Functional Analysis of the Genes Encoding Diaminopropionate Ammonia Lyase in Escherichia coli and Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium

Kalyani, JN and Ramachandra, Nagaraju and Kachroo, Aashiq H and Mahadevan, S and Savithri, HS (2012) Functional Analysis of the Genes Encoding Diaminopropionate Ammonia Lyase in Escherichia coli and Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium. In: JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY, 194 (20). pp. 5604-5612.

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Abstract

Diaminopropionate ammonia lyase (DAPAL) is a pyridoxal-5'phosphate (PLP)-dependent enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of diaminopropionate (DAP) to pyruvate and ammonia and plays an important role in cell metabolism. We have investigated the role of the ygeX gene of Escherichia coli K-12 and its ortholog, STM1002, in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium LT2, presumed to encode DAPAL, in the growth kinetics of the bacteria. While Salmonella Typhimurium LT2 could grow on DL-DAP as a sole carbon source, the wild-type E. coli K-12 strain exhibited only marginal growth on DL-DAP, suggesting that DAPAL is functional in S. Typhimurium. The expression of ygeX in E. coli was low as detected by reverse transcriptase PCR (RT-PCR), consistent with the poor growth of E. coli on DL-DAP. Strains of S. Typhimurium and E. coli with STM1002 and ygeX, respectively, deleted showed loss of growth on DL-DAP, confirming that STM1002 (ygeX) is the locus encoding DAPAL. Interestingly, the presence of DL-DAP caused a growth inhibition of the wild-type E. coli strain as well as the knockout strains of S. Typhimurium and E. coli in minimal glucose/glycerol medium. Inhibition by DL-DAP was rescued by transforming the strains with plasmids containing the STM1002 (ygeX) gene encoding DAPAL or supplementing the medium with Casamino Acids. Growth restoration studies using media lacking specific amino acid supplements suggested that growth inhibition by DL-DAP in the absence of DAPAL is associated with auxotrophy related to the inhibition of the enzymes involved in the biosynthetic pathways of pyruvate and aspartate and the amino acids derived from them.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY
Publisher:	AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
Additional Information:	Copyright for this article belongs to the American Society of Microbiology
Department/Centre:	Division of Biological Sciences > Biochemistry Division of Biological Sciences > Molecular Reproduction, Development & Genetics
Date Deposited:	06 Feb 2013 12:17
Last Modified:	06 Feb 2013 12:17
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/45342

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