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An atypical GdpP enzyme linking cyclic nucleotide metabolism to osmotic tolerance and gene regulation in Mycoplasma bovis.

ABSTRACT: Nucleotide second messengers play an important role in bacterial adaptation to environmental changes. Recent evidence suggests that some of these regulatory molecular pathways were conserved upon the degenerative evolution of the wall-less mycoplasmas. We have recently reported the occurrence of a phosphodiesterase (PDE) in the ruminant pathogen Mycoplasma bovis, which was involved in c-di-AMP metabolism. In the present study, we demonstrate that the genome of this mycoplasma species encodes a PDE of the GdpP family with atypical DHH domains. Characterization of M. bovis GdpP (MbovGdpP) revealed a multifunctional PDE with unusual nanoRNase and single-stranded DNase activities. The alarmone ppGpp was found unable to inhibit c-di-NMP degradation by MbovGdpP but efficiently blocked its nanoRNase activity. Remarkably, MbovGdpP was found critical for the osmotic tolerance of M. bovis under K⁺ and Na⁺ conditions. Transcriptomic analyses further revealed the biological importance of MbovGdpP in tRNA biosynthesis, pyruvate metabolism, and several steps in genetic information processing. This study is an important step in understanding the role of PDE and nucleotide second messengers in the biology of a minimal bacterial pathogen.

SUBMITTER: Zhu X

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10720645 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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An atypical GdpP enzyme linking cyclic nucleotide metabolism to osmotic tolerance and gene regulation in <i>Mycoplasma bovis</i>.

Zhu Xifang X Baranowski Eric E Hao Zhiyu Z Li Xixi X Zhao Gang G Dong Yaqi Y Chen Yingyu Y Hu Changmin C Chen Huanchun H Citti Christine C Wang Aiping A Guo Aizhen A

Frontiers in microbiology 20231130

Nucleotide second messengers play an important role in bacterial adaptation to environmental changes. Recent evidence suggests that some of these regulatory molecular pathways were conserved upon the degenerative evolution of the wall-less mycoplasmas. We have recently reported the occurrence of a phosphodiesterase (PDE) in the ruminant pathogen <i>Mycoplasma bovis</i>, which was involved in c-di-AMP metabolism. In the present study, we demonstrate that the genome of this mycoplasma species enco ...[more]

PMID: 38098652

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Project description:Mycoplasmas are host-restricted prokaryotes with a nearly minimal genome. To overcome their metabolic limitations, these wall-less bacteria establish intimate interactions with epithelial cells at mucosal surfaces. The alarming rate of antimicrobial resistance among pathogenic species is of particular concern in the medical and veterinary fields. Taking advantage of the reduced mycoplasma genome, random transposon mutagenesis was combined with high-throughput screening in order to identify key determinants of mycoplasma survival in the host-cell environment and potential targets for drug development. With the use of the ruminant pathogen Mycoplasma bovis as a model, three phosphodiesterases of the DHH superfamily were identified as essential for the proliferation of this species under cell culture conditions, while dispensable for axenic growth. Despite a similar domain architecture, recombinant Mbov_0327 and Mbov_0328 products displayed different substrate specificities. While rMbovP328 protein exhibited activity towards cyclic dinucleotides and nanoRNAs, rMbovP327 protein was only able to degrade nanoRNAs. The Mbov_0276 product was identified as a member of the membrane-associated GdpP family of phosphodiesterases that was found to participate in cyclic dinucleotide and nanoRNA degradation, an activity which might therefore be redundant in the genome-reduced M. bovis. Remarkably, all these enzymes were able to convert their substrates into mononucleotides, and medium supplementation with nucleoside monophosphates or nucleosides fully restored the capacity of a Mbov_0328/0327 knock-out mutant to grow under cell culture conditions. Since mycoplasmas are unable to synthesize DNA/RNA precursors de novo, cyclic dinucleotide and nanoRNA degradation are likely contributing to the survival of M. bovis by securing the recycling of purines and pyrimidines. These results point toward proteins of the DHH superfamily as promising targets for the development of new antimicrobials against multidrug-resistant pathogenic mycoplasma species.

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An atypical GdpP enzyme linking cyclic nucleotide metabolism to osmotic tolerance and gene regulation in Mycoplasma bovis.

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An atypical GdpP enzyme linking cyclic nucleotide metabolism to osmotic tolerance and gene regulation in <i>Mycoplasma bovis</i>.

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