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ArticleCell chemical biology2022

Algal p-coumaric acid induces oxidative stress and siderophore biosynthesis in the bacterial symbiont Phaeobacter inhibens.

Rurun Wang, Étienne Gallant, Maxwell Z Wilson, Yihan Wu, Anran Li, Zemer Gitai, Mohammad R Seyedsayamdost

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Article in Cell chemical biology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Rurun WangDepartment of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA.
Étienne GallantDepartment of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA.
Maxwell Z WilsonDepartment of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA.
Yihan WuDepartment of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA.
Anran LiDepartment of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA.
Zemer GitaiDepartment of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA.
Mohammad R SeyedsayamdostDepartment of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA; Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA. Electronic address: mrseyed@princeton.edu.
Princeton University · US

Funding

Mechano-microbiology: how physical forces control bacterial-host interactionsDP1AI124669 · NIAID · PRINCETON UNIVERSITY · PI GITAI, ZEMER · 2015 to 2019
$4.0M
NIAID NIH HHS DP1 AI124669
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The marine alpha-proteobacterium Phaeobacter inhibens engages in intermittent symbioses with microalgae. The symbiosis is biphasic and concludes in a parasitic phase, during which the bacteria release algaecidal metabolites in response to algal p-coumaric acid (pCA). The cell-wide effects of pCA on P. inhibens remain unknown. Herein, we report a microarray-based transcriptomic study and find that genes related to the oxidative stress response and secondary metabolism are upregulated most, while those associated with energy production and motility are downregulated in the presence of pCA. Among genes upregulated is a previously unannotated biosynthetic gene cluster and, using a combination of gene deletions and metabolic profiling, we show that it gives rise to an unreported siderophore, roseobactin. The simultaneous production of algaecides and roseobactin in the parasitic phase allows the bacteria to take up any iron that is released from dying algal cells, thereby securing a limited micronutrient.

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RhodobacteraceaeSiderophoresCoumaric AcidsOxidative StressSecondary MetabolismCoumaric Acidsp-coumaric acidSiderophoresbiosynthesismicrobial symbiosisnatural productoxidative stress responseRoseobactersiderophoretranscriptomics

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PMID34437838
PMCPMC8866538
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