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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
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Predição in silico e caracterização parcial das bacteriocinas de Xylella fastidiosa / In silico prediction and partial characterization of the bacteriocins produced by Xylella fastidiosa

Rodrigo Roberto Rafagnin Duarte 16 January 2013 (has links)
Xylella fastidiosa é o agente causal de uma série de doenças que ocorrem em plantas economicamente importantes como laranjeiras, videiras e cafeeiros, causando no Estado de São Paulo prejuízos relevantes à indústria citrícola. Esta bactéria Gram-negativa é restrita ao xilema das plantas e à porção anterior do trato digestório dos insetos vetores das famílias Cicadellidae e Cercopidae, conhecidos como cigarrinhas. Tentativas de elucidar os mecanismos de virulência e patogenicidade adotados por esta bactéria apontam a formação do biofilme como etapa fundamental para o estabelecimento da infecção e o consequente desenvolvimento da doença na planta, mas fatores adicionais parecem contribuir, tais como a produção de toxinas. As bacteriocinas são proteínas com atividade antibiótica contra cepas próximas à espécie produtora e que já foram associadas à virulência e patogenicidade de outras bactérias. Uma varredura in silico no genoma de X. fastidiosa 9a5c revelou 13 sequências codificadoras de microcinas putativas no cromossomo. Transcritos de todos esses genes foram detectados por RT-qPCR em culturas de X. fastidiosa 9a5c, e análises comparativas com genomas públicos (cepas Temecula1, Dixon, Ann-1, M23, M12, EB92-1 e GB514) e recém sequenciados por nosso grupo de pesquisa (cepas U24d, J1a12, 3124, Hib4, Pr8x e Fb7) revelaram que cada cepa possui seu próprio arsenal de bacteriocinas. Diferenças encontradas in silico entre os loci de bacteriocinas nas cepas foram demonstradas experimentalmente. Nossos resultados comprovam a variabilidade predita nos quatro clusters de bacteriocinas que identificamos, o que é esperado para genes relacionados à adaptação e patogenicidade. Destes loci, três foram detectados por RT-PCR como transcritos policistrônicos. Nossa tentativa de detectar essas proteínas em culturas de X. fastidiosa (através de sequenciamento de polipeptídeos por HPLC-MS/MS) foi capaz de identificar uma das bacteriocinas putativas e, portanto, o conjunto de nossas observações apóia a continuidade dos estudos para elucidar o papel das bacteriocinas na fisiopatologia de X. fastidiosa. / Xylella fastidiosa is the causal agent of diseases that affect several economically important crops such as sweet orange trees, grapevines and coffee trees, causing in the State of São Paulo considerable losses mainly to the citrus industry. This Gram-negative bacterium is restricted to the plant xylem and to the upper gastrointestinal tract of its insect vectors, the sharpshooters from the Cicadellidae and Cercopidae families. Attempts to elucidate the virulence and pathogenicity pathways employed by this bacterium point the biofilm formation as a fundamental step for the establishment of the infection and the consequent development of the plant disease, but additional factors seem to contribute to these processes, such as the production of toxins. Bacteriocins are proteinaceous antibiotics that act against closely-related species and have been previously associated with virulence and pathogenicity in other bacteria. An in silico screening of the X. fastidiosa 9a5c genome revealed 13 coding sequences as putative microcins in the chromosome. Transcripts from all those genes were detected through RT-qPCR in X. fastidiosa 9a5c cultures, and comparative analyses on the public genomes (Temecula1, Dixon, Ann-1, M23, M12, EB92-1 and GB514) plus the ones recently sequenced by our group (U24d, J1a12, 3124, Hib4, Pr8x and Fb7) revealed that each strain possesses its own arsenal of bacteriocins. Differences found in silico among the loci in all strains were experimentally confirmed. Our results demonstrated the predicted variability in the four bacteriocins clusters as expected for adaptation and pathogenicity-related genes. Three out of the four bacteriocins loci were detected by RT-PCR as polycistronic transcripts. Our attempt to detect these proteins in X. fastidiosa cultures (using HPLC-MS/MS polypeptide sequencing) identified one of the putative bacteriocins, and therefore our observations warrant further efforts to elucidate the role of bacteriocins in the X. fastidiosa physiopathology.
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Predição in silico e caracterização parcial das bacteriocinas de Xylella fastidiosa / In silico prediction and partial characterization of the bacteriocins produced by Xylella fastidiosa

Duarte, Rodrigo Roberto Rafagnin 16 January 2013 (has links)
Xylella fastidiosa é o agente causal de uma série de doenças que ocorrem em plantas economicamente importantes como laranjeiras, videiras e cafeeiros, causando no Estado de São Paulo prejuízos relevantes à indústria citrícola. Esta bactéria Gram-negativa é restrita ao xilema das plantas e à porção anterior do trato digestório dos insetos vetores das famílias Cicadellidae e Cercopidae, conhecidos como cigarrinhas. Tentativas de elucidar os mecanismos de virulência e patogenicidade adotados por esta bactéria apontam a formação do biofilme como etapa fundamental para o estabelecimento da infecção e o consequente desenvolvimento da doença na planta, mas fatores adicionais parecem contribuir, tais como a produção de toxinas. As bacteriocinas são proteínas com atividade antibiótica contra cepas próximas à espécie produtora e que já foram associadas à virulência e patogenicidade de outras bactérias. Uma varredura in silico no genoma de X. fastidiosa 9a5c revelou 13 sequências codificadoras de microcinas putativas no cromossomo. Transcritos de todos esses genes foram detectados por RT-qPCR em culturas de X. fastidiosa 9a5c, e análises comparativas com genomas públicos (cepas Temecula1, Dixon, Ann-1, M23, M12, EB92-1 e GB514) e recém sequenciados por nosso grupo de pesquisa (cepas U24d, J1a12, 3124, Hib4, Pr8x e Fb7) revelaram que cada cepa possui seu próprio arsenal de bacteriocinas. Diferenças encontradas in silico entre os loci de bacteriocinas nas cepas foram demonstradas experimentalmente. Nossos resultados comprovam a variabilidade predita nos quatro clusters de bacteriocinas que identificamos, o que é esperado para genes relacionados à adaptação e patogenicidade. Destes loci, três foram detectados por RT-PCR como transcritos policistrônicos. Nossa tentativa de detectar essas proteínas em culturas de X. fastidiosa (através de sequenciamento de polipeptídeos por HPLC-MS/MS) foi capaz de identificar uma das bacteriocinas putativas e, portanto, o conjunto de nossas observações apóia a continuidade dos estudos para elucidar o papel das bacteriocinas na fisiopatologia de X. fastidiosa. / Xylella fastidiosa is the causal agent of diseases that affect several economically important crops such as sweet orange trees, grapevines and coffee trees, causing in the State of São Paulo considerable losses mainly to the citrus industry. This Gram-negative bacterium is restricted to the plant xylem and to the upper gastrointestinal tract of its insect vectors, the sharpshooters from the Cicadellidae and Cercopidae families. Attempts to elucidate the virulence and pathogenicity pathways employed by this bacterium point the biofilm formation as a fundamental step for the establishment of the infection and the consequent development of the plant disease, but additional factors seem to contribute to these processes, such as the production of toxins. Bacteriocins are proteinaceous antibiotics that act against closely-related species and have been previously associated with virulence and pathogenicity in other bacteria. An in silico screening of the X. fastidiosa 9a5c genome revealed 13 coding sequences as putative microcins in the chromosome. Transcripts from all those genes were detected through RT-qPCR in X. fastidiosa 9a5c cultures, and comparative analyses on the public genomes (Temecula1, Dixon, Ann-1, M23, M12, EB92-1 and GB514) plus the ones recently sequenced by our group (U24d, J1a12, 3124, Hib4, Pr8x and Fb7) revealed that each strain possesses its own arsenal of bacteriocins. Differences found in silico among the loci in all strains were experimentally confirmed. Our results demonstrated the predicted variability in the four bacteriocins clusters as expected for adaptation and pathogenicity-related genes. Three out of the four bacteriocins loci were detected by RT-PCR as polycistronic transcripts. Our attempt to detect these proteins in X. fastidiosa cultures (using HPLC-MS/MS polypeptide sequencing) identified one of the putative bacteriocins, and therefore our observations warrant further efforts to elucidate the role of bacteriocins in the X. fastidiosa physiopathology.
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Synthese der Bacteriocine Amylocyclicin A und Plantazolicin in Bacillus amyloliquefaciens FZB42

Scholz, Romy 21 February 2011 (has links)
Bacillus amyloliquefaciens FZB42 ist ein grampositives Bodenbakterium. Es kann in der Rhizosphäre das Wachstum von Pflanzen fördern und durch die Produktion von Sekundärmetaboliten phytopathogene Organismen hemmen. Aus der Genomanalyse und den dazugehörigen Arbeiten war bekannt, dass Bacillus amyloliquefaciens FZB42 nicht-ribosomal je drei antimikrobielle Polyketide und Lipopeptide herstellt, sowie zwei Siderophore und das Dipeptid Bacilysin. Für Bacillus typische Lantibiotika oder große Bacteriocine wurden nicht gefunden. In dieser Arbeit wird erstmalig gezeigt, dass Bacillus amyloliquefaciens FZB42 auf ribosomale Weise antibakterielle Peptide herstellt. Zwei bisher unbekannte Bacteriocine, Amylocyclicin A und Plantazolicin, und deren dazugehörigen Gencluster konnten identifiziert und charakterisiert werden. Amylocyclicin A ist ein unmodifiziertes Peptid, dessen N- und C-Terminus kovalent verbunden sind. Es wurde der Gruppe I der zirkulären Bacteriocine zugeordnet, dessen Mitglieder sich durch schwache Homologie untereinander, aber durch wahrscheinlich ähnliche 3D-Strukturen auszeichnen. Die Masse beträgt 6381 Da und die Substanz ist stark aktiv gegen grampositive Bakterien. Das Biosynthesecluster umfasst sechs Gene für die Synthese, den Export, die Zyklisierung und die Immunität. Plantazolicin ist ein hydrophobes, stark modifiziertes Peptid aus der TOMM-Gruppe, einer Gruppe aus Microcin B17-ähnlichen Peptiden, die nach neueren Erkenntnissen verbreiteter ist, als bisher bekannt. Plantazolicin ist schwach aktiv gegen grampositive Bakterien und besitzt die Masse 1335 Da. Das Biosynthesecluster umfasst zwölf Gene, mit allen nötigen Genen für Synthese, Modifikation, Regulation, Immunität und Export. / Bacillus amyloliquefaciens FZB42 is a Gram-positive, plant-associated bacterium, which stimulates plant growth and produces secondary metabolites that suppress soil-borne plant pathogens. Five gene clusters direct the non-ribosomal synthesis of the cyclic lipopeptides surfactin, bacillomycin, fengycin, an unknown peptide and the iron-siderophore bacillibactin. Three gene clusters direct the non-ribosomal synthesis of the antibacterial acting polyketides macrolactin, bacillaene and difficidin; in addition to the non-ribosomal synthesis of the antibacterial dipeptide bacilysin. Genes involved in ribosome-dependent synthesis of lantibiotics and other peptides are scarce. Only two incomplete gene clusters directing immunity against mersacidin and subtilin were found. In this work two ribosomally synthesized antibacterial peptides, amylocyclicin A and plantazolicin, and their corresponding gene clusters were identified. Amylocyclicin A is a circular peptide with a mass of 6381 Da and strong activity against Gram-positive bacteria. Six genes are responsible for the synthesis, maturation, export and immunity of this peptide belonging to group I of circular bacteriocins. Plantazolicin is a strongly modified hydrophobic peptide bearing a molecular mass of 1,335 Da and displaying antibacterial activity toward closely related Gram-positive bacteria. Essential modification contains the incorporation of azole heterocycles, which derive from Cys, Ser, and Thr residues of the precursor peptide and addition of two methyl groups. Twelve genes are responsible for synthesis, modification, export and immunity of this peptide belonging to the TOMM group of thiazol/oxazol modified microcins.

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