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An X, Li N, Zhang L, Xu Z, Zhang S, Zhang Q. New insights into the typical nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound-quinoline degradation and detoxification by microbial consortium: Integrated pathways, meta-transcriptomic analysis and toxicological evaluation. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2024; 465:133158. [PMID: 38061124 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.133158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2023] [Revised: 11/29/2023] [Accepted: 11/29/2023] [Indexed: 02/08/2024]
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As the primary source of COD in industrial wastewater, quinoline has aroused increasing attention because of its potential teratogenic, carcinogenic, and mutagenic effects in the environment. The activated sludge isolate quinoline-degrading microbial consortium (QDMC) efficiently metabolizes quinoline. However, the molecular underpinnings of the degradation mechanism of quinoline by QDMC have not been elucidated. High-throughput sequencing revealed that the dominant genera included Diaphorobacter, Bacteroidia, Moheibacter and Comamonas. Furthermore, a positive strong correlation was observed between the key bacterial communities (Diaphorobact and Bacteroidia) and quinoline degradation. According to metatranscriptomics, genes associated with quorum sensing, ABC transporters, component systems, carbohydrate, aromatic compound degradation, energy metabolism and amino metabolism showed high expression, thus improving adaptability of microbial community to quinoline stress. In addition, the mechanism of QDMC in adapting and resisting to extreme environmental conditions in line with the corresponding internal functional properties and promoting biogegradation efficiency was illustrated. Based on the identified products, QDMC effectively mineralized quinoline into low-toxicity metabolites through three major metabolic pathways, including hydroxyquinoline, 1,2,3,4-H-quinoline, 5,6,7,8-tetrahydroquinoline and 1-oxoquinoline pathways. Finally, toxicological, genotoxicity and phytotoxicity studies supported the detoxification of quinoline by the QDMC. This study provided a promising approach for the stable, environmental-friendly and efficient bioremediation applications for quinoline-containing wastewater.
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- Xuejiao An
- College of Bioscience and Bioengineering, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, PR China
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- College of Bioscience and Bioengineering, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, PR China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, PR China
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- College of Bioscience and Bioengineering, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, PR China
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- College of Bioscience and Bioengineering, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, PR China
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- College of Bioscience and Bioengineering, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, PR China.
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Llorca MG, Martínez-Espinosa RM. Assessment of Haloferax mediterranei Genome in Search of Copper-Molecular Machinery With Potential Applications for Bioremediation. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:895296. [PMID: 35783429 PMCID: PMC9240420 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.895296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2022] [Accepted: 05/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Heavy metals are essential micronutrients at low concentrations, serving as cofactors for relevant microbial enzymes (i.e., respiratory nitrate and nitrite reductases NADH dehydrogenase-2, amine oxidase, etc.), but they become harmful cellular intoxicants at significant low concentrations compared to other chemical compounds. The increasing need to incorporate bioremediation in the removal of heavy metals and other contaminants from wastewaters has led extremophiles to the spotlight of research. The haloarchaeon Haloferax mediterranei has promising physiological characteristics regarding bioremediation. However, little is known about how haloarchaea manage to resist high concentrations of heavy metals in the environment. The aim of this work is to develop bioinformatics research as the first step for further omics-based studies to shed light on copper metabolism in haloarchaea by analyzing H. mediterranei genome (strain ATCC 33500). To reach this aim, genome and protein databases have been consulted, and copper-related genes have been identified. BLAST analysis has been carried out to find similarities between copper resistance genes described from other microorganisms and H. mediterranei genes. Plausible copper importer genes, genes coding for siderophores, and copper exporters belonging to P1B-type ATPase group have been found apart from genes encoding copper chaperones, metal-responsive transcriptional regulators, and several proteins belonging to the cupredoxin superfamily: nitrite reductase, nitrous oxide reductases, cytochrome c oxidases, multicopper oxidases, and small blue copper proteins from the amicyanin/pseudoazurin families as halocyanins. As the presence of heavy metals causes oxidative stress, genes coding for proteins involved in antioxidant mechanisms have been also explored: thioredoxin, glutaredoxin, peroxiredoxin, catalase, and γ-glutamylcysteine as an analog of glutathione. Bioinformatic-based analysis of H. mediterranei genome has revealed a set of genes involved in copper metabolism that could be of interest for bioremediation purposes. The analysis of genes involved in antioxidative mechanisms against heavy metals makes it possible to infer the capability of H. mediterranei to synthesize inorganic polyphosphate granules against oxidative stress.
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- Marina García Llorca
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Division, Department of Agrochemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain
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- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Division, Department of Agrochemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain
- Multidisciplinary Institute for Environmental Studies “Ramón Margalef”, University of Alicante, Alicante, Spain
- *Correspondence: Rosa María Martínez-Espinosa,
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Extremophile Metal Resistance: Plasmid-Encoded Functions in Streptomyces mirabilis. Appl Environ Microbiol 2022; 88:e0008522. [PMID: 35604229 PMCID: PMC9195940 DOI: 10.1128/aem.00085-22] [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] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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The extreme metal tolerance of up to 130 mM NiSO4 in Streptomyces mirabilis P16B-1 was investigated. Genome sequencing revealed the presence of a large linear plasmid, pI. To identify plasmid-encoded determinants of metal resistance, a newly established transformation system was used to characterize the predicted plasmid-encoded loci nreB, hoxN, and copYZ. Reintroduction into the plasmid-cured S. mirabilis ΔpI confirmed that the predicted metal transporter gene nreB constitutes a nickel resistance factor, which was further supported by its heterologous expression in Escherichia coli. In contrast, the predicted nickel exporter gene hoxN decreased nickel tolerance, while copper tolerance was enhanced. The predicted copper-dependent transcriptional regulator gene copY did not induce tolerance toward either metal. Since genes for transfer were identified on the plasmid, its conjugational transfer to the metal-sensitive Streptomyces lividans TK24 was checked. This resulted in acquired tolerance toward 30 mM nickel and additionally increased the tolerance toward copper and cobalt, while oxidative stress tolerance remained unchanged. Intracellular nickel concentrations decreased in the transconjugant strain. The high extracellular nickel concentrations allowed for biomineralization. Plasmid transfer could also be confirmed into the co-occurring actinomycete Kribbella spp. in soil microcosms. IMPORTANCE Living in extremely metal-rich environments requires specific adaptations, and often, specific metal tolerance genes are encoded on a transferable plasmid. Here, Streptomyces mirabilis P16B-1, isolated from a former mining area and able to grow with up to 130 mM NiSO4, was investigated. The bacterial chromosome, as well as a giant plasmid, was sequenced. The plasmid-borne gene nreB was confirmed to confer metal resistance. A newly established transformation system allowed us to construct a plasmid-cured S. mirabilis as well as an nreB-rescued strain in addition to confirming nreB encoding nickel resistance if heterologously expressed in E. coli. The potential of intra- and interspecific plasmid transfer, together with the presence of metal resistance factors on that plasmid, underlines the importance of plasmids for transfer of resistance factors within a bacterial soil community.
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Cancela PG, Quiñónez NG, Corte-Rodríguez M, Bettmer J, Manteca A, Montes-Bayón M. Evaluation of copper uptake in individual spores of Streptomyces coelicolor and endogenic nanoparticles formation to modulate the secondary metabolism. Metallomics 2022; 14:6541869. [PMID: 35238926 DOI: 10.1093/mtomcs/mfac015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2021] [Accepted: 02/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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Copper modulates secondary metabolism in Streptomyces. Although the cytosolic copper concentration is controlled by several chaperones and transporters, the formation of copper nanoparticles and its relation to the antibiotic production has never been established in the model Streptomyces coelicolor. In this work, state-of-the-art analytical tools are used to evaluate the incorporation of copper in individual spores of Streptomyces coelicolor at different exposure concentrations (40, 80 and 160 µM Cu). Among them, the use of single cell-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (SC-ICP-MS) revealed incorporation levels in the range of 2 to 2.5 fg/spore (median) increasing up to 4.75 fg/spore at the upper exposure concentrations. The copper storage within the spores in the form of nanoparticles was evaluated using a combination of single particle-ICP-MS (sp-ICP-MS) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The obtained data confirmed the presence of nanoparticles in the range of 8 to 40 (mean size 21 nm) inside S. coelicolor spores. The presence of the nanoparticles was correlated with the actinorhodin production in liquid non-sporulating cultures amended with up to 80 µM Cu. However, further increase to 160 µM Cu, yielded to a significant decrease in antibiotic production. Secondary metabolism is activated under stressful conditions and cytosolic copper seems to be one of the signals triggering antibiotic production. Particularly, nanoparticle formation might contribute to modulate the secondary metabolism and prevent for copper toxicity. This work describes, for first time, the formation of endogenous copper nanoparticles in S. coelicolor and reveals their correlation with the secondary metabolism.
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- P García Cancela
- Department of Physical and Analytical Chemistry. Faculty of Chemistry, University of Oviedo. C/ Julián Clavería s/n 33006 Oviedo, Spain and Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias (ISPA)
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- Department of Functional Biology. Faculty of Biology, University of Oviedo. C/ Julián Clavería s/n 33006 Oviedo, Spain and Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias (ISPA)
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- Department of Physical and Analytical Chemistry. Faculty of Chemistry, University of Oviedo. C/ Julián Clavería s/n 33006 Oviedo, Spain and Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias (ISPA)
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- Department of Physical and Analytical Chemistry. Faculty of Chemistry, University of Oviedo. C/ Julián Clavería s/n 33006 Oviedo, Spain and Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias (ISPA)
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- Department of Functional Biology. Faculty of Biology, University of Oviedo. C/ Julián Clavería s/n 33006 Oviedo, Spain and Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias (ISPA)
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- Department of Physical and Analytical Chemistry. Faculty of Chemistry, University of Oviedo. C/ Julián Clavería s/n 33006 Oviedo, Spain and Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias (ISPA)
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The Modulation of SCO2730/31 Copper Chaperone/Transporter Orthologue Expression Enhances Secondary Metabolism in Streptomycetes. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms221810143. [PMID: 34576306 PMCID: PMC8464937 DOI: 10.3390/ijms221810143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2021] [Revised: 09/11/2021] [Accepted: 09/17/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Streptomycetes are important biotechnological bacteria that produce several clinically bioactive compounds. They have a complex development, including hyphae differentiation and sporulation. Cytosolic copper is a well-known modulator of differentiation and secondary metabolism. The interruption of the Streptomyces coelicolor SCO2730 (copper chaperone, SCO2730::Tn5062 mutant) blocks SCO2730 and reduces SCO2731 (P-type ATPase copper export) expressions, decreasing copper export and increasing cytosolic copper. This mutation triggers the expression of 13 secondary metabolite clusters, including cryptic pathways, during the whole developmental cycle, skipping the vegetative, non-productive stage. As a proof of concept, here, we tested whether the knockdown of the SCO2730/31 orthologue expression can enhance secondary metabolism in streptomycetes. We created a SCO2730/31 consensus antisense mRNA from the sequences of seven key streptomycetes, which helped to increase the cytosolic copper in S. coelicolor, albeit to a lower level than in the SCO2730::Tn5062 mutant. This antisense mRNA affected the production of at least six secondary metabolites (CDA, 2-methylisoborneol, undecylprodigiosin, tetrahydroxynaphtalene, α-actinorhodin, ε-actinorhodin) in the S. coelicolor, and five (phenanthroviridin, alkylresorcinol, chloramphenicol, pikromycin, jadomycin G) in the S. venezuelae; it also helped to alter the S. albus metabolome. The SCO2730/31 consensus antisense mRNA designed here constitutes a tool for the knockdown of SCO2730/31 expression and for the enhancement of Streptomyces’ secondary metabolism.
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Oliveira R, Bush MJ, Pires S, Chandra G, Casas-Pastor D, Fritz G, Mendes MV. The novel ECF56 SigG1-RsfG system modulates morphological differentiation and metal-ion homeostasis in Streptomyces tsukubaensis. Sci Rep 2020; 10:21728. [PMID: 33303917 PMCID: PMC7730460 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-78520-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2020] [Accepted: 11/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Extracytoplasmic function (ECF) sigma factors are key transcriptional regulators that prokaryotes have evolved to respond to environmental challenges. Streptomyces tsukubaensis harbours 42 ECFs to reprogram stress-responsive gene expression. Among them, SigG1 features a minimal conserved ECF σ2-σ4 architecture and an additional C-terminal extension that encodes a SnoaL_2 domain, which is characteristic for ECF σ factors of group ECF56. Although proteins with such domain organisation are widely found among Actinobacteria, the functional role of ECFs with a fused SnoaL_2 domain remains unknown. Our results show that in addition to predicted self-regulatory intramolecular amino acid interactions between the SnoaL_2 domain and the ECF core, SigG1 activity is controlled by the cognate anti-sigma protein RsfG, encoded by a co-transcribed sigG1-neighbouring gene. Characterisation of ∆sigG1 and ∆rsfG strains combined with RNA-seq and ChIP-seq experiments, suggests the involvement of SigG1 in the morphological differentiation programme of S. tsukubaensis. SigG1 regulates the expression of alanine dehydrogenase, ald and the WhiB-like regulator, wblC required for differentiation, in addition to iron and copper trafficking systems. Overall, our work establishes a model in which the activity of a σ factor of group ECF56, regulates morphogenesis and metal-ions homeostasis during development to ensure the timely progression of multicellular differentiation.
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- Rute Oliveira
- Bioengineering and Synthetic Microbiology Group, i3S- Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
- IBMC, Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Programa Doutoral em Biologia Molecular e Celular (MCBiology), ICBAS, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas Abel Salazar, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, NR4 7UH, UK
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- IBMC, Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Jill Roberts Institute for IBD Research, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, 10021, USA
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, NR4 7UH, UK
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- Center for Synthetic Microbiology, Philipps-University Marburg, 35032, Marburg, Germany
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- School for Molecular Sciences, University of Western Australia, Perth, 6009, Australia
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- Bioengineering and Synthetic Microbiology Group, i3S- Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
- IBMC, Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
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Park J, Lee S, Lee MJ, Park K, Lee S, Kim JF, Kim P. Accelerated Growth of Corynebacterium glutamicum by Up-Regulating Stress- Responsive Genes Based on Transcriptome Analysis of a Fast-Doubling Evolved Strain. J Microbiol Biotechnol 2020; 30:1420-1429. [PMID: 32699195 PMCID: PMC9728273 DOI: 10.4014/jmb.2006.06035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2020] [Revised: 07/06/2020] [Accepted: 07/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Corynebacterium glutamicum, an important industrial strain, has a relatively slower reproduction rate. To acquire a growth-boosted C. glutamicum, a descendant strain was isolated from a continuous culture after 600 generations. The isolated descendant C. glutamicum, JH41 strain, was able to double 58% faster (td=1.15 h) than the parental type strain (PT, td=1.82 h). To understand the factors boosting reproduction, the transcriptomes of JH41 and PT strains were compared. The mRNAs involved in respiration and TCA cycle were upregulated. The intracellular ATP of the JH41 strain was 50% greater than the PT strain. The upregulation of NCgl1610 operon (a putative dyp-type heme peroxidase, a putative copper chaperone, and a putative copper importer) that presumed to role in the assembly and redox control of cytochrome c oxidase was found in the JH41 transcriptome. Plasmid-driven expression of the operon enabled the PT strain to double 19% faster (td=1.82 h) than its control (td=2.17 h) with 14% greater activity of cytochrome c oxidase and 27% greater intracellular ATP under the oxidative stress conditions. Upregulations of genes those might enhance translation fitness were also found in the JH41 transcriptome. Plasmid-driven expressions of NCgl0171 (encoding a cold-shock protein) and NCgl2435 (encoding a putative peptidyl-tRNA hydrolase) enabled the PT to double 22% and 32% faster than its control, respectively (empty vector: td=1.93 h, CspA: td=1.58 h, and Pth: td=1.44 h). Based on the results, the factors boosting growth rate in C. gluctamicum were further discussed in the viewpoints of cellular energy state, oxidative stress management, and translation.
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- Jihoon Park
- Department of Biotechnology, The Catholic University of Korea, Gyeonggi 14662, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biotechnology, The Catholic University of Korea, Gyeonggi 14662, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biotechnology, The Catholic University of Korea, Gyeonggi 14662, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biotechnology, The Catholic University of Korea, Gyeonggi 14662, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biotechnology, The Catholic University of Korea, Gyeonggi 14662, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Systems Biology, Division of Life Sciences, and Institute for Life Science and Biotechnology, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Biotechnology, The Catholic University of Korea, Gyeonggi 14662, Republic of Korea,Corresponding author Phone/Fax: +82-2-2164-4922 E-mail:
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Vicente RL, Marín S, Valverde JR, Palomino C, Mellado RP, Gullón S. Functional identification of a Streptomyces lividans FKBP-like protein involved in the folding of overproduced secreted proteins. Open Biol 2019; 9:190201. [PMID: 31662098 PMCID: PMC6833217 DOI: 10.1098/rsob.190201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2019] [Accepted: 10/01/2019] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
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Some bacterial peptidyl-prolyl cis/trans isomerases (PPIases) are involved in secretory protein folding after the translocation step. Streptomyces lividans has been used as a host for engineering extracellular overproduction of homologous and heterologous proteins in industrial applications. Although the mechanisms governing the major secretory pathway (Sec route) and the minor secretory pathway (Tat route) are reasonably well described, the function of proteins responsible for the extracellular secretory protein folding is not characterized as yet. We have characterized a Tat-dependent S. lividans FK506-binding protein-like lipoprotein (FKBP) that has PPIase activity. A mutant in the sli-fkbp gene induces a secretion stress response and affects secretion and activity of the Sec-dependent protein α-amylase. Additionally, propagation in high copy number of the sli-fkbp gene has a positive effect on the activity of both the overproduced α-amylase and the overproduced Tat-dependent agarase, both containing proline cis isomers. Targeted proteomic analyses showed that a relevant group of secreted proteins in S. lividans TK21 are affected by Sli-FKBP, revealing a wide substrate range. The results obtained indicate that, regardless of the secretory route used by proteins in S. lividans, adjusting the expression of sli-fkbp may facilitate folding of dependent proteins when engineering Streptomyces strains for the overproduction of homologous or heterologous secretory proteins.
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- R. L. Vicente
- Departamento de Biotecnología Microbiana, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB-CSIC), c/Darwin 3, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Biotecnología Microbiana, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB-CSIC), c/Darwin 3, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Scientific Computing Service, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB-CSIC), c/Darwin 3, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Biotecnología Microbiana, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB-CSIC), c/Darwin 3, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Biotecnología Microbiana, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB-CSIC), c/Darwin 3, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Departamento de Biotecnología Microbiana, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología (CNB-CSIC), c/Darwin 3, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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Canonica F, Hennecke H, Glockshuber R. Biochemical pathway for the biosynthesis of the Cu A center in bacterial cytochrome c oxidase. FEBS Lett 2019; 593:2977-2989. [PMID: 31449676 DOI: 10.1002/1873-3468.13587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2019] [Revised: 08/21/2019] [Accepted: 08/22/2019] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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The di-copper center CuA is an essential metal cofactor in cytochrome oxidase (Cox) of mitochondria and many prokaryotes, mediating one-electron transfer from cytochrome c to the site for oxygen reduction. CuA is located in subunit II (CoxB) of Cox and protrudes into the periplasm of Gram-negative bacteria or the mitochondrial intermembrane space. How the two copper ions are brought together to build CoxB·CuA is the subject of this review. It had been known that the reductase TlpA and the metallochaperones ScoI and PcuC are required for CuA formation in bacteria, but the mechanism of copper transfer has emerged only recently for the Bradyrhizobium diazoefficiens system. It consists of the following steps: (a) TlpA keeps the active site cysteine pair of CoxB in its dithiol state as a prerequisite for metal insertion; (b) ScoI·Cu2+ rapidly forms a transient complex with apo-CoxB; (c) PcuC, loaded with Cu1+ and Cu2+ , dissociates this complex to CoxB·Cu2+ , and a second PcuC·Cu1+ ·Cu2+ transfers Cu1+ to CoxB·Cu2+ , yielding mature CoxB·CuA . Variants of this pathway might exist in other bacteria or mitochondria.
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- Fabia Canonica
- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
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- Institute of Molecular Biology and Biophysics, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
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Straw ML, Chaplin AK, Hough MA, Paps J, Bavro VN, Wilson MT, Vijgenboom E, Worrall JAR. A cytosolic copper storage protein provides a second level of copper tolerance in Streptomyces lividans. Metallomics 2019; 10:180-193. [PMID: 29292456 DOI: 10.1039/c7mt00299h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Streptomyces lividans has a distinct dependence on the bioavailability of copper for its morphological development. A cytosolic copper resistance system is operative in S. lividans that serves to preclude deleterious copper levels. This system comprises of several CopZ-like copper chaperones and P1-type ATPases, predominantly under the transcriptional control of a metalloregulator from the copper sensitive operon repressor (CsoR) family. In the present study, we discover a new layer of cytosolic copper resistance in S. lividans that involves a protein belonging to the newly discovered family of copper storage proteins, which we have named Ccsp (cytosolic copper storage protein). From an evolutionary perspective, we find Ccsp homologues to be widespread in Bacteria and extend through into Archaea and Eukaryota. Under copper stress Ccsp is upregulated and consists of a homotetramer assembly capable of binding up to 80 cuprous ions (20 per protomer). X-ray crystallography reveals 18 cysteines, 3 histidines and 1 aspartate are involved in cuprous ion coordination. Loading of cuprous ions to Ccsp is a cooperative process with a Hill coefficient of 1.9 and a CopZ-like copper chaperone can transfer copper to Ccsp. A Δccsp mutant strain indicates that Ccsp is not required under initial copper stress in S. lividans, but as the CsoR/CopZ/ATPase efflux system becomes saturated, Ccsp facilitates a second level of copper tolerance.
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- Megan L Straw
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, CO4 3SQ, UK.
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Ceugniez A, Tourret M, Dussert E, Coucheney F, Deracinois B, Jacques P, Flahaut C, Heuson E, Drider D, Behra-Miellet J. Interactions between Kluyveromyces marxianus from cheese origin and the intestinal symbiont Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron: Impressive antioxidative effects. Lebensm Wiss Technol 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.lwt.2017.03.056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Petrus MLC, Vijgenboom E, Chaplin AK, Worrall JAR, van Wezel GP, Claessen D. The DyP-type peroxidase DtpA is a Tat-substrate required for GlxA maturation and morphogenesis in Streptomyces. Open Biol 2016; 6:150149. [PMID: 26740586 PMCID: PMC4736821 DOI: 10.1098/rsob.150149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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The filamentous bacterium Streptomyces lividans depends on the radical copper oxidase GlxA for the formation of reproductive aerial structures and, in liquid environments, for the formation of pellets. Incorporation of copper into the active site is essential for the formation of a cross-linked tyrosyl-cysteine cofactor, which is needed for enzymatic activity. In this study, we show a crucial link between GlxA maturation and a group of copper-related proteins including the chaperone Sco and a novel DyP-type peroxidase hereinafter called DtpA. Under copper-limiting conditions, the sco and dtpA deletion mutants are blocked in aerial growth and pellet formation, similarly to a glxA mutant. Western blot analysis showed that GlxA maturation is perturbed in the sco and dtpA mutants, but both maturation and morphology can by rescued by increasing the bioavailability of copper. DtpA acts as a peroxidase in the presence of GlxA and is a substrate for the twin-arginine translocation (Tat) translocation pathway. In agreement, the maturation status of GlxA is also perturbed in tat mutants, which can be compensated for by the addition of copper, thereby partially restoring their morphological defects. Our data support a model wherein a copper-trafficking pathway and Tat-dependent secretion of DtpA link to the GlxA-dependent morphogenesis pathway.
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- Marloes L C Petrus
- Molecular Biotechnology, Institute of Biology, Leiden University, Sylviusweg 72, 2333 BE Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Molecular Biotechnology, Institute of Biology, Leiden University, Sylviusweg 72, 2333 BE Leiden, The Netherlands
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- School of Biological Science, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester CO4 3SQ, UK
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- School of Biological Science, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester CO4 3SQ, UK
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- Molecular Biotechnology, Institute of Biology, Leiden University, Sylviusweg 72, 2333 BE Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Molecular Biotechnology, Institute of Biology, Leiden University, Sylviusweg 72, 2333 BE Leiden, The Netherlands
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Fujimoto M, Chijiwa M, Nishiyama T, Takano H, Ueda K. Developmental defect of cytochrome oxidase mutants of Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2). MICROBIOLOGY-SGM 2016; 162:1446-1455. [PMID: 27384768 DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.000332] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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To study the link between energy metabolism and secondary metabolism/morphological development in Streptomyces, knockout mutants were generated with regard to the subunits of the cytochrome oxidase supercomplex (CcO) in Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2). All mutants exhibited an identical phenotype: viable but defective in antibiotic production and cell differentiation when grown in both complex and minimal media. The growth yield of the CcO mutant was about half of that of the WT strain on glucose medium while both strains grew similarly on maltose medium. Intracellular ATP measurement demonstrated that the CcO mutant exhibited high intracellular ATP level. A similar elevation of intracellular ATP level was observed with regard to the WT strain cultured in the presence of BCDA, a copper-chelating agent. Reverse transcriptase PCR analysis demonstrated that the transcription of ATP synthase operon is upregulated in the CcO mutant. Addition of carbonylcyanide m-chlorophenylhydrazone, an inhibitor of ATP synthesis, promoted antibiotic production and aerial mycelia formation in the CcO mutant and BCDA-treated WT cells. We hypothesize that the deficiency of CcO causes accumulation of intracellular ATP, and that the high ATP level inhibits the onset of development in S. coelicolor.
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- Masahiro Fujimoto
- Life Science Research Center, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, 1866 Kameino, 252-0880 Fujisawa, Japan
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- Life Science Research Center, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, 1866 Kameino, 252-0880 Fujisawa, Japan
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- Life Science Research Center, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, 1866 Kameino, 252-0880 Fujisawa, Japan
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- Life Science Research Center, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, 1866 Kameino, 252-0880 Fujisawa, Japan
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- Life Science Research Center, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, 1866 Kameino, 252-0880 Fujisawa, Japan
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Lawton TJ, Kenney GE, Hurley JD, Rosenzweig AC. The CopC Family: Structural and Bioinformatic Insights into a Diverse Group of Periplasmic Copper Binding Proteins. Biochemistry 2016; 55:2278-90. [PMID: 27010565 PMCID: PMC5260838 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.6b00175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The CopC proteins are periplasmic copper binding proteins believed to play a role in bacterial copper homeostasis. Previous studies have focused on CopCs that are part of seven-protein Cop or Pco systems involved in copper resistance. These canonical CopCs contain distinct Cu(I) and Cu(II) binding sites. Mounting evidence suggests that CopCs are more widely distributed, often present only with the CopD inner membrane protein, frequently as a fusion protein, and that the CopC and CopD proteins together function in the uptake of copper to the cytoplasm. In the methanotroph Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b, genes encoding a CopCD pair are located adjacent to the particulate methane monooxygenase (pMMO) operon. The CopC from this organism (Mst-CopC) was expressed, purified, and structurally characterized. The 1.46 Å resolution crystal structure of Mst-CopC reveals a single Cu(II) binding site with coordination somewhat different from that in canonical CopCs, and the absence of a Cu(I) binding site. Extensive bioinformatic analyses indicate that the majority of CopCs in fact contain only a Cu(II) site, with just 10% of sequences corresponding to the canonical two-site CopC. Accordingly, a new classification scheme for CopCs was developed, and detailed analyses of the sequences and their genomic neighborhoods reveal new proteins potentially involved in copper homeostasis, providing a framework for expanded models of CopCD function.
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- Thomas J. Lawton
- Departments of Molecular Biosciences and of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Departments of Molecular Biosciences and of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Departments of Molecular Biosciences and of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- Departments of Molecular Biosciences and of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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Streptomyces metabolites in divergent microbial interactions. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016; 43:143-8. [DOI: 10.1007/s10295-015-1680-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2015] [Accepted: 08/27/2015] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Streptomyces and related bacteria produce a wide variety of secondary metabolites. Of these, many compounds have industrial applications, but the question of why this group of microorganism produces such various kinds of biologically active substances has not yet been clearly answered. Here, we overview the results from our studies on the novel function and role of Streptomyces metabolites. The diverged action of negative and positive influences onto the physiology of various microorganisms infers the occurrence of complex microbial interactions due to the effect of small molecules produced by Streptomyces. The interactions may serve as a basis for the constitution of biological community.
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Toyoda K, Inui M. The extracytoplasmic function σ factor σ(C) regulates expression of a branched quinol oxidation pathway in Corynebacterium glutamicum. Mol Microbiol 2016; 100:486-509. [PMID: 26789738 DOI: 10.1111/mmi.13330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/17/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Bacteria modify their expression of different terminal oxidases in response to oxygen availability. Corynebacterium glutamicum, a facultative anaerobic bacterium of the phylum Actinobacteria, possesses aa3 -type cytochrome c oxidase and cytochrome bd-type quinol oxidase, the latter of which is induced by oxygen limitation. We report that an extracytoplasmic function σ factor, σ(C) , is responsible for the regulation of this process. Chromatin immunoprecipitation with microarray analysis detected eight σ(C) -binding regions in the genome, facilitating the identification of a consensus promoter sequence for σ(C) recognition. The promoter sequences were found upstream of genes for cytochrome bd, heme a synthesis enzymes and uncharacterized membrane proteins, all of which were upregulated by sigC overexpression. However, one consensus promoter sequence found on the antisense strand upstream of an operon encoding the cytochrome bc1 complex conferred a σ(C) -dependent negative effect on expression of the operon. The σ(C) regulon was induced by cytochrome aa3 deficiency without modifying sigC expression, but not by bc1 complex deficiency. These findings suggest that σ(C) is activated in response to impaired electron transfer via cytochrome aa3 and not directly to a shift in oxygen levels. Our results reveal a new paradigm for transcriptional regulation of the aerobic respiratory system in bacteria.
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- Koichi Toyoda
- Research institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth (RITE), 9-2 Kizugawadai, Kizugawa, Kyoto, 619-0292, Japan
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- Research institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth (RITE), 9-2 Kizugawadai, Kizugawa, Kyoto, 619-0292, Japan.,Graduate School of Biological Sciences, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, 8916-5, Takayama, Ikoma, Nara, 630-0101, Japan
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Locatelli FM, Goo KS, Ulanova D. Effects of trace metal ions on secondary metabolism and the morphological development of streptomycetes. Metallomics 2016; 8:469-80. [DOI: 10.1039/c5mt00324e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Porto TV, Hough MA, Worrall JAR. Structural insights into conformational switching in the copper metalloregulator CsoR from Streptomyces lividans. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015; 71:1872-8. [PMID: 26327377 DOI: 10.1107/s1399004715013012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2015] [Accepted: 07/06/2015] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Copper-sensitive operon repressors (CsoRs) act to sense cuprous ions and bind them with a high affinity under copper stress in many bacteria. The binding of copper(I) leads to a conformational change in their homotetramer structure, causing disassembly of the operator DNA-CsoR complex and evoking a transcriptional response. Atomic-level structural insight into the conformational switching mechanism between the apo and metal-bound states is lacking. Here, a new X-ray crystal structure of the CsoR from Streptomyces lividans is reported and compared with a previously reported S. lividans CsoR X-ray structure crystallized under different conditions. Based on evidence from this new X-ray structure, it is revealed that the conformational switching between states centres on a concertina effect at the C-terminal end of each α2 helix in the homotetramer. This drives the Cys104 side chain, a copper(I)-ligating residue, into a position enabling copper(I) coordination and as a result disrupts the α2-helix geometry, leading to a compacting and twisting of the homotetramer structure. Strikingly, the conformational switching induces a redistribution of electrostatic surface potential on the tetrameric DNA-binding face, which in the copper(I)-bound state would no longer favour interaction with the mode of operator DNA binding.
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- Tatiana V Porto
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester CO4 3SQ, England
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester CO4 3SQ, England
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester CO4 3SQ, England
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GlxA is a new structural member of the radical copper oxidase family and is required for glycan deposition at hyphal tips and morphogenesis of Streptomyces lividans. Biochem J 2015. [PMID: 26205496 DOI: 10.1042/bj20150190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Streptomyces lividans displays a distinct dependence on copper to fully initiate morphological development. Evidence has accumulated to implicate the participation of an extracytoplasmic cuproenzyme in morphogenesis. In the present study, we show that GlxA fulfils all criteria to be that cuproenzyme. GlxA is membrane associated and has an active site consisting of a mononuclear copper and a cross-linked Y-C cofactor. The domain organization of the tertiary structure defines GlxA as a new structural member of the mono-copper oxidase family, with copper co-ordination geometry similar to, but spectroscopically distinct from fungal galactose oxidase (Gox). EPR spectroscopy reveals that the oxidation of cupric GlxA generates a protein radical residing on the Y-C cross-link. A variety of canonical Gox substrates (including D-galactose) were tested but none were readily turned over by GlxA. A glxA null-mutant leads to loss of glycan accumulation at hyphal tips and consequently a drastically changed morphology both on solid substrates and in liquid-grown environments, a scenario similarly observed in the absence of the neighbouring glycan synthase CslA (cellulase synthase-like protein). In addition the glxA mutant has lost the stimulation of development by copper, supporting a model whereby the enzymatic action of GlxA on the glycan is required for development and morphology. From a biotechnology perspective, the open mycelium morphology observed with the glxA mutant in submerged culture has implications for use as an enzyme production host.
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Chaplin AK, Tan BG, Vijgenboom E, Worrall JAR. Copper trafficking in the CsoR regulon of Streptomyces lividans. Metallomics 2014; 7:145-55. [PMID: 25409712 DOI: 10.1039/c4mt00250d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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In the actinobacterium Streptomyces lividans copper homeostasis is controlled through the action of the metalloregulator CsoR. Under copper stress, cuprous ions bind to apo-CsoR resulting in the transcriptional derepression of genes encoding for copper efflux systems involving CopZ-like copper chaperones and CopA-like P-type ATPases. Whether CsoR obtains copper via a protein-protein mediated trafficking mechanism is unknown. In this study we have characterised the copper trafficking properties of two S. lividans CopZ proteins (SLI_1317 and SLI_3079) under the transcriptional control of a CsoR (SLI_4375). Our findings indicate that both CopZ-proteins have cysteine residues in the Cu(i) binding MX1CX2X3C motif with acid-base properties that are modulated for a high cuprous ion affinity and favourable Cu(i)-exchange with a target. Using electrophoretic mobility shift assays transfer of Cu(i) is shown to occur in a unidirectional manner from the CopZ to the CsoR. This transfer proceeds via a shallow thermodynamic affinity gradient and is also kinetically favoured through the modulation of the acid-base properties of the cysteine residues in the Cys2His cuprous ion binding motif of CsoR. Using RNA-seq coupled with the mechanistic insights of Cu(i) transfer between CopZ and CsoR in vitro, we propose a copper trafficking pathway for the CsoR regulon that initially involves the buffering of cytosolic copper by three CopZ chaperones followed by transfer of Cu(i) to CsoR to illicit a transcriptional response.
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- Amanda K Chaplin
- School of Biological Science, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, CO4 3SQ, UK.
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Structural and mechanistic insights into an extracytoplasmic copper trafficking pathway in Streptomyces lividans. Biochem J 2014; 459:525-38. [PMID: 24548299 DOI: 10.1042/bj20140017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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In Streptomyces lividans an extracytoplasmic copper-binding Sco protein plays a role in two unlinked processes: (i) initiating a morphological development switch and (ii) facilitating the co-factoring of the CuA domain of CcO (cytochrome c oxidase). How Sco obtains copper once secreted to the extracytoplasmic environment is unknown. In the present paper we report on a protein possessing an HX₆MX₂₁HXM motif that binds a single cuprous ion with subfemtomolar affinity. High-resolution X-ray structures of this extracytoplasmic copper chaperone-like protein (ECuC) in the apo- and Cu(I)-bound states reveal that the latter possesses a surface-accessible cuprous-ion-binding site located in a dish-shaped region of β-sheet structure. A cuprous ion is transferred under a favourable thermodynamic gradient from ECuC to Sco with no back transfer occurring. The ionization properties of the cysteine residues in the Cys⁸⁶xxxCys⁹⁰ copper-binding motif of Sco, together with their positional locations identified from an X-ray structure of Sco, suggests a role for Cys⁸⁶ in initiating an inter-complex ligand-exchange reaction with Cu(I)-ECuC. Generation of the genetic knockouts, Δsco, Δecuc and Δsco/ecuc, and subsequent in vivo assays lend support to the existence of a branched extracytoplasmic copper-trafficking pathway in S. lividans. One branch requires both Sco and to a certain extent ECuC to cofactor the CuA domain, whereas the other uses only Sco to deliver copper to a cuproenzyme to initiate morphological development.
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Proteomic Analysis of theStreptomyces griseusRibosomal Fraction. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2014; 76:2267-74. [DOI: 10.1271/bbb.120556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Tan BG, Vijgenboom E, Worrall JAR. Conformational and thermodynamic hallmarks of DNA operator site specificity in the copper sensitive operon repressor from Streptomyces lividans. Nucleic Acids Res 2013; 42:1326-40. [PMID: 24121681 PMCID: PMC3902906 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkt902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Metal ion homeostasis in bacteria relies on metalloregulatory proteins to upregulate metal resistance genes and enable the organism to preclude metal toxicity. The copper sensitive operon repressor (CsoR) family is widely distributed in bacteria and controls the expression of copper efflux systems. CsoR operator sites consist of G-tract containing pseudopalindromes of which the mechanism of operator binding is poorly understood. Here, we use a structurally characterized CsoR from Streptomyces lividans (CsoRSl) together with three specific operator targets to reveal the salient features pertaining to the mechanism of DNA binding. We reveal that CsoRSl binds to its operator site through a 2-fold axis of symmetry centred on a conserved 5′-TAC/GTA-3′ inverted repeat. Operator recognition is stringently dependent not only on electropositive residues but also on a conserved polar glutamine residue. Thermodynamic and circular dichroic signatures of the CsoRSl–DNA interaction suggest selectivity towards the A-DNA-like topology of the G-tracts at the operator site. Such properties are enhanced on protein binding thus enabling the symmetrical binding of two CsoRSl tetramers. Finally, differential binding modes may exist in operator sites having more than one 5′-TAC/GTA-3′ inverted repeat with implications in vivo for a mechanism of modular control.
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- Benedict G Tan
- School of Biological Science, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, CO4 3SQ, UK and Molecular Biotechnology, Institute of Biology Leiden, Sylvius Laboratory, Leiden University, PO Box 9505, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
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Blundell KLIM, Wilson MT, Svistunenko DA, Vijgenboom E, Worrall JAR. Morphological development and cytochrome c oxidase activity in Streptomyces lividans are dependent on the action of a copper bound Sco protein. Open Biol 2013; 3:120163. [PMID: 23345541 PMCID: PMC3603459 DOI: 10.1098/rsob.120163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Copper has an important role in the life cycle of many streptomycetes, stimulating the developmental switch between vegetative mycelium and aerial hyphae concomitant with the production of antibiotics. In streptomycetes, a gene encoding for a putative Sco-like protein has been identified and is part of an operon that contains two other genes predicted to handle cellular copper. We report on the Sco-like protein from Streptomyces lividans (ScoSl) and present a series of experiments that firmly establish a role for ScoSl as a copper metallochaperone as opposed to a role as a thiol-disulphide reductase that has been assigned to other bacterial Sco proteins. Under low copper concentrations, a Δsco mutant in S. lividans displays two phenotypes; the development switch between vegetative mycelium and aerial hyphae stalls and cytochrome c oxidase (CcO) activity is significantly decreased. At elevated copper levels, the development and CcO activity in the Δsco mutant are restored to wild-type levels and are thus independent of ScoSl. A CcO knockout reveals that morphological development is independent of CcO activity leading us to suggest that ScoSl has at least two targets in S. lividans. We establish that one ScoSl target is the dinuclear CuA domain of CcO and it is the cupric form of ScoSl that is functionally active. The mechanism of cupric ion capture by ScoSl has been investigated, and an important role for a conserved His residue is identified.
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- Katie L I M Blundell
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester CO4 3SQ, UK
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Blundell KLIM, Wilson MT, Vijgenboom E, Worrall JAR. The role of the Cys-X-X-X-Cys motif on the kinetics of cupric ion loading to the Streptomyces lividans Sco protein. Dalton Trans 2013; 42:10608-16. [DOI: 10.1039/c3dt50540e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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P(IB)-type ATPases transport heavy metals (Cu(2+), Cu(+), Ag(+), Zn(2+), Cd(2+), Co(2+)) across biomembranes, playing a key role in homeostasis and in the mechanisms of biotolerance of these metals. Three genes coding for putative P(IB)-type ATPases are present in the genome of Thermus thermophilus (HB8 and HB27): the TTC1358, TTC1371, and TTC0354 genes; these genes are annotated, respectively, as two copper transporter (CopA and CopB) genes and a zinc-cadmium transporter (Zn(2+)/Cd(2+)-ATPase) gene. We cloned and expressed the three proteins with 8His tags using a T. thermophilus expression system. After purification, each of the proteins was shown to have phosphodiesterase activity at 65°C with ATP and p-nitrophenyl phosphate (pNPP) as substrates. CopA was found to have greater activity in the presence of Cu(+), while CopB was found to have greater activity in the presence of Cu(2+). The putative Zn(2+)/Cd(2+)-ATPase was truncated at the N terminus and was, surprisingly, activated in vitro by copper but not by zinc or cadmium. When expressed in Escherichia coli, however, the putative Zn(2+)/Cd(2+)-ATPase could be isolated as a full-length protein and the ATPase activity was increased by the addition of Zn(2+) and Cd(2+) as well as by Cu(+). Mutant strains in which each of the three P-type ATPases was deleted singly were constructed. In each case, the deletion increased the sensitivity of the strain to growth in the presence of copper in the medium, indicating that each of the three can pump copper out of the cells and play a role in copper detoxification.
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Dwarakanath S, Chaplin AK, Hough MA, Rigali S, Vijgenboom E, Worrall JAR. Response to copper stress in Streptomyces lividans extends beyond genes under direct control of a copper-sensitive operon repressor protein (CsoR). J Biol Chem 2012; 287:17833-17847. [PMID: 22451651 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m112.352740] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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A copper-sensitive operon repressor protein (CsoR) has been identified in Streptomyces lividans (CsoR(Sl)) and found to regulate copper homeostasis with attomolar affinity for Cu(I). Solution studies reveal apo- and Cu(I)-CsoR(Sl) to be a tetramer assembly, and a 1.7-Å resolution crystal structure of apo-CsoR(Sl) reveals that a significant conformational change is necessary to enable Cu(I) binding. In silico prediction of the CsoR regulon was confirmed in vitro (EMSA) and in vivo (RNA-seq), which highlighted that next to the csoR gene itself, the regulon consists of two Cu(I) efflux systems involving a CopZ-like copper metallochaperone protein and a CopA P(1)-type ATPase. Although deletion of csoR has only minor effects on S. lividans development when grown under high copper concentrations, mutations of the Cu(I) ligands decrease tolerance to copper as a result of the Cu(I)-CsoR mutants failing to disengage from the DNA targets, thus inhibiting the derepression of the regulon. RNA-seq experiments carried out on samples incubated with exogenous copper and a ΔcsoR strain showed that the set of genes responding to copper stress is much wider than anticipated and largely extends beyond genes targeted by CsoR. This suggests more control levels are operating and directing other regulons in copper homeostasis beside the CsoR regulon.
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- Srivatsa Dwarakanath
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, CO4 3SQ, United Kingdom
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, CO4 3SQ, United Kingdom
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, CO4 3SQ, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Protein Engineering, Institut de Chimie B6a, University of Liège, B-4000 Liège, Belgium
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- Molecular Biotechnology, Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Gorlaeus Laboratories, Leiden University, P. O. Box 9502, 2300RA Leiden, The Netherlands
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- School of Biological Sciences, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, CO4 3SQ, United Kingdom.
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