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Appl Environ Microbiol ; 83(9)2017 05 01.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28258136

RESUMEN

The anaerobic resorcinol degradation pathway in Azoarcus anaerobius is unique in that it uses an oxidative rather than a reductive strategy to overcome the aromatic ring stability in degradation of this compound, in a process that is dependent on nitrate respiration. We show that the pathway is organized in five transcriptional units, three of which are inducible by the presence of the substrate. Three σ54-dependent promoters located upstream from the three operons coding for the main pathway enzymes were identified, which shared a similar structure with conserved upstream activating sequences (UASs) located at 103 to 111 bp from the transcription start site. Expression of the pathway is controlled by the bacterial enhancer-binding proteins (bEBPs) RedR1 and RedR2, two homologous regulators that, despite their high sequence identity (97%), have nonredundant functions: RedR2, the master regulator which also controls RedR1 expression, is itself able to promote transcription from two of the promoters, while RedR1 activity is strictly dependent on the presence of RedR2. The two regulators were shown to interact with each other, suggesting that the natural mode of activation is by forming heterodimers, which become active in the presence of the substrate after its metabolization to hydroxybenzoquinone through the pathway enzymes. The model structure of the N-terminal domain of the proteins is composed of tandem GAF and PAS motifs; the possible mechanisms controlling the activity of the regulators are discussed.IMPORTANCEAzoarcus anaerobius is a strict anaerobe that is able to use 1,3-dihydroxybenzene as the sole carbon source in a process that is dependent on nitrate respiration. We have shown that expression of the pathway is controlled by two regulators of almost identical sequences: the bEBPs RedR1 and RedR2, which share 97% identity. These regulators control three promoters with similar structure. Despite their sequence identity, the two bEBPs are not redundant and are both required for maximum pathway expression. In fact, the two proteins function as heterodimers and require activation by the pathway intermediate hydroxyhydroquinone. The structure of the domain sensing the activation signal resembles that of regulators that are known to interact with other proteins.


Asunto(s)
Azoarcus/metabolismo , Proteínas de Unión al ADN/metabolismo , Regulación Bacteriana de la Expresión Génica , Redes y Vías Metabólicas/genética , Resorcinoles/metabolismo , Anaerobiosis , Azoarcus/genética , Biotransformación , Elementos de Facilitación Genéticos , Perfilación de la Expresión Génica , Orden Génico , Operón , Regiones Promotoras Genéticas , Multimerización de Proteína , Sitio de Iniciación de la Transcripción , Transcripción Genética , Activación Transcripcional
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J Bacteriol ; 189(10): 3824-33, 2007 May.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-17369298

RESUMEN

Azoarcus anaerobius, a strictly anaerobic, gram-negative bacterium, utilizes resorcinol as a sole carbon and energy source with nitrate as an electron acceptor. Previously, we showed that resorcinol degradation by this bacterium is initiated by two oxidative steps, both catalyzed by membrane-associated enzymes that lead to the formation of hydroxyhydroquinone (HHQ; 1,2,4-benzenetriol) and 2-hydroxy-1,4-benzoquinone (HBQ). This study presents evidence for the further degradation of HBQ in cell extracts to form acetic and malic acids. To identify the A. anaerobius genes required for anaerobic resorcinol catabolism, a cosmid library with genomic DNA was constructed and transformed into the phylogenetically related species Thauera aromatica, which cannot grow with resorcinol. By heterologous complementation, a transconjugant was identified that gained the ability to metabolize resorcinol. Its cosmid, designated R(+), carries a 29.88-kb chromosomal DNA fragment containing 22 putative genes. In cell extracts of T. aromatica transconjugants, resorcinol was degraded to HHQ, HBQ, and acetate, suggesting that cosmid R(+) carried all of the genes necessary for resorcinol degradation. On the basis of the physiological characterization of T. aromatica transconjugants carrying transposon insertions in different genes of cosmid R(+), eight open reading frames were found to be essential for resorcinol mineralization. Resorcinol hydroxylase-encoding genes were assigned on the basis of sequence analysis and enzyme assays with two mutants. Putative genes for hydroxyhydroquinone dehydrogenase and enzymes involved in ring fission have also been proposed. This work provides the first example of the identification of genes involved in the anaerobic degradation of aromatic compounds by heterologous expression of a cosmid library in a phylogenetically related organism.


Asunto(s)
Azoarcus/enzimología , Azoarcus/genética , Catecoles/metabolismo , Oxigenasas de Función Mixta/genética , Oxidorreductasas/genética , Anaerobiosis , Cromosomas Bacterianos , Cósmidos , Regulación Bacteriana de la Expresión Génica , Biblioteca de Genes , Hidroquinonas/metabolismo , Técnicas Microbiológicas , Oxigenasas de Función Mixta/metabolismo , Datos de Secuencia Molecular , Mutación , Sistemas de Lectura Abierta , Oxidorreductasas/metabolismo , Resorcinoles/metabolismo
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Environ Microbiol ; 7(6): 773-9, 2005 Jun.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15892696

RESUMEN

In November 2002, the oil tanker Prestige sank off the Spanish coast after releasing approximately 17,000 tones of heavy fuel, coating several hundred kilometers of coastline in oil sludge. In December 2002 and February 2003, samples were collected from the shore of the Galician coast to analyse the indigenous population ability to carry out crude oil degradation in situ. Carbon isotopic ratio of the dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) in seawater samples was used as a rapid method to directly assess activity of microbes on the oil components. 12CO2/13CO2 ratio in samples from certain locations along the coast revealed degradation of a very delta13C-negative source such as the Prestige crude oil (-30.6 per thousand). Putative biodegradation processes taking place at areas with high income of fresh seawater could not be detected with this technique. Laboratory-scale biostimulation processes carried out in samples with the highest oil biodegradation activity showed that N/P deficiency in seawater is a limiting factor for crude oil degradation. The most probable number (MPN) of crude oil component degraders was estimated for several aromatic compounds (naphthalene, anthracene, phenanthrene, pyrene) and for undecane. Our results clearly show that bacteria present in the contaminated water are readily able to transform components of the crude oil into inorganic carbon.


Asunto(s)
Bacterias/metabolismo , Hidrocarburos/metabolismo , Petróleo/metabolismo , Microbiología del Agua , Contaminantes Químicos del Agua/metabolismo , Biodegradación Ambiental , Monitoreo del Ambiente , Petróleo/análisis , Contaminantes Químicos del Agua/análisis
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