(Below N is a link to NCBI taxonomic web page and E link to ESTHER at designed phylum.) > cellular organisms: NE > Bacteria: NE > Proteobacteria: NE > Alphaproteobacteria: NE > Caulobacterales: NE > Caulobacteraceae: NE > Caulobacter: NE > Caulobacter vibrioides: NE
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(Below N is a link to NCBI taxonomic web page and E link to ESTHER at designed phylum.) Caulobacter vibrioides: N, E.
Caulobacter crescentus OR37: N, E.
Caulobacter crescentus CB15: N, E.
Caulobacter crescentus NA1000: N, E.
Molecular evidence
Database
No mutation 1 structure: 5ESR: Crystal structure of haloalkane dehalogenase (DccA) from Caulobacter crescentus No kinetic
LegendThis sequence has been compared to family alignement (MSA) red => minority aminoacid blue => majority aminoacid color intensity => conservation rate title => sequence position(MSA position)aminoacid rate Catalytic site Catalytic site in the MSA MDVLRTPDERFEGLADWSFAPHYTEVTDADGTALRIHHVDEGPKDQRPIL LMHGEPSWAYLYRKVIAELVAKGHRVVAPDLVGFGRSDKPAKRTDYTYER HVAWMSAWLEQNDLKDIVLFCQDWGGLIGLRLVAAFPERFSAVVVSNTGL PIGVGKSEGFEAWLNFSQNTPELPVGFILNGGTARDLSDAERSAYDAPFP DESYKEGARIFPALVPITPEHASVEENKAAWAVLETFDKPFVTAFSDADP ITRGGEAMFLARVPGTKNVAHTTLKGGHFVQEDSPVEIAALLDGLVAGLP QA
References
Title: Biochemical characterization of two haloalkane dehalogenases: DccA from Caulobacter crescentus and DsaA from Saccharomonospora azurea Carlucci L, Zhou E, Malashkevich VN, Almo SC, Mundorff EC Ref: Protein Science, 25:877, 2016 : PubMed
Two putative haloalkane dehalogenases (HLDs) of the HLD-I subfamily, DccA from Caulobacter crescentus and DsaA from Saccharomonospora azurea, have been identified based on sequence comparisons with functionally characterized HLD enzymes. The two genes were synthesized, functionally expressed in E. coli and shown to have activity toward a panel of haloalkane substrates. DsaA has a moderate activity level and a preference for long (greater than 3 carbons) brominated substrates, but little activity toward chlorinated alkanes. DccA shows high activity with both long brominated and chlorinated alkanes. The structure of DccA was determined by X-ray crystallography and was refined to 1.5 A resolution. The enzyme has a large and open binding pocket with two well-defined access tunnels. A structural alignment of HLD-I subfamily members suggests a possible basis for substrate specificity is due to access tunnel size.
The dimorphic bacterium Caulobacter crescentus has evolved marked phenotypic changes during its 50-year history of culture in the laboratory environment, providing an excellent system for the study of natural selection and phenotypic microevolution in prokaryotes. Combining whole-genome sequencing with classical molecular genetic tools, we have comprehensively mapped a set of polymorphisms underlying multiple derived phenotypes, several of which arose independently in separate strain lineages. The genetic basis of phenotypic differences in growth rate, mucoidy, adhesion, sedimentation, phage susceptibility, and stationary-phase survival between C. crescentus strain CB15 and its derivative NA1000 is determined by coding, regulatory, and insertion/deletion polymorphisms at five chromosomal loci. This study evidences multiple genetic mechanisms of bacterial evolution as driven by selection for growth and survival in a new selective environment and identifies a common polymorphic locus, zwf, between lab-adapted C. crescentus and clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa that have adapted to a human host during chronic infection.
The complete genome sequence of Caulobacter crescentus was determined to be 4,016,942 base pairs in a single circular chromosome encoding 3,767 genes. This organism, which grows in a dilute aquatic environment, coordinates the cell division cycle and multiple cell differentiation events. With the annotated genome sequence, a full description of the genetic network that controls bacterial differentiation, cell growth, and cell cycle progression is within reach. Two-component signal transduction proteins are known to play a significant role in cell cycle progression. Genome analysis revealed that the C. crescentus genome encodes a significantly higher number of these signaling proteins (105) than any bacterial genome sequenced thus far. Another regulatory mechanism involved in cell cycle progression is DNA methylation. The occurrence of the recognition sequence for an essential DNA methylating enzyme that is required for cell cycle regulation is severely limited and shows a bias to intergenic regions. The genome contains multiple clusters of genes encoding proteins essential for survival in a nutrient poor habitat. Included are those involved in chemotaxis, outer membrane channel function, degradation of aromatic ring compounds, and the breakdown of plant-derived carbon sources, in addition to many extracytoplasmic function sigma factors, providing the organism with the ability to respond to a wide range of environmental fluctuations. C. crescentus is, to our knowledge, the first free-living alpha-class proteobacterium to be sequenced and will serve as a foundation for exploring the biology of this group of bacteria, which includes the obligate endosymbiont and human pathogen Rickettsia prowazekii, the plant pathogen Agrobacterium tumefaciens, and the bovine and human pathogen Brucella abortus.
Caulobacter crescentus (and strain NA1000/CB15N)haloalkane dehalogenase, putative
