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15794651

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
13
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-3-29
pubmed:abstractText
Methanobactin is an extracellular, copper-binding chromopeptide from the methane-oxidizing bacterium, Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b, believed to be involved in copper detoxification, sequestration, and uptake. Although small (1217.2 Da), methanobactin possesses a complex three-dimensional macrocyclic structure with several unusual moieties. The molecule binds one copper and has the N-2-isopropylester-(4-thionyl-5-hydroxyimidazolate)-Gly(1)-Ser(2)-Cys(3)-Tyr(4)-pyrrolidine-(4-hydroxy-5-thionylimidazolate)-Ser(5)-Cys(6)-Met(7) sequence [Kim, H. J., et al. (2004) Science 305, 1612-1615]. We report methods for purifying methanobactin from M. trichosporium OB3b and present initial evidence of its physiological function. MALDI-TOF MS was used to systematically monitor samples for optimizing purification conditions, and for detecting and analyzing specific metal-methanobactin complexes. Purification was performed by first stabilizing the extracted compound with copper followed by separation using reversed-phase HPLC in neutral pH buffers. Purified methanobactin exhibited UV-visible maxima at 342 nm, a shoulder at 388 nm, and a broad peak at 282 nm. These features were lost upon CuCl(2) titration with appearance of new features at 335, 356, 290, and 255 nm. Furthermore, methanobactin contains two fluorescent moieties, which exhibit broad emissions at 440-460 nm (lambda(max)(ex) at 388 nm) and 390-430 nm (lambda(max)(ex) = 342 nm), respectively. Finally, methanobactin eliminates the growth lag in M. trichosporium OB3b and substantially increases growth rates when cultures are exposed to elevated copper levels.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0006-2960
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
5
pubmed:volume
44
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
5140-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Purification and physical-chemical properties of methanobactin: a chalkophore from Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't