ReviewFrontiers in microbiology2017
Evolution of Dimethylsulfoniopropionate Metabolism in Marine Phytoplankton and Bacteria.
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- Structural insights into bacterial dimethylsulfoniopropionate import by BCCT-family transporters.The EMBO journal · 2026Article
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- Terrestrial dimethyl sulfide: Template for astrobiology.Bioinformation · 2025Article
- Microbial community diversity from nearshore to offshore in the East China Sea.Frontiers in microbiology · 2024Article
- Editorial: Cross-boundary significance of methanogens - the methane moment and beyond.Frontiers in microbiology · 2024Article
- Quorum Sensing Regulates the Production of Methanethiol inMicroorganisms · 2023Article
- Nitrogen and sulfur metabolisms encoded in prokaryotic communities associated with sea ice algae.ISME communications · 2023Article
- Abundant production of dimethylsulfoniopropionate as a cryoprotectant by freshwater phytoplanktonic dinoflagellates in ice-covered Lake Baikal.Communications biology · 2023Article
- Bacterial networks in Atlantic salmon with Piscirickettsiosis.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Phylogeny and biogeography of the algal DMS-releasing enzyme in the global ocean.ISME communications · 2023Article
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Abstract
The elucidation of the pathways for dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) synthesis and metabolism and the ecological impact of DMSP have been studied for nearly 70 years. Much of this interest stems from the fact that DMSP metabolism produces the climatically active gas dimethyl sulfide (DMS), the primary natural source of sulfur to the atmosphere. DMSP plays many important roles for marine life, including use as an osmolyte, antioxidant, predator deterrent, and cryoprotectant for phytoplankton and as a reduced carbon and sulfur source for marine bacteria. DMSP is hypothesized to have become abundant in oceans approximately 250 million years ago with the diversification of the strong DMSP producers, the dinoflagellates. This event coincides with the first genome expansion of the Roseobacter clade, known DMSP degraders. Structural and mechanistic studies of the enzymes of the bacterial DMSP demethylation and cleavage pathways suggest that exposure to DMSP led to the recruitment of enzymes from preexisting metabolic pathways. In some cases, such as DmdA, DmdD, and DddP, these enzymes appear to have evolved to become more specific for DMSP metabolism. By contrast, many of the other enzymes, DmdB, DmdC, and the acrylate utilization hydratase AcuH, have maintained broad functionality and substrate specificities, allowing them to carry out a range of reactions within the cell. This review will cover the experimental evidence supporting the hypothesis that, as DMSP became more readily available in the marine environment, marine bacteria adapted enzymes already encoded in their genomes to utilize this new compound.
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