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Analysis of Kytococcus sedentarius Strain Isolated from a Dehumidifier Operating in a University Lecture Theatre: Systems for Aerobic Respiration, Resisting Osmotic Stress, and Sensing Nitric Oxide. 从大学讲堂除湿机中分离的静息Kytococcus菌株的分析:有氧呼吸系统,抵抗渗透应激和感知一氧化氮。
IF 3.9 4区 生物学
Microbial Physiology Pub Date : 2021-01-01 Epub Date: 2021-03-17 DOI: 10.1159/000512751
Meshari Ahmed Alhadlaq, Jeffrey Green, Bassam K Kudhair
{"title":"Analysis of Kytococcus sedentarius Strain Isolated from a Dehumidifier Operating in a University Lecture Theatre: Systems for Aerobic Respiration, Resisting Osmotic Stress, and Sensing Nitric Oxide.","authors":"Meshari Ahmed Alhadlaq,&nbsp;Jeffrey Green,&nbsp;Bassam K Kudhair","doi":"10.1159/000512751","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000512751","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A strain of Kytococcus sedentarius was isolated from a dehumidifier operating in a university lecture theatre. Genome analysis and phenotypic characterisation showed that this strain, K. sedentarius MBB13, was a moderately halotolerant aerobe with a branched aerobic electron transport chain and genes that could contribute to erythromycin resistance. The major compatible solute was glycine betaine, with ectoine and proline being deployed at higher osmolarities. Actinobacteria possess multiple WhiB-like (Wbl) regulatory proteins, and K. sedentarius MBB13 has four (WhiB1, WhiB2, WhiB3, and WhiB7). Wbls are iron-sulfur proteins that regulate gene expression through interactions with RNA polymerase sigma factors and/or other regulatory proteins. Bacterial two-hybrid analyses suggested that WhiB1 and WhiB2, but not WhiB3 and WhiB7, interact with the C-terminal domain of the major sigma factor, σA; no interaction was detected between any of the Wbl proteins and the only alternative sigma factors, σB, σH, or σJ. The interaction between σA and WhiB1 or WhiB2 was disrupted in a heterologous system under growth conditions that produce nitric oxide and the iron-sulfur clusters of the isolated WhiB1 and WhiB2 proteins reacted with nitric oxide. Thus, K. sedentarius strain exhibits the major phenotypic characteristics of the type strain and a comprehensive examination of the interactions between its four Wbl proteins and four sigma factors suggested that the Wbl proteins all operate through interaction with σA.</p>","PeriodicalId":18457,"journal":{"name":"Microbial Physiology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1159/000512751","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"25487960","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 0
Recovery of Unicellular Cyanobacteria from Nitrogen Chlorosis: A Model for Resuscitation of Dormant Bacteria. 氮萎黄中单细胞蓝藻的恢复:一种休眠细菌复苏模型。
IF 3.9 4区 生物学
Microbial Physiology Pub Date : 2021-01-01 Epub Date: 2021-04-20 DOI: 10.1159/000515742
Niels Neumann, Sofia Doello, Karl Forchhammer
{"title":"Recovery of Unicellular Cyanobacteria from Nitrogen Chlorosis: A Model for Resuscitation of Dormant Bacteria.","authors":"Niels Neumann,&nbsp;Sofia Doello,&nbsp;Karl Forchhammer","doi":"10.1159/000515742","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000515742","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Nitrogen starvation induces developmental transitions in cyanobacteria. Whereas complex multicellular cyanobacteria of the order Nostocales can differentiate specialized cells that perform nitrogen fixation in the presence of oxygenic photosynthesis, non-diazotrophic unicellular strains, such as Synechococcus elongatus or Synechocystis PCC 6803, undergo a transition into a dormant non-growing state. Due to loss of pigments during this acclimation, the process is termed chlorosis. Cells maintain viability in this state for prolonged periods of time, until they encounter a useable nitrogen source, which triggers a highly coordinated awakening process, termed resuscitation. The minimal set of cellular activity that maintains the viability of cells during chlorosis and ensures efficient resuscitation represents the organism's equivalent of the BIOS, the basic input/output system of a computer, that helps \"booting\" the operation system after switching on. This review summarizes the recent research in the resuscitation of cyanobacteria, representing a powerful model for the awakening of dormant bacteria.</p>","PeriodicalId":18457,"journal":{"name":"Microbial Physiology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1159/000515742","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38893272","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 17
Diversity in Starvation Survival Strategies and Outcomes among Heterotrophic Proteobacteria. 异养变形杆菌中饥饿生存策略和结果的多样性。
IF 3.9 4区 生物学
Microbial Physiology Pub Date : 2021-01-01 Epub Date: 2021-05-31 DOI: 10.1159/000516215
Megan Bergkessel, Laurent Delavaine
{"title":"Diversity in Starvation Survival Strategies and Outcomes among Heterotrophic Proteobacteria.","authors":"Megan Bergkessel,&nbsp;Laurent Delavaine","doi":"10.1159/000516215","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000516215","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Heterotrophic Proteobacteria are versatile opportunists that have been extensively studied as model organisms in the laboratory, as both pathogens and beneficial symbionts of plants and animals, and as ubiquitous organisms found free-living in many environments. Succeeding in these niches requires an ability to persist for potentially long periods of time in growth-arrested states when essential nutrients become limiting. The tendency of these bacteria to grow in dense biofilm communities frequently leads to the development of steep nutrient gradients and deprivation of interior cells even when the environment is nutrient rich. Surviving within host environments also likely requires tolerating growth arrest due to the host limiting access to nutrients and transitioning between hosts may require a period of survival in a nutrient-poor environment. Interventions to maximise plant-beneficial activities and minimise infections by bacteria will require a better understanding of metabolic and regulatory networks that contribute to starvation survival, and how these networks function in diverse organisms. Here we focus on carbon starvation as a growth-arresting condition that limits availability not only of substrates for biosynthesis but also of energy for ongoing maintenance of the electrochemical gradient across the cell envelope and cellular integrity. We first review models for studying bacterial starvation and known strategies that contribute to starvation survival. We then present the results of a survey of carbon starvation survival strategies and outcomes in ten bacterial strains, including representatives from the orders Enterobacterales and Pseudomonadales (both Gammaproteobacteria) and Burkholderiales (Betaproteobacteria). Finally, we examine differences in gene content between the highest and lowest survivors to identify metabolic and regulatory adaptations that may contribute to differences in starvation survival.</p>","PeriodicalId":18457,"journal":{"name":"Microbial Physiology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1159/000516215","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38968322","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 13
Poly- and Monoamine Metabolism in Streptomyces coelicolor: The New Role of Glutamine Synthetase-Like Enzymes in the Survival under Environmental Stress. 色链霉菌多胺和单胺代谢:谷氨酰胺合成酶样酶在环境胁迫下生存中的新作用。
IF 3.9 4区 生物学
Microbial Physiology Pub Date : 2021-01-01 Epub Date: 2021-05-27 DOI: 10.1159/000516644
Sergii Krysenko, Arne Matthews, Tobias Busche, Agnieszka Bera, Wolfgang Wohlleben
{"title":"Poly- and Monoamine Metabolism in Streptomyces coelicolor: The New Role of Glutamine Synthetase-Like Enzymes in the Survival under Environmental Stress.","authors":"Sergii Krysenko,&nbsp;Arne Matthews,&nbsp;Tobias Busche,&nbsp;Agnieszka Bera,&nbsp;Wolfgang Wohlleben","doi":"10.1159/000516644","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000516644","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Soil bacteria from the genus Streptomyces, phylum Actinobacteria, feature a complex metabolism and diverse adaptations to environmental stress. These characteristics are consequences of variable nutrition availability in the soil and allow survival under changing nitrogen conditions. Streptomyces coelicolor is a model organism for Actinobacteria and is able to use nitrogen from a variety of sources including unusual compounds originating from the decomposition of dead plant and animal material, such as polyamines or monoamines (like ethanolamine). Assimilation of nitrogen from these sources in S. coelicolor remains largely unstudied. Using microbiological, biochemical and in silico approaches, it was recently possible to postulate polyamine and monoamine (ethanolamine) utilization pathways in S. coelicolor. Glutamine synthetase-like enzymes (GS-like) play a central role in these pathways. Extensive studies have revealed that these enzymes are able to detoxify polyamines or monoamines and allow the survival of S. coelicolor in soil containing an excess of these compounds. On the other hand, at low concentrations, polyamines and monoamines can be utilized as nitrogen and carbon sources. It has been demonstrated that the first step in poly-/monoamine assimilation is catalyzed by GlnA3 (a γ-glutamylpolyamine synthetase) and GlnA4 (a γ-glutamylethanolamide synthetase), respectively. First insights into the regulation of polyamine and ethanolamine metabolism have revealed that the expression of the glnA3 and the glnA4 gene are controlled on the transcriptional level.</p>","PeriodicalId":18457,"journal":{"name":"Microbial Physiology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1159/000516644","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39039388","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 11
Contribution of the Clp Protease to Bacterial Survival and Mitochondrial Homoeostasis. Clp蛋白酶对细菌生存和线粒体平衡的贡献。
IF 3.9 4区 生物学
Microbial Physiology Pub Date : 2021-01-01 Epub Date: 2021-08-26 DOI: 10.1159/000517718
Astrid Illigmann, Yvonne Thoma, Stefan Pan, Laura Reinhardt, Heike Brötz-Oesterhelt
{"title":"Contribution of the Clp Protease to Bacterial Survival and Mitochondrial Homoeostasis.","authors":"Astrid Illigmann,&nbsp;Yvonne Thoma,&nbsp;Stefan Pan,&nbsp;Laura Reinhardt,&nbsp;Heike Brötz-Oesterhelt","doi":"10.1159/000517718","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000517718","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Fast adaptation to environmental changes ensures bacterial survival, and proteolysis represents a key cellular process in adaptation. The Clp protease system is a multi-component machinery responsible for protein homoeostasis, protein quality control, and targeted proteolysis of transcriptional regulators in prokaryotic cells and prokaryote-derived organelles of eukaryotic cells. A functional Clp protease complex consists of the tetradecameric proteolytic core ClpP and a hexameric ATP-consuming Clp-ATPase, several of which can associate with the same proteolytic core. Clp-ATPases confer substrate specificity by recognising specific degradation tags, and further selectivity is conferred by adaptor proteins, together allowing for a fine-tuned degradation process embedded in elaborate regulatory networks. This review focuses on the contribution of the Clp protease system to prokaryotic survival and summarises the current state of knowledge for exemplary bacteria in an increasing degree of interaction with eukaryotic cells. Starting from free-living bacteria as exemplified by a non-pathogenic and a pathogenic member of the Firmicutes, i.e., Bacillus subtilis and Staphylococcus aureus, respectively, we turn our attention to facultative and obligate intracellular bacterial pathogens, i.e., Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Listeria monocytogenes, and Chlamydia trachomatis, and conclude with mitochondria. Under stress conditions, the Clp protease system exerts its pivotal role in the degradation of damaged proteins and controls the timing and extent of the heat-shock response by regulatory proteolysis. Key regulators of developmental programmes like natural competence, motility, and sporulation are also under Clp proteolytic control. In many pathogenic species, the Clp system is required for the expression of virulence factors and essential for colonising the host. In accordance with its evolutionary origin, the human mitochondrial Clp protease strongly resembles its bacterial counterparts, taking a central role in protein quality control and homoeostasis, energy metabolism, and apoptosis in eukaryotic cells, and several cancer cell types depend on it for proliferation.</p>","PeriodicalId":18457,"journal":{"name":"Microbial Physiology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39347578","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 17
The Epipeptide Biosynthesis Locus epeXEPAB Is Widely Distributed in Firmicutes and Triggers Intrinsic Cell Envelope Stress. 外肽生物合成位点epeXEPAB广泛分布于厚壁菌门中并引发细胞内源性包膜应激。
IF 3.9 4区 生物学
Microbial Physiology Pub Date : 2021-01-01 Epub Date: 2021-06-11 DOI: 10.1159/000516750
Philipp F Popp, Lena Friebel, Alhosna Benjdia, Alain Guillot, Olivier Berteau, Thorsten Mascher
{"title":"The Epipeptide Biosynthesis Locus epeXEPAB Is Widely Distributed in Firmicutes and Triggers Intrinsic Cell Envelope Stress.","authors":"Philipp F Popp,&nbsp;Lena Friebel,&nbsp;Alhosna Benjdia,&nbsp;Alain Guillot,&nbsp;Olivier Berteau,&nbsp;Thorsten Mascher","doi":"10.1159/000516750","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000516750","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The epeXEPAB (formerly yydFGHIJ) locus of Bacillus subtilis encodes a minimalistic biosynthetic pathway for a linear antimicrobial epipeptide, EpeX, which is ribosomally produced and post-translationally processed by the action of the radical-SAM epimerase, EpeE, and a membrane-anchored signal 2 peptide peptidase, EpeP. The ABC transporter EpeAB provides intrinsic immunity against self-produced EpeX, without conferring resistance against extrinsically added EpeX. EpeX specifically targets, and severely perturbs the integrity of the cytoplasmic membrane, which leads to the induction of the Lia-dependent envelope stress response. Here, we provide new insights into the distribution, expression, and regulation of the minimalistic epeXEPAB locus of B. subtilis, as well as the biosynthesis and biological efficiency of the produced epipeptide EpeX*. A comprehensive comparative genomics study demonstrates that the epe-locus is restricted to but widely distributed within the phylum Firmicutes. The gene products of epeXEP are necessary and sufficient for the production of the mature antimicrobial peptide EpeX*. In B. subtilis, the epeXEPAB locus is transcribed from three different promoters, one upstream of epeX (PepeX) and two within epeP (PepeA1 and PepeA2). While the latter two are mostly constitutive, PepeX shows a growth phase-dependent induction at the onset of stationary phase. We demonstrate that this regulation is the result of the antagonistic action of two global regulators: The transition state regulator AbrB keeps the epe locus shut off during exponential growth by direct binding. This tight repression is relieved by the master regulator of sporulation, Spo0A, which counteracts the AbrB-dependent repression of epeXEPAB expression during the transition to stationary phase. The net result of these three -promoters is an expression pattern that ensures EpeAB-dependent autoimmunity prior to EpeX* production. In the absence of EpeAB, the general envelope stress response proteins LiaIH can compensate for the loss of specific autoimmunity by providing sufficient protection against the membrane-perturbating action of EpeX*. Hence, the transcriptional regulation of epe expression and the resulting intrinsic induction of the two corresponding resistance functions, encoded by epeAB and liaIH, are well balanced to provide a need-based immunity against mature EpeX*.</p>","PeriodicalId":18457,"journal":{"name":"Microbial Physiology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1159/000516750","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39087847","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 9
Natural Products from Nocardia and Their Role in Pathogenicity. 诺卡菌天然产物及其致病性研究。
IF 3.9 4区 生物学
Microbial Physiology Pub Date : 2021-01-01 Epub Date: 2021-06-17 DOI: 10.1159/000516864
Alicia Engelbrecht, Hamada Saad, Harald Gross, Leonard Kaysser
{"title":"Natural Products from Nocardia and Their Role in Pathogenicity.","authors":"Alicia Engelbrecht,&nbsp;Hamada Saad,&nbsp;Harald Gross,&nbsp;Leonard Kaysser","doi":"10.1159/000516864","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000516864","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Nocardia spp. are filamentous Actinobacteria of the order Corynebacteriales and mostly known for their ability to cause localized and systemic infections in humans. However, the onset and progression of nocardiosis is only poorly understood, in particular the mechanisms of strain-specific presentations. Recent genome sequencing has revealed an extraordinary capacity for the production of specialized small molecules. Such secondary metabolites are often crucial for the producing microbe to survive the challenges of different environmental conditions. An interesting question thus concerns the role of these natural products in Nocardia-associated pathogenicity and immune evasion in a human host. In this review, a summary and discussion of Nocardia metabolites is presented, which may play a part in nocardiosis because of their cytotoxic, immunosuppressive and metal-chelating properties or otherwise vitally important functions. This review also contains so far unpublished data concerning the biosynthesis of these molecules that were obtained by detailed bioinformatic analyses.</p>","PeriodicalId":18457,"journal":{"name":"Microbial Physiology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1159/000516864","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39243195","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 13
Ultraviolet-B Radiation Stress-Induced Toxicity and Alterations in Proteome of Deinococcus radiodurans. 紫外线b辐射应激诱导耐辐射球菌的毒性及蛋白质组的改变。
IF 3.9 4区 生物学
Microbial Physiology Pub Date : 2021-01-01 Epub Date: 2020-12-18 DOI: 10.1159/000512018
Jay Kumar, Paushali Ghosh, Ashok Kumar
{"title":"Ultraviolet-B Radiation Stress-Induced Toxicity and Alterations in Proteome of Deinococcus radiodurans.","authors":"Jay Kumar,&nbsp;Paushali Ghosh,&nbsp;Ashok Kumar","doi":"10.1159/000512018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000512018","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Deinococcus radiodurans is a polyextremophilic bacterium capable to survive and grow at high doses of ionizing radiation. Besides resistance to ionizing radiation, the bacterium is also resistant to toxic chemicals and desiccation. This study deals with the effects of non-ionizing radiation (ultraviolet-B) on survival, alterations in proteomic profile, and gene expression in D. radiodurans. Exposure of culture to UV-B caused decrease in the percentage survival with increasing duration, complete killing occurred after 16 h. D. radiodurans also showed enhancement in the generation of reactive oxygen species and activities of antioxidative enzymes. Separation of proteins by 2-dimensional gel electrophoresis revealed major changes in number and abundance of different proteins. Twenty-eight differentially abundant protein spots were identified by MALDI-TOF MS/MS analysis and divided into 8 groups including unknown proteins. Gene expression of a few identified proteins was also analyzed employing qRT-PCR, which showed differential expression corresponding to the respective proteins. In silico analysis of certain hypothetical proteins (HPs) suggested that these are novel and as yet not reported from D. radiodurans subjected to UV-B stress. These HPs may prove useful in future studies especially for assessing their significance in the adaptation and management of stress responses against UV-B stress.</p>","PeriodicalId":18457,"journal":{"name":"Microbial Physiology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1159/000512018","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38729293","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 5
Secondary Metabolites Governing Microbiome Interaction of Staphylococcal Pathogens and Commensals. 控制葡萄球菌病原菌和共生菌微生物组相互作用的次生代谢物。
IF 3.9 4区 生物学
Microbial Physiology Pub Date : 2021-01-01 Epub Date: 2021-07-29 DOI: 10.1159/000517082
Benjamin O Torres Salazar, Simon Heilbronner, Andreas Peschel, Bernhard Krismer
{"title":"Secondary Metabolites Governing Microbiome Interaction of Staphylococcal Pathogens and Commensals.","authors":"Benjamin O Torres Salazar,&nbsp;Simon Heilbronner,&nbsp;Andreas Peschel,&nbsp;Bernhard Krismer","doi":"10.1159/000517082","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000517082","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Various Staphylococcus species colonize skin and upper airways of warm-blooded animals. They compete successfully with many other microorganisms under the hostile and nutrient-poor conditions of these habitats using mechanisms that we are only beginning to appreciate. Small-molecule mediators, whose biosynthesis requires complex enzymatic cascades, so-called secondary metabolites, have emerged as crucial components of staphylococcal microbiome interactions. Such mediators belong to a large variety of compound classes and several of them have attractive properties for future drug development. They include, for instance, bacteriocins such as lanthipeptides, thiopeptides, and fibupeptides that inhibit bacterial competitor species; signaling molecules such as thiolactone peptides that induce or inhibit sensory cascades in other bacteria; or metallophores such as staphyloferrins and staphylopine that scavenge scant transition metal ions. For some secondary metabolites such as the aureusimines, the exact function remains to be elucidated. How secondary metabolites shape the fitness of Staphylococcus species in the complex context of other microbial and host defense factors remains a challenging field of future research. A detailed understanding will help to harness staphylococcal secondary metabolites for excluding the pathogenic species Staphylococcus aureus from the nasal microbiomes of at-risk patients, and it will be instrumental for the development of advanced anti-infective interventions.</p>","PeriodicalId":18457,"journal":{"name":"Microbial Physiology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39256901","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 11
5-Deoxyadenosine Metabolism: More than "Waste Disposal". 5-脱氧腺苷代谢:不仅仅是“废物处理”。
IF 3.9 4区 生物学
Microbial Physiology Pub Date : 2021-01-01 Epub Date: 2021-06-14 DOI: 10.1159/000516105
Johanna Rapp, Karl Forchhammer
{"title":"5-Deoxyadenosine Metabolism: More than \"Waste Disposal\".","authors":"Johanna Rapp,&nbsp;Karl Forchhammer","doi":"10.1159/000516105","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000516105","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>5-Deoxyadenosine (5dAdo) is a by-product of many radical SAM enzyme reactions in all domains of life, and an inhibitor of the radical SAM enzymes themselves. Hence, pathways to recycle or dispose of this toxic by-product must exist but remain largely unexplored. In this review, we discuss the current knowledge about canonical and atypical 5dAdo salvage pathways that have been characterized in the last years. We highlight studies that report on how, in certain organisms, the salvage of 5dAdo via specific pathways can confer a growth advantage by providing either intermediates for the synthesis of secondary metabolites or a carbon source for the synthesis of metabolites of the central carbon metabolism. Yet, an alternative recycling route exists in organisms that use 5dAdo as a substrate to synthesize and excrete 7-deoxysedoheptulose, an allelopathic inhibitor of one enzyme of the shikimate pathway, thereby competing for their own niche. Remarkably, most steps of 5dAdo salvage are the result of the activity of promiscuous enzymes. This strategy enables even organisms with a small genome to synthesize bioactive compounds which they can deploy under certain conditions to gain a competitive growth advantage. We conclude emphasizing that, unexpectedly, 5dAdo salvage pathways seem not to be ubiquitously present, raising questions about the fate of such a toxic by-product in those species. This observation also suggests that additional 5dAdo salvage pathways, possibly relying on the activity of promiscuous enzymes, may exist. The future challenge will be to bring to light these \"cryptic\" 5dAdo recycling pathways.</p>","PeriodicalId":18457,"journal":{"name":"Microbial Physiology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1159/000516105","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39094375","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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