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Kusumawardhani, H.; Dijk, D.; Hosseini, R.; Winde, J.H. de (2020)

Novel toxin-antitoxin module slvT-slvA regulates megaplasmid stability and incites solvent tolerance in Pseudomonas putida S12

Article / Letter to editor
Pseudomonas putida S12 is highly tolerant of organic solvents in saturating concentrations, rendering this microorganism suitable for the industrial production of various aromatic compounds. Previous studies revealed that P. putida S12 contains the single-copy 583-kbp megaplasmid pTTS12. pTTS12 carries several important operons and gene clusters facilitating P. putida S12 survival and growth in the presence of toxic compounds or other environmental stresses. We wished to revisit and further scrutinize the role of pTTS12 in conferring solvent tolerance. To this end, we cured the megaplasmid from P. putida S12 and conclusively confirmed that the SrpABC efflux pump is the major determinant of solvent tolerance on the megaplasmid pTTS12. In addition, we identified a novel toxin-antitoxin module (proposed gene names slvT and slvA, respectively) encoded on pTTS12 which contributes to the solvent tolerance phenotype and is important for conferring stability...Show morePseudomonas putida S12 is highly tolerant of organic solvents in saturating concentrations, rendering this microorganism suitable for the industrial production of various aromatic compounds. Previous studies revealed that P. putida S12 contains the single-copy 583-kbp megaplasmid pTTS12. pTTS12 carries several important operons and gene clusters facilitating P. putida S12 survival and growth in the presence of toxic compounds or other environmental stresses. We wished to revisit and further scrutinize the role of pTTS12 in conferring solvent tolerance. To this end, we cured the megaplasmid from P. putida S12 and conclusively confirmed that the SrpABC efflux pump is the major determinant of solvent tolerance on the megaplasmid pTTS12. In addition, we identified a novel toxin-antitoxin module (proposed gene names slvT and slvA, respectively) encoded on pTTS12 which contributes to the solvent tolerance phenotype and is important for conferring stability to the megaplasmid. Chromosomal introduction of the srp operon in combination with the slvAT gene pair created a solvent tolerance phenotype in non-solvent-tolerant strains, such as P. putida KT2440, Escherichia coli TG1, and E. coli BL21(DE3).Show less
All authors
Kusumawardhani, H.; Dijk, D.; Hosseini, R.; Winde, J.H. de
Editor(s)
Nojiri Hideaki
Date
2020-05-01
Journal
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Volume
86
Issue
13
Pages
e00686 - 20
DOI
doi:10.1128/AEM.00686-20
Link
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/aem.00686-20