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Biosynthesis of arsenolipids by the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

Biosynthesis of arsenolipids by the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 Environmental contextArsenic biotransformation processes play a key role in the cycling of arsenic in aquatic systems. We show that a freshwater cyanobacterium can convert inorganic arsenic into arsenolipids, and the conversion efficiency depends on the arsenic concentration. The role of these novel arsenic compounds remains to be elucidated.AbstractAlthough methylated arsenic and arsenosugars have been verified in various freshwater organisms, lipid-soluble arsenic compounds have not been identified. Here, we report investigations with the model organism cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 wild type and arsM (arsenic(III) S-adenosylmethionine methyltransferase) mutant strain, which lacks the enzymes for arsenic methylation cultured in various concentrations of arsenate (AsV). Although Synechocystis accumulated higher arsenic concentrations at the higher exposure levels, the bioaccumulation factor decreased with increasing AsV. The accumulated arsenic in the cells was partitioned into water-soluble and lipid-soluble fractions lipid-soluble arsenic was found in Synechocystis wild type cells (335 of the total depending on the level of arsenic exposure), but was not detected in Synechocystis arsM mutant strain showing that ArsM was required for arsenolipid biosynthesis. The arsenolipids present in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 were analysed by high performance liquid chromatographyinductively coupled plasmamass spectrometry, high performance liquid chromatographyelectrospray mass spectrometry, and high resolution tandem mass spectrometry. The two major arsenolipids were characterised as arsenosugar phospholipids based on their assigned molecular formulas C47H88O14AsP and C47H90O14AsP, and tandem mass spectrometric data demonstrated the presence of the phosphate arsenosugar and acylated glycerol groups. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Environmental Chemistry CSIRO Publishing

Biosynthesis of arsenolipids by the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

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CSIRO Publishing
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1448-2517
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1449-8979
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10.1071/EN14069
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Abstract

Environmental contextArsenic biotransformation processes play a key role in the cycling of arsenic in aquatic systems. We show that a freshwater cyanobacterium can convert inorganic arsenic into arsenolipids, and the conversion efficiency depends on the arsenic concentration. The role of these novel arsenic compounds remains to be elucidated.AbstractAlthough methylated arsenic and arsenosugars have been verified in various freshwater organisms, lipid-soluble arsenic compounds have not been identified. Here, we report investigations with the model organism cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 wild type and arsM (arsenic(III) S-adenosylmethionine methyltransferase) mutant strain, which lacks the enzymes for arsenic methylation cultured in various concentrations of arsenate (AsV). Although Synechocystis accumulated higher arsenic concentrations at the higher exposure levels, the bioaccumulation factor decreased with increasing AsV. The accumulated arsenic in the cells was partitioned into water-soluble and lipid-soluble fractions lipid-soluble arsenic was found in Synechocystis wild type cells (335 of the total depending on the level of arsenic exposure), but was not detected in Synechocystis arsM mutant strain showing that ArsM was required for arsenolipid biosynthesis. The arsenolipids present in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 were analysed by high performance liquid chromatographyinductively coupled plasmamass spectrometry, high performance liquid chromatographyelectrospray mass spectrometry, and high resolution tandem mass spectrometry. The two major arsenolipids were characterised as arsenosugar phospholipids based on their assigned molecular formulas C47H88O14AsP and C47H90O14AsP, and tandem mass spectrometric data demonstrated the presence of the phosphate arsenosugar and acylated glycerol groups.

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Environmental ChemistryCSIRO Publishing

Published: Sep 16, 2014

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