scholarly journals A Novel Singleton Giant Phage Yong-XC31 Lytic to the Pyropia Pathogen Vibrio mediterranei

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 1602
Author(s):  
Lihua Xu ◽  
Dengfeng Li ◽  
Yigang Tong ◽  
Jing Fang ◽  
Rui Yang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Phage Genome ◽  
Sequence Similarity ◽  
Burst Size ◽  
Open Reading Frames ◽  
Related Phage ◽  
Genome Wide ◽  
The Family ◽  
Vibrio Phage ◽  
Sequence Similarities ◽  
Reading Frames

Vibrio mediterranei 117-T6 is extensively pathogenic to several Pyropia species, leading to the death of conchocelis. In this study, the first V. mediterranei phage (named Vibrio phage Yong-XC31, abbreviated as Yong-XC31) was isolated. Yong-XC31 is a giant phage containing an icosahedral head about 113 nm in diameter and a contractible tail about 219 nm in length. The latent period of Yong-XC31 is 30 min, and burst size is 64,227. Adsorption rate of Yong-XC31 to V. mediterranei 117-T6 can reach 93.8% in 2 min. The phage genome consisted of a linear, double-stranded 290,532 bp DNA molecule with a G + C content of 45.87%. Bioinformatic analyses predicted 318 open reading frames (ORFs), 80 of which had no similarity to protein sequences in current (26 January 2021) public databases. Yong-XC31 shared the highest pair-wise average nucleotide identity (ANI) value of 58.65% (below the ≥95% boundary to define a species) and the highest nucleotide sequence similarity of 11.71% (below the >50% boundary to define a genus) with the closest related phage. In the proteomic tree based on genome-wide sequence similarities, Yong-XC31 and three unclassified giant phages clustered in a monophyletic clade independently between the family Drexlerviridae and Herelleviridae. Results demonstrated Yong-XC31 as a new evolutionary lineage of phage. We propose a new phage family in Caudovirales order. This study provides new insights and fundamental data for the study and application of giant phages.

scholarly journals Characterization and Genomic Analysis of Phage asccφ28, a Phage of the Family Podoviridae Infecting Lactococcus lactis

2008 ◽  
Vol 74 (11) ◽  
pp. 3453-3460 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven E. Kotsonis ◽  
Ian B. Powell ◽  
Christopher J. Pillidge ◽  
Gaëtan K. Y. Limsowtin ◽  
Alan J. Hillier ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Lactococcus Lactis ◽  
Dna Hybridization ◽  
Burst Size ◽  
Genomic Analysis ◽  
Open Reading Frames ◽  
Full Genome Sequence ◽  
The Family ◽  
Reading Frames ◽  
Dairy Fermentation

ABSTRACT Bacteriophage asccφ28 infects dairy fermentation strains of Lactococcus lactis. This report describes characterization of asccφ28 and its full genome sequence. Phage asccφ28 has a prolate head, whiskers, and a short tail (C2 morphotype). This morphology and DNA hybridization to L. lactis phage P369 DNA showed that asccφ28 belongs to the P034 phage species, a group rarely encountered in the dairy industry. The burst size of asccφ28 was found to be 121 ± 18 PFU per infected bacterial cell after a latent period of 44 min. The linear genome (18,762 bp) contains 28 possible open reading frames (ORFs) comprising 90% of the total genome. The ORFs are arranged bidirectionally in recognizable functional modules. The genome contains 577 bp inverted terminal repeats (ITRs) and putatively eight promoters and four terminators. The presence of ITRs, a phage-encoded DNA polymerase, and a terminal protein that binds to the DNA, along with BLAST and morphology data, show that asccφ28 more closely resembles streptococcal phage Cp-1 and the φ29-like phages that infect Bacillus subtilis than it resembles common lactococcal phages. The sequence of this phage is the first published sequence of a P034 species phage genome.

scholarly journals Sequence analysis and genomic organization of Aphid lethal paralysis virus: a new member of the family Dicistroviridae

2002 ◽  
Vol 83 (12) ◽  
pp. 3131-3138 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. van Munster ◽  
A. M. Dullemans ◽  
M. Verbeek ◽  
J. F. J. M. van den Heuvel ◽  
A. Clérivet ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rhopalosiphum Padi ◽  
Trialeurodes Vaporariorum ◽  
Aphid Species ◽  
Amino Acid Sequences ◽  
Open Reading Frames ◽  
The Family ◽  
Orf 5 ◽  
Sequence Similarities ◽  
Paralysis Virus ◽  
Reading Frames

The complete nucleotide sequence of the genomic RNA of an aphid-infecting virus, Aphid lethal paralysis virus (ALPV), has been determined. The genome is 9812 nt in length and contains two long open reading frames (ORFs), which are separated by an intergenic region of 163 nt. The first ORF (5′ ORF) is preceded by an untranslated leader sequence of 506 nt, while an untranslated region of 571 nt follows the second ORF (3′ ORF). The deduced amino acid sequences of the 5′ ORF and 3′ ORF products respectively showed similarity to the non-structural and structural proteins of members of the newly recognized genus Cripavirus (family Dicistroviridae). On the basis of the observed sequence similarities and identical genome organization, it is proposed that ALPV belongs to this genus. Phylogenetic analysis showed that ALPV is most closely related to Rhopalosiphum padi virus, and groups in a cluster with Drosophila C virus and Cricket paralysis virus, while the other members of this genus are more distantly related. Infectivity experiments showed that ALPV can not only infect aphid species but is also able to infect the whitefly Trialeurodes vaporariorum, extending its host range to another family of the order Hemiptera.

scholarly journals Cloning, Nucleotide Sequencing, and Functional Analysis of a Novel, Mobile Cluster of Biodegradation Genes fromPseudomonas aeruginosa Strain JB2

2001 ◽  
Vol 67 (10) ◽  
pp. 4603-4609 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. J. Hickey ◽  
G. Sabat ◽  
A. S. Yuroff ◽  
A. R. Arment ◽  
J. Pérez-Lesher
Keyword(s):  
Sequence Similarity ◽  
Open Reading Frames ◽  
Ring Cleavage ◽  
Nucleotide Sequencing ◽  
Bacterial Genomes ◽  
Anthropogenic Pollutants ◽  
Transcriptional Regulatory ◽  
Genes Encoding ◽  
Sequence Similarities ◽  
Reading Frames

ABSTRACT We have identified in Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain JB2 a novel cluster of mobile genes encoding degradation of hydroxy- and halo-aromatic compounds. Nineteen open reading frames were located and, based on sequence similarities, were putatively identified as encoding a ring hydroxylating oxygenase (hybABCD), an ATP-binding cassette-type transporter, an extradiol ring-cleavage dioxygenase, transcriptional regulatory proteins, enzymes mediating chlorocatechol degradation, and transposition functions. Expression ofhybABCD in Escherichia coli cells effected stoichiometric transformation of 2-hydroxybenzoate (salicylate) to 2,5-dihydroxybenzoate (gentisate). This activity was predicted from sequence similarity to functionally characterized genes,nagAaGHAb from Ralstonia sp. strain U2 (S. L. Fuenmayor, M. Wild, A. L. Boyes, and P. A. Williams, J. Bacteriol. 180:2522–2530, 1998), and is the second confirmed example of salicylate 5-hydroxylase activity effected by an oxygenase outside the flavoprotein group. Growth of strain JB2 orPseudomonas huttiensis strain D1 (an organism that had acquired the 2-chlorobenzoate degradation phenotype from strain JB2) on benzoate yielded mutants that were unable to grow on salicylate or 2-chlorobenzoate and that had a deletion encompassinghybABCD and the region cloned downstream. The mutants' inability to grow on 2-chlorobenzoate suggested the loss of additional genes outside of, but contiguous with, the characterized region. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis revealed a plasmid of >300 kb in strain D1, but no plasmids were detected in strain JB2. Hybridization analyses confirmed that the entire 26-kb region characterized here was acquired by strain D1 from strain JB2 and was located in the chromosome of both organisms. Further studies to delineate the element's boundaries and functional characteristics could provide new insights into the mechanisms underlying evolution of bacterial genomes in general and of catabolic pathways for anthropogenic pollutants in particular.

scholarly journals Genetic Investigation of the Catabolic Pathway for Degradation of Abietane Diterpenoids by Pseudomonas abietaniphilaBKME-9

2000 ◽  
Vol 182 (13) ◽  
pp. 3784-3793 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vincent J. J. Martin ◽  
William W. Mohn
Keyword(s):  
Gene Cluster ◽  
Sequence Similarity ◽  
Open Reading Frames ◽  
Ring Cleavage ◽  
Catabolic Pathway ◽  
Transcriptional Fusion ◽  
Abietane Diterpenoids ◽  
Genes Encoding ◽  
Dna Fragment ◽  
Reading Frames

ABSTRACT We have cloned and sequenced the dit gene cluster encoding enzymes of the catabolic pathway for abietane diterpenoid degradation by Pseudomonas abietaniphila BKME-9. Thedit gene cluster is located on a 16.7-kb DNA fragment containing 13 complete open reading frames (ORFs) and 1 partial ORF. The genes ditA1A2A3 encode the α and β subunits and the ferredoxin of the dioxygenase which hydroxylates 7-oxodehydroabietic acid to 7-oxo-11,12-dihydroxy-8,13-abietadien acid. The dioxygenase mutant strain BKME-941 (ditA1::Tn5) did not grow on nonaromatic abietanes, and transformed palustric and abietic acids to 7-oxodehydroabietic acid in cell suspension assays. Thus, nonaromatic abietanes are aromatized prior to further degradation. Catechol 2,3-dioxygenase activity of xylEtranscriptional fusion strains showed induction of ditA1and ditA3 by abietic, dehydroabietic, and 7-oxodehydroabietic acids, which support the growth of strain BKME-9, as well as by isopimaric and 12,14-dichlorodehydroabietic acids, which are diterpenoids that do not support the growth of strain BKME-9. In addition to the aromatic-ring-hydroxylating dioxygenase genes, thedit cluster includes ditC, encoding an extradiol ring cleavage dioxygenase, and ditR, encoding an IclR-type transcriptional regulator. Although ditR is not strictly required for the growth of strain BKME-9 on abietanes, aditR::Kmr mutation in aditA3::xylE reporter strain demonstrated that it encodes an inducer-dependent transcriptional activator of ditA3. An ORF with sequence similarity to genes encoding permeases (ditE) is linked with genes involved in abietane degradation.

scholarly journals The Nucleotide Sequence of Shiga Toxin (Stx) 2e-Encoding Phage φP27 Is Not Related to Other Stx Phage Genomes, but the Modular Genetic Structure Is Conserved

2002 ◽  
Vol 70 (4) ◽  
pp. 1896-1908 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jürgen Recktenwald ◽  
Herbert Schmidt
Keyword(s):  
Nucleotide Sequence ◽  
Shiga Toxin ◽  
Phage Genome ◽  
Genetic Recombination ◽  
Genome Structure ◽  
Open Reading Frames ◽  
Functional Modules ◽  
Phage Propagation ◽  
Reading Frames ◽  
Lambdoid Phages

ABSTRACT In this study we determined the complete nucleotide sequence of Shiga toxin 2e-encoding bacteriophage φP27, isolated from the Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli patient isolate 2771/97. φP27 is integrated as a prophage in the chromosomal yecE gene. This integration generates identity segments of attL and attR sites with lengths of 11 nucleotides. The integrated prophage genome has a size of 42,575 bp. We identified 58 open reading frames (ORFs), each with a length of >150 nucleotides. The deduced proteins of 44 ORFs showed significant homologies to other proteins present in sequence databases, whereas 14 putative proteins did not. For 29 proteins, we could deduce a putative function. Most of these are related to the basic phage propagation cycle. The φP27 genome represents a mosaic composed of genetic elements which are obviously derived from related and unrelated phages. We identified five short linker sequences of 22 to 151 bp in the φP27 sequence which have also been detected in a couple of other lambdoid phages. These linkers are located between functional modules in the phage genome and are thought to play a role in genetic recombination. Although the overall DNA sequence of φP27 is not highly related to other known phages, the data obtained demonstrate a typical lambdoid genome structure.

scholarly journals Two Unrelated 8-Vinyl Reductases Ensure Production of Mature Chlorophylls in Acaryochloris marina

2016 ◽  
Vol 198 (9) ◽  
pp. 1393-1400 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guangyu E. Chen ◽  
Andrew Hitchcock ◽  
Philip J. Jackson ◽  
Roy R. Chaudhuri ◽  
Mark J. Dickman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Transcriptional Control ◽  
Sequence Similarity ◽  
Open Reading Frames ◽  
High Sequence Similarity ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Ethyl Group ◽  
Acaryochloris Marina ◽  
Vinyl Group ◽  
Vinyl Reductase ◽  
Reading Frames

ABSTRACTThe major photopigment of the cyanobacteriumAcaryochloris marinais chlorophylld, while its direct biosynthetic precursor, chlorophylla, is also present in the cell. These pigments, along with the majority of chlorophylls utilized by oxygenic phototrophs, carry an ethyl group at the C-8 position of the molecule, having undergone reduction of a vinyl group during biosynthesis. Two unrelated classes of 8-vinyl reductase involved in the biosynthesis of chlorophylls are known to exist, BciA and BciB. The genome ofAcaryochloris marinacontains open reading frames (ORFs) encoding proteins displaying high sequence similarity to BciA or BciB, although they are annotated as genes involved in transcriptional control (nmrA) and methanogenesis (frhB), respectively. These genes were introduced into an 8-vinyl chlorophylla-producing ΔbciBstrain ofSynechocystissp. strain PCC 6803, and both were shown to restore synthesis of the pigment with an ethyl group at C-8, demonstrating their activities as 8-vinyl reductases. We propose thatnmrAandfrhBbe reassigned asbciAandbciB, respectively; transcript and proteomic analysis ofAcaryochloris marinareveal that bothbciAandbciBare expressed and their encoded proteins are present in the cell, possibly in order to ensure that all synthesized chlorophyll pigment carries an ethyl group at C-8. Potential reasons for the presence of two 8-vinyl reductases in this strain, which is unique for cyanobacteria, are discussed.IMPORTANCEThe cyanobacteriumAcaryochloris marinais the best-studied phototrophic organism that uses chlorophylldfor photosynthesis. Unique among cyanobacteria sequenced to date, its genome contains ORFs encoding two unrelated enzymes that catalyze the reduction of the C-8 vinyl group of a precursor molecule to an ethyl group. Carrying a reduced C-8 group may be of particular importance to organisms containing chlorophylld. Plant genomes also contain orthologs of both of these genes; thus, the bacterial progenitor of the chloroplast may also have contained bothbciAandbciB.

Molecular characterization of a novel mycovirus isolated from Rhizoctonia solani AG-1 IA 9-11

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yang Sun ◽  
Yan qiong Li ◽  
Wen han Dong ◽  
Ai li Sun ◽  
Ning wei Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rhizoctonia Solani ◽  
Rna Virus ◽  
Dsrna Virus ◽  
Open Reading Frames ◽  
The Family ◽  
Significant Amino Acid Sequence ◽  
Overlapping Open Reading Frames ◽  
Significant Amino Acid ◽  
Reading Frames

Abstract The complete genome of the dsRNA virus isolated from Rhizoctonia solani AG-1 IA 9–11 (designated as Rhizoctonia solani dsRNA virus 11, RsRV11 ) were determined. The RsRV11 genome was 9,555 bp in length, contained three conserved domains, SMC, PRK and RT-like super family, and encoded two non-overlapping open reading frames (ORFs). ORF1 potentially coded for a 204.12 kDa predicted protein, which shared low but significant amino acid sequence identities with the putative protein encoded by Rhizoctonia solani RNA virus HN008 (RsRV-HN008) ORF1. ORF2 potentially coded for a 132.41 kDa protein which contained the conserved motifs of the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RdRp). Phylogenetic analysis indicated that RsRV11 was clustered with RsRV-HN008 in a separate clade independent of other virus families. It implies that RsRV11, along with RsRV-HN008 possibly a new fungal virus taxa closed to the family Megabirnaviridae, and RsRV11 is a new member of mycoviruses.

Flavobacterium chungbukense sp. nov., isolated from soil

2011 ◽  
Vol 61 (11) ◽  
pp. 2734-2739 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chae-Sung Lim ◽  
Yong-Sik Oh ◽  
Jae-Kwan Lee ◽  
A-Rum Park ◽  
Jae-Soo Yoo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sequence Similarity ◽  
Rrna Gene ◽  
Strictly Aerobic ◽  
Respiratory Quinone ◽  
Gram Staining ◽  
Flavobacterium Johnsoniae ◽  
The Family ◽  
Major Respiratory Quinone ◽  
The 16S Rrna Gene ◽  
Sequence Similarities

A yellow-pigmented, Gram-staining-negative, non-motile, strictly aerobic and rod-shaped bacterium, designated CS100T, was isolated from soil in Chungbuk, Korea. Phylogenetic analysis and comparative studies based on the 16S rRNA gene sequence showed that strain CS100T belonged to the genus Flavobacterium in the family Flavobacteriaceae. Strain CS100T showed the highest sequence similarities to Flavobacterium glaciei JCM 13953T (97.6 %) and Flavobacterium johnsoniae KACC 11410T (97.1 %). Sequence similarity to other members of the genus Flavobacterium was 91.5–97.0 %. Growth occurred at 4–30 °C, at pH 5.0–9.0 and in the presence of 0–2 % (w/v) NaCl. Flexirubin-type pigments were produced. Menaquinone-6 (MK-6) was the major respiratory quinone and the major fatty acids were iso-C15 : 0 (17.3 %), summed feature 3 (comprising iso-C15 : 0 2-OH and/or C16 : 1ω7c, 15.5 %) and C16 : 0 (11.8 %). The DNA G+C content was 36.4 mol%. Strain CS100T hydrolysed skimmed milk and gelatin, but not chitin or pectin, and showed oxidase and catalase activities. DNA–DNA relatedness was 3.0 % with F. glaciei JCM 13953T and 11.5 % with F. johnsoniae KACC 11410T. On the basis of the evidence from this study, strain CS100T represents a novel species of the genus Flavobacterium, for which the name Flavobacterium chungbukense sp. nov. is proposed. The type strain is CS100T ( = KACC 15048T = JCM 17386T).

scholarly journals Improved ribosome-footprint and mRNA measurements provide insights into dynamics and regulation of yeast translation

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
David E Weinberg ◽  
Premal Shah ◽  
Stephen W Eichhorn ◽  
Jeffrey A Hussmann ◽  
Joshua B Plotkin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Translational Control ◽  
Nucleotide Composition ◽  
Ribosome Profiling ◽  
Open Reading Frames ◽  
Untranslated Regions ◽  
Coding Regions ◽  
Genome Wide ◽  
Upstream Open Reading Frames ◽  
Improved Methods ◽  
Reading Frames

Ribosome-footprint profiling provides genome-wide snapshots of translation, but technical challenges can confound its analysis. Here, we use improved methods to obtain ribosome-footprint profiles and mRNA abundances that more faithfully reflect gene expression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Our results support proposals that both the beginning of coding regions and codons matching rare tRNAs are more slowly translated. They also indicate that emergent polypeptides with as few as three basic residues within a 10-residue window tend to slow translation. With the improved mRNA measurements, the variation attributable to translational control in exponentially growing yeast was less than previously reported, and most of this variation could be predicted with a simple model that considered mRNA abundance, upstream open reading frames, cap-proximal structure and nucleotide composition, and lengths of the coding and 5′- untranslated regions. Collectively, our results reveal key features of translational control in yeast and provide a framework for executing and interpreting ribosome- profiling studies.

scholarly journals Two neuronal peptides encoded from a single transcript regulate mitochondrial function in Drosophila

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Justin A. Bosch ◽  
Berrak Ugur ◽  
Israel Pichardo-Casas ◽  
Jorden Rabasco ◽  
Felipe Escobedo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mitochondrial Function ◽  
Double Mutant ◽  
Open Reading Frames ◽  
Biological Functions ◽  
Neuronal Function ◽  
Phenotypic Analysis ◽  
Single Transcript ◽  
Sequence Similarities ◽  
Reading Frames ◽  
Small Open Reading Frames

SummaryNaturally produced peptides (<100 amino acids) are important regulators of physiology, development, and metabolism. Recent studies have predicted that thousands of peptides may be translated from transcripts containing small open reading frames (smORFs). Here, we describe two previously uncharacterized peptides in Drosophila encoded by conserved smORFs, Sloth1 and Sloth2. These peptides are translated from the same bicistronic transcript and share sequence similarities, suggesting that they encode paralogs. We provide evidence that Sloth1/2 are highly expressed in neurons, localize to mitochondria, and form a complex. Double mutant analysis in animals and cell culture revealed that sloth1 and sloth2 are not functionally redundant, and their loss causes animal lethality, reduced neuronal function, impaired mitochondrial function, and neurodegeneration. These results suggest that phenotypic analysis of smORF genes in Drosophila can provide a wealth of information on the biological functions of this poorly characterized class of genes.

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