Synthesis, Release, and Recapture of Compatible Solute Proline by Osmotically Stressed Bacillus subtilis Cells

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作者
Hoffmann, Tamara [1 ]
Von Blohn, Carsten [1 ]
Stanek, Agnieszka [1 ]
Moses, Susanne [1 ]
Barzantny, Helena [1 ]
Bremer, Erhard [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Marburg, Dept Biol, Microbiol Lab, Marburg, Germany
关键词
GLYCINE BETAINE; ESCHERICHIA-COLI; CORYNEBACTERIUM-GLUTAMICUM; MECHANOSENSITIVE CHANNELS; SALMONELLA-TYPHIMURIUM; HIGH OSMOLARITY; ACCUMULATION; EXCRETION; BACTERIA; ECTOINE;
D O I
10.1128/AEM.01040-12
中图分类号
Q81 [生物工程学(生物技术)]; Q93 [微生物学];
学科分类号
071005 ; 0836 ; 090102 ; 100705 ;
摘要
Bacillus subtilis synthesizes large amounts of the compatible solute proline as a cellular defense against high osmolarity to ensure a physiologically appropriate level of hydration of the cytoplasm and turgor. It also imports proline for this purpose via the osmotically inducible OpuE transport system. Unexpectedly, an opuE mutant was at a strong growth disadvantage in high-salinity minimal media lacking proline. Appreciable amounts of proline were detected in the culture supernatant of the opuE mutant strain, and they rose concomitantly with increases in the external salinity. We found that the intracellular proline pool of severely salinity-stressed cells of the opuE mutant was considerably lower than that of its opuE(+) parent strain. This loss of proline into the medium and the resulting decrease in the intracellular proline content provide a rational explanation for the observed salt-sensitive growth phenotype of cells lacking OpuE. None of the known MscL- and MscS-type mechanosensitive channels of B. subtilis participated in the release of proline under permanently imposed high-salinity growth conditions. The data reported here show that the OpuE transporter not only possesses the previously reported role for the scavenging of exogenously provided proline as an osmoprotectant but also functions as a physiologically highly important recapturing device for proline that is synthesized de novo and subsequently released by salt-stressed B. subtilis cells. The wider implications of our findings for the retention of compatible solutes by osmotically challenged microorganisms and the roles of uptake systems for compatible solutes are considered.
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