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Wagstaff BA, Zorzoli A, Dorfmueller HC. NDP-rhamnose biosynthesis and rhamnosyltransferases: building diverse glycoconjugates in nature. Biochem J 2021; 478:685-701. [PMID: 33599745 DOI: 10.1042/bcj20200505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2020] [Revised: 01/25/2021] [Accepted: 01/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Rhamnose is an important 6-deoxy sugar present in many natural products, glycoproteins, and structural polysaccharides. Whilst predominantly found as the l-enantiomer, instances of d-rhamnose are also found in nature, particularly in the Pseudomonads bacteria. Interestingly, rhamnose is notably absent from humans and other animals, which poses unique opportunities for drug discovery targeted towards rhamnose utilizing enzymes from pathogenic bacteria. Whilst the biosynthesis of nucleotide-activated rhamnose (NDP-rhamnose) is well studied, the study of rhamnosyltransferases that synthesize rhamnose-containing glycoconjugates is the current focus amongst the scientific community. In this review, we describe where rhamnose has been found in nature, as well as what is known about TDP-β-l-rhamnose, UDP-β-l-rhamnose, and GDP-α-d-rhamnose biosynthesis. We then focus on examples of rhamnosyltransferases that have been characterized using both in vivo and in vitro approaches from plants and bacteria, highlighting enzymes where 3D structures have been obtained. The ongoing study of rhamnose and rhamnosyltransferases, in particular in pathogenic organisms, is important to inform future drug discovery projects and vaccine development.
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- Ben A Wagstaff
- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, University of Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester, U.K
- Division of Molecular Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, U.K
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- Division of Molecular Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, U.K
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- Division of Molecular Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 5EH, U.K
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Jiang N, Dillon FM, Silva A, Gomez-Cano L, Grotewold E. Rhamnose in plants - from biosynthesis to diverse functions. Plant Sci 2021; 302:110687. [PMID: 33288005 DOI: 10.1016/j.plantsci.2020.110687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2020] [Revised: 09/15/2020] [Accepted: 09/16/2020] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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In plants, the deoxy sugar l-rhamnose is widely present as rhamnose-containing polymers in cell walls and as part of the decoration of various specialized metabolites. Here, we review the current knowledge on the distribution of rhamnose, highlighting the differences between what is known in dicotyledoneuos compared to commelinid monocotyledoneous (grasses) plants. We discuss the biosynthesis and transport of UDP-rhamnose, as well as the transfer of rhamnose from UDP-rhamnose to various primary and specialized metabolites. This is carried out by rhamnosyltransferases, enzymes that can use a large variety of substrates. Some unique characteristics of rhamnose synthases, the multifunctional enzymes responsible for the conversion of UDP-glucose into UDP-rhamnose, are considered, particularly from the perspective of their ability to convert glucose present in flavonoids. Finally, we discuss how little is still known with regards to how plants rescue rhamnose from the many compounds to which it is linked, or how rhamnose is catabolized.
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- Nan Jiang
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, USA.
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Zhao Z, Ren C, Xie L, Xing M, Zhu C, Jin R, Xu C, Sun C, Li X. Functional analysis of PpRHM1 and PpRHM2 involved in UDP-l-rhamnose biosynthesis in Prunus persica. Plant Physiol Biochem 2020; 155:658-666. [PMID: 32861032 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2020.08.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2020] [Revised: 08/03/2020] [Accepted: 08/04/2020] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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UDP-l-rhamnose (UDP-Rha) is an important sugar donor for glycosylation of various cell molecules in plant. Rhamnosides are widely present in different plant tissues and play important biological roles under different developmental or environmental conditions. However, enzymes involved in UDP-Rha biosynthesis and their encoding genes have been identified in few plants, which limits the functional analysis of plant rhamnosides. Here, two UDP-Rha biosynthesis genes, named PpRHM1 (2028 bp) and PpRHM2 (2016 bp), were isolated and characterized from Prunus persica, which is rich sources of flavonol rhamnosides. Both recombinant RHM proteins can catalyze the transformation from UDP-d-glucose (UDP-Glc) to UDP-Rha, which was confirmed by LC-MS and formation of flavonol rhamnosides. Biochemical analysis showed that both recombinant RHM proteins preferred alkaline conditions in pH range of 8.0-9.0 and had optimal reaction temperature between 25 and 30 °C. PpRHM1 showed the better UDP-Glc substrate affinity with Km of 360.01 μM. Gene expression analysis showed different transcript levels of both RHMs in all plant tissues tested, indicating the involvement of rhamnosides in various tissues in plant. Such results provide better understanding of UDP-Rha biosynthesis in fruit tree and may be helpful for further investigation of various rhamnose derivatives and their biological functions.
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- Zhikang Zhao
- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Integrative Biology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Integrative Biology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Integrative Biology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Integrative Biology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Integrative Biology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Integrative Biology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Integrative Biology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Integrative Biology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China
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- Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Integrative Biology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310058, China.
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Li Z, Zhang Y, Lin J, Wang W, Li S. High-Yield Di-Rhamnolipid Production by Pseudomonas aeruginosa YM4 and its Potential Application in MEOR. Molecules 2019; 24:E1433. [PMID: 30979013 PMCID: PMC6480329 DOI: 10.3390/molecules24071433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2019] [Revised: 04/08/2019] [Accepted: 04/09/2019] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Rhamnolipids are a mixture of the homologs species due to variations in the rhamnose units and β-hydroxy fatty acid moieties, mainly including Rha-C10-C10, Rha-Rha-C10-C10, and Rha-C10. In this study, strain P. aeruginosa YM4 was selected for its capacity to efficiently produce di-rhamnolipid (Rha-Rha-C10-C10) as the predominant component with soybean oil and glycerol as carbon source, accounting for 64.8% and 85.7% of total products, respectively. The critical micelle concentration (CMC) of rhamnolipid products varies with the content of di-rhamnolipid, whereby lower CMC values corresponding to higher di-rhamnolipid contents. The rhamnolipids containing 85.7% di-rhamnolipid had the lowest CMC value of 50 mg/L. Accordingly the viscosity-reducing efficiency and oil-washing efficiency of rhamnolipids increased with higher di-rhamnolipid component. At a concentration of 500 mg/L, the rhamnolipids containing 85.7% di-rhamnolipid worked best and showed 82.5% oil-washing efficiency, which offered great promise for applications in enhanced oil recovery. The results showed the variation of structure and composition of rhamnolipids had a significant effect on their application.
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- Zhuangzhuang Li
- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 210009, China.
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- College of Food Science and Light Industry, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 210009, China.
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- Oil Production Research Institute, Shengli Oil Field Ltd. Co. Sinopec, Dongying 257000, China.
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- Oil Production Research Institute, Shengli Oil Field Ltd. Co. Sinopec, Dongying 257000, China.
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- College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 210009, China.
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Dhaked DK, Bala Divya M, Guruprasad L. A structural and functional perspective on the enzymes of Mycobacterium tuberculosis involved in the L-rhamnose biosynthesis pathway. Prog Biophys Mol Biol 2018; 145:52-64. [PMID: 30550737 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2018.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2018] [Revised: 11/12/2018] [Accepted: 12/06/2018] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Tuberculosis is one of the leading causes of death from bacterial infections. The multi-drug resistant strain has warranted the development of new drug molecules which can inhibit the growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M.tb). Most of the known drugs inhibit the enzymes in the cell wall biosynthesis pathway. One such pathway is L-rhamnose, which involves four druggable enzymes RmlA, B, C and D. The 3D structure analyses of these protein models (RmlA, B and D) and crystal structure (RmlC) has been carried out. Multiple sequence alignments of homologs from distant species of 32 taxa and analyses of available structures were performed in order to study the conservation of sequence and structural motifs, and catalytically important residues. Based on these results and reported mechanism in other organisms, we have predicted putative catalytic mechanism of M.tb enzymes involved in the L-rhamnose biosynthesis pathway.
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- Devendra K Dhaked
- School of Chemistry, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, Telangana, 500046, India
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- School of Chemistry, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, Telangana, 500046, India
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- School of Chemistry, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, Telangana, 500046, India.
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Yin S, Liu M, Kong JQ. Functional analyses of OcRhS1 and OcUER1 involved in UDP-L-rhamnose biosynthesis in Ornithogalum caudatum. Plant Physiol Biochem 2016; 109:536-548. [PMID: 27835851 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2016.10.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2016] [Revised: 10/31/2016] [Accepted: 10/31/2016] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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UDP-L-rhamnose (UDP-Rha) is an important sugar donor for the synthesis of rhamnose-containing compounds in plants. However, only a few enzymes and their encoding genes involved in UDP-Rha biosynthesis are available in plants. Here, two genes encoding rhamnose synthase (RhS) and bi-functional UDP-4-keto-6-deoxy-D-glucose (UDP-4K6DG) 3, 5-epimerase/UDP-4-keto-L-rhamnose (UDP-4KR) 4-keto-reductase (UER) were isolated from Ornithogalum caudatum based on the RNA-Seq data. The OcRhS1 gene has an ORF (open reading frame) of 2019 bp encoding a tri-functional RhS enzyme. In vitro enzymatic assays revealed OcRhS1 can really convert UDP-D-glucose (UDP-Glc) into UDP-Rha via three consecutive reactions. Biochemical evidences indicated that the recombinant OcRhS1 was active in the pH range of 5-11 and over the temperature range of 0-60 °C. The Km value of OcRhS1 for UDP-Glc was determined to be 1.52 × 10-4 M. OcRhS1 is a multi-domain protein with two sets of cofactor-binding motifs. The cofactors dependent properties of OcRhS1 were thus characterized in this research. Moreover, the N-terminal portion of OcRhS1 (OcRhS1-N) was observed to metabolize UDP-Glc to form intermediate UDP-4K6DG. OcUER1 contains an ORF of 906 bp encoding a polypeptide of 301 aa. OcUER1 shared high similarity with the carboxy-terminal domain of OcRhS1 (OcRhS1-C), suggesting its intrinsic ability of converting UDP-4K6DG into UDP-Rha. It was thus reasonably inferred that UDP-Glc could be bio-transformed into UDP-Rha under the collaborating action of OcRhS1-N and OcUER1. The subsequently biochemical assay verified this notion. Importantly, expression profiles of OcRhS1 and OcUER1 revealed their possible involvement in the biosynthesis of rhamnose-containing polysaccharides in O. caudatum.
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- Sen Yin
- Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College (State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines & Ministry of Health Key Laboratory of Biosynthesis of Natural Products), Beijing, 100050, China
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- Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College (State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines & Ministry of Health Key Laboratory of Biosynthesis of Natural Products), Beijing, 100050, China
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- Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College (State Key Laboratory of Bioactive Substance and Function of Natural Medicines & Ministry of Health Key Laboratory of Biosynthesis of Natural Products), Beijing, 100050, China.
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Wen L, Zang L, Huang K, Li S, Wang R, Wang PG. Efficient enzymatic synthesis of L-rhamnulose and L-fuculose. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2016; 26:969-972. [PMID: 26778148 PMCID: PMC5984655 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2015.12.051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2015] [Revised: 12/12/2015] [Accepted: 12/15/2015] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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L-Rhamnulose (6-deoxy-L-arabino-2-hexulose) and L-fuculose (6-deoxy-L-lyxo-2-hexulose) were prepared from L-rhamnose and L-fucose by a two-step strategy. In the first reaction step, isomerization of L-rhamnose to L-rhamnulose, or L-fucose to L-fuculose was combined with a targeted phosphorylation reaction catalyzed by L-rhamnulose kinase (RhaB). The by-products (ATP and ADP) were selectively removed by silver nitrate precipitation method. In the second step, the phosphate group was hydrolyzed to produce L-rhamnulose or L-fuculose with purity exceeding 99% in more than 80% yield (gram scale).
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- Liuqing Wen
- Department of Chemistry and Center for Therapeutics and Diagnostics, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory on Technologies Enabling Development of Clinical Therapeutics and Diagnostics (Theranostics), School of Pharmacy, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Therapeutics and Diagnostics, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Therapeutics and Diagnostics, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory on Technologies Enabling Development of Clinical Therapeutics and Diagnostics (Theranostics), School of Pharmacy, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China.
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Therapeutics and Diagnostics, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA.
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Rhamnose containing chemicals (RCCs) are widely occurred in plants and bacteria and are known to possess important bioactivities. However, few of them were available using the enzymatic synthesis method because of the scarcity of the α-L-rhamnosidases with wide acceptor specificity. In this work, an α-L-rhamnosidase from Alternaria sp. L1 was expressed in Pichia pastroris strain GS115. The recombinant enzyme was purified and used to synthesize novel RCCs through reverse hydrolysis in the presence of rhamnose as donor and mannitol, fructose or esculin as acceptors. The effects of initial substrate concentrations, reaction time, and temperature on RCC yields were investigated in detail when using mannitol as the acceptor. The mannitol derivative achieved a maximal yield of 36.1% by incubation of the enzyme with 0.4 M L-rhamnose and 0.2 M mannitol in pH 6.5 buffers at 55°C for 48 h. In identical conditions except for the initial acceptor concentrations, the maximal yields of fructose and esculin derivatives reached 11.9% and 17.9% respectively. The structures of the three derivatives were identified to be α-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1→6')-D-mannitol, α-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1→1')-β-D-fructopyranose, and 6,7-dihydroxycoumarin α-L-rhamnopyranosyl-(1→6')-β-D-glucopyranoside by ESI-MS and NMR spectroscopy. The high glycosylation efficiency as well as the broad acceptor specificity of this enzyme makes it a powerful tool for the synthesis of novel rhamnosyl glycosides.
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- Lili Lu
- State Key Lab of Microbial Technology and National Glycoengineering Research Center, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Glycobiology, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, PR China
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- State Key Lab of Microbial Technology and National Glycoengineering Research Center, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Glycobiology, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, PR China
- Academy of State Administration of Grain, Beijing 100037, PR China
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- State Key Lab of Microbial Technology and National Glycoengineering Research Center, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Glycobiology, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, PR China
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- State Key Lab of Microbial Technology and National Glycoengineering Research Center, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Glycobiology, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, PR China
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- State Key Lab of Microbial Technology and National Glycoengineering Research Center, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Glycobiology, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, PR China
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- State Key Lab of Microbial Technology and National Glycoengineering Research Center, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Carbohydrate Chemistry and Glycobiology, Shandong University, Jinan 250100, PR China
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Gong Z, Peng Y, Zhang Y, Song G, Chen W, Jia S, Wang Q. [Construction and optimization of Escherichia coli for producing rhamnolipid biosurfactant]. Sheng Wu Gong Cheng Xue Bao 2015; 31:1050-1062. [PMID: 26647580] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Rhamnolipid biosurfactant is mainly produced by Pseudomonas aeruginosa that is the opportunistic pathogenic strain and not suitable for future industrial development. In order to develop a relatively safe microbial strain for the production of rhamnolipid biosurfactant, we constructed engineered Escherichia coli strains for rhamnolipid production by expressing different copy numbers of rhamnosyltransferase (rhlAB) gene with the constitutive synthetic promoters of different strengths in E. coli ATCC 8739. We further studied the combinatorial regulation of rhlAB gene and rhaBDAC gene cluster for dTDP-1-rhamnose biosynthesis with different synthetic promoters, and obtained the best engineered strain-E. coli TIB-RAB226. Through the optimization of culture temperature, the titer of rhamnolipd reached 124.3 mg/L, 1.17 fold higher than that under the original condition. Fed-batch fermentation further improved the production of rhamnolipid and the titer reached the highest 209.2 mg/L within 12 h. High performance liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) analysis showed that there are total 5 mono-rhamnolipid congeners with different nuclear mass ratio and relative abundance. This study laid foundation for heterologous biosynthesis of rhanomilipd.
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Yue X, Gao XQ, Wang F, Dong Y, Li X, Zhang XS. Transcriptional evidence for inferred pattern of pollen tube-stigma metabolic coupling during pollination. PLoS One 2014; 9:e107046. [PMID: 25215523 PMCID: PMC4162560 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0107046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2014] [Accepted: 08/07/2014] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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It is difficult to derive all qualitative proteomic and metabolomic experimental data in male (pollen tube) and female (pistil) reproductive tissues during pollination because of the limited sensitivity of current technology. In this study, genome-scale enzyme correlation network models for plants (Arabidopsis/maize) were constructed by analyzing the enzymes and metabolic routes from a global perspective. Then, we developed a data-driven computational pipeline using the "guilt by association" principle to analyze the transcriptional coexpression profiles of enzymatic genes in the consecutive steps for metabolic routes in the fast-growing pollen tube and stigma during pollination. The analysis identified an inferred pattern of pollen tube-stigma ethanol coupling. When the pollen tube elongates in the transmitting tissue (TT) of the pistil, this elongation triggers the mobilization of energy from glycolysis in the TT cells of the pistil. Energy-rich metabolites (ethanol) are secreted that can be taken up by the pollen tube, where these metabolites are incorporated into the pollen tube's tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle, which leads to enhanced ATP production for facilitating pollen tube growth. In addition, our analysis also provided evidence for the cooperation of kaempferol, dTDP-alpha-L-rhamnose and cell-wall-related proteins; phosphatidic-acid-mediated Ca2+ oscillations and cytoskeleton; and glutamate degradation IV for γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) signaling activation in Arabidopsis and maize stigmas to provide the signals and materials required for pollen tube tip growth. In particular, the "guilt by association" computational pipeline and the genome-scale enzyme correlation network models (GECN) developed in this study was initiated with experimental "omics" data, followed by data analysis and data integration to determine correlations, and could provide a new platform to assist inachieving a deeper understanding of the co-regulation and inter-regulation model in plant research.
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- Xun Yue
- State Key Laboratory of Crop Biology, College of Life Sciences, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, Shandong, China
- College of Information Sciences and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, Shandong, China
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- College of Information Sciences and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, Shandong, China
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- College of Information Sciences and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, Shandong, China
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- College of Information Sciences and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, Shandong, China
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- College of Information Sciences and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, Shandong, China
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- College of Information Sciences and Engineering, Shandong Agricultural University, Taian, Shandong, China
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Wood JA, Knights EJ, Campbell GM, Choct M. Differences between easy- and difficult-to-mill chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) genotypes. Part III: free sugar and non-starch polysaccharide composition. J Sci Food Agric 2014; 94:1454-1462. [PMID: 24122880 DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.6445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2013] [Revised: 08/21/2013] [Accepted: 10/10/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND Parts I and II of this series of papers identified several associations between the ease of milling and the chemical compositions of different chickpea seed fractions. Non-starch polysaccharides were implicated; hence, this study examines the free sugars and sugar residues. RESULTS Difficult milling is associated with: (1) lower glucose and xylose residues (less cellulose and xyloglucans) and more arabinose, rhamnose and uronic acid in the seed coat, suggesting a more flexible seed coat that resists cracking and decortication; (2) a higher content of soluble and insoluble non-starch polysaccharide fractions in the cotyledon periphery, supporting a pectic polysaccharide mechanism comprising arabinogalacturonan, homogalacturonan, rhamnogalalcturonan, and glucuronan backbone structures; (3) higher glucose and mannose residues in the cotyledon periphery, supporting a lectin-mediated mechanism of adhesion; and (4) higher arabinose and glucose residues in the cotyledon periphery, supporting a mechanism involving arabinogalactan-proteins. CONCLUSION This series has shown that the chemical composition of chickpea does vary in ways that are consistent with physical explanations of how seed structure and properties relate to milling behaviour. Seed coat strength and flexibility, pectic polysaccharide binding, lectins and arabinogalactan-proteins have been implicated. Increased understanding in these mechanisms will allow breeding programmes to optimise milling performance in new cultivars.
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- Jennifer A Wood
- NSW Department of Primary Industries, Tamworth Agricultural Institute, 4 Marsden Park Rd, Calala, NSW 2340, Australia
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Kawarabayasi Y. [Uniqueness of the metabolic pathway of carbohydrate in thermophilic archaea]. Seikagaku 2011; 83:1117-1121. [PMID: 22352042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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- Yutaka Kawarabayasi
- Kyushu University, Faculty of Agriculture, Laboratory of Functional Genomics of Extremophiles, 6-10-1 Hakozaki, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan
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Ding W, Luo Y, Ai G, Jin C. [Function of rmlB in the pathogenic Escherichia coli 44277 (O2: k1)]. Wei Sheng Wu Xue Bao 2011; 51:1168-1176. [PMID: 22126071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To identify the role of rmlB in synthesizing L-rhamnose in the pathogenic Escherichia coli 44277 (O2:K1:H4). METHODS The rmlB gene was expressed and the activity of the recombinant protein was assayed by measuring the quantity of reaction product. The rmlB gene was deleted by homologous recombination, then phenotypic changes of the delta rmlB mutant was analyzed by Electron Microscope, Tricine SDS-PAGE and immunological methods. Further, various methods including MALDI-TOF-MS/MS, GC-MS and NMR was used to investigate the O antigen structure of the delta rmlB mutant. RESULTS RmlB was confirmed to be a protein harboring the activity of dTDP-D-glucose 4,6-dehydratase through enzyme assay. The delta rmlB mutant was successfully constructed and no phenotypic change was observed after compared with the wild type strain. L-rhamnose still existed in the delta rmlB mutant, indicating that there may be isoenzyme of RmlB presenting in the mutant or there was a novel way synthesizing L-rhamnose in the mutant. CONCLUSION RmlB has the activity of dTDP-D-glucose 4,6-dehydratase but it is not essential for the synthesis of L-rhamnose.
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- Weiping Ding
- Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
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Wang J, Ji Q, Jiang L, Shen S, Fan Y, Zhang C. Overexpression of a cytosol-localized rhamnose biosynthesis protein encoded by Arabidopsis RHM1 gene increases rhamnose content in cell wall. Plant Physiol Biochem 2009; 47:86-93. [PMID: 19056285 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2008.10.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2008] [Revised: 10/19/2008] [Accepted: 10/28/2008] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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l-Rhamnose (Rha) is an important constituent of pectic polysaccharides, a major component of the cell walls of Arabidopsis, which is synthesized by three enzymes encoded by AtRHM1, AtRHM2/AtMUM4, and AtRHM3. Despite the finding that RHM1 is involved in root hair formation in Arabidopsis, experimental evidence is still lacking for the in vivo enzymatic activity and subcellular compartmentation of AtRHM1 protein. AtRHM1 displays high similarity to the other members of RHM family in Arabidopsis and in other plant species such as rice and grape. Expression studies with AtRHM1 promoter-GUS fusion gene showed that AtRHM1 was expressed almost ubiquitously, with stronger expression in roots and cotyledons of young seedlings and inflorescences. GFP::AtRHM1 fusion protein was found to be localized in the cytosol of cotyledon cells and of petiole cells of cotyledon, indicating that AtRHM1 is a cytosol-localized protein. The overexpression of AtRHM1 gene in Arabidopsis resulted in an increase of rhamnose content as much as 40% in the leaf cell wall compared to the wild type as well as an alteration in the contents of galactose and glucose. Fourier-transform infrared analyses revealed that surplus rhamnose upon AtRHM1 overexpression contributes to the construction of rhamnogalacturonan.
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- Jinfeng Wang
- Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing 100081, China
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Dong C, Major LL, Srikannathasan V, Errey JC, Giraud MF, Lam JS, Graninger M, Messner P, McNeil MR, Field RA, Whitfield C, Naismith JH. RmlC, a C3' and C5' carbohydrate epimerase, appears to operate via an intermediate with an unusual twist boat conformation. J Mol Biol 2006; 365:146-59. [PMID: 17046787 PMCID: PMC1805628 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2006.09.063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2006] [Revised: 09/21/2006] [Accepted: 09/22/2006] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The striking feature of carbohydrates is their constitutional, conformational and configurational diversity. Biology has harnessed this diversity and manipulates carbohydrate residues in a variety of ways, one of which is epimerization. RmlC catalyzes the epimerization of the C3' and C5' positions of dTDP-6-deoxy-D-xylo-4-hexulose, forming dTDP-6-deoxy-L-lyxo-4-hexulose. RmlC is the third enzyme of the rhamnose pathway, and represents a validated anti-bacterial drug target. Although several structures of the enzyme have been reported, the mechanism and the nature of the intermediates have remained obscure. Despite its relatively small size (22 kDa), RmlC catalyzes four stereospecific proton transfers and the substrate undergoes a major conformational change during the course of the transformation. Here we report the structure of RmlC from several organisms in complex with product and product mimics. We have probed site-directed mutants by assay and by deuterium exchange. The combination of structural and biochemical data has allowed us to assign key residues and identify the conformation of the carbohydrate during turnover. Clear knowledge of the chemical structure of RmlC reaction intermediates may offer new opportunities for rational drug design.
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- Changjiang Dong
- Centre for Biomolecular Sciences, The University, St. Andrews KY16 9ST, UK
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- Centre for Biomolecular Sciences, The University, St. Andrews KY16 9ST, UK
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- School of Chemical Sciences and Pharmacy, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK
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- Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Zentrum für NanoBiotechnologie, Universität für Bodenkultur Wien, A-1180, Vienna, Austria
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- Zentrum für NanoBiotechnologie, Universität für Bodenkultur Wien, A-1180, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Microbiology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
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- School of Chemical Sciences and Pharmacy, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK
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- Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Centre for Biomolecular Sciences, The University, St. Andrews KY16 9ST, UK
- Address Correspondence to James H Naismith, Centre for Biomolecular Sciences, The University, St Andrews KY16 9ST, UK. Phone 44-1334-463792 Fax 44-1334-462595 Email
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Diet A, Link B, Seifert GJ, Schellenberg B, Wagner U, Pauly M, Reiter WD, Ringli C. The Arabidopsis root hair cell wall formation mutant lrx1 is suppressed by mutations in the RHM1 gene encoding a UDP-L-rhamnose synthase. Plant Cell 2006; 18:1630-41. [PMID: 16766693 PMCID: PMC1488927 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.105.038653] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2005] [Revised: 05/04/2006] [Accepted: 05/15/2006] [Indexed: 05/10/2023]
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Cell and cell wall growth are mutually dependent processes that must be tightly coordinated and controlled. LRR-extensin1 (LRX1) of Arabidopsis thaliana is a potential regulator of cell wall development, consisting of an N-terminal leucine-rich repeat domain and a C-terminal extensin-like domain typical for structural cell wall proteins. LRX1 is expressed in root hairs, and lrx1 mutant plants develop distorted root hairs that often swell, branch, or collapse. The aberrant cell wall structures found in lrx1 mutants point toward a function of LRX1 during the establishment of the extracellular matrix. To identify genes that are involved in an LRX1-dependent developmental pathway, a suppressor screen was performed on the lrx1 mutant, and two independent rol1 (for repressor of lrx1) alleles were isolated. ROL1 is allelic to Rhamnose Biosynthesis1, which codes for a protein involved in the biosynthesis of rhamnose, a major monosaccharide component of pectin. The rol1 mutations modify the pectic polysaccharide rhamnogalacturonan I and, for one allele, rhamnogalacturonan II. Furthermore, the rol1 mutations cause a change in the expression of a number of cell wall-related genes. Thus, the lrx1 mutant phenotype is likely to be suppressed by changes in pectic polysaccharides or other cell wall components.
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- Anouck Diet
- Institute of Plant Biology, University of Zürich, 8008 Zürich, Switzerland
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- C Méndez
- Departamento de Biologia Funcional e Instituto Universitario de Oncologia (I.U.O.P.A.), Universidad de Oviedo, Spain
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Watt G, Leoff C, Harper AD, Bar-Peled M. A bifunctional 3,5-epimerase/4-keto reductase for nucleotide-rhamnose synthesis in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiol 2004; 134:1337-46. [PMID: 15020741 PMCID: PMC419811 DOI: 10.1104/pp.103.037192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2003] [Revised: 12/23/2003] [Accepted: 12/23/2003] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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l-Rhamnose is a component of plant cell wall pectic polysaccharides, diverse secondary metabolites, and some glycoproteins. The biosynthesis of the activated nucleotide-sugar form(s) of rhamnose utilized by the various rhamnosyltransferases is still elusive, and no plant enzymes involved in their synthesis have been purified. In contrast, two genes (rmlC and rmlD) have been identified in bacteria and shown to encode a 3,5-epimerase and a 4-keto reductase that together convert dTDP-4-keto-6-deoxy-Glc to dTDP-beta-l-rhamnose. We have identified an Arabidopsis cDNA that contains domains that share similarity to both reductase and epimerase. The Arabidopsis gene encodes a protein with a predicated molecular mass of approximately 33.5 kD that is transcribed in all tissue examined. The Arabidopsis protein expressed in, and purified from, Escherichia coli converts dTDP-4-keto-6-deoxy-Glc to dTDP-beta-l-rhamnose in the presence of NADPH. These results suggest that a single plant enzyme has both the 3,5-epimerase and 4-keto reductase activities. The enzyme has maximum activity between pH 5.5 and 7.5 at 30 degrees C. The apparent K(m) for NADPH is 90 microm and 16.9 microm for dTDP-4-keto-6-deoxy-Glc. The Arabidopsis enzyme can also form UDP-beta-l-rhamnose. To our knowledge, this is the first example of a bifunctional plant enzyme involved in sugar nucleotide synthesis where a single polypeptide exhibits the same activities as two separate prokaryotic enzymes.
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- Gregory Watt
- Complex Carbohydrate Research Center and Department of Plant Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 30602-4712, USA
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Babaoglu K, Page MA, Jones VC, McNeil MR, Dong C, Naismith JH, Lee RE. Novel inhibitors of an emerging target in Mycobacterium tuberculosis; substituted thiazolidinones as inhibitors of dTDP-rhamnose synthesis. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2003; 13:3227-30. [PMID: 12951098 DOI: 10.1016/s0960-894x(03)00673-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The emergence of multi-drug resistant tuberculosis, coupled with the increasing overlap of the AIDS and tuberculosis pandemics has brought tuberculosis to the forefront as a major worldwide health concern. In an attempt to find new inhibitors of the enzymes in the essential rhamnose biosynthetic pathway, a virtual library of 2,3,5 trisubstituted-4-thiazolidinones was created. These compounds were then docked into the active site cavity of 6'hydroxyl; dTDP-6-deoxy-D-xylo-4-hexulose 3,5-epimerase (RmlC) from Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The resulting docked conformations were consensus scored and the top 5% were slated for synthesis. Thus far, 94 compounds have been successfully synthesized and initially tested. Of those, 30 (32%) have > or =50% inhibitory activity (at 20 microM) in the coupled rhamnose synthetic assay with seven of the 30 also having modest activity against whole-cell M. tuberculosis.
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- Kerim Babaoglu
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN 38163, USA
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Rhamnose is an essential component of the insect control agent spinosad. However, the genes coding for the four enzymes involved in rhamnose biosynthesis in Saccharopolyspora spinosa are located in three different regions of the genome, all unlinked to the cluster of other genes that are required for spinosyn biosynthesis. Disruption of any of the rhamnose genes resulted in mutants with highly fragmented mycelia that could survive only in media supplemented with an osmotic stabilizer. It appears that this single set of genes provides rhamnose for cell wall synthesis as well as for secondary metabolite production. Duplicating the first two genes of the pathway caused a significant improvement in the yield of spinosyn fermentation products.
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- K Madduri
- Dow AgroSciences LLC, Indianapolis, Indiana 46268, USA.
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Waldron C, Matsushima P, Rosteck PR, Broughton MC, Turner J, Madduri K, Crawford KP, Merlo DJ, Baltz RH. Cloning and analysis of the spinosad biosynthetic gene cluster of Saccharopolyspora spinosa. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2001; 8:487-99. [PMID: 11358695 DOI: 10.1016/s1074-5521(01)00029-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 149] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND Spinosad is a mixture of novel macrolide secondary metabolites produced by Saccharopolyspora spinosa. It is used in agriculture as a potent insect control agent with exceptional safety to non-target organisms. The cloning of the spinosyn biosynthetic gene cluster provides the starting materials for the molecular genetic manipulation of spinosad yields, and for the production of novel derivatives containing alterations in the polyketide core or in the attached sugars. RESULTS We cloned the spinosad biosynthetic genes by molecular probing, complementation of blocked mutants, and cosmid walking, and sequenced an 80 kb region. We carried out gene disruptions of some of the genes and analyzed the mutants for product formation and for the bioconversion of intermediates in the spinosyn pathway. The spinosyn gene cluster contains five large open reading frames that encode a multifunctional, multi-subunit type I polyketide synthase (PKS). The PKS cluster is flanked on one side by genes involved in the biosynthesis of the amino sugar forosamine, in O-methylations of rhamnose, in sugar attachment to the polyketide, and in polyketide cross-bridging. Genes involved in the early common steps in the biosynthesis of forosamine and rhamnose, and genes dedicated to rhamnose biosynthesis, were not located in the 80 kb cluster. CONCLUSIONS Most of the S. spinosa genes involved in spinosyn biosynthesis are found in one 74 kb cluster, though it does not contain all of the genes required for the essential deoxysugars. Characterization of the clustered genes suggests that the spinosyns are synthesized largely by mechanisms similar to those used to assemble complex macrolides in other actinomycetes. However, there are several unusual genes in the spinosyn cluster that could encode enzymes that generate the most striking structural feature of these compounds, a tetracyclic polyketide aglycone nucleus.
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- C Waldron
- Dow AgroSciences, Indianapolis, IN 46268, USA.
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García-Junco M, De Olmedo E, Ortega-Calvo JJ. Bioavailability of solid and non-aqueous phase liquid (NAPL)-dissolved phenanthrene to the biosurfactant-producing bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa 19SJ. Environ Microbiol 2001; 3:561-9. [PMID: 11683866 DOI: 10.1046/j.1462-2920.2001.00223.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The biodegradation of phenanthrene by the biosurfactant-producing strain Pseudomonas aeruginosa 19SJ was investigated in experiments with the compound present either as crystals or dissolved in non-aqueous phase liquids (NAPLs). Growth on solid phenanthrene exhibited an initial phase not limited by dissolution rate and a subsequent, carbon-limited phase caused by exhaustion of the carbon source. Rhamnolipid biosurfactants were produced from solid phenanthrene and appeared in solution and particulate material (cells and phenanthrene crystals). During the carbon-limited phase, the concentration of rhamnolipids detected in culture exceeded the critical micelle concentration (CMC) determined with purified rhamnolipids. The biosurfactants caused a significant increase in dissolution rate and pseudosolubility of phenanthrene, but only at concentrations above the CMC. Externally added rhamnolipids at a concentration higher than the CMC increased the biodegradation rate of solid phenanthrene. Mineralization curves of low concentrations of phenanthrene initially dissolved in two NAPLs [2,2,4,4,6,8,8-heptamethylnonane and di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate] were S-shaped, although no growth was observed in the population of suspended bacteria. Biosurfactants were not detected in solution under these conditions. The observed mineralization was attributed not only to suspended bacteria, but also to bacterial populations growing at the NAPL-water interface, mineralizing the compound at higher rates than predicted by abiotic partitioning. We suggest that rhamnolipid production and attachment increased the bioavailability of phenanthrene, so promoting biodegradation activity.
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- M García-Junco
- Instituto de Recursos Naturales y Agrobiología, CSIC, Apartado 1052, E-41080 Seville, Spain
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Degeest B, Janssens B, De Vuyst L. Exopolysaccharide (EPS) biosynthesis by Lactobacillus sakei 0-1: production kinetics, enzyme activities and EPS yields. J Appl Microbiol 2001; 91:470-7. [PMID: 11556912 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.2001.01404.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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AIMS To determine optimal exopolysaccharide (EPS) production conditions of the mesophilic lactic acid bacterium strain Lactobacillus sakei 0-1 and to detect possible links between EPS yields and the activity of relevant enzymes. METHODS AND RESULTS Fermentation experiments at different temperatures using either glucose or lactose were carried out. EPS production took place during the exponential growth phase. Low temperatures, applying glucose as carbohydrate source, resulted in the best bacterial growth, the highest amounts of EPS and the highest specific EPS production. Activities of 10 important enzymes involved in the EPS biosynthesis and the energy formation of Lact. sakei 0-1 were measured. The obtained results revealed that there is a clear link for some enzymes with EPS biosynthesis. It was also demonstrated clearly that the presence of rhamnose in the EPS building blocks is due to high activities of the enzymes involved in the rhamnose synthetic branch. CONCLUSION EPS production in Lact. sakei 0-1 is growth-associated and displays primary metabolite kinetics. Glucose as carbohydrate source and low temperatures enhance the EPS production. The enzymes involved in the biosynthesis of the activated sugar nucleotides play a major role in determining the monomeric composition of the synthesized EPS. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY The proposed results contribute to a better understanding of the physiological factors influencing EPS production and the key enzymes involved in EPS biosynthesis by Lact. sakei.
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- B Degeest
- Research Group of Industrial Microbiology, Fermentation Technology and Downstream Processing (IMDO), Department of Applied Biological Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Brussels, Belgium
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Kneidinger B, Graninger M, Adam G, Puchberger M, Kosma P, Zayni S, Messner P. Identification of two GDP-6-deoxy-D-lyxo-4-hexulose reductases synthesizing GDP-D-rhamnose in Aneurinibacillus thermoaerophilus L420-91T. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:5577-83. [PMID: 11096116 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m010027200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The glycan repeats of the surface layer glycoprotein of Aneurinibacillus thermoaerophilus L420-91T contain d-rhamnose and 3-acetamido-3,6-dideoxy-d-galactose, both of which are also constituents of lipopolysaccharides of Gram-negative plant and human pathogenic bacteria. The two genes required for biosynthesis of the nucleotide-activated precursor GDP-d-rhamnose, gmd and rmd, were cloned, sequenced, and overexpressed in Escherichia coli. The corresponding enzymes Gmd and Rmd were purified to homogeneity, and functional studies were performed. GDP-d-mannose dehydratase (Gmd) converted GDP-d-mannose to GDP-6-deoxy-d-lyxo-4-hexulose, with NADP+ as cofactor. The reductase Rmd catalyzed the second step in the pathway, namely the reduction of the keto-intermediate to the final product GDP-d-rhamnose using both NADH and NADPH as hydride donor. The elution behavior of the intermediate and end product was analyzed by high performance liquid chromatography. Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy was used to identify the structure of the final product of the reaction sequence as GDP-alpha-d-rhamnose. This is the first characterization of a GDP-6-deoxy-d-lyxo-4-hexulose reductase. In addition, Gmd has been shown to be a bifunctional enzyme with both dehydratase and reductase activities. So far, no enzyme catalyzing these two types of reactions has been identified. Both Gmd and Rmd are members of the SDR (short chain dehydrogenase/reductase) protein family.
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- B Kneidinger
- Zentrum für Ultrastrukturforschung und Ludwig Boltzmann-Institut für Molekulare Nanotechnologie, Universität für Bodenkultur Wien, A-1180 Wien, Austria
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L-Rhamnose is a deoxy sugar found widely in bacteria and plants. Evidence continues to emerge about its essential role in many pathogenic bacteria. The crystal structures of two of the four enzymes involved in its biosynthetic pathway have been reported and the other two have been submitted for publication. This pathway does not exist in humans, making enzymes of this pathway very attractive targets for therapeutic intervention.
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- M F Giraud
- Institut de Biochimie et de Génétique Cellulaires du CNRS, Université Victor Segalen, Bordeaux 2, 1 rue Camille Saint-Saëns, F-33 077 cedex, Bordeaux, France
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World production of oils and fats is about 2.5 million tonnes, 75% of which are derived from plants. Most of them are used in the food industry for the manufacture of different products, or directly as salad oil. Great quantities of waste are generated by the oil and fat industries: residual oils, tallow, marine oils, soap stock, frying oils. It is well known that the disposal of wastes is a growing problem and new alternatives for the use of fatty wastes should be studied. Used frying oils, due to their composition, have great potential for microbial growth and transformation. The use of economic substrates such as hydrophobic wastes meets one of the requirements for a competitive process for biosurfactant production. In the Mediterranean countries, the most used vegetable oils are sunflower and olive oil. Here we present a screening process is described for the selection of micro-organism strains with the capacity to grow on these frying oils and accumulate surface-active compounds in the culture media. From the 36 strains screened, nine Pseudomonas strains decreased the surface tension of the medium to 34-36 mN/M; the emulsions with kerosene remained stable for three months. Two Bacillus strains accumulated lipopeptide and decreased the surface tension to 32-34 mN/m. Strain Ps. aeruginosa 47T2 was selected for further studies. The effect of nitrogen and a C/N of 8. 0 gave a final production of rhamnolipid of 2.7 g l-1 as rhamnose, and a production yield of 0.34 g g-1.
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- E Haba
- Laboratori de Microbiologia, Facultat de Farmàcia, Universitat de Barcelona, and Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Facultat de Quimica, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain
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Mata-Sandoval JC, Karns J, Torrents A. High-performance liquid chromatography method for the characterization of rhamnolipid mixtures produced by pseudomonas aeruginosa UG2 on corn oil. J Chromatogr A 1999; 864:211-20. [PMID: 10669288 DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9673(99)00979-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 151] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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A HPLC method was developed to quantify rhamnolipid species in a bacterial biosurfactant mixture. The biosurfactant mixtures containing mainly 3-[3'-(L-rhamnopyranosyl-oxy)decanoyloxy]decanoic acid (RhC10C10), 3-[3'-(2'-O-alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl-oxy)decanoyloxy]decanoic acid (Rh2C10C10), 3-[3'-(2'-O-alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl-oxy)decanoyloxy]dodecanoic acid (Rh2C10C12), and a dehydrogenated variety of the latter, 3-[3'-(2'-O-alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl-oxy)decanoyloxy]dodecenoic acid (Rh2C10C12-H2), were isolated from Pseudomonas aeruginosa UG2 cultures grown on corn oil as sole carbon. The rhamnolipid species were identified and quantified after their derivatization to the corresponding phenacyl esters. To confirm the reliability of the HPLC method, the biosurfactant mixtures and the HPLC isolated species were further analyzed. Mass spectroscopy (electrospray ionization and atmospheric pressure chemical ionization techniques) was used to confirm their molecular mass, gas chromatography to verify their fatty acid content, and a colorimetric assay to quantify the rhamnose content.
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- J C Mata-Sandoval
- Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Maryland at College Park, 20742, USA
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Kalambaheti T, Bulach DM, Rajakumar K, Adler B. Genetic organization of the lipopolysaccharide O-antigen biosynthetic locus of Leptospira borgpetersenii serovar Hardjobovis. Microb Pathog 1999; 27:105-17. [PMID: 10458921 DOI: 10.1006/mpat.1999.0285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Leptospiral LPS plays a critical role in immunity to leptospirosis and forms the basis for serological classification of Leptospira. However, neither the structure of leptospiral LPS nor the genetics of its biosynthesis have been elucidated. A probe derived from the rhamnose biosynthetic genes of L. interrogans serovar Copenhageni was used to identify the rfb locus of L. borgpetersenii serovar Hardjobovis. Chromosome walking and sequence analysis revealed an rfb locus spanning 36.7 kb, which consists of 31 ORFs transcribed in the same direction. Clusters of genes were identified which encode proteins related to enzymes involved in the biosynthesis of activated sugars including rhamnose. Additional ORFs in the locus encode glycosyltransferases for the assembly of the O-antigen subunit and integral membrane proteins for the transport of O-antigen subunits through the membrane and assembly into LPS.
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- T Kalambaheti
- Department of Microbiology, Monash University, Clayton, Vic, Australia
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Yamashita Y, Tomihisa K, Nakano Y, Shimazaki Y, Oho T, Koga T. Recombination between gtfB and gtfC is required for survival of a dTDP-rhamnose synthesis-deficient mutant of Streptococcus mutans in the presence of sucrose. Infect Immun 1999; 67:3693-7. [PMID: 10377163 PMCID: PMC116568 DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.7.3693-3697.1999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The rml genes are involved in dTDP-rhamnose synthesis in Streptococcus mutans. A gene fusion between gtfB and gtfC, which both encode extracellular water-insoluble glucan-synthesizing enzymes, accompanied by inactivation of the rml genes was observed for cells grown in the presence of sucrose. The survival rates of rml mutants isolated in the absence of sucrose were drastically reduced in the presence of sucrose. The rates were consistent with the frequency of spontaneous gene fusions between gtfB and gtfC, suggesting that the spontaneous recombinant organisms were selected in the presence of sucrose. The rml mutants with a gtfB-gtfC fusion gene had markedly reduced water-insoluble glucan synthetic activity and lost the ability to colonize glass surfaces in the presence of sucrose. These results suggest that the rml mutants of S. mutans, which are defective in dTDP-rhamnose synthesis, can survive only in the absence of water-insoluble glucan synthesis.
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- Y Yamashita
- Department of Preventive Dentistry, Kyushu University Faculty of Dentistry, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan.
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Giraud MF, Gordon FM, Whitfield C, Messner P, McMahon SA, Naismith JH. Purification, crystallization and preliminary structural studies of dTDP-6-deoxy-D-xylo-4-hexulose 3,5-epimerase (RmlC), the third enzyme of the dTDP-L-rhamnose synthesis pathway, from Salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr 1999; 55:706-8. [PMID: 10089454 DOI: 10.1107/s0907444998015042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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L-Rhamnose is an essential component of the cell wall of many pathogenic bacteria. Its precusor, dTDP-L-rhamnose, is synthesized from alpha-D-glucose-1-phosphate and dTTP via a pathway requiring four distinct enzymes: RmlA, RmlB, RmlC and RmlD. RmlC was overexpressed in Escherichia coli. The recombinant protein was purified by a two-step protocol involving anion-exchange and hydrophobic chromatography. Dynamic light-scattering experiments indicated that the recombinant protein is monodisperse. Crystals were obtained using the sitting-drop vapour-diffusion method with ammonium sulfate as precipitant. Diffraction data were collected on a frozen crystal to a resolution of 2.17 A. The crystal belongs to either space group P3121 or P3221, with unit-cell parameters a = b = 71.56, c = 183.53 A and alpha = beta = 90, gamma = 120 degrees.
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- M F Giraud
- Centre for Biomolecular Sciences, Purdie Building, University of St. Andrews, Fife KY16 9ST, Scotland
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Lactobacillus sakei strain 0-1 produces an exopolysaccharide (EPS) consisting of glucose and rhamnose in a ratio of 3:2. As part of a biochemical and molecular analysis of the EPS biosynthetic pathway in L. sakei strain 0-1, we have isolated a random set of EPS-negative mutants. Following treatment of cells with the mutagen ethylmethane sulfonic acid, a total of 10 mutants were identified that lacked the clear ropy appearance of wild-type colonies on agar plates. Their characterization revealed that eight mutants had completely lost the ability to synthesize the normal EPS. Six of these mutants lacked activities of enzymes involved in the biosynthesis of dTDP-rhamnose, required for EPS production. Only mutant strains 12 and 20 were directly affected in EPS synthesis. Strain 12 synthesized EPS with a different sugar composition, however. Interestingly, strain 12 showed temperature-dependent EPS synthesis, with the highest amounts synthesized at 12 degrees C, and low amounts at the optimal temperature for growth (30 degrees C). Two mutants were in fact EPS-positive, producing the normal EPS, but displayed a different cell morphology (elongated cells), indicating a modification in cell wall synthesis.
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- M Breedveld
- Groningen Biomolecular and Biotechnology Institute (GBB), University of Groningen, Haren, The Netherlands.
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L-fucose and L-rhamnose are two 6-deoxyhexoses naturally occurring in several complex carbohydrates. In prokaryotes both of them are found in polysaccharides of the cell wall, while in animals only L-fucose has been described, which mainly participates to the structure of glycoconjugates, either in the cell membrane or secreted in biological fluids, such as ABH blood groups and Lewis system antigens. L-fucose and L-rhamnose are synthesized by two de novo biosynthetic pathways starting from GDP-D-mannose and dTDP-D-glucose, respectively, which share several common features. The first step for both pathways is a dehydration reaction catalyzed by specific nucleotide-sugar dehydratases. This leads to the formation of unstable 4-keto-6-deoxy intermediates, which undergo a subsequent epimerization reaction responsible for the change from D- to L-conformation, and then a NADPH-dependent reduction of the 4-keto group, with the consequent formation of either GDP-L-fucose or dTDP-L-rhamnose. These compounds are then the substrates of specific glycosyltransferases which are responsible for insertion of either L-fucose or L-rhamnose in the corresponding glycoconjugates. The enzyme involved in the first step of GDP-L-fucose biosynthesis in E. coli, i.e., GDP-D-mannose 4,6 dehydratase, has been recently expressed as recombinant protein and characterized in our laboratory. We have also cloned and fully characterized a human protein, formerly named FX, and an E. coli protein, WcaG, which display both the epimerase and the reductase activities, thus indicating that only two enzymes are required for GDP-L-fucose production. Fucosylated complex glycoconjugates at the cell surface can then be recognized by specific counter-receptors in interacting cells, these mechanisms initiating important processes including inflammation and metastasis. The second pathway starting from dTDP-D-glucose leads to the synthesis of antibiotic glycosides or, alternatively, to the production of dTDP-L-rhamnose. While several sets of data are available on the first enzyme of the pathway, i.e., dTDP-D-glucose dehydratase, the enzymes involved in the following steps still need to be identified and characterized.
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- M Tonetti
- Institute of Biochemistry, University of Genova, Italy
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Rocchetta HL, Pacan JC, Lam JS. Synthesis of the A-band polysaccharide sugar D-rhamnose requires Rmd and WbpW: identification of multiple AlgA homologues, WbpW and ORF488, in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Mol Microbiol 1998; 29:1419-34. [PMID: 9781879 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.01024.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa is capable of producing various cell-surface polysaccharides including alginate, A-band and B-band lipopolysaccharides (LPS). The D-mannuronic acid residues of alginate and the D-rhamnose (D-Rha) residues of A-band polysaccharide are both derived from the common sugar nucleotide precursor GDP-D-mannose (D-Man). Three genes, rmd, gmd and wbpW, which encode proteins involved in the synthesis of GDP-D-Rha, have been localized to the 5' end of the A-band gene cluster. In this study, WbpW was found to be homologous to phosphomannose isomerases (PMIs) and GDP-mannose pyrophosphorylases (GMPs) involved in GDP-D-Man biosynthesis. To confirm the enzymatic activity of WbpW, Escherichia coli PMI and GMP mutants deficient in the K30 capsule were complemented with wbpW, and restoration of K30 capsule production was observed. This indicates that WbpW, like AlgA, is a bifunctional enzyme that possesses both PMI and GMP activities for the synthesis of GDP-D-Man. No gene encoding a phosphomannose mutase (PMM) enzyme could be identified within the A-band gene cluster. This suggests that the PMM activity of AlgC may be essential for synthesis of the precursor pool of GDP-D-Man, which is converted to GDP-D-Rha for A-band synthesis. Gmd, a previously reported A-band enzyme, and Rmd are predicted to perform the two-step conversion of GDP-D-Man to GDP-D-Rha. Chromosomal mutants were generated in both rmd and wbpW. The Rmd mutants do not produce A-band LPS, while the WbpW mutants synthesize very low amounts of A band after 18 h of growth. The latter observation was thought to result from the presence of the functional homologue AlgA, which may compensate for the WbpW deficiency in these mutants. Thus, WbpW AlgA double mutants were constructed. These mutants also produced low levels of A-band LPS. A search of the PAO1 genome sequence identified a second AlgA homologue, designated ORF488, which may be responsible for the synthesis of GDP-D-Man in the absence of WbpW and AlgA. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification and sequence analysis of this region reveals three open reading frames (ORFs), orf477, orf488 and orf303, arranged as an operon. ORF477 is homologous to initiating enzymes that transfer glucose 1-phosphate onto undecaprenol phosphate (Und-P), while ORF303 is homologous to L-rhamnosyltransferases involved in polysaccharide assembly. Chromosomal mapping using pulsed field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) and Southern hybridization places orf477, orf488 and orf303 between 0.3 and 0.9 min on the 75 min map of PAO1, giving it a map location distinct from that of previously described polysaccharide genes. This region may represent a unique locus within P. aeruginosa responsible for the synthesis of another polysaccharide molecule.
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- H L Rocchetta
- Department of Microbiology and Canadian Bacterial Diseases Network, University of Guelph, ON
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Yamashita Y, Tsukioka Y, Oho T, Nakano Y, Koga T. Molecular characterization of a gene locus encoding biosynthesis pathway of Streptococcus mutans serotype C-specific antigen. Adv Exp Med Biol 1997; 418:1011-4. [PMID: 9331822 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4899-1825-3_238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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- Y Yamashita
- Department of Preventive Dentistry, Kyushu University Faculty of Dentistry, Fukuoka, Japan
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Iqbal S, Khalid ZM, Malik KA. Enhanced biodegradation and emulsification of crude oil and hyperproduction of biosurfactants by a gamma ray-induced mutant of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Lett Appl Microbiol 1995; 21:176-9. [PMID: 7576503 DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765x.1995.tb01035.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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A gamma ray-induced mutant of Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain S8, capable of hyperproduction of biosurfactant from hydrocarbons, was isolated and named as EBN-8. The mutant showed 3-4 times more hydrocarbon emulsification/conversion as compared to the parent when grown on Khaskheli crude oil in minimal medium. Enhanced biosurfactant production and hydrocarbon utilization by the mutant was also observed during growth on heptadecane in minimal medium as indicated by emulsion index and surface tension of cell-free culture broth. Using heptadecane as carbon and energy source, time course for the growth (cfu ml-1) and biosurfactant production were compared for both parent and mutant. These studies were carried out for 24 d at 30 +/- 2 degrees C and for 20 d at 37 degrees C. Growth of EBN-8 was much faster compared to the parent as well as being 2-3 times more hyperproductive.
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- S Iqbal
- National Institute for Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Faisalabad, Pakistan
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Robertson BD, Frosch M, van Putten JP. The identification of cryptic rhamnose biosynthesis genes in Neisseria gonorrhoeae and their relationship to lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis. J Bacteriol 1994; 176:6915-20. [PMID: 7961452 PMCID: PMC197061 DOI: 10.1128/jb.176.22.6915-6920.1994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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Neisseria gonorrhoeae synthesizes a rough lipopolysaccharide that does not contain any of the repetitive units characteristic of the smooth lipopolysaccharide of members of the family Enterobacteriaceae. Three gonococcal homologs of Salmonella serovar typhimurium genes involved in the synthesis of the rhamnose component of the repetitive subunits have been isolated. Gonococcal homologs for rfbB, rfbA, and rfbD were found downstream of the galE gene in a region of the chromosome which shows overall homology with the meningococcal capsule gene complex region D. Sequence alignment demonstrated that the gonococcal gene products have 69, 65, and 54% amino acid identity with the Salmonella proteins RfbB, RfbA, and RfbD. The gonococcal RfbB and RfbA amino acid sequences share even more identical residues (73 and 65%, respectively) with the amino acid sequences derived from Escherichia coli genes o355 and o292, respectively. These genes are clustered with the genes involved in the biosynthesis of enterobacterial common antigen, and o355 is listed in the GenBank and Swiss Protein data banks as rffE (encoding UDP-GlcNAc-2-epimerase). However, complementation studies demonstrated that o355 does not encode the enzyme UDP-GlcNAc-2-epimerase. Gonococcal strains constructed with null mutations in the rfbBAD genes were unchanged in lipopolysaccharide phenotype and in the synthesis of gonococcal carbohydrate-containing C antigen. We were unable to detect any changes in gonococcal phenotype with respect to lipopolysaccharide sialylation, monoclonal-antibody binding, serum sensitivity, or interaction with eukaryotic cells in vitro. We conclude that the absence of a homolog for rfbC precludes the existence of a functional dTDP-rhamnose biosynthesis pathway in the gonococcal strains examined and that these genes are only maintained in N. gonorrhoeae either because of the presence of the galE gene or because of another as yet unrecognized function.
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- B D Robertson
- Max-Planck-Institut für Biologie, Abteilung Infektionsbiologie, Tübingen, Germany
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Rajakumar K, Jost BH, Sasakawa C, Okada N, Yoshikawa M, Adler B. Nucleotide sequence of the rhamnose biosynthetic operon of Shigella flexneri 2a and role of lipopolysaccharide in virulence. J Bacteriol 1994; 176:2362-73. [PMID: 8157605 PMCID: PMC205360 DOI: 10.1128/jb.176.8.2362-2373.1994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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N1308, a chromosomal Tn5 mutant of Shigella flexneri 2a, was described previously as a lipopolysaccharide (LPS) mutant with a short O side chain. N1308 formed foci, but not plaques, in LLC-MK2 cell monolayers and was negative in the Serény test. In this study, the wild-type locus inactivated in N1308 was cloned and further defined by means of complementation analysis. A 4.3-kb BstEII-XhoI fragment of S. flexneri 2a YSH6200 DNA was sufficient to restore both normal LPS and virulence phenotype to the mutant. DNA sequencing of this region revealed four genes, rfbA, rfbB, rfbC, and rfbD, encoding the enzymes required for the biosynthesis of activated rhamnose. The four genes were expressed in Escherichia coli, and the expected protein products were visualized by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. N1308 was shown to have normal levels of surface IpaC and IpaD, while a Western blot (immunoblot) of whole-cell lysates or outer membrane fractions indicated an elevated level of appropriately localized VirG. An in vitro invasion assay revealed that N1308 had normal primary invasive capacity and was able to multiply and move normally within the initial infected cell. However, it exhibited a significant reduction in its ability to spread from cell to cell in the monolayer. A double immunofluorescence assay revealed differences between LLC-MK2 cells infected with the wild-type YSH6000 and those infected with N1308. The wild-type bacteria elicited the formation of the characteristic F-actin tails, whereas N1308 failed to do so. However, N1308 was capable of inducing deposition of F-actin, which accumulated in a peribacterial fashion with only slight, if any, unipolar accumulation of the cytoskeletal protein.
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- K Rajakumar
- Department of Microbiology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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A microbial surfactant (biosurfactant) was investigated for its potential to enhance bioavailability and, hence, the biodegradation of octadecane. The rhamnolipid biosurfactant used in this study was extracted from culture supernatants after growth of Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 9027 in phosphate-limited proteose peptone-glucose-ammonium salts medium. Dispersion of octadecane in aqueous solutions was dramatically enhanced by 300 mg of the rhamnolipid biosurfactant per liter, increasing by a factor of more than 4 orders of magnitude, from 0.009 to > 250 mg/liter. The relative enhancement of octadecane dispersion was much greater at low rhamnolipid concentrations than at high concentrations. Rhamnolipid-enhanced octadecane dispersion was found to be dependent on pH and shaking speed. Biodegradation experiments done with an initial octadecane concentration of 1,500 mg/liter showed that 20% of the octadecane was mineralized in 84 h in the presence of 300 mg of rhamnolipid per liter, compared with only 5% octadecane mineralization when no surfactant was present. These results indicate that rhamnolipids may have potential for facilitating the bioremediation of sites contaminated with hydrocarbons having limited water solubility.
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- Department of Soil and Water Science, University of Arizona, Tucson 85721
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Marumo K, Lindqvist L, Verma N, Weintraub A, Reeves PR, Lindberg AA. Enzymatic synthesis and isolation of thymidine diphosphate-6-deoxy-D-xylo-4-hexulose and thymidine diphosphate-L-rhamnose. Production using cloned gene products and separation by HPLC. Eur J Biochem 1992; 204:539-45. [PMID: 1541269 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-1033.1992.tb16665.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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A two-step enzymatic synthesis of dTDP-L-rhamnose is developed using enzymes from sonicated extracts of cultures of Escherichia coli K12 strains harboring plasmids containing different parts of the rfb gene cluster of Salmonella enterica LT2. The intermediate dTDP-6-deoxy-D-xylo-4-hexulose was isolated after a 1-h reaction, using only dTDP-D-glucose and dTDP-D-glucose 4,6-dehydratase, followed by protein precipitation and desalting by gel chromatography (yield 89%). In a two-step reaction using dTDP-D-glucose and dTDP-D-glucose 4,6-dehydratase in the first step, and with NADPH, dTDP-6-deoxy-D-xylo-4-hexulose 3,5-epimerase and NADPH:dTDP-6-deoxy-L-lyxo-4-hexulose-4-reductase in the second hour of incubation, the dTDP-D-glucose was fully converted to dTDP-L-rhamnose. The hexoses of both products were identified by mass spectroscopy. The molar yield of dTDP-L-rhamnose, after protein precipitation, anion-exchange chromatography and desalting by gel chromatography, was 62%, corresponding to more than 150 mg, starting from 250 mg of dTDP-D-glucose. When stored lyophilysed under nitrogen, these products were found to be stable for several months. Both dTDP-6-deoxy-D-xylo-4-hexulose and dTDP-L-rhamnose have light absorption maxima at 267 nm, with molar absorption coefficients close to that of dTMP. However, the absorption coefficient of dTDP-6-deoxy-D-xylo-4-hexulose at the absorption maximum of 320 nm (specific for sugars containing keto groups) was found to be approximately 20% higher than values presented earlier. Furthermore, an HPLC technique is presented for determining the net activity of dTDP-6-deoxy-D-xylo-4-hexulose 3,5-epimerase and NADPH:dTDP-6-deoxy-L-lyxo-4-hexulose-4-reductase, based on separation of dTDP-6-deoxy-D-xylo-4-hexulose and dTDP-L-rhamnose. The HPLC technique is also suitable for determination of all the nucleotide components involved in the synthesis.
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- K Marumo
- Karolinska Institute, Department of Clinical Bacteriology, Huddinge Hospital, Sweden
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Jiang XM, Neal B, Santiago F, Lee SJ, Romana LK, Reeves PR. Structure and sequence of the rfb (O antigen) gene cluster of Salmonella serovar typhimurium (strain LT2). Mol Microbiol 1991; 5:695-713. [PMID: 1710759 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1991.tb00741.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 297] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The rfb gene cluster of Salmonella LT2 has been cloned and sequenced. The genes rfbA, rfbB, rfbD, rfbF, rfbG, rfbK, rfbM and rfbP were located individually and the gene rfbL was located outside the cluster. Approximately 16 open reading frames were found in the region which is essential for the expression of O antigen. The gene products of rfbB and rfbG were found to have homology with the group of dehydrogenase and related enzymes described previously. Analysis of the G + C ratio of the rfb cluster extended the area of low-G + C composition previously found in the sequence of rfbJ to the whole rfb gene cluster. Three to five segments with discrete G + C contents and codon adaptation indices are present in the rfb region, indicating a heterogeneous origin of these segments. Potential promoters were found near the start of the rfb region, supporting the possibility that the rfb gene cluster is an operon.
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- X M Jiang
- Department of Microbiology, University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Smeal BC, Bender L, Jungkind DL, Hastie AT. Simultaneous production of rhamnolipids, 2-alkyl-4-hydroxyquinolines, and phenazines by clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. J Clin Microbiol 1987; 25:1308-10. [PMID: 3112182 PMCID: PMC269200 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.25.7.1308-1310.1987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Of 72 clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa examined for simultaneous production of secondary metabolites, 86% produced 2-alkyl-4-hydroxyquinolines, 75% produced rhamnolipids, and 58% produced phenazines, including pyocyanin. Whereas isolates producing two or one constituted smaller groups, 39% released all three metabolites. Metabolite production did not appear to influence site of infection.
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Reiling HE, Thanei-Wyss U, Guerra-Santos LH, Hirt R, Käppeli O, Fiechter A. Pilot plant production of rhamnolipid biosurfactant by Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Appl Environ Microbiol 1986; 51:985-9. [PMID: 3089151 PMCID: PMC238998 DOI: 10.1128/aem.51.5.985-989.1986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 106] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Rhamnolipid biosurfactants were continuously produced with Pseudomonas aeruginosa on the pilot plant scale. Production and downstream processing elaborated on the laboratory scale were adapted to the larger scale. Differences in performance resulting from the scale-up are discussed. A biosurfactant concentration of approximately 2.25 g liter-1 was achieved. The biosurfactant yield on glucose was 77 mg g-1 h-1, and the productivity was 147 mg liter-1 h-1, corresponding to a daily production of 80 g of biosurfactant. The first enrichment step consisted of an adsorption chromatography which was followed by an anion-exchange chromatography. The resulting product was 90% pure, and the overall recovery of active material was above 60% with the downstream processing used.
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Syldatk C, Lang S, Wagner F, Wray V, Witte L. Chemical and physical characterization of four interfacial-active rhamnolipids from Pseudomonas spec. DSM 2874 grown on n-alkanes. Z Naturforsch C Biosci 1985; 40:51-60. [PMID: 3993180 DOI: 10.1515/znc-1985-1-212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 151] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Four extracellular glycolipids produced under growth-limiting conditions were isolated from the culture broth of Pseudomonas spec. DSM 2874. After purification by column and thick-layer chromatography they were identified as anionic rhamnolipids. 1H and 13C-NMR studies showed that two of these, beta(beta(2-O-alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyloxy)decanoyl)decanoic acid and beta(beta(2-O-alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl-alpha-L-rhamnopyranosylox y)decanoyloxy) decanoic acid, were identical with compounds described previously, while the other more hydrophilic compounds, beta(2-O-alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyloxy)decanoic acid and beta(2-O-alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl-alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyloxy) decanoic acid, were new compounds. Surface and interfacial activity of the organic crude extract and of the purified components were determined in different aqueous solutions. The pH-dependence of surface and interfacial properties of the two previously described rhamnolipids (4, 20, 23) were examined in Teorell-Stenhagen-buffer (supplemented with 10% NaCl) at pH 3.0 and pH 9.0. All rhamnolipids reduced the surface-tension from 72 to about 30 mN/m and the interfacial-tension from 42 to about 1 mN/m. The critical micelle concentrations were of the order of 5 to 200 mg/l depending on the structure of the molecule.
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Syldatk C, Lang S, Matulovic U, Wagner F. Production of four interfacial active rhamnolipids from n-alkanes or glycerol by resting cells of Pseudomonas species DSM 2874. Z Naturforsch C Biosci 1985; 40:61-7. [PMID: 3922147 DOI: 10.1515/znc-1985-1-213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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In a simple phosphate buffer or a sodium chloride solution resting cells of Pseudomonas spec. DSM 2874 produced up to 15 g/l of different rhamnolipids. The rhamnolipid composition of the organic crude extract depended on the temperature during the cultivation and on the C-source. The optimal sodium chloride concentration for rhamnolipid formation was about 100 mM/l and the optimal phosphate buffer concentration about 65 mM/l. The optimal pH-value for the production of rhamnolipids from n-alkanes or glycerol was in the range pH 6.0-7.2. While rhamnolipid formation with glycerol as the sole C-source showed a wide optimum ranging from 27 degrees up to 37 degrees C, production of rhamnolipids from n-alkanes had a sharp optimum at 37 degrees C. The addition of multivalent cations, different N-sources and EDTA caused an inhibition of rhamnolipid formation, while the n-alkane concentration had no influence. Specific rhamnolipid formation decreased with increasing cell concentration. Various C-sources were suitable for the formation of rhamnolipids by resting cells of Pseudomonas spec. DSM 2874. Yields, which were comparable to those obtained on n-alkanes or glycerol, were found for stearic acid, fatty alcohols and vegetable oils. A study of the time course of glycolipid production of resting cells was carried out in a 20 1-bioreactor with an intensor system and with n-tetradecane as the sole C-source.
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Travassos LR, Gorin PA, Lloyd KO. Discrimination between Sporothrix schenckii and Ceratocystis stenoceras rhamnomannans by proton and carbon-13 magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Infect Immun 1974; 9:674-80. [PMID: 4822869 PMCID: PMC414864 DOI: 10.1128/iai.9.4.674-680.1974] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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The proton and (13)C magnetic resonance (CMR) spectra of 10 Sporothrix schenckii and three Ceratocystis stenoceras rhamnomannans were studied. On the basis of their CMR spectra, the rhamnomannans from S. schenckii strains could be classified into two major types, I and II, readily distinguishable from the polysaccharides formed at the same temperature (25 C) by C. stenoceras. Rhamnomannans from S. schenckii synthesized at 37 C gave CMR spectra (type III) differing from those of polysaccharides of types I and II and from those of C. stenoceras polysaccharides. The contention that C. stenoceras might be the perfect form of S. schenckii is not supported by the present data. A presumptive pathogenic mutant of C. stenoceras synthesized a type I rhamnomannan characteristic of S. schenckii, clearly differing from the rhamnomannans from C. stenoceras synthesized in the same conditions. Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy revealed differences in the structures of the polysaccharides from these species not previously recognized by methylation analysis.
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