-SOD, increased the cyanide-resistant respiration. It seems likely that PCP increased the rate of intracellular production of superoxide [Formula: see text]. Addition of inhibitors of transcription and translation to cultures in the presence of inducer (PCP) inhibited further accumulation of SOD activity. These data suggest that PCP, probably by the increase of [Formula: see text] content, accelerates new enzyme synthesis in fungal strain Humicola lutea 110.Key words: superoxide dismutase, superoxide, induction, pentachlorophenol, fungi, Humicola lutea.
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Viscogliosi E, Durieux I, Delgado-Viscogliosi P, Bayle D, Dive D. Phylogenetic implication of iron-containing superoxide dismutase genes from trichomonad species. Mol Biochem Parasitol 1996; 80:209-214. [PMID: 8892298 DOI: 10.1016/0166-6851(96)02685-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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- E Viscogliosi
- Laboratoire de Biologie des Protistes, URA CNRS, Université Blaise Pascal de Clermont-Ferrand, Aubière, France
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Chadd HE, Newman J, Mann NH, Carr NG. Identification of iron superoxide dismutase and a copper/zinc superoxide dismutase enzyme activity within the marine cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. WH 7803. FEMS Microbiol Lett 1996; 138:161-5. [PMID: 9026442 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1996.tb08150.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Three constitutive forms of superoxide dismutase activity have been demonstrated in the cyanobacterial marine picoplankter Synechococcus sp. WH 7803 using polyacrylamide gel activity staining techniques. A protein which gave a positive non-haem iron stain on native polyacrylamide gels exhibited N-terminal similarity to both the iron superoxide dismutase and the manganese superoxide dismutase of Escherichia coli. The metal prosthetic group of each of the three activity bands was characterised by analysing their differential sensitivities to 5 mM H2O2, 2 mM cyanide and 2 mM of the copper chelator diethyldithiocarbamate. Three distinct superoxide dismutase activities were observed, an iron superoxide dismutase, a copper/zinc superoxide dismutase and a third form which has not been identified. Growth of Synechococcus cells in ASW medium containing no added iron resulted in no alteration in the activity of the iron superoxide dismutase. Growth of cultures in the absence of copper or zinc resulted in differential changes in the activities of the copper/zinc superoxide dismutase and the unidentified superoxide dismutase.
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- H E Chadd
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
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Imlay KR, Imlay JA. Cloning and analysis of sodC, encoding the copper-zinc superoxide dismutase of Escherichia coli. J Bacteriol 1996; 178:2564-71. [PMID: 8626323 PMCID: PMC177980 DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.9.2564-2571.1996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Benov and Fridovich recently reported the existence of a copper- and zinc-containing superoxide dismutase (CuZnSOD) in Escherichia coli (L. T. Benov and I. Fridovich, J. Biol. Chem. 269:25310-25314,1994). We have used the N-terminal protein sequence to isolate the gene encoding this enzyme. The gene, denoted sodC, is located at 37.1 min on the chromosome, adjacent to lhr and sodB. A monocistronic transcript of sodC accumulates only in stationary phase. The presence of a conventional leader sequence is consistent with physical data indicating that the E. coli enzyme, like other bacterial CuZnSODs, is secreted into the periplasm. Because superoxide cannot cross membranes, this localization indicates that the enzyme has evolved to defend periplasmic biomolecules against an extracytoplasmic superoxide source. Neither the source nor the target of the superoxide is known. Although once considered an exclusively eukaryotic enzyme, CuZnSOD has now been found in species that span three subdivisions of the purple bacteria. The bacterial CuZnSODs are more homologous to one another than to the eukaryotic enzymes, but active-site residues and structural motifs are clearly shared by both families of enzymes. The use of copper and an invariant disulfide bond suggest that the ancestral gene of present-day CuZnSODs evolved in an aerobic environment, long after the evolutionary split between the eukaryotes and the eubacteria. If so, a CuZnSOD gene must have been transferred laterally between members of these domains. The eukaryotic SODs most closely resemble that of Caulobacter crescentus, a relatively close descendant of the mitochondrial ancestor, suggesting that sodC may have entered the eukaryotes during the establishment of mitochondria.
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- K R Imlay
- Department of Microbiology, University of Illinois, Urbana 61801, USA
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St John G, Steinman HM. Periplasmic copper-zinc superoxide dismutase of Legionella pneumophila: role in stationary-phase survival. J Bacteriol 1996; 178:1578-84. [PMID: 8626284 PMCID: PMC177841 DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.6.1578-1584.1996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Copper-zinc superoxide dismutases (CuZnSODs) are infrequently found in bacteria although widespread in eukaryotes. Legionella pneumophila, the causative organism of Legionnaires' disease, is one of a small number of bacterial species that contain a CuZnSOD, residing in the periplasm, in addition to an iron SOD (FeSOD) in their cytoplasm. To investigate CuZnSOD function, we purified the enzyme from wild-type L. pneumophila, obtained amino acid sequence data from isolated peptides, cloned and sequenced the gene from a L. pneumophila library, and then constructed and characterized a CuZnSOD null mutant. In contrast to the cytoplasmic FeSOD, the CuZnSOD of L. pneumophila is not essential for viability. However, CuZnSOD is critical for survival during the stationary phase of growth. The CuZnSOD null mutant survived 10(4)- to 10(6)-fold less than wild-type L. pneumophila. In wild-type L. pneumophila, the specific activity of CuZnSOD increased during the transition from exponential to stationary-phase growth while the FeSOD activity was constant. These data support a role of periplasmic CuZnSOD in survival of L. pneumophila during stationary phase. Since L. pneumophila survives extensive periods of dormancy between growth within hosts. CuZnSOD may contribute to the ability of this bacterium to be a pathogen. In exponential phase, wild-type and CuZnSOD null strains grew with comparable doubling times. In cultured HL-60 and THP-1 macrophage-like cell lines and in primary cultures of human monocytes, multiplication of the CuZnSOD null mutant was comparable to that of wild type. This indicated that CuZnSOD is not essential for intracellular growth within macrophages or for killing of macrophages in those systems.
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- G St John
- Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461, USA
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Many of the parasitic protozoa, such as Entamoeba histolytica, Giardia, Trypanosoma, Leishmania, and Plasmodium, are considered to be anaerobes because they can be grown in vitro only under conditions of reduced oxygen tension. However, these parasitic protozoa have been found to be aerotolerant or microaerophilic, and also to consume oxygen to a certain extent. Furthermore, these organisms are highly susceptible to exogenous reactive oxygen species, such as hydrogen peroxide. They must, therefore, detoxify both oxygen and free radical products of enzymatic reactions. However, they lack some or all of the usual antioxidant defense mechanisms present in aerobic or other aerotolerant cells, such as catalase, superoxide dismutase, reduced glutathione, and the glutathione-recycling enzymes glutathione peroxidase and glutathione reductase. Instead, they possess alternative mechanisms for detoxification similar to those known to exist in certain prokaryotes. Although the functional aspects of these alternative mechanisms are yet to be understood completely, they could provide new insights into the biochemical peculiarities of these enigmatic pathogens.
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- R K Mehlotra
- Division of Geographic Medicine, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106-4983, USA
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Schnell S, Steinman HM. Function and stationary-phase induction of periplasmic copper-zinc superoxide dismutase and catalase/peroxidase in Caulobacter crescentus. J Bacteriol 1995; 177:5924-9. [PMID: 7592345 PMCID: PMC177420 DOI: 10.1128/jb.177.20.5924-5929.1995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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Although cytosolic superoxide dismutases (SODs) are widely distributed among bacteria, only a small number of species contain a periplasmic SOD. One of these is Caulobacter crescentus, which has a copper-zinc SOD (CuZnSOD) in the periplasm and an iron SOD (FeSOD) in the cytosol. The function of periplasmic CuZnSOD was studied by characterizing a mutant of C. crescentus with an insertionally inactivated CuZnSOD gene. Wild-type and mutant strains showed identical tolerance to intracellular superoxide. However, in response to extracellular superoxide, the presence of periplasmic CuZnSOD increased survival by as much as 20-fold. This is the first demonstration that periplasmic SOD defends against external superoxide of environmental origin. This result has implications for those bacterial pathogens that contain a CuZnSOD. C. crescentus was shown to contain a single catalase/peroxidase which, like Escherichia coli KatG catalase/peroxidase, is present in both the periplasmic and cytoplasmic fractions. The growth stage dependence of C. crescentus catalase/peroxidase and SOD activity was studied. Although FeSOD activity was identical in exponential- and stationary-phase cultures, CuZnSOD was induced nearly 4-fold in stationary phase and the catalase/peroxidase was induced nearly 100-fold. Induction of antioxidant enzymes in the periplasm of C. crescentus appears to be an important attribute of the stationary-phase response and may be a useful tool for studying its regulation.
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- S Schnell
- Department of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York 10461, USA
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Meile L, Fischer K, Leisinger T. Characterization of the superoxide dismutase gene and its upstream region from Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum Marburg. FEMS Microbiol Lett 1995; 128:247-53. [PMID: 7781971 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1995.tb07532.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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A gene (sod) encoding superoxide dismutase (SOD) was isolated from the strictly anaerobic archaeon Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum Marburg. Its identify was confirmed by functional complementation of an Escherichia coli mutant strain lacking SOD activity and by DNA sequence analysis of a cloned fragment. Upstream of sod, separated by a 5-bp intergenic region, lies the open reading frame orfk which potentially codes for a protein of 209 amino acid residues. The amino acid sequence for this presumptive product had a similarity coefficient of 55.5% to a subunit of the alkyl hydroperoxide reductase (encoded by the ahpC gene) from Salmonella typhimurium.
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- L Meile
- Institut für Lebensmittelwissenschaften, Eidgenössiche Technische Hochschule, ETH-Zentrum, Zürich, Switzerland
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