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ArticleScientific reports2017

Metabolic networks for nitrogen utilization in Prevotella ruminicola 23.

Jong Nam Kim, Celia Méndez-García, Renae R Geier, Michael Iakiviak, Jongsoo Chang, Isaac Cann, Roderick I Mackie

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Article in Scientific reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 52 papers.

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52 citing papers in PubMed, 83 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Jong Nam KimDepartment of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, USA.
Celia Méndez-GarcíaDepartment of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, USA.
Renae R GeierDepartment of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, USA.
Michael IakiviakDepartment of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, USA.
Jongsoo ChangDepartment of Agricultural Sciences, Korean National Open University, Seoul, Korea.
Isaac CannDepartment of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, USA.
Roderick I MackieDepartment of Animal Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, USA. r-mackie@illinois.edus.
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · USKorea National Open University · KR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nitrogen metabolism in gut systems remains poorly studied in spite of its importance for microbial growth and its implications for the metabolism of the host. Prevotella spp. are the most predominant bacteria detected in the rumen, but their presence has also been related to health and disease states in the human gut and oral cavity. To explore the metabolic networks for nitrogen assimilation in this bacterium, changes in gene expression profiles in response to variations in the available nitrogen source and to different concentrations of ammonium were analyzed by microarray and reverse transcription quantitative PCR, and linked with function by further proteomic analysis. The observed patterns of transcript abundances for genes involved in ammonium assimilation differed from the classical "enteric paradigm" for nitrogen utilization. Expression of genes encoding high substrate affinity nitrogen assimilation enzymes (GS-GOGAT system) was similar in growth-limiting and non-limiting nitrogen concentrations in P. ruminicola 23, whereas E. coli and Salmonella spp. responses to excess nitrogen involve only low substrate affinity enzymes. This versatile behavior might be a key feature for ecological success in habitats such as the rumen and human colon where nitrogen is rarely limiting for growth, and might be linked to previously reported Prevotella spp. population imbalances relative to other bacterial species in gut systems.

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Ammonium CompoundsEscherichia coliGene Expression ProfilingMetabolic Networks and PathwaysMicroarray AnalysisNitrogenPrevotella ruminicolaProteomeReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionSalmonellaAmmonium CompoundsNitrogenProteome

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PMID28798330
PMCPMC5552732
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