title: Comparative genome analysis reveals the molecular basis of nicotine degradation and survival capacities of Arthrobacter.
abstract: Arthrobacter is one of the most prevalent genera of nicotine-degrading bacteria; however, studies of nicotine degradation in Arthrobacter species remain at the plasmid level (plasmid pAO1). Here, we report the bioinformatic analysis of a nicotine-degrading Arthrobacter aurescens M2012083, and show that the moeB and mogA genes that are essential for nicotine degradation in Arthrobacter are absent from plasmid pAO1. Homologues of all the nicotine degradation-related genes of plasmid pAO1 were found to be located on a 68,622-bp DNA segment (nic segment-1) in the M2012083 genome, showing 98.1% nucleotide acid sequence identity to the 69,252-bp nic segment of plasmid pAO1. However, the rest sequence of plasmid pAO1 other than the nic segment shows no significant similarity to the genome sequence of strain M2012083. Taken together, our data suggest that the nicotine degradation-related genes of strain M2012083 are located on the chromosome or a plasmid other than pAO1. Based on the genomic sequence comparison of strain M2012083 and six other Arthrobacter strains, we have identified 17 σ(70) transcription factors reported to be involved in stress responses and 109 genes involved in environmental adaptability of strain M2012083. These results reveal the molecular basis of nicotine degradation and survival capacities of Arthrobacter species.
authors.affiliation: 1] State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, and School of Life Sciences &Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, People's Republic of China [2] Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic &Developmental Sciences, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Yuxiang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.affiliation: 1] State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, and School of Life Sciences &Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, People's Republic of China [2] Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic &Developmental Sciences, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Hongzhi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.affiliation: 1] State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, and School of Life Sciences &Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, People's Republic of China [2] Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic &Developmental Sciences, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Fei
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Su
authors.affiliation: 1] State Key Laboratory of Microbial Metabolism, and School of Life Sciences &Biotechnology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, People's Republic of China [2] Joint International Research Laboratory of Metabolic &Developmental Sciences, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Xu
mesh_terms: D001173:Arthrobacter / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D023061:Gene Order; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D023281:Genomics; D050296:Microbial Viability / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009538:Nicotine / Q000378:metabolism*; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D009538:Nicotine