Deoxyribonucleoside kinases in two aquatic bacteria with high specificity for thymidine and deoxyadenosine
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Deoxyribonucleoside kinases in two aquatic bacteria with high specificity for thymidine and deoxyadenosine. / Tinta, Tinkara; Christiansen, Louise Slot; Konrad, Anke; Liberles, David A; Turk, Valentina; Munch-Petersen, Birgitte; Piškur, Jure; Clausen, Anders R.
I: F E M S Microbiology Letters, Bind 331, Nr. 2, 2012, s. 120-127.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Letter › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Deoxyribonucleoside kinases in two aquatic bacteria with high specificity for thymidine and deoxyadenosine
AU - Tinta, Tinkara
AU - Christiansen, Louise Slot
AU - Konrad, Anke
AU - Liberles, David A
AU - Turk, Valentina
AU - Munch-Petersen, Birgitte
AU - Piškur, Jure
AU - Clausen, Anders R
N1 - (Ekstern)
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - Deoxyribonucleoside kinases (dNKs) are essential in the mammalian cell but their 'importance' in bacteria, especially aquatic ones, is less clear. We studied two aquatic bacteria, Gram-negative Flavobacterium psychrophilum JIP02/86 and Polaribacter sp. MED152, for their ability to salvage deoxyribonucleosides (dNs). Both had a Gram-positive-type thymidine kinase (TK1), which could phosphorylate thymidine, and one non-TK1 dNK, which could efficiently phosphorylate deoxyadenosine and slightly also deoxycytosine. Surprisingly, the four tested dNKs could not phosphorylate deoxyguanosine, and apparently, these two bacteria are missing this activity. When tens of available aquatic bacteria genomes were examined for the presence of dNKs, a majority had at least a TK1-like gene, but several lacked any dNKs. Apparently, among aquatic bacteria, the role of the dN salvage varies.
AB - Deoxyribonucleoside kinases (dNKs) are essential in the mammalian cell but their 'importance' in bacteria, especially aquatic ones, is less clear. We studied two aquatic bacteria, Gram-negative Flavobacterium psychrophilum JIP02/86 and Polaribacter sp. MED152, for their ability to salvage deoxyribonucleosides (dNs). Both had a Gram-positive-type thymidine kinase (TK1), which could phosphorylate thymidine, and one non-TK1 dNK, which could efficiently phosphorylate deoxyadenosine and slightly also deoxycytosine. Surprisingly, the four tested dNKs could not phosphorylate deoxyguanosine, and apparently, these two bacteria are missing this activity. When tens of available aquatic bacteria genomes were examined for the presence of dNKs, a majority had at least a TK1-like gene, but several lacked any dNKs. Apparently, among aquatic bacteria, the role of the dN salvage varies.
KW - H-thymidine incorporation
KW - Aquatic bacteria
KW - Deoxyribonucleoside kinase
KW - Nucleoside salvage
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84861233766&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2012.02565.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2012.02565.x
M3 - Letter
C2 - 22462611
AN - SCOPUS:84861233766
VL - 331
SP - 120
EP - 127
JO - F E M S Microbiology Letters
JF - F E M S Microbiology Letters
SN - 0378-1097
IS - 2
ER -
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