Project description:The purple bacterium Rhodopseudomonas palustris is a model organism for dissecting the energy and electron transfer processes that have evolved in phototrophic organisms. This bacterium is of particular interest because, in addition to driving its metabolism via solar energy capture, it is capable of nitrogen and carbon dioxide fixation, producing hydrogen and utilising a wide range of organic compounds. Understanding these processes underpins the potential exploitation of Rhodopseudomonas palustris for synthetic biology, biohydrogen production and bioremediation, for example. Like other purple bacteria, Rhodopseudomonas palustris has 2 light-harvesting (LH) systems: LH1 and LH2. The former has already been extensively characterised by X-ray crystallography and cryo-EM. The aim of this proteomics project is to provide complementary information to support the cryo-EM mapping of LH2 structure.
Project description:Rhodopseudomonas palustris strain SA008.1.07 can use syringic acid as sole organic carbon source anaerobically. Grew all anaerobically in various carbon sources: syringic acid, succinate, and p-hydroxybenzoic acid.
Project description:To address the question of how photosynthetic bacterium Rhodopseudomonas palustris metabolize lignin derived compound p-coumarate, transcriptomics and quantitative proteomics were combined to characterize gene expression profiles at both the mRNA level and protein level in Rhodopseudomonas palustris grown with succinate, benzoate, and p-coumarate as the carbon source. Keywords: Comparison of transcriptome profiles
Project description:To address the question of how photosynthetic bacterium Rhodopseudomonas palustris metabolize lignin derived compound p-coumarate, transcriptomics and quantitative proteomics were combined to characterize gene expression profiles at both the mRNA level and protein level in Rhodopseudomonas palustris grown with succinate, benzoate, and p-coumarate as the carbon source. Transcriptome profiles among Rhodopseudomonas palustris cells grown with succinate, benzoate, and p-coumarate as the carbon source were compared.
Project description:Rhodopseudomonas palustris, a nonsulphur purple photosynthetic bacteria, has been extensively investigated for its metabolic versatility including ability to produce hydrogen gas from sunlight and biomass. The availability of the finished genome sequences of six R. palustris strains (BisA53, BisB18, BisB5, CGA009, HaA2 and TIE-1) combined with online bioinformatics software for integrated analysis presents new opportunities to determine the genomic basis of metabolic versatility and ecological lifestyles of the bacteria species. The purpose of this investigation was to compare the functional annotations available for multiple R. palustris genomes to identify annotations that can be further investigated for strain-specific or uniquely shared phenotypic characteristics. A total of 2,355 protein family Pfam domain annotations were clustered based on presence or absence in the six genomes. The clustering process identified groups of functional annotations including those that could be verified as strain-specific or uniquely shared phenotypes. For example, genes encoding water/glycerol transport were present in the genome sequences of strains CGA009 and BisB5, but absent in strains BisA53, BisB18, HaA2 and TIE-1. Protein structural homology modeling predicted that the two orthologous 240 aa R. palustris aquaporins have water-specific transport function. Based on observations in other microbes, the presence of aquaporin in R. palustris strains may improve freeze tolerance in natural conditions of rapid freezing such as nitrogen fixation at low temperatures where access to liquid water is a limiting factor for nitrogenase activation. In the case of adaptive loss of aquaporin genes, strains may be better adapted to survive in conditions of high-sugar content such as fermentation of biomass for biohydrogen production. Finally, web-based resources were developed to allow for interactive, user-defined selection of the relationship between protein family annotations and the R. palustris genomes.
Project description:Citrate lyase (EC 4.1.3.6) isolated from Rhodopseudomonas palustris was investigated with regard to its kinetic properties and its subunit composition. This enzyme was inactivated by citrate lyase deacetylase (EC 3.1.2.-) of Rhodopseudomonas gelatinosa. A corresponding cross-reaction was measured with partially purified deacetylase of R. palustris and citrate lyase of R. gelatinosa. The three different subunit types (alpha, beta, and gamma) of citrate lyase from R. gelatinosa wee purified to homogeneity, and antibodies were prepared against each of the three subunits and against the native enzyme complex. In corresondence with the enzymatic interactions, immunological cross-reactions were found between anti-enzyme and anti-large subunit antibodies and citrate lyase from R. palustris. On the other hand, no immunological cross-reactions were detectable among each of the antibodies and citrate lyases from Enterobacter aerogenes, Streptococcus diacetilactis, and Clostridium sphenoides. Antibodies against the large subunit of citrate lyase inhibited the deacetylase, but antibodies against the middle and small subunits did not, indicating that the large subunits of citrate lyase are involved in binding the deacetylase.
Project description:Non-growing Rhodopseudomonas palustris increases the hydrogen gas yield from acetate by shifting from the glyoxylate shunt to the tricarboxylic acid cycle