Ralstonia eutropha H16 is probably the best-studied 'Knallgas' bacterium and producer of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB). Genome-wide transcriptome analyses were employed to detect genes that are differentially transcribed during PHB biosynthesis. For this purpose, four transcriptomes from different growth phases of the wild-type H16 and of the two PHB-negative mutants PHB " 4 and DphaC1 were compared: (i) cells from the exponential growth phase with cells that were in transition to stationary growth phase, and (ii) cells from the transition phase with cells from the stationary growth phase of R. eutropha H16, as well as (iii) cells from the transition phase of R. eutropha H16 with those from the transition phase of R. eutropha PHB " 4 and (iv) cells from the transition phase of R. eutropha DphaC1 with those from the transition phase of R. eutropha PHB " 4. Among a large number of genes exhibiting significant changes in transcription level, several genes within the functional class of lipid metabolism were detected. In strain H16, phaP3, accC2, fabZ, fabG and H16_A3307 exhibited a decreased transcription level in the stationary growth phase compared with the transition phase, whereas phaP1, H16_A3311, phaZ2 and phaZ6 were found to be induced in the stationary growth phase. Compared with PHB " 4, we found that phaA, phaB1, paaH1, H16_A3307, phaP3, accC2 and fabG were induced in the wildtype, and phaP1, phaP4, phaZ2 and phaZ6 exhibited an elevated transcription level in PHB " 4. In strain DphaC1, phaA and phaB1 were highly induced compared with PHB " 4. Additionally, the results of this study suggest that mutant strain PHB " 4 is defective in PHB biosynthesis and fatty acid metabolism. A significant downregulation of the two cbb operons in mutant strain PHB " 4 was observed. The putative polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) synthase phaC2 identified in strain H16 was further investigated by several functional analyses. Mutant PHB " 4 could be phenotypically complemented by expression of phaC2 from a plasmid; on the other hand, in the mutant H16DphaC1, no PHA production was observed. PhaC2 activity could not be detected in any experiment.
By taking advantage of the available genome sequence of Ralstonia eutropha H16, glucose uptake in the UV-generated glucose-utilizing mutant R. eutropha G ؉ 1 was investigated by transcriptomic and proteomic analyses. Data revealed clear evidence that glucose is transported by a usually N-acetylglucosamine-specific phosphotransferase system (PTS)-type transport system, which in this mutant is probably overexpressed due to a derepression of the encoding nag operon by an identified insertion mutation in gene H16_A0310 (nagR). Furthermore, a missense mutation in nagE (membrane component EIICB), which yields a substitution of an alanine by threonine in NagE and may additionally increase glucose uptake, was identified. Phosphorylation of glucose is subsequently mediated by NagF (cytosolic PTS component EIIA-HPr-EI) or glucokinase (GlK), respectively. The inability of the defined deletion mutant R. eutropha G ؉ 1 ⌬nagFEC to utilize glucose strongly confirms this finding. In addition, secondary effects of glucose, which is now intracellularly available as a carbon source, on the metabolism of the mutant cells in the stationary growth phase occurred: intracellular glucose degradation is stimulated by the stronger expression of enzymes involved in the 2-keto-3-deoxygluconate 6-phosphate (KDPG) pathway and in subsequent reactions yielding pyruvate. The intermediate phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP) in turn supports further glucose uptake by the Nag PTS. Pyruvate is then decarboxylated by the pyruvate dehydrogenase multienzyme complex to acetyl coenzyme A (acetyl-CoA), which is directed to poly(3-hydroxybutyrate). The polyester is then synthesized to a greater extent, as also indicated by the upregulation of various enzymes of poly--hydroxybutyrate (PHB) metabolism. The larger amounts of NADPH required for PHB synthesis are delivered by significantly increased quantities of proton-translocating NAD(P) transhydrogenases. The current study successfully combined transcriptomic and proteomic investigations to unravel the phenotype of this hitherto-undefined glucose-utilizing mutant.
-Ketothiolases catalyze the first step of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) [poly(3HB)] synthesis in bacteria by condensing two molecules of acetyl coenzyme A (acetyl-CoA) to acetoacetyl-CoA. Analyses of the genome sequence of Ralstonia eutropha H16 revealed 15 isoenzymes of PhaA in this bacterium. In this study, we generated knockout mutants of various phaA homologues to investigate their role in and contributions to poly(3HB) metabolism and to suppress biosynthesis of 3HB-CoA for obtaining enhanced molar 3-mercaptopriopionate (3MP) contents in poly(3HB-co-3MP) copolymers when cells were grown on gluconate plus 3-mercaptopropionate or 3,3-dithiodipropionate. In silico sequence analysis of PhaA homologues, transcriptome data, and other aspects recommended the homologues phaA, bktB, H16_A1713/H16_B1771, H16_A1528, H16_B1369, H16_B0381, and H16_A0170 for further analysis. Single-and multiple-deletion mutants were generated to investigate the influence of these -ketothiolases on growth and polymer accumulation. The deletion of single genes resulted in no significant differences from the wild type regarding growth and polymer accumulation during cultivation on gluconate or gluconate plus 3MP. Deletion of phaA plus bktB (H16⌬2 mutant) resulted in approximately 30% less polymer accumulation than in the wild type. Deletion of H16_A1713/H16_B1771, H16_A1528, H16_B0381, and H16_B1369 in addition to phaA and bktB gave no differences in comparison to the H16⌬2 mutant. In contrast, deletion of H16_A0170 additionally to phaA and bktB yielded a mutant which accumulated about 30% poly(3HB) (wt/wt of the cell dry weight [CDW]). Although we were not able to suppress poly(3HB) biosynthesis completely, the copolymer compositions could be altered significantly with a lowered percentage ratio of 3HB constituents (from 85 to 52 mol%) and an increased percentage ratio of 3MP constituents (from 15 to 48 mol%), respectively. In this study, we demonstrated that PhaA, BktB, and H16_A0170 are majorly involved in poly(3HB) synthesis in R. eutropha H16. A fourth -ketothiolase or a combination of several of the other -ketothiolases contributed to a maximum of only 30% (wt/wt of CDW) of the remaining (co)polymer.Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are naturally occurring polyoxoesters that are synthesized and accumulated as cytoplasmic inclusions by diverse bacteria. Poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) [poly(3HB)] was detected in 1926 by Maurice Lemoigne as an intracellular compound of Bacillus megaterium (16). Generally the accumulation of PHAs proceeds under unbalanced cultivation conditions when a carbon source is available in excess and if another macroelement like nitrogen, phosphorus, or oxygen is limiting growth at the same time (36,44). Ralstonia eutropha strain H16, a Gramnegative facultative chemolithoautotrophic hydrogen-oxidizing bacterium, accumulates poly(3HB) as insoluble granules as a storage compound for carbon and energy in the cytoplasm. The genome of R. eutropha H16 harbors the PHA operon, which comprises three genes encoding a -ketothiolase (phaA...
In this study, we have investigated the transcriptome of Ralstonia eutropha H16 during cultivation with gluconate in presence of 3,3′-thiodipropionic acid (TDP) or 3,3′-dithiodipropionic acid (DTDP) during biosynthesis of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-mercaptopropionate). Genome-wide transcriptome analyses revealed several genes which were upregulated during cultivation in presence of the above-mentioned compounds. Obtained data strongly suggest that two ABC-type transport system and three probable extracytoplasmic solute receptors mediate the uptake of TDP and DTDP, respectively. In addition, genes encoding the hydrolase S-adenosylhomocysteinase AhcY and the thiol-disulfide interchange proteins DsbA, DsbD, and FrnE were upregulated during cultivation on DTDP and, in case of AhcY and FrnE, on TDP as well. It is assumed that the corresponding enzymes are involved in the cleavage of TDP and DTDP. Several genes of the fatty acid metabolism exhibited increased expression levels: genes encoding two acetyltransferases, a predicted acyltransferase, the acetoacetyl-CoA reductase phaB3, an enoyl-CoA hydratase as well as an acyl dehydratase, an acetyl-CoA synthetase, two acyl-CoA dehydrogenases, the methylmalonyl-CoA mutase encoded by sbm1 and sbm2 and phaY1 were detected. Furthermore, ORF H16_A0217 encoding a hypothetical protein and exhibiting 54% amino acids identical to an acyl-CoA thioesterase from Saccharomonospora viridis was found to be highly upregulated. As the 2-methylcitrate synthase PrpC exhibited a three- to fourfold increased activity in cells grown in presence of TDP or DTDP as compared to gluconate, metabolization of the cleavage products 3MP and 3-hydroxypropionate to propionyl-CoA is proposed.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s00253-010-2915-6) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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