ABSTRACT
Bacterial manganese(II) oxidation impacts the redox cycling of Mn, other elements, and compounds in the environment; therefore, it is important to understand the mechanisms of and enzymes responsible for Mn(II) oxidation. In several Mn(II)-oxidizing organisms, the identified Mn(II) oxidase belongs to either the multicopper oxidase (MCO) or the heme peroxidase family of proteins. However, the identity of the oxidase in
Pseudomonas putida
GB-1 has long remained unknown. To identify the
P. putida
GB-1 oxidase, we searched its genome and found several homologues of known or suspected Mn(II) oxidase-encoding genes (
mnxG
,
mofA
,
moxA
, and
mopA
). To narrow this list, we assumed that the Mn(II) oxidase gene would be conserved among Mn(II)-oxidizing pseudomonads but not in nonoxidizers and performed a genome comparison to 11
Pseudomonas
species. We further assumed that the oxidase gene would be regulated by MnxR, a transcription factor required for Mn(II) oxidation. Two loci met all these criteria: PputGB1_2447, which encodes an MCO homologous to MnxG, and PputGB1_2665, which encodes an MCO with very low homology to MofA. In-frame deletions of each locus resulted in strains that retained some ability to oxidize Mn(II) or Mn(III); loss of oxidation was attained only upon deletion of both genes. These results suggest that PputGB1_2447 and PputGB1_2665 encode two MCOs that are independently capable of oxidizing both Mn(II) and Mn(III). The purpose of this redundancy is unclear; however, differences in oxidation phenotype for the single mutants suggest specialization in function for the two enzymes.
摘要
细菌的锰(II)氧化作用会影响环境中锰、其他元素和化合物的氧化还原循环;因此,了解锰(II)氧化作用的机制和负责氧化的酶非常重要。在几种锰(II)氧化生物中,已确定的锰(II)氧化酶属于多铜氧化酶(MCO)或血红素过氧化物酶家族蛋白。然而,在
假单胞菌
GB-1 中氧化酶的身份长期以来一直不为人知。为了确定
假单胞菌
GB-1 氧化酶,我们搜索了它的基因组,发现了几个已知或疑似 Mn(II)氧化酶编码基因的同源物(mnxGG、mnxGG、mnxGG、mnxGG 和
mnxG
,
mofA
,
moxA
和
mopA
).为了缩小该列表的范围,我们假定锰(II)氧化酶基因在氧化锰(II)的假单胞菌中是保守的,而在非氧化锰(II)的假单胞菌中则不保守,因此对 11 个假单胞菌的基因组进行了比较。
假单胞菌
物种进行了基因组比较。我们还进一步假设氧化酶基因将受 MnxR 的调控,MnxR 是 Mn(II)氧化所需的转录因子。有两个基因位点符合所有这些标准:PputGB1_2447 编码与 MnxG 同源的 MCO,而 PputGB1_2665 编码与 MofA 同源性极低的 MCO。每个基因座的框内缺失都会导致菌株保留一定的氧化锰(II)或锰(III)的能力;只有同时缺失两个基因时才会丧失氧化能力。这些结果表明,PputGB1_2447 和 PputGB1_2665 编码两种 MCO,它们能够独立氧化 Mn(II) 和 Mn(III)。这种冗余的目的尚不清楚;但是,单个突变体氧化表型的差异表明这两种酶的功能具有特异性。