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Purification and characterization of a malic enzyme from the ruminal bacterium Streptococcus bovis ATCC 15352 and cloning and sequencing of its gene.

ABSTRACT: Malic enzyme (EC 1.1.1.39), which catalyzes L-malate oxidative decarboxylation and pyruvate reductive carboxylation, was purified to homogeneity from Streptococcus bovis ATCC 15352, and properties of this enzyme were determined. The 2.9-kb fragment containing the malic enzyme gene was cloned, and the sequence was determined and analyzed. The enzymatic properties of the S. bovis malic enzyme were almost identical to those of other malic enzymes previously reported. However, we found that the S. bovis malic enzyme catalyzed unknown enzymatic reactions, including reduction of 2-oxoisovalerate, reduction of 2-oxoisocaproate, oxidation of D-2-hydroxyisovalerate, and oxidation of D-2-hydroxyisocaproate. The requirement for cations and the optimum pH of these unique activities were different from the requirement for cations and the optimum pH of the L-malate oxidative decarboxylating activity. A sequence analysis of the cloned fragment revealed the presence of two open reading frames that were 1,299 and 1,170 nucleotides long. The 389-amino-acid polypeptide deduced from the 1,170-nucleotide open reading frame was identified as the malic enzyme; this enzyme exhibited high levels of similarity to malic enzymes of Bacillus stearothermophilus and Haemophilus influenzae and was also similar to other malic enzymes and the malolactic enzyme of Lactococcus lactis.

SUBMITTER: Kawai S

PROVIDER: S-EPMC168054 | biostudies-other | 1996 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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Purification and characterization of a malic enzyme from the ruminal bacterium Streptococcus bovis ATCC 15352 and cloning and sequencing of its gene.

Kawai S S Suzuki H H Yamamoto K K Inui M M Yukawa H H Kumagai H H

Applied and environmental microbiology 19960801 8

Malic enzyme (EC 1.1.1.39), which catalyzes L-malate oxidative decarboxylation and pyruvate reductive carboxylation, was purified to homogeneity from Streptococcus bovis ATCC 15352, and properties of this enzyme were determined. The 2.9-kb fragment containing the malic enzyme gene was cloned, and the sequence was determined and analyzed. The enzymatic properties of the S. bovis malic enzyme were almost identical to those of other malic enzymes previously reported. However, we found that the S. b ...[more]

PMID: 8702261

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Project description:Ruminants may suffer from rumen acidosis when fed with high-concentrate diets due to the higher proliferation and overproduction of lactate by Streptococcus bovis. The catabolite control protein A (CcpA) regulates the transcription of lactate dehydrogenase (ldh) and pyruvate formate-lyase (pfl) in S. bovis, but its role in response to different carbon concentrations remains unclear. To characterize the regulatory mechanisms of CcpA in S. bovis S1 at different levels of carbon, herein, we analyzed the transcriptomic and physiological characteristics of S. bovis S1 and its ccpA mutant strain grown in glucose-excess and glucose-limited conditions. A reduced growth rate and a shift in fermentation pattern from homofermentation to heterofermentation were observed under glucose-limited condition as compared to glucose-excess condition, in S. bovis S1. Additionally, the inactivation of ccpA significantly affected the growth and end metabolites in both conditions. For the glycolytic intermediate, fructose 1,6-bisphosphate (FBP), the concentration significantly reduced at lower glucose conditions; its concentration decreased significantly in the ccpA mutant strain. Transcriptomic results showed that about 46% of the total genes were differentially transcribed between the wild-type strain and ccpA mutant strain grown in glucose-excess conditions; while only 12% genes were differentially transcribed in glucose-limited conditions. Different glucose concentrations led to the differential expression of 38% genes in the wild-type strain, while only half of these were differentially expressed in the ccpA-knockout strain. Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) enrichment analyses showed that the substrate glucose concentration significantly affected the gene expression in histidine metabolism, nitrogen metabolism, and some carbohydrate metabolism pathways. The deletion of ccpA affected several genes involved in carbohydrate metabolism, such as glycolysis, pyruvate metabolism, fructose and mannose metabolism, as well as in fatty acid biosynthesis pathways in bacteria grown in glucose-excess conditions; this effect was attenuated under glucose-limited conditions. Overall, these findings provide new information on gene transcription and metabolic mechanisms associated with substrate glucose concentration and validate the important role of CcpA in the regulation of carbon metabolism in S. bovis S1 at differential glucose availability.

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Purification and characterization of a malic enzyme from the ruminal bacterium Streptococcus bovis ATCC 15352 and cloning and sequencing of its gene.

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Purification and characterization of a malic enzyme from the ruminal bacterium Streptococcus bovis ATCC 15352 and cloning and sequencing of its gene.

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