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Saccharibacteria harness light energy using Type-1 rhodopsins that may rely on retinal sourced from microbial hosts

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Microbial rhodopsins are a family of photoreceptive membrane proteins with a wide distribution across the Tree of Life. Within the Candidate Phyla Radiation (CPR), a diverse group of putatively episymbiotic bacteria, the genetic potential to produce rhodopsins appears to be confined to a small clade of organisms from sunlit environments. Here, we characterize the metabolic context and biophysical features of Saccharibacteria Type-1 rhodopsin sequences derived from metagenomic surveys and show that these proteins function as outward proton pumps. This provides one of the only known mechanisms by which CPR can generate a proton gradient for ATP synthesis. Intriguingly, Saccharibacteria do not encode the genetic machinery to produce all- trans -retinal, the chromophore essential for rhodopsin function, but their rhodopsins are able to rapidly uptake this cofactor when provided in experimental assays. We found consistent evidence for the capacity to produce retinal from β-carotene in organisms co-occurring with Saccharibacteria, and this genetic potential was dominated by Actinobacteria, which are known hosts of Saccharibacteria in other habitats. If Actinobacteria serve as hosts for Saccharibacteria in freshwater environments, exchange of retinal for use by rhodopsin may be a feature of their associations.

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Metadata

Authors
Jaffe, A. L., Konno, M., Kawasaki, Y., Kataoka, C., Béjà, O., Kandori, H., Inoue, K., & Banfield, J. F.
Affiliations
  • University of California, Berkeley (US)
  • Japan Science and Technology Agency (JP)
  • The Institute for Solid State Physics, The University of Tokyo (JP)
  • Nagoya Institute of Technology (JP)
  • Technion – Israel Institute of Technology (IL)
  • Innovative Genomics Institute (US)
Corresponding author
  • Inoue, Keiichi
  • Banfield, Jillian F.
Venue
The ISME Journal
Publisher
openRxiv
Published
2022-02-14
Volume
16
Issue
8
Pages
2056-2059
ISSN
1751-7362 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W4226136129
Cited by
32
References
1
Citations by year
2025: 7 · 2024: 12 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 4
FWCI
4.20
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
cc-by
Locations
  • The ISME Journal (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (acceptedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Funders
  • Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation (Grant 71785, 71785)
  • Innovative Genomics Institute
  • Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (JP21H01875, JP20H05758)
  • Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (20K21383, 23K21092, JP20H05758, 21H04969, JP21H01875, 20H05758)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
Keywords
Saccharibacteria, microbial rhodopsins, Candidate Phyla Radiation, all-trans-retinal, beta-carotene, actinobacteria, host-symbiont association, proton pump, light energy harvesting, photosynthetic bacteria, ATP production, metagenomics
MeSH terms
Bacteria, Light, Rhodopsin, Proton Pumps, Rhodopsins, Microbial, Actinobacteria

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