Bacterial generation of isethionate (2-hydroxyethanesulfonate) from taurine (2-aminoethanesulfonate) by anaerobic gut bacteria was established in 1980. That phenomenon in pure culture was recognized as a pathway of assimilation of taurine-nitrogen. Based on the latter work, we predicted from genome-sequence data that the marine gammaproteobacterium Chromohalobacter salexigens DSM 3043 would exhibit this trait. Quantitative conversion of taurine to isethionate, identified by mass spectrometry, was confirmed, and the taurine-nitrogen was recovered as cell material. An eight-gene cluster was predicted to encode the inducible vectorial, scalar and regulatory enzymes involved, some of which were known from other taurine pathways. The genes (Csal_0153–Csal_0156) encoding a putative ATP-binding-cassette (ABC) transporter for taurine (TauAB1B2C) were shown to be inducibly transcribed by reverse transcription (RT-) PCR. An inducible taurine : 2-oxoglutarate aminotransferase [EC 2.6.1.55] was found (Csal_0158); the reaction yielded glutamate and sulfoacetaldehyde. The sulfoacetaldehyde was reduced to isethionate by NADPH-dependent sulfoacetaldehyde reductase (IsfD), a member of the short-chain alcohol dehydrogenase superfamily. The 27 kDa protein (SDS-PAGE) was identified by peptide-mass fingerprinting as the gene product of Csal_0161. The putative exporter of isethionate (IsfE) is encoded by Csal_0160; isfE was inducibly transcribed (RT-PCR). The presumed transcriptional regulator, TauR (Csal_0157), may autoregulate its own expression, typical of GntR-type regulators. Similar gene clusters were found in several marine and terrestrial gammaproteobacteria, which, in the gut canal, could be the source of not only mammalian, but also arachnid and cephalopod isethionate.
1980年,通过厌氧肠道细菌从
牛磺酸(2-
氨基
乙磺酸)生成异
丝氨酸(2-羟基
乙磺酸)的现象在纯培养中被确认为
牛磺酸氮同化的途径。基于这项工作,我们从
基因组序列数据中预测,海洋伽马变形菌Chromohalobacter salexigens DSM 3043将表现出这种特性。通过质谱法确认了
牛磺酸向异
丝氨酸的定量转化,并将
牛磺酸氮作为细胞物质回收。预测有一个由八个
基因组成的簇编码诱导的矢量、标量和调节酶,其中一些酶从其他
牛磺酸途径已知。通过反转录(RT-PCR)显示编码
牛磺酸(TauAB1B2C)的一个假定的
ATP结合盒(ABC)转运体的
基因(Csal_0153-Csal_0156)被诱导转录。发现了一个诱导的
牛磺酸:2-酮
戊二酸氨基转移酶[
EC 2.6.1.55](Csal_0158);该反应产生谷
氨酸和磺
乙醛。磺
乙醛通过
NADPH依赖的磺
乙醛还原酶(IsfD)还原为异
丝氨酸,该酶是短链醇脱氢酶超家族的成员。通过肽质量指纹鉴定,27 kDa蛋白质(
SDS-PAGE)被识别为Csal_0161的
基因产物。异
丝氨酸的假定转运蛋白(IsfE)由Csal_0160编码;isfE被诱导转录(RT-PCR)。假定的转录调节因子TauR(Csal_0157)可能会自调节其自身表达,这是GntR类型调节因子的典型特征。在几种海洋和陆地伽马变形菌中发现了类似的
基因簇,在肠道中可能是哺乳动物、蜘蛛和头足类异
丝氨酸的来源。