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Salt induction and activation of MtlD, the key enzyme in the synthesis of the compatible solute mannitol in Acinetobacter baumannii

  • Mannitol is the major compatible solute, next to glutamate, synthesized by the opportunistic human pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii under low water activities. The key enzyme for mannitol biosynthesis, MtlD, was identified. MtlD is highly similar to the bifunctional mannitol‐1‐phosphate dehydrogenase/phosphatase from Acinetobacter baylyi. After deletion of the mtlD gene from A. baumannii ATCC 19606T cells no longer accumulated mannitol and growth was completely impaired at high salt. Addition of glycine betaine restored growth, demonstrating that mannitol is an important compatible solute in the human pathogen. MtlD was heterologously produced and purified. Enzyme activity was strictly salt dependent. Highest stimulation was reached at 600 mmol/L NaCl. Addition of different sodium as well as potassium salts restored activity, with highest stimulations up to 41 U/mg protein by sodium glutamate. In contrast, an increase in osmolarity by addition of sugars did not restore activity. Regulation of mannitol synthesis was also assayed at the transcriptional level. Reporter gene assays revealed that expression of mtlD is strongly dependent on high osmolarity, not discriminating between different salts or sugars. The presence of glycine betaine or its precursor choline repressed promoter activation. These data indicate a dual regulation of mannitol production in A. baumannii, at the transcriptional and the enzymatic level, depending on high osmolarity.
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Author:Sabine Zeidler, Josephine Joy HubloherGND, Patricia KönigORCiDGND, Ngoc Dinh Ngu, Anica ScholzGND, Beate AverhoffORCiD, Volker MüllerORCiD
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-463782
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/mbo3.614
ISSN:2045-8827
Pubmed Id:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29575790
Parent Title (English):MicrobiologyOpen
Publisher:Wiley
Place of publication:Malden, Mass.
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Year of Completion:2018
Date of first Publication:2018/03/24
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2018/05/17
Tag:Acinetobacter baumannii; desiccation; enzyme activity; gene expression; mannitol; regulation
Volume:7
Issue:e614
Page Number:9
First Page:1
Last Page:9
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This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. © 2018 The Authors. MicrobiologyOpen published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
HeBIS-PPN:434442992
Institutes:Biowissenschaften / Biowissenschaften
Dewey Decimal Classification:5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 57 Biowissenschaften; Biologie / 570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie
Sammlungen:Universitätspublikationen
Sammlung Biologie / Sondersammelgebiets-Volltexte
Open-Access-Publikationsfonds:Biowissenschaften
Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - Namensnennung 4.0