Role of N,N-Dimethylglycine and Its Catabolism to Sarcosine in Chromohalobacter salexigens DSM 3043.

Abstract:

:Chromohalobacter salexigens DSM 3043 can grow on N,N-dimethylglycine (DMG) as the sole C, N, and energy source and utilize sarcosine as the sole N source under aerobic conditions. However, little is known about the genes and enzymes involved in the conversion of DMG to sarcosine in this strain. In the present study, gene disruption and complementation assays indicated that the csal_0990, csal_0991, csal_0992, and csal_0993 genes are responsible for DMG degradation to sarcosine. The csal_0990 gene heterologously expressed in Escherichia coli was proven to encode an unusual DMG dehydrogenase (DMGDH). The enzyme, existing as a monomer of 79 kDa with a noncovalently bound flavin adenine dinucleotide, utilized both DMG and sarcosine as substrates and exhibited dual coenzyme specificity, preferring NAD+ to NADP+ The optimum pH and temperature of enzyme activity were determined to be 7.0 and 60°C, respectively. Kinetic parameters of the enzyme toward its substrates were determined accordingly. Under high-salinity conditions, the presence of DMG inhibited growth of the wild type and induced the production and accumulation of trehalose and glucosylglycerate intracellularly. Moreover, exogenous addition of DMG significantly improved the growth rates of the four DMG- mutants (Δcsal_0990, Δcsal_0991, Δcsal_0992, and Δcsal_0993) incubated at 37°C in S-M63 synthetic medium with sarcosine as the sole N source. 13C nuclear magnetic resonance (13C-NMR) experiments revealed that not only ectoine, glutamate, and N-acetyl-2,4-diaminobutyrate but also glycine betaine (GB), DMG, sarcosine, trehalose, and glucosylglycerate are accumulated intracellularly in the four mutants.IMPORTANCE Although N,N-dimethylglycine (DMG) dehydrogenase (DMGDH) activity was detected in cell extracts of microorganisms, the genes encoding microbial DMGDHs have not been determined until now. In addition, to our knowledge, the physiological role of DMG in moderate halophiles has never been investigated. In this study, we identified the genes involved in DMG degradation to sarcosine, characterized an unusual DMGDH, and investigated the role of DMG in Chromohalobacter salexigens DSM 3043 and its mutants. Our results suggested that the conversion of DMG to sarcosine is accompanied by intramolecular delivery of electrons in DMGDH and intermolecular electron transfer between DMGDH and other electron acceptors. Moreover, an unidentified methyltransferase catalyzing the production of glycine betaine (GB) from DMG but sharing no homology with the reported sarcosine DMG methyltransferases was predicted to be present in the cells. The results of this study expand our understanding of the physiological role of DMG and its catabolism to sarcosine in C. salexigens.

journal_name

Appl Environ Microbiol

authors

Yang T,Shao YH,Guo LZ,Meng XL,Yu H,Lu WD

doi

10.1128/AEM.01186-20

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2020-08-18 00:00:00

issue

17

eissn

0099-2240

issn

1098-5336

pii

AEM.01186-20

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86

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