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Environ Microbiol Rep ; 16(1): e13210, 2024 Feb.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37950419

RESUMO

The MBES04 strain of Novosphingobium accumulates phenylpropanone monomers as end-products of the etherase system, which specifically and reductively cleaves the ß-O-4 ether bond (a major bond in lignin molecules). However, it does not utilise phenylpropanone monomers as an energy source. Here, we studied the response to the lignin-related perturbation to clarify the physiological significance of its etherase system. Transcriptome analysis revealed two gene clusters, each consisting of four tandemly linked genes, specifically induced by a lignin preparation extracted from hardwood (Eucalyptus globulus) and a ß-O-4-type lignin model biaryl compound, but not by vanillin. The most strongly induced gene was a 2,4'-dihydroxyacetophenone dioxygenase-like protein, which leads to energy production through oxidative degradation. The other cluster was related to multidrug resistance. The former cluster was transcriptionally regulated by a common promoter, where a phenylpropanone monomer acted as one of the effectors responsible for gene induction. These results indicate that the physiological significance of the etherase system of the strain lies in its function as a sensor for lignin fragments. This may be a survival strategy to detect nutrients and gain tolerance to recalcitrant toxic compounds, while the strain preferentially utilises easily degradable aromatic compounds with lower energy demands for catabolism.


Assuntos
Hidrocarbonetos Fluorados , Lignina , Sphingomonadaceae , Lignina/química , Proteínas de Bactérias/genética , Oxirredução , Éteres/química , Éteres/metabolismo , Sphingomonadaceae/genética , Sphingomonadaceae/metabolismo
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Biosci Biotechnol Biochem ; 87(10): 1183-1192, 2023 Sep 21.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37403406

RESUMO

Phenylpropanone monomers, including guaiacyl hydroxypropanone, are important precursors for the synthesis of various chemicals. The monomers are obtained in a three-step cascade reaction catalyzed by a group of enzymes in the ß-etherase system that cleaves the ß-O-4 bond, the major bond in lignin. In this study, one of the ß-etherase of the glutathione-S-transferase superfamily, AbLigF2, was discovered in genus Altererythrobacter, and the recombinant etherase was characterized. The enzyme showed maximal activity at 45 °C, maintained 30% of its activity after 2 h at 50 °C, and was the most thermostable among the previously reported enzymes. Moreover, N13, S14, and S115, located near the thiol group of glutathione, had a significant effect on the maximum reaction rate of enzyme activity. This study suggests that AbLigF2 has the potential to serve as a thermostable enzyme for lignin utilization and provides insights into its catalytic mechanism.


Assuntos
Lignina , Oxirredutases , Lignina/química , Catálise , Glutationa Transferase/química , Glutationa
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Environ Microbiol ; 23(8): 4151-4167, 2021 08.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33939871

RESUMO

Microbial decomposition of allochthonous plant components imported into the aquatic environment is one of the vital steps of the carbon cycle on earth. To expand the knowledge of the biodegradation of complex plant materials in aquatic environments, we recovered a sunken wood from the bottom of Otsuchi Bay, situated in northeastern Japan in 2012. We isolated Sphingobium with high ferulic acid esterase activity. The strain, designated as OW59, grew on various aromatic compounds and sugars, occurring naturally in terrestrial plants. A genomic study of the strain suggested its role in degrading hemicelluloses. We identified a gene encoding a non-secretory tannase-family α/ß hydrolase, which exhibited ferulic acid esterase activity. This enzyme shares the consensus catalytic triad (Ser-His-Asp) within the tannase family block X in the ESTHER database. The molecules, which had the same calculated elemental compositions, were produced consistently in both the enzymatic and microbial degradation of rice straw crude extracts. The non-secretory tannase-family α/ß hydrolase activity may confer an important phenotypic feature on the strain to accelerate plant biomass degradation. Our study provides insights into the underlying biodegradation process of terrestrial plant polymers in aquatic environments.


Assuntos
Oryza , Hidrolases de Éster Carboxílico/genética , Ésteres , Hidrolases
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Diabetes Obes Metab ; 20(9): 2274-2281, 2018 09.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29770541

RESUMO

AIMS: To compare the effect of a dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitor (DPP4-i) and a sulfonylurea (SU) on daily glucose fluctuation in drug-naïve Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 53 drug-naïve Japanese patients with T2DM (HbA1c, 7.0%-9.0%; fasting plasma glucose, 6.1 mmol/L or higher) were randomly assigned to either sitagliptin 50 mg qd or glibenclamide 2.5 mg per day (given in divided doses) in a 1:1 ratio. A continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) device was used to obtain 24-hour glucose profiles for each patient at baseline and at Week 2. The primary study endpoint was change from baseline in mean amplitude of glucose excursion (MAGE) during a 24-hour period. A key secondary endpoint was change from baseline in the standard deviation (SD) of 24-hour glucose levels. RESULTS: After 2 weeks of treatment, a numerically greater reduction in MAGE from baseline was observed in the sitagliptin group compared with the glibenclamide group, but the between-treatment difference was not statistically significant (LS mean difference [95% CI]: -0.48 mmol/L [-1.31, 0.34]; P = .245). However, a significantly greater reduction in the change from baseline in SD was observed in the sitagliptin group compared with the glibenclamide group (LS mean difference [95% CI]: -0.33 mmol/L [-0.62, -0.03]; P = .029). CONCLUSIONS: This study suggests that the DPP4 inhibitor sitagliptin has a greater ability to reduce daily glucose fluctuation than the SU glibenclamide in drug-naïve Japanese patients with T2DM. ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT02318693.


Assuntos
Glicemia/análise , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/tratamento farmacológico , Glibureto/administração & dosagem , Hipoglicemiantes/administração & dosagem , Fosfato de Sitagliptina/administração & dosagem , Idoso , Automonitorização da Glicemia , Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2/sangue , Inibidores da Dipeptidil Peptidase IV/administração & dosagem , Esquema de Medicação , Jejum/sangue , Feminino , Humanos , Japão , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Compostos de Sulfonilureia/administração & dosagem , Resultado do Tratamento
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Genome Announc ; 6(17)2018 Apr 26.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29700143

RESUMO

Sphingobium sp. strain YG1 is a lignin model dimer-metabolizing bacterium newly isolated from sediment in Kagoshima, Japan, at a depth of 102 m. Here, we report the complete genome nucleotide sequence of strain YG1.

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Genome Announc ; 6(12)2018 Mar 22.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29567747

RESUMO

Altererythrobacter sp. strain B11 is an aromatic monomer-degrading bacterium newly isolated from sediment under the seabed off Kashima, Japan, at a depth of 2,100 m. Here, we report the complete nucleotide sequence of the genome of strain B11.

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ChemSusChem ; 10(2): 425-433, 2017 01 20.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27878983

RESUMO

Enzymatic catalysis is an ecofriendly strategy for the production of high-value low-molecular-weight aromatic compounds from lignin. Although well-definable aromatic monomers have been obtained from synthetic lignin-model dimers, enzymatic-selective synthesis of platform monomers from natural lignin has not been accomplished. In this study, we successfully achieved highly specific synthesis of aromatic monomers with a phenylpropane structure directly from natural lignin using a cascade reaction of ß-O-4-cleaving bacterial enzymes in one pot. Guaiacylhydroxylpropanone (GHP) and the GHP/syringylhydroxylpropanone (SHP) mixture are exclusive monomers from lignin isolated from softwood (Cryptomeria japonica) and hardwood (Eucalyptus globulus). The intermediate products in the enzymatic reactions show the capacity to accommodate highly heterologous substrates at the substrate-binding sites of the enzymes. To demonstrate the applicability of GHP as a platform chemical for bio-based industries, we chemically generate value-added GHP derivatives for bio-based polymers. Together with these chemical conversions for the valorization of lignin-derived phenylpropanone monomers, the specific and enzymatic production of the monomers directly from natural lignin is expected to provide a new stream in "white biotechnology" for sustainable biorefineries.


Assuntos
Acetona/química , Biocatálise , Glutationa Transferase/metabolismo , Lignina/química , Propiofenonas/química , Cryptomeria/enzimologia , Eucalyptus/enzimologia , Concentração de Íons de Hidrogênio , Temperatura
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Sci Rep ; 5: 15105, 2015 Oct 19.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26477321

RESUMO

Lignin, an aromatic polymer of phenylpropane units joined predominantly by ß-O-4 linkages, is the second most abundant biomass component on Earth. Despite the continuous discharge of terrestrially produced lignin into marine environments, few studies have examined lignin degradation by marine microorganisms. Here, we screened marine isolates for ß-O-4 cleavage activity and determined the genes responsible for this enzymatic activity in one positive isolate. Novosphingobium sp. strain MBES04 converted all four stereoisomers of guaiacylglycerol-ß-guaiacyl ether (GGGE), a structural mimic of lignin, to guaiacylhydroxypropanone as an end metabolite in three steps involving six enzymes, including a newly identified Nu-class glutathione-S-transferase (GST). In silico searches of the strain MBES04 genome revealed that four GGGE-metabolizing GST genes were arranged in a cluster. Transcriptome analysis demonstrated that the lignin model compounds GGGE and (2-methoxyphenoxy)hydroxypropiovanillone (MPHPV) enhanced the expression of genes in involved in energy metabolism, including aromatic-monomer assimilation, and evoked defense responses typically expressed upon exposure to toxic compounds. The findings from this study provide insight into previously unidentified bacterial enzymatic systems and the physiological acclimation of microbes associated with the biological transformation of lignin-containing materials in marine environments.


Assuntos
Proteínas de Bactérias/metabolismo , Enzimas/metabolismo , Lignina/metabolismo , Sphingomonadaceae/enzimologia , Proteínas de Bactérias/genética , Catálise , Enzimas/genética , Regulação Bacteriana da Expressão Gênica , Ordem dos Genes , Loci Gênicos , Glutationa Transferase/metabolismo , Guaifenesina/análogos & derivados , Guaifenesina/metabolismo , Lignina/química , Sphingomonadaceae/genética , Estereoisomerismo
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FEMS Yeast Res ; 15(6)2015 Sep.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26187908

RESUMO

The purpose of this study was to develop novel methods for attachment and cultivation of specifically positioned single yeast cells on a microelectrode surface with the application of a weak electrical potential. Saccharomyces cerevisiae diploid strains attached to an indium tin oxide/glass (ITO) electrode to which a negative potential between -0.2 and -0.4 V vs. Ag/AgCl was applied, while they did not adhere to a gallium-doped zinc oxide/glass electrode surface. The yeast cells attached to the negative potential-applied ITO electrodes showed normal cell proliferation. We found that the flocculin FLO10 gene-disrupted diploid BY4743 mutant strain (flo10Δ /flo10Δ) almost completely lost the ability to adhere to the negative potential-applied ITO electrode. Our results indicate that the mechanisms of diploid BY4743 S. cerevisiae adhesion involve interaction between the negative potential-applied ITO electrode and the Flo10 protein on the cell wall surface. A combination of micropatterning techniques of living single yeast cell on the ITO electrode and omics technologies holds potential of novel, highly parallelized, microchip-based single-cell analysis that will contribute to new screening concepts and applications.


Assuntos
Moléculas de Adesão Celular/metabolismo , Adesão Celular , Eletrodos/microbiologia , Proteínas de Saccharomyces cerevisiae/metabolismo , Saccharomyces cerevisiae/citologia , Saccharomyces cerevisiae/fisiologia , Moléculas de Adesão Celular/genética , Deleção de Genes , Vidro , Saccharomyces cerevisiae/crescimento & desenvolvimento , Proteínas de Saccharomyces cerevisiae/genética , Compostos de Estanho , Óxido de Zinco
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Genome Announc ; 3(1)2015 Jan 15.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25593249

RESUMO

This report describes the draft genome sequence of Novosphingobium sp. strain MBES04, isolated from sunken wood from Suruga Bay, Japan, which is capable of degrading a wide range of lignin-related aromatic monomers. The draft genome sequence contains 5,361,448 bp, with a G+C content of 65.4%.

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Biosci Biotechnol Biochem ; 79(4): 625-32, 2015.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25483365

RESUMO

A deep-sea bacterium, Microbulbifer thermotolerans JAMB-A94, has a ß-agarase (MtAgaA) belonging to the glycoside hydrolase family (GH) 16. The optimal temperature of this bacterium for growth is 43-49 °C, and MtAgaA is stable at 60 °C, which is one of the most thermostable enzymes among GH16 ß-agarases. Here, we determined the catalytic domain structure of MtAgaA. MtAgaA consists of a ß-jelly roll fold, as observed in other GH16 enzymes. The structure of MtAgaA was most similar to two ß-agarases from Zobellia galactanivorans, ZgAgaA, and ZgAgaB. Although the catalytic cleft structure of MtAgaA was similar to ZgAgaA and ZgAgaB, residues at subsite -4 of MtAgaA were not conserved between them. Also, an α-helix, designated as α4', was uniquely located near the catalytic cleft of MtAgaA. A comparison of the structures of the three enzymes suggested that multiple factors, including increased numbers of arginine and proline residues, could contribute to the thermostability of MtAgaA.


Assuntos
Arginina/química , Proteínas de Bactérias/química , Gammaproteobacteria/química , Glicosídeo Hidrolases/química , Prolina/química , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Bacillus subtilis/genética , Bacillus subtilis/metabolismo , Proteínas de Bactérias/genética , Proteínas de Bactérias/metabolismo , Biocatálise , Domínio Catalítico , Cristalografia por Raios X , Estabilidade Enzimática , Flavobacteriaceae/química , Flavobacteriaceae/enzimologia , Gammaproteobacteria/enzimologia , Expressão Gênica , Glicosídeo Hidrolases/genética , Glicosídeo Hidrolases/metabolismo , Temperatura Alta , Modelos Moleculares , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Estrutura Secundária de Proteína , Proteínas Recombinantes/química , Proteínas Recombinantes/genética , Proteínas Recombinantes/metabolismo , Alinhamento de Sequência
12.
Appl Microbiol Biotechnol ; 98(15): 6667-77, 2014 Aug.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24633372

RESUMO

A ß-fructofuranosidase from Microbacterium saccharophilum K-1 (formerly known as Arthrobacter sp. K-1) is useful for producing the sweetener lactosucrose (4(G)-ß-D-galactosylsucrose). Thermostability of the ß-fructofuranosidase was enhanced by random mutagenesis and saturation mutagenesis. Clones with enhanced thermostability included mutations at residues Thr47, Ser200, Phe447, Phe470, and Pro500. In the highest stability mutant, T47S/S200T/F447P/F470Y/P500S, the half-life at 60 °C was 182 min, 16.5-fold longer than the wild-type enzyme. A comparison of the crystal structures of the full-length wild-type enzyme and three mutants showed that various mechanisms appear to be involved in thermostability enhancement. In particular, the replacement of Phe447 with Val or Pro induced a conformational change in an adjacent residue His477, which results in the formation of a new hydrogen bond in the enzyme. Although the thermostabilization mechanisms of the five residue mutations were explicable on the basis of the crystal structures, it appears to be difficult to predict which amino acid residues should be modified to obtain thermostabilized enzymes.


Assuntos
Actinomycetales/enzimologia , Proteínas de Bactérias/química , beta-Frutofuranosidase/química , Actinomycetales/química , Actinomycetales/genética , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Proteínas de Bactérias/genética , Proteínas de Bactérias/metabolismo , Estabilidade Enzimática , Temperatura Alta , Cinética , Modelos Moleculares , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Mutação , Engenharia de Proteínas , beta-Frutofuranosidase/genética , beta-Frutofuranosidase/metabolismo
13.
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol ; 64(Pt 1): 107-115, 2014 Jan.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24021727

RESUMO

Two marine bacteria, designated strains MBE#61(T) and MBE#74(T), were isolated from a piece of sunken bamboo in the marine environment in Japan. Both of these strains were Gram-stain-negative, but had different cell shapes: MBE#61(T) was spiral, whereas MBE#74(T) was rod-shaped. The temperature, pH and salt concentration ranges for growth of strain MBE#61(T) were 4-38 °C (optimal at 32 °C), pH 4.5-11.0 (optimal at pH 7.0-8.0) and 1-11 % (optimal at 2 %) NaCl, whereas those of strain MBE#74(T) were 4-36 °C (optimal at 30 °C), pH 4.0-10.5 (optimal at pH 7.0-8.0) and 1-12 % (optimal at 4 %) NaCl. Phylogenetic analysis based on partial 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed that both strains belong to the genus Thalassospira within the class Alphaproteobacteria. Similarity between the 16S rRNA gene sequence of strain MBE#61(T) and those of the type strains of species of the genus Thalassospira was 97.5-99.0 %, and that of strain MBE#74(T) was 96.9-98.6 %; these two isolates were most closely related to Thalassospira lucentensis QMT2(T). However, the DNA-DNA hybridization values between T. lucentensis QMT2(T) and strain MBE#61(T) or MBE#74(T) were only 16.0 % and 7.1 %, respectively. The DNA G+C content of strain MBE#61(T) was 54.4 mol%, and that of strain MBE#74(T) was 55.9 mol%. The predominant isoprenoid quinone of the two strains was Q-10 (MBE#61(T), 97.3 %; MBE#74(T), 93.5 %). The major cellular fatty acids of strain MBE#61(T) were C18 : 1ω7c (31.1 %), summed feature 3 comprising C16 : 0ω7c/iso-C15 : 0 2-OH (26.1 %) and C16 : 0 (20.9 %); those of strain MBE#74(T) were C16 : 0 (26.2 %), C17 : 0 cyclo (19.9 %) and C18 : 1ω7c (12.1 %). On the basis of these results, strain MBE#61(T) and strain MBE#74(T) are considered to represent novel species of the genus Thalassospira, for which names Thalassospira alkalitolerans sp. nov. and Thalassospira mesophila sp. nov. are proposed. The type strains are MBE#61(T) ( = JCM 18968(T) = CECT 8273(T)) and MBE#74(T) ( = JCM 18969(T) = CECT 8274(T)), respectively. An emended description of the genus Thalassospira is also proposed.


Assuntos
Alphaproteobacteria/classificação , Bambusa/microbiologia , Filogenia , Água do Mar/microbiologia , Alphaproteobacteria/genética , Alphaproteobacteria/isolamento & purificação , Técnicas de Tipagem Bacteriana , Composição de Bases , DNA Bacteriano/genética , Ácidos Graxos/química , Sedimentos Geológicos/microbiologia , Japão , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Hibridização de Ácido Nucleico , RNA Ribossômico 16S/genética , Rhodospirillaceae/genética , Rhodospirillaceae/metabolismo , Análise de Sequência de DNA , Ubiquinona/química
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Genome Announc ; 1(6)2013 Nov 07.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-24201196

RESUMO

Sphingobium sp. strain KK22 was isolated from a bacterial consortium that originated from cattle pasture soil from Texas. Strain KK22 grows on phenanthrene and has been shown to biotransform the high-molecular-weight (HMW) polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) benz[a]anthracene. The genome of strain KK22 was sequenced to investigate the genes involved in aromatic pollutant biotransformation.

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Extremophiles ; 17(6): 931-9, 2013 Nov.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23949137

RESUMO

An agar-degrading archaeon Halococcus sp. 197A was isolated from a solar salt sample. The agarase was purified by hydrophobic column chromatography using a column of TOYOPEARL Phenyl-650 M. The molecular mass of the purified enzyme, designated as Aga-HC, was ~55 kDa on both SDS-PAGE and gel-filtration chromatography. Aga-HC released degradation products in the order of neoagarohexose, neoagarotetraose and small quantity of neoagarobiose, indicating that Aga-HC was a ß-type agarase. Aga-HC showed a salt requirement for both stability and activity, being active from 0.3 M NaCl, with maximal activity at 3.5 M NaCl. KCl supported similar activities as NaCl up to 3.5 M, and LiCl up to 2.5 M. These monovalent salts could not be substituted by 3.5 M divalent cations, CaCl2 or MgCl2. The optimal pH was 6.0. Aga-HC was thermophilic, with optimum temperature of 70 °C. Aga-HC retained approximately 90 % of the initial activity after incubation for 1 hour at 65-80 °C, and retained 50 % activity after 1 hour at 95 °C. In the presence of additional 10 mM CaCl2, approximately 17 % remaining activity was detected after 30 min at 100 °C. This is the first report on agarase purified from Archaea.


Assuntos
Proteínas Arqueais/metabolismo , Glicosídeo Hidrolases/metabolismo , Halococcus/enzimologia , Proteínas Arqueais/química , Estabilidade Enzimática , Glicosídeo Hidrolases/química , Especificidade por Substrato
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Mar Biotechnol (NY) ; 15(4): 461-75, 2013 Aug.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23420537

RESUMO

We developed an electrical modulation method for attachment and detachment of microorganisms. Living microorganisms suspended in non-nutritive media such as PBS⁻ and artificial seawater were attracted by and selectively attached to indium tin oxide (ITO)/glass electrode regions to which a negative potential was applied. The microorganisms suspended in LB medium and glucose solution were not attracted to the ITO electrode. Dead microorganisms were not attracted to the ITO electrode. The living microorganisms were retrieved after detachment from the ITO electrode by application of a high-frequency triangular wave potential. When we applied this method to separate microorganisms from deep-sea sediment, bacteria belonging to 19 phyla and 23 classes were collected without undesirable high molecular weight contaminants such as humic acids. At the phylum and class level, respectively, 95 and 87 % of the phylotypes among electrically retrieved bacteria were common to the gene clones from the direct sediment DNA extraction. This technique is a novel useful method to prepare bacterial cells in a single population or a community for metagenomic analyses.


Assuntos
Bactérias/metabolismo , Eletrodos/microbiologia , Sedimentos Geológicos/microbiologia , Metagenômica/métodos , Água do Mar/microbiologia , Microbiologia do Solo , Compostos de Estanho/metabolismo , Bactérias/genética , Bactérias/ultraestrutura , Sequência de Bases , Biologia Computacional , Primers do DNA/genética , Campos Eletromagnéticos , Japão , Microscopia de Força Atômica , Microscopia Eletrônica de Varredura , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Filogenia , Análise de Sequência de DNA , Especificidade da Espécie
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Int J Syst Evol Microbiol ; 63(Pt 8): 2765-2769, 2013 Aug.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23315408

RESUMO

A Gram-stain-positive, non-motile, non-spore-forming, rod-shaped bacterium, designated strain K-1(T), was isolated from soil at a sucrose refinery in Japan. The strain grew at 9-37 °C (optimum, 30 °C) and at pH 6-11 (optimum, pH 7.0). Phylogenetic analysis based on the full-length 16S rRNA gene sequence of strain K-1(T) revealed that it was a member of the genus Microbacterium. High 16S rRNA gene sequence similarities were found between strains K-1(T) and both Microbacterium pumilum NBRC 101279(T) (99.7 %) and Microbacterium deminutum NRRL B-24453(T) (99.5 %). However, the DNA-DNA hybridization values between strain K-1(T) and M. pumilum NBRC 101279(T) and M. deminutum NRRL B-24453(T) were only 12 % and 10 %, respectively. The DNA G+C content of strain K-1(T) was 73 mol%. The major fatty acids of strain K-1(T) were anteiso-C15 : 0 and anteiso-C17 : 0, and the major menaquinones were MK-12 and MK-13. The diamino acid in the cell-wall peptidoglycan was lysine. On the basis of these results, strain K-1(T) is considered to represent a novel species of the genus Microbacterium, for which the name Microbacterium saccharophilum sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is K-1(T) (= NBRC 108778(T) = NCIMB 14782(T)).


Assuntos
Actinomycetales/classificação , Filogenia , Microbiologia do Solo , Sacarose/metabolismo , Actinomycetales/genética , Actinomycetales/isolamento & purificação , Técnicas de Tipagem Bacteriana , Composição de Bases , DNA Bacteriano/genética , Ácidos Graxos/análise , Japão , Lisina/análise , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Hibridização de Ácido Nucleico , Peptidoglicano/análise , RNA Ribossômico 16S/genética , Análise de Sequência de DNA , Vitamina K 2/análise
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Int J Syst Evol Microbiol ; 63(Pt 6): 2180-2185, 2013 Jun.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23125319

RESUMO

A moderately halophilic, slightly acidophilic, aerobic bacterium, designated strain YTM-1(T), was isolated from the body surface of Malacocottus gibber. Cells were Gram-stain-negative, short rods or cocci, approximately 0.9-1.1 µm long and 1.0-1.8 µm wide. Strain YTM-1(T) was able to grow with 1-30% NaCl (optimum, 7.5-10%, w/v), at 4-30 °C (optimum, 20-25 °C) and at pH 3.8-9.5 (optimum, pH 5.0-5.5). Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA gene sequence similarities showed that strain YTM-1(T) belonged to the genus Salinisphaera with low similarity values to the type strains of recognized species of this genus (<94.8-94.4%). The polar lipids of strain YTM-1(T) consisted of diphosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylglycerol, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylserine, three unknown phospholipids and one unknown lipid. The predominant isoprenoid quinone was Q-8. The major fatty acids were C19:0ω8c cyclo, C18:1ω7c, C16:1ω5c and C16:0. The DNA G+C content of strain YTM-1(T) was 67.3 mol%. These phylogenetic, physiological and chemotaxonomic data indicated that strain YTM-1(T) represents a novel species of the genus Salinisphaera, for which the name Salinisphaera japonica sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is YTM-1(T) (=JCM 18087(T)=CECT 8012(T)). An emended description of the genus Salinisphaera is also proposed.


Assuntos
Peixes/microbiologia , Gammaproteobacteria/classificação , Filogenia , Animais , Técnicas de Tipagem Bacteriana , Composição de Bases , DNA Bacteriano/genética , Ácidos Graxos/análise , Gammaproteobacteria/genética , Gammaproteobacteria/isolamento & purificação , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Fosfolipídeos/análise , RNA Ribossômico 16S/genética , Análise de Sequência de DNA , Ubiquinona/análise
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Enzyme Microb Technol ; 51(6-7): 359-65, 2012 Dec 10.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23040392

RESUMO

Arthrobacter sp. K-1 ß-fructofuranosidase (ArFFase), a glycoside hydrolase family 68 enzyme, catalyzes the hydrolysis and transfructosylation of sucrose. ArFFase is useful for producing a sweetener, lactosucrose (4(G)-ß-D-galactosylsucrose). The primary structure of ArFFase is homologous to those of levansucrases, although ArFFase catalyzes mostly hydrolysis when incubated with sucrose alone, even at high concentration. Here, we determined the crystal structure of ArFFase in unliganded form and complexed with fructose. ArFFase consisted of a five-bladed ß-propeller fold as observed in levansucrases. The structure of ArFFase was most similar to that of Gluconacetobacter diazotrophicus levansucrase (GdLev). The structure of the catalytic cleft of ArFFase was also highly homologous to that of GdLev. However, two amino acid residues, Tyr232 and Pro442 in ArFFase, were not conserved between them. A tunnel observed at the bottom of the catalytic cleft of ArFFase may serve as a water drain or its reservoir.


Assuntos
Arthrobacter/enzimologia , Proteínas de Bactérias/química , Proteínas de Bactérias/metabolismo , Trissacarídeos/biossíntese , beta-Frutofuranosidase/química , beta-Frutofuranosidase/metabolismo , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Arthrobacter/genética , Proteínas de Bactérias/genética , Biotecnologia , Domínio Catalítico , Cristalografia por Raios X , Modelos Moleculares , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Proteínas Recombinantes/química , Proteínas Recombinantes/genética , Proteínas Recombinantes/metabolismo , Homologia de Sequência de Aminoácidos , Eletricidade Estática , beta-Frutofuranosidase/genética
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Biotechnol Lett ; 34(10): 1887-93, 2012 Oct.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22714281

RESUMO

To investigate novel extremozymes encoded by sequenced metagenes from a microbial community in an extreme environment, we have characterized a recombinant glycosyl hydrolase (rGH) from an uncultured bacterium within the order Chloroflexi. rGH formed insoluble bodies in an Escherichia coli protein expression system. The protein was partially dissolved by a surfactant and was enzymatically characterized. The MW of the monomeric peptide was ~62 kDa, and it formed a homodimers in buffer. It was optimally active at 65 °C and from pH 4 to 8. rGH showed hydrolytic activity for α-1,1, α-1,2 and α-1,6 linkages, including isomaltose, but not α-1,4 and ß-linkages.


Assuntos
Biofilmes , Chloroflexi/fisiologia , Glicosídeo Hidrolases/química , Fontes Hidrotermais/microbiologia , Isomaltose/metabolismo , Sequência de Aminoácidos , Chloroflexi/enzimologia , Análise por Conglomerados , Estabilidade Enzimática , Glicosídeo Hidrolases/metabolismo , Concentração de Íons de Hidrogênio , Isomaltose/química , Cinética , Dados de Sequência Molecular , Peso Molecular , Análise de Sequência de Proteína , Especificidade por Substrato , Temperatura
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