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Conservation of the Chitin Utilization Pathway in the Vibrionaceae
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Vibrionaceae are regarded as important marine chitin degraders, and attachment to chitin regulates important biological functions; yet, the degree of chitin pathway conservation in Vibrionaceae is unknown. Here, a core chitin degradation pathway is proposed based on comparison of 19 Vibrio and Photobacterium genomes with a detailed metabolic map assembled for V. cholerae from published biochemical, genomic, and transcriptomic results. Further, to assess whether chitin degradation is a conserved property of Vibrionaceae, a set of 54 strains from 32 taxa were tested for the ability to grow on various forms of chitin. All strains grew on N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc), the monomer of chitin. The majority of isolates grew on alpha (crab shell) and beta (squid pen) chitin and contained chitinase A (chiA) genes. chiA sequencing and phylogenetic analysis suggest that this gene is a good indicator of chitin metabolism but appears subject to horizontal gene transfer and duplication. Overall, chitin metabolism appears to be a core function of Vibrionaceae, but individual pathway components exhibit dynamic evolutionary histories.
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- Authors
- Hunt, D. E., Gevers, D., Vahora, N. M., & Polz, M. F.
- Affiliations
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (US)
- Ghent University (BE)
- Corresponding author
- Polz, Martin F.
- Venue
- Applied and Environmental Microbiology
- Publisher
- American Society for Microbiology
- Published
- 2008-01
- Volume
- 74
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 44-51
- ISSN
- 0099-2240 (ISSN-L)
- 1098-5336
- PMC
- PMC2223224
- OpenAlex
- W2096419043
- Cited by
- 236
- References
- 46
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- FWCI
- 3.18
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Applied and Environmental Microbiology (publishedVersion)
- Flanders Marine Institute (Flanders Marine Institute) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- Funders
- National Science Foundation
- U.S. Department of Energy (DEFG0208ER64516)
- Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
- Vlaamse regering
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Studies on Chitinases and Chitosanases
- Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Microbiology › Vibrio bacteria research studies
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Keywords
- chitin degradation, Vibrionaceae, chitinase A, chiA gene, Vibrio, Photobacterium, horizontal gene transfer, gene duplication, marine bacteria
- MeSH terms
- Acetylglucosamine, Bacterial Proteins, Chitin, Chitinases, DNA, Bacterial, Molecular Sequence Data, Phylogeny, Vibrionaceae, Conserved Sequence, Sequence Analysis, DNA, Metabolic Networks and Pathways
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