Presence of a gene encoding choline sulfatase in Sinorhizobium meliloti bet operon: Choline-O-sulfate is metabolized into glycine betaine
AUTOR(ES)
Østerås, Magne
FONTE
The National Academy of Sciences
RESUMO
Glycine betaine is a potent osmoprotectant accumulated by Sinorhizobium meliloti to cope with osmotic stress. The biosynthesis of glycine betaine from choline is encoded by an operon of four genes, betICBA, as determined by sequence and mutant analysis. The betI and betC genes are separated by an intergenic region containing a 130-bp mosaic element that also is present between the betB and betA genes. In addition to the genes encoding a presumed regulatory protein (betI), the betaine aldehyde dehydrogenase (betB), and the choline dehydrogenase (betA) enzymes also found in Escherichia coli, a new gene (betC) was identified as encoding a choline sulfatase catalyzing the conversion of choline-O-sulfate and, at a lower rate, phosphorylcholine, into choline. Choline sulfatase activity was absent from betC but not from betB mutants and was shown to be induced indifferently by choline or choline-O-sulfate as were the other enzymes of the pathway. Unlike what has been shown in other bacteria and plants, choline-O-sulfate is not used as an osmoprotectant per se in S. meliloti, but is metabolized into glycine betaine. S. meliloti also can use this compound as the sole carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur source for growth and that depends on a functional bet locus. In conclusion, choline-O-sulfate and phosphorylcholine, which are found in higher plants and fungi, appear to be substrates for glycine betaine biosynthesis in S. meliloti.
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