Manganese uptake in marine bacteria; the novel MntX transporter is widespread in Roseobacters, Vibrios, Alteromonadales and the SAR11 and SAR116 clades

Green, Robert T., Todd, Jonathan D. and Johnston, Andrew W. B. (2013) Manganese uptake in marine bacteria; the novel MntX transporter is widespread in Roseobacters, Vibrios, Alteromonadales and the SAR11 and SAR116 clades. The ISME Journal, 7 (3). pp. 581-591. ISSN 1751-7362

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Abstract

We showed that two very different manganese transporters occur in various important genera of marine bacteria. The ABC transporter encoded by sitABCD of the model Roseobacter-clade bacterium Ruegeria pomeroyi DSS-3 is required for Mn2+ import and was repressed by the Mur (Manganese uptake regulator) transcriptional regulator in Mn-replete media. Most genome-sequenced Roseobacter strains contain SitABCD, which are in at least two sub-groups, judged by their amino-acid sequences. However, a few Roseobacters, for example, Roseovarius nubinhibens, lack sitABCD, but these contain another gene, mntX, which encodes a predicted inner membrane polypeptide and is preceded by cis-acting Mur-responsive MRS sequences. It was confirmed directly that mntX of Roseovarius nubinhibens encodes a manganese transporter that was required for growth in Mn-depleted media and that its expression was repressed by Mur in Mn-replete conditions. MntX homologues occur in the deduced proteomes of several bacterial species. Strikingly, all of these live in marine habitats, but are in distantly related taxonomic groups, in the γ- and α-proteobacteria. Notably, MntX was prevalent in nearly all strains of Vibrionales, including the important pathogen, Vibrio cholerae. It also occurs in a strain of the hugely abundant Candidatus Pelagibacter (SAR11), and in another populous marine bacterium, Candidatus Puniceispirillum marinum (SAR116). Consistent with this, MntX was abundant in marine bacterial metagenomes, with one sub-type occurring in an as-yet unknown bacterial clade.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	sdg 14 - life below water ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/life_below_water
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Biological Sciences
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Molecular Microbiology Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Wolfson Centre for Advanced Environmental Microbiology
Depositing User:	Users 2731 not found.
Date Deposited:	19 Mar 2013 13:30
Last Modified:	19 May 2025 08:32
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/41948
DOI:	10.1038/ismej.2012.140

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