期刊
ISME JOURNAL
卷 10, 期 5, 页码 1102-1112出版社
SPRINGERNATURE
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2015.196
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资金
- Marie Curie Actions-International Outgoing Fellowships [253970]
- Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation [CTM2013-48292-C3-3-R]
- National Science Foundation [OCE1136818, OCE1335269, OCE1435666]
- Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Marine Microbiology Initiative [3779]
- German Research Organization (DFG) [TRR51]
- Division Of Ocean Sciences
- Directorate For Geosciences [1335269, 1435666] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
Proteorhodopsins (PR) are light-driven proton pumps widely distributed in bacterioplankton. Although they have been thoroughly studied for more than a decade, it is still unclear how the proton motive force (pmf) generated by PR is used in most organisms. Notably, very few PR-containing bacteria show growth enhancement in the light. It has been suggested that the presence of specific functions within a genome may define the different PR-driven light responses. Thus, comparing closely related organisms that respond differently to light is an ideal setup to identify the mechanisms involved in PR light-enhanced growth. Here, we analyzed the transcriptomes of three PR-harboring Flavobacteria strains of the genus Dokdonia: Dokdonia donghaensis DSW-1(T), Dokdonia MED134 and Dokdonia PRO95, grown in identical seawater medium in light and darkness. Although only DSW-1(T) and MED134 showed light-enhanced growth, all strains expressed their PR genes at least 10 times more in the light compared with dark. According to their genomes, DSW-1(T) and MED134 are vitamin-B-1 auxotrophs, and their vitamin-B-1 TonB-dependent transporters (TBDT), accounted for 10-18% of all pmf-dependent transcripts. In contrast, the expression of vitamin-B-1 TBDT was 10 times lower in the prototroph PRO95, whereas its vitamin-B-1 synthesis genes were among the highest expressed. Our data suggest that light-enhanced growth in DSW-1(T) and MED134 derives from the use of PR-generated pmf to power the uptake of vitamin-B-1, essential for central carbon metabolism, including the TCA cycle. Other pmf-generating mechanisms available in darkness are probably insufficient to power transport of enough vitamin-B-1 to support maximum growth of these organisms.
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