Thiaminase I Provides a Growth Advantage by Salvaging Precursors from Environmental Thiamine and Its Analogs in Burkholderia thailandensis

Applied and Environmental Microbiology
David R SanninoEsther R Angert

Abstract

Thiamine is essential to life, as it serves as a cofactor for enzymes involved in critical carbon transformations. Many bacteria can synthesize thiamine, while thiamine auxotrophs must obtain it or its precursors from the environment. Thiaminases degrade thiamine by catalyzing the base-exchange substitution of thiazole with a nucleophile, and thiaminase I specifically has been implicated in thiamine deficiency syndromes in animals. The biological role of this secreted enzyme has been a long-standing mystery. We used the thiaminase I-producing soil bacterium Burkholderia thailandensis as a model to ascertain its function. First, we generated thiamine auxotrophs, which are still able to use exogenous precursors (thiazole and hydroxymethyl pyrimidine), to synthesize thiamine. We found that thiaminase I extended the survival of these strains, when grown in defined media where thiamine was serially diluted out, compared to isogenic strains that could not produce thiaminase I. Thiamine auxotrophs grew better on thiamine precursors than thiamine itself, suggesting thiaminase I functions to convert thiamine to useful precursors. Furthermore, our findings demonstrate that thiaminase I cleaves phosphorylated thiamine and toxic analogs, w...Continue Reading

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