RRC ID |
5366
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Author |
Doi K, Fujino Y, Inagaki F, Kawatsu R, Tahara M, Ohshima T, Okaue Y, Yokoyama T, Iwai S, Ogata S.
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Title |
Stimulation of expression of a silica-induced protein (Sip) in Thermus thermophilus by supersaturated silicic acid.
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Journal |
Appl Environ Microbiol
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Abstract |
The effects of silicic acid on the growth of Thermus thermophilus TMY, an extreme thermophile isolated from a siliceous deposit formed from geothermal water at a geothermal power plant in Japan, were examined at 75 degrees C. At concentrations higher than the solubility of amorphous silica (400 to 700 ppm SiO(2)), a silica-induced protein (Sip) was isolated from the cell envelope fraction of log-phase TMY cells grown in the presence of supersaturated silicic acid. Two-dimensional sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis revealed the molecular mass and pI of Sip to be about 35 kDa and 9.5, respectively. Induction of Sip expression occurred within 1 h after the addition of a supersaturating concentration of silicic acid to TM broth. Expression of Sip-like proteins was also observed in other thermophiles, including T. thermophilus HB8 and Thermus aquaticus YT-1. The amino acid sequence of Sip was similar to that of the predicted solute-binding protein of the Fe(3+) ABC transporter in T. thermophilus HB8 (locus tag, TTHA1628; GenBank accession no. NC_006461; GeneID, 3169376). The sip gene (987-bp) product showed 87% identity with the TTHA1628 product and the presumed Fe(3+)-binding protein of T. thermophilus HB27 (locus tag TTC1264; GenBank accession no. NC_005835; GeneID, 2774619). Within the genome, sip is situated as a component of the Fbp-type ABC transporter operon, which contains a palindromic structure immediately downstream of sip. This structure is conserved in other T. thermophilus genomes and may function as a terminator that causes definitive Sip expression in response to silica stress.
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Volume |
75(8)
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Pages |
2406-13
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Published |
2009-4-1
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DOI |
10.1128/AEM.02387-08
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PII |
AEM.02387-08
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PMID |
19233950
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PMC |
PMC2675196
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MeSH |
Amino Acid Sequence
Bacterial Proteins / biosynthesis*
Bacterial Proteins / chemistry
DNA, Bacterial / chemistry
DNA, Bacterial / genetics
Electrophoresis, Gel, Two-Dimensional
Geologic Sediments / microbiology*
Hot Springs
Japan
Molecular Sequence Data
Molecular Weight
Phylogeny
Proteome / analysis
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
Silicic Acid / metabolism*
Thermus thermophilus / drug effects*
Thermus thermophilus / growth & development
Thermus thermophilus / isolation & purification
Thermus thermophilus / metabolism
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IF |
4.016
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Times Cited |
11
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WOS Category
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BIOTECHNOLOGY & APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY
MICROBIOLOGY
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Resource |
General Microbes |
JCM10668 |