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Characterization of carotenoids and genes encoding their biosynthetic pathways in Azospirillum brasilense

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FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS
卷 368, 期 5, 页码 -

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OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/femsle/fnab025

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carotenoids; Azospirillum; bacterioruberin; HRMS; UPLC

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  1. Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi
  2. University Grants Commission (UGC), New Delhi, India

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Azospirillum brasilense is a non-photosynthetic bacterium that produces bacterioruberin type of carotenoids. While genes involved in spirilloxanthin pathway were absent, this bacterium contains genes (crtC and crtF) responsible for the biosynthesis of bacterioruberins. Characterization of carotenoids in A. brasilense Cd using chromatography and mass spectrometry revealed the presence of unique carotenoids such as 19'-hydroxyfucoxanthinol and 8'-apoalloxanthinal.
Azospirillum brasilense is a non-photosynthetic member of the family Rhodospirillaceae. Some strains of this bacterium are reported to produce bacterioruberin type of carotenoids, which are generally produced by halophilic or psychrophilic bacteria. Since no other member of Rhodospirillaceae produces bacterioruberin type of carotenoids, we investigated the presence of genes involved in bacterioruberin and spirilloxanthin biosynthetic pathways in A. brasilense Cd. Although genes encoding the spirilloxanthin pathway were absent, homologs of several genes (crtC and crtF) involved in the biosynthesis of bacterioruberins were present in the genome of A. brasilense Cd. However, the homolog of CruF responsible for the final step in bacterioruberin biosynthesis could not be found. We also characterized the carotenoids of A. brasilense Cd using thin-layer chromatography, high-performance liquid chromatography, absorption spectra and high-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS). Resolution of the methanol extract of carotenoids in ultra-performance liquid chromatography showed nine peaks, out of which six peaks showed absorption spectra characteristic of carotenoids. HRMS of each peak produced 1-14 fragments with different m/z values. iWo of these fragments were identified as 19'-hydroxyfucoxanthinol and 8'-apoalloxanthinal, which are the carotenoids found in aquatic microalgae.

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