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Identification of a Desaturase Involved in Mycolic Acid Biosynthesis in Mycobacterium smegmatis
Mycolic acids are unique long chain fatty acids found in the cell walls of mycobacteria including the tubercle bacillus, Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The introduction of double bonds in mycolic acids remains poorly understood, however, genes encoding two potential aerobic desaturases have been propos...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5065219/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27741286 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0164253 |
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author | Singh, Albel Varela, Cristian Bhatt, Kiranmai Veerapen, Natacha Lee, Oona Y. C. Wu, Houdini H. T. Besra, Gurdyal S. Minnikin, David E. Fujiwara, Nagatoshi Teramoto, Kanae Bhatt, Apoorva |
author_facet | Singh, Albel Varela, Cristian Bhatt, Kiranmai Veerapen, Natacha Lee, Oona Y. C. Wu, Houdini H. T. Besra, Gurdyal S. Minnikin, David E. Fujiwara, Nagatoshi Teramoto, Kanae Bhatt, Apoorva |
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description | Mycolic acids are unique long chain fatty acids found in the cell walls of mycobacteria including the tubercle bacillus, Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The introduction of double bonds in mycolic acids remains poorly understood, however, genes encoding two potential aerobic desaturases have been proposed to be involved in this process. Here we show that one of these genes, desA1, is essential for growth of the saprophytic Mycobacterium smegmatis. Depletion of desA1 in a M. smegmatis conditional mutant led to reduction of mycolic acid biosynthesis and loss of viability. The DesA1-depleted cells exhibited two other phenotypes: using (14)[C]-labelling, we detected the accumulation of minor mycolic acid-related species that migrated faster in a silver TLC plate. Spiral Time of Flight Mass Spectroscopic analysis suggested the presence of species with sizes corresponding to what were likely monoenoic derivatives of α-mycolic acids. Additionally, conditional depletion led to the presence of free fatty acyl species of lengths ~C(26)-C(48) in the lysing cells. Cell viability could be rescued in the conditional mutant by Mycobacterium tuberculosis desA1, highlighting the potential of desA1 as a new drug target in pathogenic mycobacteria. |
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spelling | pubmed-50652192016-10-27 Identification of a Desaturase Involved in Mycolic Acid Biosynthesis in Mycobacterium smegmatis Singh, Albel Varela, Cristian Bhatt, Kiranmai Veerapen, Natacha Lee, Oona Y. C. Wu, Houdini H. T. Besra, Gurdyal S. Minnikin, David E. Fujiwara, Nagatoshi Teramoto, Kanae Bhatt, Apoorva PLoS One Research Article Mycolic acids are unique long chain fatty acids found in the cell walls of mycobacteria including the tubercle bacillus, Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The introduction of double bonds in mycolic acids remains poorly understood, however, genes encoding two potential aerobic desaturases have been proposed to be involved in this process. Here we show that one of these genes, desA1, is essential for growth of the saprophytic Mycobacterium smegmatis. Depletion of desA1 in a M. smegmatis conditional mutant led to reduction of mycolic acid biosynthesis and loss of viability. The DesA1-depleted cells exhibited two other phenotypes: using (14)[C]-labelling, we detected the accumulation of minor mycolic acid-related species that migrated faster in a silver TLC plate. Spiral Time of Flight Mass Spectroscopic analysis suggested the presence of species with sizes corresponding to what were likely monoenoic derivatives of α-mycolic acids. Additionally, conditional depletion led to the presence of free fatty acyl species of lengths ~C(26)-C(48) in the lysing cells. Cell viability could be rescued in the conditional mutant by Mycobacterium tuberculosis desA1, highlighting the potential of desA1 as a new drug target in pathogenic mycobacteria. Public Library of Science 2016-10-14 /pmc/articles/PMC5065219/ /pubmed/27741286 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0164253 Text en © 2016 Singh et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Singh, Albel Varela, Cristian Bhatt, Kiranmai Veerapen, Natacha Lee, Oona Y. C. Wu, Houdini H. T. Besra, Gurdyal S. Minnikin, David E. Fujiwara, Nagatoshi Teramoto, Kanae Bhatt, Apoorva Identification of a Desaturase Involved in Mycolic Acid Biosynthesis in Mycobacterium smegmatis |
title | Identification of a Desaturase Involved in Mycolic Acid Biosynthesis in Mycobacterium smegmatis |
title_full | Identification of a Desaturase Involved in Mycolic Acid Biosynthesis in Mycobacterium smegmatis |
title_fullStr | Identification of a Desaturase Involved in Mycolic Acid Biosynthesis in Mycobacterium smegmatis |
title_full_unstemmed | Identification of a Desaturase Involved in Mycolic Acid Biosynthesis in Mycobacterium smegmatis |
title_short | Identification of a Desaturase Involved in Mycolic Acid Biosynthesis in Mycobacterium smegmatis |
title_sort | identification of a desaturase involved in mycolic acid biosynthesis in mycobacterium smegmatis |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5065219/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27741286 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0164253 |
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