Disruption of hmgA by DNA Duplication is Responsible for Hyperpigmentation in a Vibrio anguillarum Strain

Disruption of hmgA by DNA Duplication is Responsible for Hyperpigmentation in a Vibrio anguillarum Strain

Abstract Vibrio anguillarum 531A, isolated from a diseased fish in the Atlantic Ocean, is a mixture composed of about 95 and 5% of highly pigmented cells (strain 531Ad) and cells with normal levels of pigmentation (strain 531Ac), respectively. Analysis of the V. anguillarum 531Ad DNA region encompas...

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Main Authors: Veronica Batallones, Jennifer Fernandez, Brett Farthing, Jordan Shoemaker, Keizen Li Qian, Kimberly Phan, Eric Fung, Ashley Rivera, Kevin Van, Francesca de la Cruz, Alexandra J. Ferreri, Krystle Burinski, Jackie Zhang, Vicente Lizarraga, Kevin Doan, Kenneth Rocha, German Traglia, Maria S. Ramirez, Marcelo E. Tolmasky
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Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2019
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/3335bd8de0424e7a8b235ad9d0c0b6f0
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Summary:Abstract Vibrio anguillarum 531A, isolated from a diseased fish in the Atlantic Ocean, is a mixture composed of about 95 and 5% of highly pigmented cells (strain 531Ad) and cells with normal levels of pigmentation (strain 531Ac), respectively. Analysis of the V. anguillarum 531Ad DNA region encompassing genes involved in the tyrosine metabolism showed a 410-bp duplication within the hmgA gene that results in a frameshift and early termination of translation of the homogentisate 1,2-dioxygenase. We hypothesized that this mutation results in accumulation of homogentisate that is oxidized and polymerized to produce pyomelanin. Introduction in E. coli of recombinant clones carrying the V. anguillarum hppD (4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate-dioxygenase), and a mutated hmgA produced brown colored colonies. Complementation with a recombinant clone harboring hmgA restored the original color to the colonies confirming that in the absence of homogentisate 1,2-dioxygenase the intermediary in tyrosine catabolism homogentisate accumulates and undergoes nonenzymatic oxidation and polymerization resulting in high amounts of the brown pigment. Whole-genome sequence analysis showed that V. anguillarum 531 Ac and 531Ad differ in the hmgA gene mutation and 23 mutations, most of which locate to intergenic regions and insertion sequences.

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