PUL ID

PUL0249

PubMed

17449691, Appl Environ Microbiol. 2007 Jun;73(12):3803-13. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00147-07. Epub 2007 Apr 20.

Characterization method

microarray

Genomic accession number

NC_000964.3

Nucelotide position range

761662-776790

Substrate

rhamnogalacturonan

Loci

BSU06970-BSU07080

Species

Bacillus subtilis/1423

Degradation or Biosynthesis

degradation

Cluster number

1

Gene name

Gene position

Gene type

Found by CGCFinder?

yesO 1 - 1284 (+) STP: STP|SBP_bac_1 No
rhgP 1281 - 2210 (+) TC: gnl|TC-DB|Q93KC0|3.A.1.1.11 Yes
rhgQ 2214 - 3104 (+) TC: gnl|TC-DB|Q93KB9|3.A.1.1.11 Yes
rhgH 3120 - 4154 (+) CAZyme: GH105 Yes
rhgR 4177 - 6462 (+) TF: DBD-Pfam|HTH_AraC,DBD-Pfam|HTH_AraC,DBD-SUPERFAMILY|0036286,DBD-SUPERFAMILY|0035607 Yes
rhgT 6476 - 7174 (+) CAZyme: CE12 Yes
yesU 7167 - 7829 (+) other Yes
yesV 7826 - 8452 (+) TC: gnl|TC-DB|G4PA66|9.B.28.1.5 Yes
rhgW 8573 - 10435 (+) CAZyme: PL11_1|CE12|PL11 Yes
rhgX 10481 - 12319 (+) CAZyme: PL11_1|PL11 Yes
yesY 12477 - 13130 (+) CAZyme: CE12 Yes
rhgZ 13138 - 15129 (+) CAZyme: GH42 Yes

PUL ID

PUL0249

PubMed

17449691, Appl Environ Microbiol. 2007 Jun;73(12):3803-13. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00147-07. Epub 2007 Apr 20.

Title

Plant cell wall degradation by saprophytic Bacillus subtilis strains: gene clusters responsible for rhamnogalacturonan depolymerization.

Author

Ochiai A, Itoh T, Kawamata A, Hashimoto W, Murata K

Abstract

Plant cell wall degradation is a premier event when Bacillus subtilis, a typical saprophytic bacterium, invades plants. Here we show the degradation system of rhamnogalacturonan type I (RG-I), a component of pectin from the plant cell wall, in B. subtilis strain 168. Strain 168 cells showed a significant growth on plant cell wall polysaccharides such as pectin, polygalacturonan, and RG-I as a carbon source. DNA microarray analysis indicated that three gene clusters (yesOPQRSTUVWXYZ, ytePQRST, and ybcMOPST-ybdABDE) are inducibly expressed in strain 168 cells grown on RG-I. Cells of an industrially important bacterium, B. subtilis strain natto, fermenting soybeans also express the gene cluster including the yes series during the assimilation of soybean used as a carbon source. Among proteins encoded in the yes cluster, YesW and YesX were found to be novel types of RG lyases releasing disaccharide from RG-I. Genetic and enzymatic properties of YesW and YesX suggest that strain 168 cells secrete YesW, which catalyzes the initial cleavage of the RG-I main chain, and the resultant oligosaccharides are converted to disaccharides through the extracellular exotype YesX reaction. The disaccharide is finally degraded into its constituent monosaccharides through the reaction of intracellular unsaturated galacturonyl hydrolases YesR and YteR. This enzymatic route for RG-I degradation in strain 168 differs significantly from that in plant-pathogenic fungus Aspergillus aculeatus. This is, to our knowledge, the first report on the bacterial system for complete RG-I main chain degradation.