Virulence determinants, drug resistance and mobile genetic elements of Laribacter hongkongensis: a genome-wide analysis

Abstract Background Clade 5 Clostridioides difficile diverges significantly from the other clades and is therefore, attracting increasing attention due its great heterogeneity. In this study, we used third-generation sequencing techniques to sequence the complete whole genomes of three ST11 C. difficile isolates, RT078 and another two new ribotypes (RTs), obtained from three independent hospitalized elderly patients undergoing antibiotics treatment. Mobile genetic elements (MGEs), antibiotic-resistance, drug resistance genes, and virulent-related genes were analyzed and compared within these three isolates. Results Isolates 10,010 and 12,038 carried a distinct deletion in tcdA compared with isolate 21,062. Furthermore, all three isolates had identical deletions and point-mutations in tcdC, which was once thought to be a unique characteristic of RT078. Isolate 21,062 (RT078) had a unique plasmid, different numbers of transposons and genetic organization, and harboring special CRISPR spacers. All three isolates retained high-level sensitivity to 11 drugs and isolate 21,062 (RT078) carried distinct drug-resistance genes and loss of numerous flagellum-related genes. Conclusions We concluded that capillary electrophoresis based PCR-ribotyping is important for confirming RT078. Furthermore, RT078 isolates displayed specific MGEs, indicating an independent evolutionary process. In the further study, we could testify these findings with more RT078 isolates of divergent origins.

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Energetic Evolution of Cellular Transportomes

10.1101/218396 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Behrooz Darbani ◽

Douglas B. Kell ◽

Irina Borodina

Keyword(s):

Ion Channels ◽

Bacterial Species ◽

Living Cells ◽

Energetic Efficiency ◽

Cellular Functions ◽

Transporter Proteins ◽

Genome Wide Analysis ◽

Solute Carriers ◽

Genome Wide ◽

A Genome

ABSTRACTTransporter proteins mediate the translocation of substances across the membranes of living cells. We performed a genome-wide analysis of the compositional reshaping of cellular transporters (the transportome) across the kingdoms of bacteria, archaea, and eukarya. We show that the transportomes of eukaryotes evolved strongly towards a higher energetic efficiency, as ATP-dependent transporters diminished and secondary transporters and ion channels proliferated. This change has likely been important in the development of tissues performing energetically costly cellular functions. The transportome analysis also indicated seven bacterial species, includingNeorickettsia risticiiandNeorickettsia sennetsu, as likely origins of the mitochondrion in eukaryotes, due to the restricted presence therein of clear homologues of modern mitochondrial solute carriers.

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Comprehensive Genome-Wide Analysis of The Catalase Enzyme Toolbox In Potato (Solanum Tuberosum L.)

10.21203/rs.3.rs-1020759/v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Rania Jbir Koubaa ◽

Mariem Ayadi ◽

Mohamed Najib Saidi ◽

Safa Charfeddine ◽

Radhia Gargouri Bouzid ◽

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Keyword(s):

Stress Responses ◽

Expression Profiling ◽

Phylogenetic Trees ◽

Solanum Tuberosum L ◽

Potato Cultivar ◽

Promoter Sequence ◽

3D Protein Structure ◽

Genome Wide Analysis ◽

Genome Wide ◽

A Genome

Abstract As antioxidant enzymes, catalase (CAT) protects organisms from oxidative stress via the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS). These enzymes play important roles in diverse biological processes. However, little is known about the CAT genes in potato plants despite its important economical rank of this crop in the world. Yet, abiotic and biotic stresses severely hinder growth and development of the plants which affects the production and quality of the crop. To define the possible roles of CAT genes under various stresses, a genome-wide analysis of CAT gene family has been performed in potato plant.In this study, the StCAT gene’s structure, secondary and 3D protein structure, physicochemical properties, synteny analysis, phylogenetic tree and also expression profiling under various developmental and environmental cues were predicted using bioinformatics tools. The expression analysis by RT-PCR was performed using commercial potato cultivar. Three genes encoding StCAT that code for three proteins each of size 492 aa, interrupted by seven introns have been identified in potatoes. StCAT proteins were found to be localized in the peroxisome which is judged as the main H2O2 cell production site during different processes. Many regulating cis-elements related to stress responses and plant hormones signaling were found in the promoter sequence of each gene. The analysis of motifs and phylogenetic trees showed that StCAT are closer to their homologous in S. lycopersicum and share a 41% – 95% identity with other plants’ CATs. Expression profiling revealed that StCAT1 is the constitutively expressive member; while StCAT2 and StCAT3 are the stress-responsive members.

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