Ontology highlight
ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Todd JD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3246235 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
The ISME journal 20110616 1
Ruegeria pomeroyi DSS-3 is a model Roseobacter marine bacterium, particularly regarding its catabolism of dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP), an abundant anti-stress molecule made by marine phytoplankton. We found a novel gene, dddW, which encodes a DMSP lyase that cleaves DMSP into acrylate plus the environmentally important volatile dimethyl sulfide (DMS). Mutations in dddW reduced, but did not abolish DMS production. Transcription of dddW was greatly enhanced by pre-growth of cells with DMSP, ...[more]