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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FOOD MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 334, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2020.108815
Keywords
Histamine; Biogenic amines; Arginine decarboxylase; Expression
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- U.S. Food and Drug Administration
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Histamine or scombrotoxin fish poisoning is caused by ingestion of bacterially produced histamine in fish. Histamine-producing bacteria generally contain the histidine decarboxylase gene (hdc). However, some strains of Photobacterium phosphoreum are known to produce significant levels of histamine, although the hdc gene in these strains has not been recognized. The objective of this study was to investigate a previously unidentified mechanism of histamine production by P. phosphoreum. We identified a protein with histidine decarboxylase (HDC) activity comparable to activity of the pyridoxal-5-phosphate (PLP) dependent HDC from P. kishitanii and M. morganii. The newly identified protein (HDC2) in P. phosphoreum and P. kishitanii strains, was approximately 2 x longer than the HDC protein from other Gram-negative bacteria and had 12% similarity to previously identified HDC5. In addition, the hdc2 gene cluster in P. phosphoreum was identical to the hdc gene cluster in P. kishitanii. HDC2 had optimal activity at 20-35 degrees C, at pH 4, and was not affected by 0-8% NaCl concentrations. Compared to the hdc gene from P. kishitanii, expression of the hdc2 gene was constitutive and not affected by pH or excess histidine. This newly identified protein explains possible mechanisms of histamine production in P. phosphoreum. Characterization of this protein will help in designing control measures to prevent or reduce histamine production in fish.
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