Frontiers in Microbiology (Jul 2023)

Salt stress perception and metabolic regulation network analysis of a marine probiotic Meyerozyma guilliermondii GXDK6

  • Xinghua Cai,
  • Huijie Sun,
  • Bing Yan,
  • Huashan Bai,
  • Xing Zhou,
  • Peihong Shen,
  • Chengjian Jiang,
  • Chengjian Jiang,
  • Chengjian Jiang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2023.1193352
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14

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IntroductionExtremely salt-tolerant microorganisms play an important role in the development of functional metabolites or drug molecules.MethodsIn this work, the salt stress perception and metabolic regulation network of a marine probiotic Meyerozyma guilliermondii GXDK6 were investigated using integrative omics technology.ResultsResults indicated that GXDK6 could accept the salt stress signals from signal transduction proteins (e.g., phosphorelay intermediate protein YPD1), thereby contributing to regulating the differential expression of its relevant genes (e.g., CTT1, SOD) and proteins (e.g., catalase, superoxide dismutase) in response to salt stress, and increasing the salt-tolerant viability of GXDK6. Omics data also suggested that the transcription (e.g., SMD2), translation (e.g., MRPL1), and protein synthesis and processing (e.g., inner membrane protein OXA1) of upregulated RNAs may contribute to increasing the salt-tolerant survivability of GXDK6 by improving protein transport activity (e.g., Small nuclear ribonucleoprotein Sm D2), anti-apoptotic ability (e.g., 54S ribosomal protein L1), and antioxidant activity (e.g., superoxide dismutase). Moreover, up to 65.9% of the differentially expressed genes/proteins could stimulate GXDK6 to biosynthesize many salt tolerant-related metabolites (e.g., β-alanine, D-mannose) and drug molecules (e.g., deoxyspergualin, calcitriol), and were involved in the metabolic regulation of GXDK6 under high NaCl stress.DiscussionThis study provided new insights into the exploration of novel functional products and/or drugs from extremely salt-tolerant microorganisms.Graphical Abstract

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