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BIOCHIMIE
卷 160, 期 -, 页码 183-192出版社
ELSEVIER FRANCE-EDITIONS SCIENTIFIQUES MEDICALES ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2019.03.010
关键词
Metatranscriptomics; Eukaryotes; Heavy metal tolerance; Yeast complementation; Aldehyde dehydrogenase; Copper tolerance
资金
- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India, Govt. of India [38(1425)/16/EMR-II]
- Indo-French Centre for the Promotion of Advanced Research (IFCPAR) [4709-1]
Constant addition of heavy metal pollutants in soil resulting from anthropogenic activities can prove detrimental to both macro and micro life forms inhabiting the ecosystem. The potential functional roles of eukaryotic microbes in such environment were explored in this study by metatranscriptomics approach. Sized eukaryotic cDNA libraries, library A (<0.5 kb), library B (0.5-1.0 kb), and library C (>1 kb) were constructed from the soil RNA and screened for copper (Cu) tolerance genes by using copper sensitive yeast mutant strain cup1(Delta). Screening of the cDNA libraries yielded different clones capable of growing in Cu amended medium. In the present investigation, one of the transcripts PLCc38 from the library C was characterized and tested for its ability to tolerate different heavy metals by using metal sensitive yeast mutants. Sequence analysis PLCc38 showed homology with aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH) and capable of tolerating high concentrations of Cu (150-1000 mu M). Aldeyde dehydrogenases are stress response enzymes capable of eliminating toxic levels of aldehydes generated due to abiotic environmental stresses. The cDNA PLCc38 also provided tolerance to wide range of Cd (40-100 mu M), Zn (10-13 mM) and Co (2-50 mM) concentrations. Oxidative stress tolerance potential of PLCc38 was also confirmed in presence of different concentrations of H2O2. This study proves that PLCc38 is a potent gene associated with metal tolerance which could be used to revegetate heavy metal polluted soil or as a biomarker for detection of metal contamination. (C) 2019 Elsevier B. V. and Societe Francaise de Biochimie et Biologie Moleculaire (SFBBM). All rights reserved.
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