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The Metj Regulon in Gammaproteobacteria Determined by Comparative Genomics Methods Anne M Augustus1 and Leonard D Spicer1,2*

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The Metj Regulon in Gammaproteobacteria Determined by Comparative Genomics Methods Anne M Augustus1 and Leonard D Spicer1,2* Augustus and Spicer BMC Genomics 2011, 12:558 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/12/558 RESEARCHARTICLE Open Access The MetJ regulon in gammaproteobacteria determined by comparative genomics methods Anne M Augustus1 and Leonard D Spicer1,2* Abstract Background: Whole-genome sequencing of bacteria has proceeded at an exponential pace but annotation validation has lagged behind. For instance, the MetJ regulon, which controls methionine biosynthesis and transport, has been studied almost exclusively in E. coli and Salmonella, but homologs of MetJ exist in a variety of other species. These include some that are pathogenic (e.g. Yersinia) and some that are important for environmental remediation (e.g. Shewanella) but many of which have not been extensively characterized in the literature. Results: We have determined the likely composition of the MetJ regulon in all species which have MetJ homologs using bioinformatics techniques. We show that the core genes known from E. coli are consistently regulated in other species, and we identify previously unknown members of the regulon. These include the cobalamin transporter, btuB; all the genes involved in the methionine salvage pathway; as well as several enzymes and transporters of unknown specificity. Conclusions: The MetJ regulon is present and functional in five orders of gammaproteobacteria: Enterobacteriales, Pasteurellales, Vibrionales, Aeromonadales and Alteromonadales. New regulatory activity for MetJ was identified in the genomic data and verified experimentally. This strategy should be applicable for the elucidation of regulatory pathways in other systems by using the extensive sequencing data currently being generated. Background the MetJ regulon has been studied almost exclusively in The advent of fast sequencing techniques over the past E. coli and the closely-related Salmonella, but it is likely few decades has led to an exponential increase in the that the complement of repressed genes extends beyond number of fully sequenced organisms, particularly bac- that known in these organisms. teria with their smaller genomes. Although a great deal Previously, genes in the regulon were recognized on of data is being generated, much of it is in the form of an individual basis by identifying DNA binding sites for annotations based on automated similarity searches. It is MetJ, called metboxes, or by showing regulation via important to validate these annotations and extend the MetJ, methionine or its derivative S-adenosylmethionine use of the databases by organizing the genes into coher- (AdoMet) which is the co-factor for MetJ. Efforts to do ent pathways. large-scale, undirected searches for MetJ-regulated genes Here sequenced bacterial genomes were used to deter- have been limited to E. coli [5,6]. By expanding our mine the full extent of the MetJ regulon in gammapro- search to all sequenced bacteria, the dataset we had teobacteria. This regulon is controlled by the available for this study included 206 sequenced organ- transcription factor MetJ which represses genes involved isms representing 41 genera in 5 orders. in methionine biosynthesis and transport [1-4]. Figure 1 In this study, we have identified the conserved mem- shows various metabolic pathways involving methionine bersthatformthecoreofthereguloninalltheorgan- and Table 1 gives the functions of the genes. To date, isms. While each species has a unique spectrum of regulated genes, the over-all regulon includes all the * Correspondence: [email protected] genes involved in methionine biosynthesis, salvage and 1Department of Biochemistry, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, transport. We have identified some previously unknown 27710, USA members of the regulon and, in addition, have Full list of author information is available at the end of the article © 2011 Augustus and Spicer; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Augustus and Spicer BMC Genomics 2011, 12:558 Page 2 of 18 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/12/558 7 7 /0 / 0 " /"0 8 . . " !9 &+ 3 . 8 -' - 3 "# - # -#' + 2 " 3 ) )#' . 1 "' + 5 5#' 6 7 . 7 + -5 &, ) ( -+ . & " * * . ) #% + 42 ) ( # &$% 4 ! "' # $% ! . & . " !. !. ! Figure 1 Methionine as the center of various metabolic pathways. Key is in upper-right. Genes regulated by MetJ are in black; other genes are in gray. experimentally confirmed that some of these are regu- Vibrionales (Vib), Aeromonadales (Aer) and Alteromo- lated by MetJ in vivo. nadales (Alt). These orders are shown in the phyloge- netictreeinFigure2whichwasgeneratedbythe Results Orthologous Matrix Project based on whole genome MetJ homologs and metboxes comparisons of sequenced bacteria [7]. The most recent Based on BLAST searches, MetJ homologs exist only revision (December, 2010) includes most species that within the gammaproteobacteria, and only within five were part of this study. The gammaproteobacteria repre- orders: Enterobacteriales (Ent), Pasteurellales (Pas), sent an important group of bacteria that are intimately Augustus and Spicer BMC Genomics 2011, 12:558 Page 3 of 18 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/12/558 Table 1 Functions of the genes involved in methionine Table 1 Functions of the genes involved in methionine utilization utilization (Continued) 1 gene function megL ~methionine gamma-lyase Regulators pcbC ~oxygenase metJ AdoMet-dependent transcriptional repressor Various unregulated genes metR homocysteine-dependent transcriptional activator ahcY adenosylhomocysteinease Biosynthetic enzymes asd aspartate semialdehyde dehydrogenase metL aspartokinase II/homoserine dehydrogenase II def peptide deformylase metA homoserine O-succinyltransferase fmt 10-formyltetrahydrofolate : L-methionyl-tRNAfMet N- metX homoserine O-acetyltransferase formyltransferase metY ~O-acetylhomoserine sulfhydrylase folE GTP cyclohydrolase I metB cystathionine gamma-synthase glyA serine hydroxymethyltransferase metC cystathionine beta-lyase luxS S-ribosylhomocysteine lyase metF 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase map methionine aminopeptidase metH methionine synthase (B12-dependent) metG methionyl-tRNA synthetase metE methionine synthase (B12-independent) mtnN methylthioadenosine (MTA) nucleosidase/S- adenosylhomocysteine (AdoHcy) nucleosidase metK S-adenosylmethionine (AdoMet) synthetase 1 Methionine salvage pathway genes Functions predicted from sequence similarity are marked with a tilde (~). ybdH ~alcohol dehydrogenase mtrA ~MTR transporter (ATPase subunit) involved in human life. They not only include the causa- mtrC ~MTR transporter (permease subunit) tive agents of diseases like cholera (Vibrio cholerae), mtrB ~MTR transporter (substrate-binding subunit) chancroid (Haemophilus ducreyi), typhoid (Salmonella mtrY ~function unknown enterica)andtheplague(Yersinia pestis), but they also mtnK 5-methylthioribose (MTR) kinase include species that provide benefits such as aiding in mtnA S-methyl-5-thioribose-1-phosphate isomerase the digestion of humans (Escherichia coli)andcows mtnD 1,2-dihydroxy-3-keto-5-methylthiopentene dioxygenase (Mannheimia succiniciproducens), acting as an agricul- mtnC 2,3-diketo-5-methylthio-1-phosphopentane phosphatase tural insecticide (Photorhabdus luminescens), and being mtnB methylthioribulose-1-phosphate dehydratase used in environmental bioremediation (Shewanella onei- mtnE methionine aminotransferase densis). The five orders of interest all cluster in one part mtnU ~nitrilase of the tree so it appears that MetJ entered the bacterial Transporters lineages at their common origin. All the sequenced metN methionine transporter (ATPase subunit) organisms within these five orders have MetJ homologs metI methionine transporter (permease subunit) with the exception of symbiotic Ent species (colored in metQ methionine transporter (substrate-binding subunit) orange). Almost all these species have lost MetJ as part metT ~methionine transporter (Na+/H+ antiporter family) of the massive reductions their genomes underwent dur- btuB vitamin B12 (cobalamin) outer membrane transporter ing their shift to a symbiotic lifestyle. We note that mtsA ~cobalt transporter (substrate-binding subunit) three species (Marinobacter aquaeolei, Saccharophagus mtsB ~cobalt transporter (ATPase subunit) degradans and Teredinibacter turnerae) were annotated mtsC ~cobalt transporter (permease subunit) as Alt but they lack a MetJ homolog and metboxes, and nhaP ~Na+/H+ antiporter they do not cluster with other Alt species, so they may Other regulated genes have been misclassified. They were thus excluded from mmuP S-methylmethionine permease the analysis. mmuM S-methylmethionine : homocysteine methyltransferase In order to look for metboxes in all these species, the MHT1 ~homocysteine S-methyltransferase known metboxes from E. coli were used as a training set dppA ~transporter (substrate-binding subunit) to identify potential metboxes. High-confidence dppB ~transporter (permease subunit) sequences that occurred with genes which were part of dppC ~transporter (permease subunit) the known MetJ regulon in E. coli were used to create dppD ~transporter (ATPase subunit) the final bit matrix for the final search,
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