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PA0305 of Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a quorum quenching acylhomoserine lactone acylase belonging to the Ntn hydrolase superfamily

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MICROBIOLOGY-SGM
卷 157, 期 -, 页码 2042-2055

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MICROBIOLOGY SOC
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.043935-0

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  1. University of Groningen
  2. EU [ANTIBIOTARGET MEST-CT-2005-020278]

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The Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 genome has at least two genes, pvdQ and quiP, encoding acylhomoserine lactone (AHL) acylases. Two additional genes, pa 1893 and pa0305, have been predicted to encode penicillin acylase proteins, but have not been characterized. Initial studies on a pa0305 transposon insertion mutant suggested that the gene is not related to the AHL growth phenotype of P. aeruginosa. The close similarity (6 7 %) of pa0305 to HacB, an AHL acylase of Pseudomonas syringae, prompted us to investigate whether the PA0305w protein might also function as an AHL acylase. The pa0305 gene has been cloned and the protein (PA0305) has been overproduced, purified and subjected to functional characterization. Analysis of the purified protein showed that, like beta-lactam acylases, PA0305 undergoes post-translational processing resulting in alpha- and beta-subunits, with the catalytic serine as the first amino acid of the beta-subunit, strongly suggesting that PA0305 is a member of the N-terminal nucleophile hydrolase superfamily. Using a biosensor assay, PA0305 his was shown to degrade AHLs with acyl side chains ranging in length from 6 to 14 carbons. Kinetics studies using N-octanoyl-L-homoserine lactone (C-8-HSL) and N-(3-oxo-dodecanoyl)-L-homoserine lactone (3-oxo-C-12-HSL) as substrates showed that the enzyme has a robust activity towards these two AHLs, with apparent K-cat/K-m values of 0.14x10(4) M-1 s(-1) towards C-8-HSL and 7.8x10(4) M-1 s(-1) towards 3-oxo-C-12-HSL. Overexpression of the pa0305 gene in P. aeruginosa showed significant reductions in both accumulation of 3-oxo-C-12-HSL and expression of virulence factors. A mutant P. aeruginosa strain with a deleted pa 0305 gene showed a slightly increased capacity to kill Caenorhabditis elegans compared with the P. aeruginosa PA01 wild-type strain and the PA01 strain carrying a plasmid overexpressing pa0305. The harmful effects of the Delta pa0305 strain on the animals were most visible at 5 days post-exposure and the mortality rate of the animals fed on the Delta pa0305 strain was faster than for the animals fed on either the wild-type strain or the strain overexpressing pa0305. In conclusion, the pa0305 gene encodes an efficient acylase with activity towards long-chain homoserine lactones, including 3-oxo-C-12-HSL, the natural quorum sensing signal molecule in P. aeruginosa, and we propose to name this acylase HacB.

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