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J Mol Microbiol Biotechnol ; 2(3): 283-9, 2000 Jul.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10937437

ABSTRACT

The activity of a 35 kDa protease increased in response to induced expression of chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT) in E. coli. This protease was partially purified, extensively characterized, and identified via the use of zymogram gels as the outer membrane protease, OmpT. In experiments targeting the overlap of well-characterized stress responses, OmpT activity was found to increase in response to heat shock but was only minimally affected by amino acid limitation. The largest increase in activity was found after induction of CAT. OmpT expression levels also increased in response to induction of recombinant CAT overexpression and heat shock. This is the first report of increased activity and expression of an outer membrane protease during cytoplasmic overexpression of a recombinant protein.


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Chloramphenicol O-Acetyltransferase/genetics , Chloramphenicol O-Acetyltransferase/metabolism , Escherichia coli/genetics , Porins/genetics , Porins/metabolism , Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins , Escherichia coli/metabolism , Escherichia coli Proteins , Heat-Shock Response , Peptide Hydrolases , Porins/isolation & purification , Recombinant Proteins/genetics , Recombinant Proteins/metabolism
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Appl Environ Microbiol ; 64(9): 3359-67, 1998 Sep.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-9726883

ABSTRACT

Defined microbial communities were developed by combining selective enrichment with molecular monitoring of total community genes coding for 16S rRNAs (16S rDNAs) to identify potential polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB)-dechlorinating anaerobes that ortho dechlorinate 2,3, 5,6-tetrachlorobiphenyl. In enrichment cultures that contained a defined estuarine medium, three fatty acids, and sterile sediment, a Clostridium sp. was predominant in the absence of added PCB, but undescribed species in the delta subgroup of the class Proteobacteria, the low-G+C gram-positive subgroup, the Thermotogales subgroup, and a single species with sequence similarity to the deeply branching species Dehalococcoides ethenogenes were more predominant during active dechlorination of the PCB. Species with high sequence similarities to Methanomicrobiales and Methanosarcinales archaeal subgroups were predominant in both dechlorinating and nondechlorinating enrichment cultures. Deletion of sediment from PCB-dechlorinating enrichment cultures reduced the rate of dechlorination and the diversity of the community. Substitution of sodium acetate for the mixture of three fatty acids increased the rate of dechlorination, further reduced the community diversity, and caused a shift in the predominant species that included restriction fragment length polymorphism patterns not previously detected. Although PCB-dechlorinating cultures were methanogenic, inhibition of methanogenesis and elimination of the archaeal community by addition of bromoethanesulfonic acid only slightly inhibited dechlorination, indicating that the archaea were not required for ortho dechlorination of the congener. Deletion of Clostridium spp. from the community profile by addition of vancomycin only slightly reduced dechlorination. However, addition of sodium molybdate, an inhibitor of sulfate reduction, inhibited dechlorination and deleted selected species from the community profiles of the class Bacteria. With the exception of one 16S rDNA sequence that had the highest sequence similarity to the obligate perchloroethylene-dechlorinating Dehalococcoides, the 16S rDNA sequences associated with PCB ortho dechlorination had high sequence similarities to the delta, low-G+C gram-positive, and Thermotogales subgroups, which all include sulfur-, sulfate-, and/or iron(III)-respiring bacterial species.


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Bacteria, Anaerobic/genetics , Bacteria, Anaerobic/metabolism , Polychlorinated Biphenyls/metabolism , Alkanesulfonic Acids/pharmacology , Anti-Bacterial Agents/pharmacology , Bacteria, Anaerobic/drug effects , Bacteria, Anaerobic/growth & development , Bacteria, Anaerobic/isolation & purification , Biodegradation, Environmental , Chlorine/metabolism , Culture Media , DNA, Bacterial/analysis , DNA, Ribosomal/analysis , Geologic Sediments/microbiology , Marine Biology , Molecular Sequence Data , Molybdenum/pharmacology , Phylogeny , Polymerase Chain Reaction/methods , Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length , RNA, Ribosomal, 16S/genetics , Sequence Analysis, DNA , Sodium Acetate/metabolism , Vancomycin/pharmacology
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