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BIOMOLECULES
卷 13, 期 1, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/biom13010086
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Campylobacter jejuni; cysteine synthase; CysM; sulfide; thiosulfate; sulfur; oxidase
This study found that the cysM gene of Campylobacter jejuni encodes an O-acetyl-L-serine sulfhydrylase with high selectivity for sulfide, enabling it to efficiently utilize sulfide as a sulfur source in locations such as the intestine. However, high concentrations of sulfide inhibit the growth of C. jejuni, and further research is needed to identify the cellular targets responsible for sulfide toxicity.
Campylobacter jejuni is a highly successful enteric pathogen with a small, host-adapted genome (1.64 Mbp, similar to 1650 coding genes). As a result, C. jejuni has limited capacity in numerous metabolic pathways, including sulfur metabolism. Unable to utilise ionic sulfur, C. jejuni relies on the uptake of exogenous cysteine and its derivatives for its supply of this essential amino acid. Cysteine can also be synthesized de novo by the sole cysteine synthase, CysM. In this study, we explored the substrate specificity of purified C. jejuni CysM and define it as an O-acetyl-L-serine sulfhydrylase with an almost absolute preference for sulfide as sulfur donor. Sulfide is produced in abundance in the intestinal niche C. jejuni colonises, yet sulfide is generally viewed as highly toxic to bacteria. We conducted a series of growth experiments in sulfur-limited media and demonstrate that sulfide is an excellent sulfur source for C. jejuni at physiologically relevant concentrations, combating the view of sulfide as a purely deleterious compound to bacteria. Nonetheless, C. jejuni is indeed inhibited by elevated concentrations of sulfide and we sought to understand the targets involved. Surprisingly, we found that inactivation of the sulfide-sensitive primary terminal oxidase, the cbb(3)-type cytochrome c oxidase CcoNOPQ, did not explain the majority of growth inhibition by sulfide. Therefore, further work is required to reveal the cellular targets responsible for sulfide toxicity in C. jejuni.
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