Identification of glycine betaine as compatible solute in Synechococcus sp. WH8102 and characterization of its N-methyltransferase genes involved in betaine synthesis

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 186, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 495-506

  Lu, Wei Dong ^a   Chi, Zhen Ming ^a   Su, Chuan Dong ^a  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Dimethylglycine N methyltransferase; Glycine betaine; Glycine sarcosine N methyltransferase; Synechococcus sp.; WH8102

Indexed keywords

BETAINE; GLYCINE SARCOSINE N METHYLTRANSFERASE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; NICKEL COMPLEX; RESIN; SARCOSINE DIMETHYLGLYCINE N METHYLTRANSFERASE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIOPLANKTON; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HETEROLOGOUS EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; OSMOLARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOLUBILITY; SOLUTE; SYNECHOCOCCUS; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BETAINE; CULTURE MEDIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLYCINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PHYLOGENY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; SYNECHOCOCCUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SYNECHOCOCCUS SP.;

EID: 33751436380     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-006-0167-8     Document Type: Article

References (38)

1. Altschul SF, Gish W, Miller W, Myers EW, Lipman DJ (1990) Basic local alignment search tool. J Mol Biol 215:403-410
2. Brahamsha B (1996) A genetic manipulation system for oceanic cyanobacteria of the genus Synechococcus. Appl Environ Microbiol 62:1747-1751
3. Chen YM, Chen LY, Wong FH, Lee CM, Chang TJ, Yang-Feng TL (2000) Genomic structure, expression, and chromosomal localization of the human glycine N-methyltransferase gene. Genomics 66:43-47
4. Desplats P, Folco E, Salerno GL (2005) Sucrose may play an additional role to that of an osmolyte in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 salt-shocked cells. Plant Physi Biochem 43:133-138
5. Dufresne A, Garczarek L, Partensky F (2005) Accelerated evolution associated with genome reduction in a free-living prokaryote. Genome Biol 6(R14):1-9
6. Gadda G, McAllister-Wilkins EE (2003) Cloning, expression, and purification of choline dehydrogenase from the moderate halophile Halomonas elongata. Appl Environ Microbiol 69:2126-2132
7. Galinski EA, Trüper HG (1982) Betaine, a compatible solute in the extremely halophilic phototrophic bacterium Ectothiorhodospira halochloris. FEMS Microbiol Lett 13:357-360
8. Grieve CM, Grattan SR (1983) Rapid assay for determination of water soluble quaternary ammonium compounds. Plant and Soil 70:303-307
9. Imhoff JF, Rodriguez-Valera F (1984) Betaine is the main compatible solute of halophilic eubacteria. J Bacteriol 160:478-479
10. Incharoensakdi A, Wutipraditkul N (1999) Accumulation of glycine betaine and its synthesis from radioactive precursors under salt-stress in the cyanobacterium Aphanothece halophytica. J Appl Phycol 11:515-523
11. Kumar S, Tamura K, Nei M (2004) MEGA3: Integrated software for Molecular Evolutionary Genetics Analysis and sequence alignment. Briefings in Bioinformatics 5:150-163
12. Ladas NP, Papageorgiou GC (2000) Cell turgor: a critical factor for the proliferation of cyanobacteria at unfavorable salinity. Photosynth Res 65:155-164
13. Lai MC, Yang DR, Chuang MJ (1999) Regulatory factors associated with synthesis of the osmolyte glycine betaine in the halophilic methanoarchaeon Methanohalophilus portucalensis. Appl Environ Microbiol 65:828-833
14. Lee MB, Blunt JW, Lever M, George PM (2004) A nuclear-magnetic-resonance- based assay for betaine-homocysteine methyltransferase activity. Anal Biochem 330:199-205
15. Mackay MA, Norton RS, Borowitzka LJ (1983) Marine blue-green algae have a unique osmoregulatory system. Mari Biol 73:301-307
16. Mackay MA, Norton RS, Borowitzka LJ (1984) Organic osmoregulatory solutes in cyanobacteria. J Gen Microbiol 130:2177-2191
17. Martins LO, Santos H (1995) Accumulation of mannosylglycerate and di-myo-inositol-phosphate by Pyrococcus furiosus in response to salinity and temperature. Appl Environ Microbiol 61:3299-3303
18. Muhling M, Fuller NJ, Millard A, Somerfield PJ, Marie D, Wilson WH, Scanlan DJ, Post AF, Joint I, Mann NH (2005) Genetic diversity of marine Synechococcus and co-occurring cyanophage communities: evidence for viral control of phytoplankton. Environ Microbiol 7:499-508
19. Nicholas KB, Nicholas HB (1997) GeneDoc: a tool for editing and annotating multiple sequence alignment. Distributed by the authors
20. Nuccio ML, Rhodes D, McNeil SD, Hanson AD (1999) Metabolic engineering of plants for osmotic stress resistance. Curr Opin Plant Biol 2:128-134
21. Nyyssölä A, Kerovuo J, Kaukinen P, von Weymarn N, Reinikainen T (2000) Extreme halophiles synthesize betaine from glycine by methylation. J Biol Chem 275:22196-22201
22. Nyyssölä A, Reinikainen T, Leisola M (2001) Characterization of glycine sarcosine N-methyltransferase and sarcosine dimethylglycine N-methyltransferase. Appl Environ Microbiol 67:2044-2050
23. Oren A (1999) Bioenergenetic aspects of halophilism. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 63:334-348
24. Palenik B, Brahamsha B, Larimer FW, Land M, Hauser L, Chain P, Lamerdin J, Regala W, Allen EE, McCarren J, Paulsen I, Dufresne A, Partensky F, Webb EA, Waterbury J (2003) The genome of a motile marine Synechococcus. Nature 424:1037-1042
25. Partensky F, Hess WR, Vaulot D (1999) Prochlorococcus, a marine photosynthetic prokaryote of global significance. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 63:106-127
26. Peter H, Bader A, Burkovski A, Lambert C, Kramer R (1997) Isolation of the putP gene of Corynebacterium glutamicum and characterization of a low-affinity uptake system for compatible solutes. Arch Microbiol 168:143-151
27. Reed RH, Chudek JA, Foster R, Stewart WDP (1984a) Osmotic adjustment in cyanobacteria from hypersaline environments. Arch Microbiol 138:333-337
28. Reed RH, Richardson DL, Warr SRC, Stewart WDP (1984b) Carbohydrate accumulation and osmotic stress in cyanobacteria. J Gen Microbiol 130:1-4
29. Reed RH, Stewart WDP (1985) Osmotic adjustment and organic solute accumulation in unicellular cyanobacteria from freshwater and marine habitats. Mari Biol 88:1-9
30. Reed RH, Borowitzka LJ, Mackay MA, Chudek J.A, Foster R, Warr SCR, Moore DJ, Stewart WDP (1986) Organic solute accumulation in osmotically stressed cyanobacteria. FEMS Microbiol Rev 39:51-56
31. Rocap G, Larimer FW, Lamerdin J, Malfatti S, Chain P, Ahlgren NA, Arellano A, Coleman M, Hauser L, Hess WR, et al. (2003) Genome divergence in two Prochlorococcus ecotypes reflects oceanic niche differentiation. Nature 424:1042-1047
32. Sambrook J, Fritsch EF, Maniatis T (1989) Molecular cloning: a laboratory manual, 2nd edn. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, NY
33. Scanlan DJ (2003) Physiological diversity and niche adaptation in marine Synechococcus. Adv Microb Physiol 47:1-64
34. Severin J, Wohlfarth A, Galinski EA (1992) The predominant role of recently discovered tetrahydropyrimidines for the osmoadaptation of halophilic eubacteria. J Gen Microbiol 138:1629-1638
35. Sibley MH, Yopp JH (1987) Regulation of S-adenosylhomocysteine hydrolase in the halophilic cyanobacterium Aphanothece halophytica: a possible role in glycine betaine biosynthesis. Arch Microbiol 149:43-46
36. Thompson JD, Gibson TJ, Plewniak F, Jeanmougin F, Higgins DG (1997) The Clustal X windows interface: Xexible strategies for multiple sequence alignment aided by quality analysis tools. Nucl Acids Res 24:4876-4882
37. Waditee R, Tanaka Y, Aoki K, Hibino T, Jikuya H, Takano J, Takabe T, Takabe T (2003) Isolation and functional characterization of N-methyltransferases that catalyze betaine synthesis from glycine in a halotolerant photosynthetic organism Aphanothece halophytica. J Biol Chem 278:4932-4942
38. Waterbury JB, Watson S W, Valois FW, Franks DG (1986) Biological and ecological characterization of the marine unicellular cyanobacterium Synechococcus. Can Bull Fish Aquat Sci 214:71-120