Identification and characterization of an operon in Salmonella typhimurium involved in thiamine biosynthesis.

Abstract:

:Thiamine pyrophosphate (TPP) is synthesized de novo in Salmonella typhimurium and is a required cofactor for many enzymes in the cell. Five kinase activities have been implicated in TPP synthesis, which involves joining a 4-methyl-5-(beta-hydroxyethyl)thiazole (THZ) moiety and a 4-amino-5-hydroxymethyl-2-methylpyrimidine (HMP) moiety. We report here identification of a 2-gene operon involved in thiamine biosynthesis and present evidence that the genes in this operon, thiMD, encode two previously identified kinases, THZ kinase and HMP phosphate (HMP-P) kinase, respectively. We further show that this operon belongs to the growing class of genes involved in TPP synthesis that are transcriptionally regulated by TPP. Our data are consistent with ThiM being a salvage enzyme and ThiD being a biosynthetic enzyme involved in TPP synthesis, as previously suggested.

journal_name

J Bacteriol

journal_title

Journal of bacteriology

authors

Petersen LA,Downs DM

doi

10.1128/jb.179.15.4894-4900.1997

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1997-08-01 00:00:00

pages

4894-900

issue

15

eissn

0021-9193

issn

1098-5530

journal_volume

179

pub_type

杂志文章
  • The sufR gene (sll0088 in Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6803) functions as a repressor of the sufBCDS operon in iron-sulfur cluster biogenesis in cyanobacteria.

    abstract::The suf operon is composed of four genes (sufB, sufC, sufD, and sufS) and is highly conserved in the genomes of cyanobacteria. Open reading frame sll0088 in Synechocystis sp. strain PCC 6803 is located near the 5' end of the suf operon but is transcribed in the direction opposite that of the suf operon. We previously ...

    journal_title:Journal of bacteriology

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1128/jb.186.4.956-967.2004

    authors: Wang T,Shen G,Balasubramanian R,McIntosh L,Bryant DA,Golbeck JH

    更新日期:2004-02-01 00:00:00

  • Abnormal motility and fruiting behavior of Myxococcus xanthus bacteriophage-resistant strains induced by a clear-plaque mutant of bacteriophage Mx8.

    abstract::Myxococcus xanthus mutants resistant to a clear-plaque derivative of phage Mx8 were isolated. A significant fraction of the mutants, easily recognizable by their colony morphology, were induced by the presence of the phage and may correspond to low-frequency lysogens. They were all defective in cell motility and showe...

    journal_title:Journal of bacteriology

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1128/JB.160.2.818-821.1984

    authors: Ruiz-Vázquez R,Murillo FJ

    更新日期:1984-11-01 00:00:00

  • The Pseudomonas aeruginosa algC gene encodes phosphoglucomutase, required for the synthesis of a complete lipopolysaccharide core.

    abstract::We have constructed strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa with mutations in the algC gene, previously shown to encode the enzyme phosphomannomutase. The algC mutants of a serotype O5 strain (PAO1) and a serotype O3 strain (PAC1R) did not express lipopolysaccharide (LPS) O side chains or the A-band (common antigen) polysac...

    journal_title:Journal of bacteriology

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1128/jb.176.12.3500-3507.1994

    authors: Coyne MJ Jr,Russell KS,Coyle CL,Goldberg JB

    更新日期:1994-06-01 00:00:00

  • Heterogenetic antigens of gram-positive bacteria.

    abstract::Chorpenning, Frank W. (The Ohio State University, Columbus), and Matthew C. Dodd. Heterogenetic antigens of gram-positive bacteria. J. Bacteriol. 91:1440-1445. 1966.-Soluble antigens obtained by various methods from gram-positive bacteria were used to modify erythrocytes whose hemagglutinating reactions with immune ra...

    journal_title:Journal of bacteriology

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1128/JB.91.4.1440-1445.1966

    authors: Chorpenning FW,Dodd MC

    更新日期:1966-04-01 00:00:00

  • Nucleotide sequence and expression of cheF, an essential gene for chemotaxis in Bacillus subtilis.

    abstract::The cheF gene, which is involved in chemotaxis in Bacillus subtilis, has been cloned, expressed, and sequenced. This gene is contained in a 0.7-kilobase PstI DNA fragment that was isolated from a lambda Charon 4A B. subtilis chromosomal DNA library. This fragment was subcloned into the expression vector pSI-1 and show...

    journal_title:Journal of bacteriology

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1128/jb.171.3.1631-1637.1989

    authors: Ying CW,Ordal GW

    更新日期:1989-03-01 00:00:00

  • Identification of a novel host-specific IgM protease in Streptococcus suis.

    abstract::Streptococcus suis serotype 2 is a highly invasive, extracellular pathogen in pigs with the capacity to cause severe infections in humans. This study was initiated by the finding that IgM degradation products are released after opsonization of S. suis. The objective of this work was to identify the bacterial factor re...

    journal_title:Journal of bacteriology

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1128/JB.01875-12

    authors: Seele J,Singpiel A,Spoerry C,von Pawel-Rammingen U,Valentin-Weigand P,Baums CG

    更新日期:2013-03-01 00:00:00

  • Identification of a global repressor gene, rsmA, of Erwinia carotovora subsp. carotovora that controls extracellular enzymes, N-(3-oxohexanoyl)-L-homoserine lactone, and pathogenicity in soft-rotting Erwinia spp.

    abstract::The production of extracellular enzymes such as pectate lyase (Pel), polygalacturonase (Peh), cellulase (Cel), and protease (Prt) is activated by the cell density (quorum)-sensing signal, N-(3-oxohexanoyl)-L-homoserine lactone (HSL); plant signals; and aep genes during postexponential growth of Erwinia carotovora subs...

    journal_title:Journal of bacteriology

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1128/jb.177.17.5108-5115.1995

    authors: Cui Y,Chatterjee A,Liu Y,Dumenyo CK,Chatterjee AK

    更新日期:1995-09-01 00:00:00

  • Rare group I intron with insertion sequence element in a bacterial ribonucleotide reductase gene.

    abstract::A rare group I intron in a cyanobacterial ribonucleotide reductase gene has been characterized. It contains a mobile insertion sequence element not required for RNA splicing. Ribonucleotide reductase genes were found to be hot spots for all three types of self-splicing intervening sequences, including group I and II i...

    journal_title:Journal of bacteriology

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1128/JB.01424-06

    authors: Meng Q,Zhang Y,Liu XQ

    更新日期:2007-03-01 00:00:00

  • Are thiosulfate and trithionate intermediates in dissimilatory sulfate reduction?

    abstract::The fate of 35-S during anaerobic metabolism of [35-S]sulfate, [35-S]thiosulfate, and [35-S]sulfate plus unlabeled thiosulfate by washed cell suspensions of Desulfovibrio spp, and of [35-S]thiosulfate by growing D. desulfuricans was examined. The results appear to be inconsistent with the hypothesis that thiosulfate i...

    journal_title:Journal of bacteriology

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1128/JB.123.1.36-40.1975

    authors: Chambers LA,Trudinger PA

    更新日期:1975-07-01 00:00:00

  • Transcriptional regulation of a promoter in the men gene cluster of Bacillus subtilis.

    abstract::The control of men gene expression during growth and sporulation of Bacillus subtilis was examined at the transcriptional level. Two different approaches were used. (i) Steady-state levels of men-specific mRNA were measured directly. (ii) A men'-lacZ gene fusion was constructed. In both cases, it was observed that men...

    journal_title:Journal of bacteriology

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1128/jb.170.6.2742-2748.1988

    authors: Miller P,Mueller J,Hill K,Taber H

    更新日期:1988-06-01 00:00:00

  • Isolation and characterization of cell wall-defective variants of Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus licheniformis.

    abstract::Quantitative mass conversion of intact bacterial cells of Bacillus subtilis and B. licheniformis to L-phase variants has been effected after lysozyme treatment. After subculture of the unstable L-phase variants for several months in the presence of methicillin, stable L-phase variants were obtained which grew in the a...

    journal_title:Journal of bacteriology

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1128/JB.116.1.456-465.1973

    authors: Wyrick PB,Rogers HJ

    更新日期:1973-10-01 00:00:00

  • In vivo interaction of endotoxin with a plasma lipoprotein having esterase activity.

    abstract::Circulating endotoxin was specifically precipitated from plasma samples withdrawn from three different animal species subsequent to parenteral injection of the toxin. Lipoprotein-positive staining and esterase activity were demonstrated on the precipitation lines formed in immunodiffusion, thus establishing the in viv...

    journal_title:Journal of bacteriology

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1128/JB.95.6.2031-2034.1968

    authors: Skarnes RC

    更新日期:1968-06-01 00:00:00

  • SigmaS controls multiple pathways associated with intracellular multiplication of Legionella pneumophila.

    abstract::Legionella pneumophila is the causative agent of the severe and potentially fatal pneumonia Legionnaires' disease. L. pneumophila is able to replicate within macrophages and protozoa by establishing a replicative compartment in a process that requires the Icm/Dot type IVB secretion system. The signals and regulatory p...

    journal_title:Journal of bacteriology

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1128/JB.01578-08

    authors: Hovel-Miner G,Pampou S,Faucher SP,Clarke M,Morozova I,Morozov P,Russo JJ,Shuman HA,Kalachikov S

    更新日期:2009-04-01 00:00:00

  • Transcriptional analysis of the hmw gene cluster of Mycoplasma pneumoniae.

    abstract::Mycoplasma pneumoniae adherence to host cells is a multifactorial process that requires the cytadhesin P1 and additional accessory proteins. The hmw gene cluster consists of the genes p30, hmw3, and hmw1, the products of which are known to be essential for cytadherence, the rpsD gene, and six open reading frames of un...

    journal_title:Journal of bacteriology

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1128/JB.181.16.4978-4985.1999

    authors: Waldo RH 3rd,Popham PL,Romero-Arroyo CE,Mothershed EA,Lee KK,Krause DC

    更新日期:1999-08-01 00:00:00

  • Factors affecting cellulolysis by Ruminococcus albus.

    abstract::The factors influencing the digestion of pebble-milled cellulose by enzymes were studied by using several strains of Ruminococcus albus including a mutant characterized by a more eccentric location of its colony in the clearing produced by digestion of the cellulose in the thin layer lining the wall of a culture tube....

    journal_title:Journal of bacteriology

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1128/JB.114.2.729-737.1973

    authors: Smith WR,Yu I,Hungate RE

    更新日期:1973-05-01 00:00:00

  • Organization and regulation of pentachlorophenol-degrading genes in Sphingobium chlorophenolicum ATCC 39723.

    abstract::The first three enzymes of the pentachlorophenol (PCP) degradation pathway in Sphingobium chlorophenolicum (formerly Sphingomonas chlorophenolica) ATCC 39723 have been characterized, and the corresponding genes, pcpA, pcpB, and pcpC, have been individually cloned and sequenced. To search for new genes involved in PCP ...

    journal_title:Journal of bacteriology

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1128/jb.184.17.4672-4680.2002

    authors: Cai M,Xun L

    更新日期:2002-09-01 00:00:00

  • Growth and glucose repression are controlled by glucose transport in Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells containing only one glucose transporter.

    abstract::A set of Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains with variable expression of only the high-affinity Hxt7 glucose transporter was constructed by partial deletion of the HXT7 promoter in vitro and integration of the gene at various copy numbers into the genome of an hxt1-7 gal2 deletion strain. The glucose transport capacity i...

    journal_title:Journal of bacteriology

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1128/JB.181.15.4673-4675.1999

    authors: Ye L,Kruckeberg AL,Berden JA,van Dam K

    更新日期:1999-08-01 00:00:00

  • Cloning, sequencing, and expression of the gene encoding cyclic 2, 3-diphosphoglycerate synthetase, the key enzyme of cyclic 2, 3-diphosphoglycerate metabolism in Methanothermus fervidus.

    abstract::Cyclic 2,3-diphosphoglycerate synthetase (cDPGS) catalyzes the synthesis of cyclic 2,3-diphosphoglycerate (cDPG) by formation of an intramolecular phosphoanhydride bond in 2,3-diphosphoglycerate. cDPG is known to be accumulated to high intracellular concentrations (>300 mM) as a putative thermoadapter in some hyperthe...

    journal_title:Journal of bacteriology

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1128/JB.180.22.5997-6004.1998

    authors: Matussek K,Moritz P,Brunner N,Eckerskorn C,Hensel R

    更新日期:1998-11-01 00:00:00

  • Tungsten and molybdenum regulation of formate dehydrogenase expression in Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough.

    abstract::Formate is an important energy substrate for sulfate-reducing bacteria in natural environments, and both molybdenum- and tungsten-containing formate dehydrogenases have been reported in these organisms. In this work, we studied the effect of both metals on the levels of the three formate dehydrogenases encoded in the ...

    journal_title:Journal of bacteriology

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1128/JB.00042-11

    authors: da Silva SM,Pimentel C,Valente FM,Rodrigues-Pousada C,Pereira IA

    更新日期:2011-06-01 00:00:00

  • Microcalorimetric monitoring of growth of Saccharomyces cerevisiae: osmotolerance in relation to physiological state.

    abstract::The importance of the physiological state of a culture of Saccharomyces cerevisiae for tolerance to sudden osmotic dehydration was studied, and it was investigated whether specific osmotolerance factors were demonstrable. The microcalorimeter was used to monitor growth, and different physiological states of the cultur...

    journal_title:Journal of bacteriology

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1128/jb.170.10.4562-4568.1988

    authors: Blomberg A,Larsson C,Gustafsson L

    更新日期:1988-10-01 00:00:00

  • Cloning and characterization of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa zwf gene encoding glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, an enzyme important in resistance to methyl viologen (paraquat).

    abstract::In this study, we cloned the Pseudomonas aeruginosa zwf gene, encoding glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PDH), an enzyme that catalyzes the NAD+- or NADP+-dependent conversion of glucose-6-phosphate to 6-phosphogluconate. The predicted zwf gene product is 490 residues, which could form a tetramer with a molecular m...

    journal_title:Journal of bacteriology

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1128/JB.180.7.1741-1749.1998

    authors: Ma JF,Hager PW,Howell ML,Phibbs PV,Hassett DJ

    更新日期:1998-04-01 00:00:00

  • Change in direction of flagellar rotation in Escherichia coli mediated by acetate kinase.

    abstract::Strains of Escherichia coli lacking all cytoplasmic chemotaxis proteins except CheY swim smoothly under most conditions. However, they tumble when exposed to acetate. Acetate coenzyme A synthetase (EC 6.2.1.1) was thought to be essential for this response. New evidence suggests that the tumbling is mediated instead by...

    journal_title:Journal of bacteriology

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1128/jb.175.10.3236-3239.1993

    authors: Dailey FE,Berg HC

    更新日期:1993-05-01 00:00:00

  • Inactivation of cell-associated fructosyltransferase in Streptococcus salivarius.

    abstract::In stationary phase, 95% of the fructosyltransferase (FTase) activity of Streptococcus salivarius ATCC 25975 was found associated with the cells. Within the first 15 min after inoculation into fresh medium, the specific activity of cell-associated FTase decreased by 92% of its initial value. After this period of initi...

    journal_title:Journal of bacteriology

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1128/JB.148.3.912-918.1981

    authors: Jacques NA,Wittenberger CL

    更新日期:1981-12-01 00:00:00

  • Methylenetetrahydrofolate dehydrogenase of the amethopterin-resistant strain Streptococcus faecium var. durans A and its repressibility by serine.

    abstract::The methylenetetrahydrofolate dehydrogenase of the amethopterin-resistant strain Streptococcus faecium var. durans A(k) was purified 100-fold. Because it is extremely labile, this enzyme required protection by 1 mm nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADP(+)) during purification; 0.01 mm EADP(+) with 0.1% bov...

    journal_title:Journal of bacteriology

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1128/JB.95.5.1779-1789.1968

    authors: Albrecht AM,Pearce FK,Hutchison DJ

    更新日期:1968-05-01 00:00:00

  • Promoter-probe plasmid for Bacillus subtilis.

    abstract::We have constructed a promoter-probe expression vector for Bacillus subtilis. This plasmid, pCED6, can be used to fuse various DNA sequences to the structural gene of Escherichia coli beta-galactosidase, permitting analysis of the promoter activity of such sequences. pCED6 replicates and confers drug resistances in bo...

    journal_title:Journal of bacteriology

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1128/JB.157.3.965-967.1984

    authors: Donnelly CE,Sonenshein AL

    更新日期:1984-03-01 00:00:00

  • Repair and antirepair DNA helicases in Helicobacter pylori.

    abstract::Orthologs of RecG and RuvABC are highly conserved among prokaryotes; in Escherichia coli, they participate in independent pathways that branch migrate Holliday junctions during recombinational DNA repair. RecG also has been shown to directly convert stalled replication forks into Holliday junctions. The bacterium Heli...

    journal_title:Journal of bacteriology

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1128/JB.01848-07

    authors: Kang J,Blaser MJ

    更新日期:2008-06-01 00:00:00

  • Purification and characterization of pro-TraTp, the signal sequence-containing precursor of a secreted protein encoded by the F sex factor.

    abstract::The structural gene for the F sex factor outer membrane surface exclusion protein ( traT ) was cloned onto a high-copy-number plasmid where it is expressed from the phage lambda promoter pL. Conditional control over expression was provided by a temperature-sensitive lambda cI repressor. Induction of pL produced large ...

    journal_title:Journal of bacteriology

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1128/JB.158.2.464-473.1984

    authors: Minkley EG Jr

    更新日期:1984-05-01 00:00:00

  • A melibiose transporter and an operon containing its gene in Enterobacter cloacae.

    abstract::We detected inducible melibiose transport activity in cells of Enterobacter cloacae IID977. H+, but not Na+, was found to be the coupling cation for this transporter. We cloned and sequenced the gene encoding the melibiose transporter. A homology search of a protein sequence database revealed that this melibiose trans...

    journal_title:Journal of bacteriology

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1128/jb.179.13.4443-4445.1997

    authors: Okazaki N,Jue XX,Miyake H,Kuroda M,Shimamoto T,Tsuchiya T

    更新日期:1997-07-01 00:00:00

  • High-frequency variation in Mycoplasma pulmonis colony size.

    abstract::Heterogeneity in colony size of the murine pathogen Mycoplasma pulmonis was examined. Subcloning experiments showed that colony size variation resulted from high-frequency genetic changes. About 3% of the colonies from any given subclone were variants, with as much as a fourfold change in colony diameter. When the var...

    journal_title:Journal of bacteriology

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1128/jb.171.9.5165-5168.1989

    authors: Dybvig K,Simecka JW,Watson HL,Cassell GH

    更新日期:1989-09-01 00:00:00

  • Lipid II-mediated pore formation by the peptide antibiotic nisin: a black lipid membrane study.

    abstract::The antibiotic peptide nisin is the first known lantibiotic that uses a docking molecule within the bacterial cytoplasmic membrane for pore formation. Through specific interaction with the cell wall precursor lipid II, nisin forms defined pores which are stable for seconds and have pore diameters of 2 to 2.5 nm. ...

    journal_title:Journal of bacteriology

    pub_type: 杂志文章

    doi:10.1128/jb.186.10.3259-3261.2004

    authors: Wiedemann I,Benz R,Sahl HG

    更新日期:2004-05-01 00:00:00