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Pieretti G, Carillo S, Kim KK, Lee KC, Lee JS, Lanzetta R, Parrilli M, Corsaro MM. O-chain structure from the lipopolysaccharide of the human pathogen Halomonas stevensii strain S18214. Carbohydr Res 2010; 346:362-5. [PMID: 21167477 DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2010.11.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2010] [Revised: 11/18/2010] [Accepted: 11/21/2010] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Halomonas stevensii is a Gram-negative, pathogenic, moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from the blood of a renal care patient. It optimally grows at 30-35°C at pH 8-9 and at a sea salt concentration ranging from 3.0% to 7.5%. Gram-negative bacterial infections are closely associated with the presence of the lipopolysaccharides (LPSs) on the outer membrane. These molecules consist of three regions covalently linked: the glycolipid (lipid A), the oligosaccharide region (core region), and the O-specific polysaccharide (O-chain, O-antigen). O-antigen seems to play an important role in the colonization step (adherence) and the ability to bypass host defense mechanisms. For this reason the structure elucidation of the O-chain repeating unit is important to improve knowledge about the role of LPS in the host-pathogen interaction. In this paper, we report the complete structure of the O-chain from the LPS of H. stevensii. The bacterial cells were cultivated and LPS was extracted by the PCP (phenol-chloroform-petroleum ether) method. After mild acid hydrolysis, the lipid A was removed by centrifugation and the obtained polysaccharide was analyzed by means of chemical analysis and one- and two-dimensional NMR spectroscopy giving the following structure:
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- Giuseppina Pieretti
- Dipartimento di Chimica Organica e Biochimica, Università di Napoli Federico II, Complesso Universitario Monte S. Angelo, Via Cintia 4, 80126 Napoli, Italy
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Pettit N, Styslinger T, Mei Z, Han W, Zhao G, Wang PG. Characterization of WbiQ: An α1,2-fucosyltransferase from Escherichia coli O127:K63(B8), and synthesis of H-type 3 blood group antigen. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2010; 402:190-5. [PMID: 20801103 PMCID: PMC3441828 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2010.08.087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2010] [Accepted: 08/23/2010] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Escherichia coli O127:K63(B8) possesses high human blood group H (O) activity due to its O-antigen repeating unit structure. In this work, the wbiQ gene from E. coli O127:K63(B8) was expressed in E. coli BL21 (DE3) and purified as a fusion protein containing an N-terminal GST affinity tag. Using the GST-WbiQ fusion protein, the wbiQ gene was identified to encode an α1,2-fucosyltransferase using a radioactivity based assay, thin-layer chromatography assay, as well confirming product formation by using mass spectrometry and NMR spectroscopy. The fused enzyme (GST-WbiQ) has an optimal pH range from 6.5 to 7.5 and does not require the presence of a divalent metal to be enzymatically active. WbiQ displays strict substrate specificity, displaying activity only towards acceptors that contain Gal-β1,3-GalNAc-α-OR linkages; indicating that both the Gal and GalNAc residues are vital for enzymatic activity. In addition, WbiQ was used to prepare the H-type 3 blood group antigen, Fuc-α1,2-Gal-β1,3-GalNAc-α-OMe, on a milligram scale.
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- Nicholas Pettit
- Departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Departments of Chemistry and Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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Hug I, Feldman MF. Analogies and homologies in lipopolysaccharide and glycoprotein biosynthesis in bacteria. Glycobiology 2010; 21:138-51. [PMID: 20871101 DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwq148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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Bacteria generate and attach countless glycan structures to diverse macromolecules. Despite this diversity, the mechanisms of glycoconjugate biosynthesis are often surprisingly similar. The focus of this review is on the commonalities between lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and glycoprotein assembly pathways and their evolutionary relationship. Three steps that are essential for both pathways are completed by membrane proteins. These include the initiation of glycan assembly through the attachment of a first sugar residue onto the lipid carrier undecaprenyl pyrophosphate, the translocation across the plasma membrane and the final transfer onto proteins or lipid A-core. Two families of initiating enzymes have been described: the polyprenyl-P N-acetylhexosamine-1-P transferases and the polyprenyl-P hexosamine-1-P transferases, represented by Escherichia coli WecA and Salmonella enterica WbaP, respectively. Translocases are either Wzx-like flippases or adenosine triphosphate (ATP)-binding cassette transporters (ABC transporters). The latter can consist either of two polypeptides, Wzt and Wzm, or of a single polypeptide homolog to the Campylobacter jejuni PglK. Finally, there are two families of conjugating enzymes, the N-oligosaccharyltransferases (N-OTase), best represented by C. jejuni PglB, and the O-OTases, including Neisseria meningitidis PglL and the O antigen ligases involved in LPS biosynthesis. With the exception of the N-OTases, probably restricted to glycoprotein synthesis, members of all these transmembrane protein families can be involved in the synthesis of both glycoproteins and LPS. Because many translocation and conjugation enzymes display relaxed substrate specificity, these bacterial enzymes could be exploited in engineered living bacteria for customized glycoconjugate production, generating potential vaccines and therapeutics.
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- Isabelle Hug
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Lipopolysaccharide as an antigen target for the formulation of a universal vaccine against Escherichia coli O111 strains. CLINICAL AND VACCINE IMMUNOLOGY : CVI 2010; 17:1772-80. [PMID: 20861324 DOI: 10.1128/cvi.00232-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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A promising approach to developing a vaccine against O111 strains of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli that exhibit different mechanisms of virulence is to target either the core or the polysaccharide chain (O antigen) of their lipopolysaccharide (LPS). However, due to structural variations found in both these LPS components, to use them as antigen targets for vaccination, it is necessary to formulate a vaccine able to induce a humoral immune response that can recognize all different variants found in E. coli O111 strains. In this study, it was demonstrated that, despite differences in composition of oligosaccharide repeat units between O111ab and O111ac LPS subtypes, antibodies against one O111 subtype can recognize and inhibit the adhesion to human epithelial cells of all categories of O111 E. coli (enteropathogenic E. coli [EPEC], enterohemorrhagic E. coli [EHEC], and enteroaggregative E. coli [EAEC]) strains regardless of the nature of their flagellar antigens, mechanisms of virulence, or O111 polysaccharide subtypes. These antibodies were also able to increase the clearance of different strains of O111 E. coli by macrophages. PCR analyses of the pathways involved in O111 LPS core biosynthesis showed that all EAEC strains have core type R2, whereas typical EPEC and EHEC have core type R3. In contrast, atypical EPEC strains have core types R2 and R3. In summary, the results presented herein indicate that the O111 polysaccharide and LPS core types R2 and R3 are antigen targets for panspecific immunotherapy against all categories of O111 E. coli.
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Lebeer S, Claes IJJ, Verhoeven TLA, Vanderleyden J, De Keersmaecker SCJ. Exopolysaccharides of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG form a protective shield against innate immune factors in the intestine. Microb Biotechnol 2010; 4:368-74. [PMID: 21375696 PMCID: PMC3818995 DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7915.2010.00199.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 121] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Probiotic bacteria are administered as live microorganisms to provide a health benefit to the host. Insight into the adaptation factors that promote the survival and persistence of probiotics in the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) is important to understand their performance. In this study, the role of the long galactose‐rich exopolysaccharides (EPS) of the prototypical probiotic strain Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG (LGG) was investigated. In a competition experiment with wild type, the isogenic EPS mutant CMPG5351 exhibited a reduced persistence in the murine GIT, especially in the lower parts of the intestine. This was surprising as our previous in vitro studies had shown an increased adhesion capacity for this EPS mutant. Follow‐up assays indicated that this mutant is more sensitive towards host innate defence molecules, such as the LL‐37 antimicrobial peptide and complement factors. This suggests that EPS forms a protective shield for LGG against these molecules in the GIT. Moreover, culturing LGG wild‐type in subinhibitory concentrations of host defence factors such as LL‐37 resulted in increased production of EPS, indicating that bacterial EPS production is modulated in the host to fine‐tune the balance between adhesion and immune evasion. These observations are of interest in understanding the dynamics of adaptation of probiotics to the host environments.
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- Sarah Lebeer
- Centre of Microbial and Plant Genetics, K.U.Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg 20, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium.
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Leone MR, Lackner G, Silipo A, Lanzetta R, Molinaro A, Hertweck C. An Unusual Galactofuranose Lipopolysaccharide That Ensures the Intracellular Survival of Toxin-Producing Bacteria in Their Fungal Host. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2010. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201003301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Soto-Suárez M, Bernal D, González C, Szurek B, Guyot R, Tohme J, Verdier V. In planta gene expression analysis of Xanthomonas oryzae pathovar oryzae, African strain MAI1. BMC Microbiol 2010; 10:170. [PMID: 20540733 PMCID: PMC2893596 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-10-170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2009] [Accepted: 06/11/2010] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Bacterial leaf blight causes significant yield losses in rice crops throughout Asia and Africa. Although both the Asian and African strains of the pathogen, Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae (Xoo), induce similar symptoms, they are nevertheless genetically different, with the African strains being more closely related to the Asian X. oryzae pv. oryzicola (Xoc). RESULTS Changes in gene expression of the African Xoo strain MAI1 in the susceptible rice cultivar Nipponbare were profiled, using an SSH Xoo DNA microarray. Microarray hybridization was performed comparing bacteria recovered from plant tissues at 1, 3, and 6 days after inoculation (dai) with bacteria grown in vitro. A total of 710 bacterial genes were found to be differentially expressed, with 407 up-regulated and 303 down-regulated. Expression profiling indicated that less than 20% of the 710 bacterial transcripts were induced in the first 24 h after inoculation, whereas 63% were differentially expressed at 6 dai. The 710 differentially expressed genes were one-end sequenced. 535 sequences were obtained from which 147 non-redundant sequences were identified. Differentially expressed genes were related to metabolism, secretion and transport, pathogen adherence to plant tissues, plant cell-wall degradation, IS elements, and virulence. In addition, various other genes encoding proteins with unknown function or showing no similarity to other proteins were also induced. The Xoo MAI1 non-redundant set of sequences was compared against several X. oryzae genomes, revealing a specific group of genes that was present only in MAI1. Numerous IS elements were also found to be differentially expressed. Quantitative real-time PCR confirmed 86% of the identified profile on a set of 14 genes selected according to the microarray analysis. CONCLUSIONS This is the first report to compare the expression of Xoo genes in planta across different time points during infection. This work shows that as-yet-unidentified and potentially new virulence factors are appearing in an emerging African pathogen. It also confirms that African Xoo strains do differ from their Asian counterparts, even at the transcriptional level.
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- Mauricio Soto-Suárez
- UMR 5096 IRD-CNRS-Université de Perpignan, Laboratoire Génome et Développement des Plantes, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, 911 Avenue Agropolis BP 64501, 34394 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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Alloisio N, Queiroux C, Fournier P, Pujic P, Normand P, Vallenet D, Médigue C, Yamaura M, Kakoi K, Kucho KI. The Frankia alni symbiotic transcriptome. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2010; 23:593-607. [PMID: 20367468 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-23-5-0593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The actinobacteria Frankia spp. are able to induce the formation of nodules on the roots of a large spectrum of actinorhizal plants, where they convert dinitrogen to ammonia in exchange for plant photosynthates. In the present study, transcriptional analyses were performed on nitrogen-replete free-living Frankia alni cells and on Alnus glutinosa nodule bacteria, using whole-genome microarrays. Distribution of nodule-induced genes on the genome was found to be mostly over regions with high synteny between three Frankia spp. genomes, while nodule-repressed genes, which were mostly hypothetical and not conserved, were spread around the genome. Genes known to be related to nitrogen fixation were highly induced, nif (nitrogenase), hup2 (hydrogenase uptake), suf (sulfur-iron cluster), and shc (hopanoids synthesis). The expression of genes involved in ammonium assimilation and transport was strongly modified, suggesting that bacteria ammonium assimilation was limited. Genes involved in particular in transcriptional regulation, signaling processes, protein drug export, protein secretion, lipopolysaccharide, and peptidoglycan biosynthesis that may play a role in symbiosis were also identified. We also showed that this Frankia symbiotic transcriptome was highly similar among phylogenetically distant plant families Betulaceae and Myricaceae. Finally, comparison with rhizobia transcriptome suggested that F. alni is metabolically more active in symbiosis than rhizobia.
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Balsanelli E, Serrato RV, de Baura VA, Sassaki G, Yates MG, Rigo LU, Pedrosa FO, de Souza EM, Monteiro RA. Herbaspirillum seropedicae rfbB and rfbC genes are required for maize colonization. Environ Microbiol 2010; 12:2233-44. [PMID: 21966916 DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2010.02187.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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In this study we disrupted two Herbaspirillum seropedicae genes, rfbB and rfbC, responsible for rhamnose biosynthesis and its incoporation into LPS. GC-MS analysis of the H. seropedicae wild-type strain LPS oligosaccharide chain showed that rhamnose, glucose and N-acetyl glucosamine are the predominant monosaccharides, whereas rhamnose and N-acetyl glucosamine were not found in the rfbB and rfbC strains. The electrophoretic pattern of the mutants LPS was drastically altered when compared with the wild type. Knockout of rfbB or rfbC increased the sensitivity towards SDS, polymyxin B sulfate and salicylic acid. The mutants attachment capacity to maize root surface plantlets was 100-fold lower than the wild type. Interestingly, the wild-type capacity to attach to maize roots was reduced to a level similar to that of the mutants when the assay was performed in the presence of isolated wild-type LPS, glucosamine or N-acetyl glucosamine. The mutant strains were also significantly less efficient in endophytic colonization of maize. Expression analysis indicated that the rfbB gene is upregulated by naringenin, apigenin and CaCl(2). Together, the results suggest that intact LPS is required for H. seropedicae attachment to maize root and internal colonization of plant tissues.
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- Eduardo Balsanelli
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil
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Jin S, Cheng Y, Reid S, Li M, Wang B. Carbohydrate recognition by boronolectins, small molecules, and lectins. Med Res Rev 2010; 30:171-257. [PMID: 19291708 PMCID: PMC2829346 DOI: 10.1002/med.20155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Carbohydrates are known to mediate a large number of biological and pathological events. Small and macromolecules capable of carbohydrate recognition have great potentials as research tools, diagnostics, vectors for targeted delivery of therapeutic and imaging agents, and therapeutic agents. However, this potential is far from being realized. One key issue is the difficulty in the development of "binders" capable of specific recognition of carbohydrates of biological relevance. This review discusses systematically the general approaches that are available in developing carbohydrate sensors and "binders/receptors," and their applications. The focus is on discoveries during the last 5 years.
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- Shan Jin
- Department of Chemistry and Center for Biotechnology and Drug Design, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30302-4098, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Biotechnology and Drug Design, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30302-4098, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Biotechnology and Drug Design, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30302-4098, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Biotechnology and Drug Design, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30302-4098, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Center for Biotechnology and Drug Design, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA 30302-4098, USA
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Reid CW, Fulton KM, Twine SM. Never take candy from a stranger: the role of the bacterial glycome in host–pathogen interactions. Future Microbiol 2010; 5:267-88. [DOI: 10.2217/fmb.09.103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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With the comprehensive study and complete sequencing of the Haemophilus influenzae genome in 1995 came the term ‘genomics’ and the beginning of the ‘omics’ era. Since this time, several analogous fields, such as transcriptomics and proteomics, have emerged. While growth and advancement in these fields have increased understanding of microbial virulence, the study of bacterial glycomes is still in its infancy and little is known concerning their role in host–pathogen interactions. Bacterial glycomics is challenging owing to the diversity of glyco-conjugate molecules, vast array of unusual sugars and limited number of analytical approaches available. However, recent advances in glycomics technologies offer the potential for exploration and characterization of both the structures and functions of components of bacterial glycomes in a systematic manner. Such characterization is a prerequisite for discerning the role of bacterial glycans in the interaction between host defences and bacterial virulence factors.
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- Christopher W Reid
- National Research Council – Institute for Biological Science, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0R6, Canada
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- National Research Council – Institute for Biological Science, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0R6, Canada
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- National Research Council – Institute for Biological Science, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0R6, Canada
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Foreman DL, Vanderlinde EM, Bay DC, Yost CK. Characterization of a gene family of outer membrane proteins (ropB) in Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. viciae VF39SM and the role of the sensor kinase ChvG in their regulation. J Bacteriol 2010; 192:975-83. [PMID: 20023026 PMCID: PMC2812955 DOI: 10.1128/jb.01140-09] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2009] [Accepted: 12/01/2009] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The outer membrane of Gram-negative bacteria represents the interface between the bacterium and its external environment. It has a critical role as a protective barrier against harmful substances and is also important in host-bacteria interactions representing the initial physical point of contact between the host cell and bacterial cell. RopB is a previously identified outer membrane protein from Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. viciae that is present in free-living cells but absent in bacteroids (H. P. Roest, I. H. Mulders, C. A. Wijffelman, and B. J. Lugtenberg, Mol. Plant Microbe Interact. 8:576-583, 1995). The functions of RopB and the molecular mechanisms of ropB gene regulation have remained unknown. We identified and cloned ropB and two homologs (ropB2 and ropB3) from the R. leguminosarum VF39SM genome. Reporter gene fusions indicated that the expression of ropB was 8-fold higher when cells were grown in complex media than when they were grown in minimal media, while ropB3 expression was constitutively expressed at low levels in both complex and minimal media. Expression of ropB2 was negligible under all conditions tested. The use of minimal media supplemented with various sources of peptides resulted in a 5-fold increase in ropB expression. An increase in ropB expression in the presence of peptides was not observed in a chvG mutant background, indicating a role for the sensor kinase in regulating ropB expression. Each member of the ropB gene family was mutated using insertional mutagenesis, and the mutants were assayed for susceptibility to antimicrobial agents and symbiotic phenotypes. All mutants formed effective nodules on pea plants, and gene expression for each rop gene in bacteroids was negligible. The functions of ropB2 and ropB3 remain cryptic, while the ropB mutant had an increased sensitivity to detergents, hydrophobic antibiotics, and weak organic acids, suggesting a role for RopB in outer membrane stability.
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- Dallas L. Foreman
- Department of Biology, University of Regina, 3737 Wascana Parkway, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, S4S 0A2, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T2N 1N4
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- Department of Biology, University of Regina, 3737 Wascana Parkway, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, S4S 0A2, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T2N 1N4
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- Department of Biology, University of Regina, 3737 Wascana Parkway, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, S4S 0A2, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T2N 1N4
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- Department of Biology, University of Regina, 3737 Wascana Parkway, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, S4S 0A2, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T2N 1N4
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Evans TJ, Ind A, Komitopoulou E, Salmond GPC. Phage-selected lipopolysaccharide mutants of Pectobacterium atrosepticum exhibit different impacts on virulence. J Appl Microbiol 2010; 109:505-514. [PMID: 20132374 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2010.04669.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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AIMS To positively select Pectobacterium atrosepticum (Pa) mutants with cell surface defects and to assess the impact of these mutations on phytopathogenesis. METHODS AND RESULTS Several phages were isolated from treated sewage effluent and were found to require bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) for infection. Two strains with distinct mutations in LPS were obtained by transposon mutagenesis. Along with a third LPS mutant, these strains were characterized with respect to various virulence-associated phenotypes, including growth rate, motility and exoenzyme production, demonstrating that LPS mutations are pleiotropic. Two of the strains were deficient in the synthesis of the O-antigen portion of LPS, and both were less virulent than the wild type. A waaJ mutant, which has severe defects in LPS biosynthesis, was dramatically impaired in potato tuber rot assays. The infectivity of these novel phages on 32 additional strains of Pa was tested, showing that most Pa isolates were sensitive to the LPS-dependent phages. CONCLUSIONS Native LPS is crucial for optimal growth, survival and virulence of Pa in vivo, but simultaneously renders such strains susceptible to phage infection. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY This work demonstrates the power of phages to select and identify the virulence determinants on the bacterial surface, and as potential biocontrol agents for Pa infections.
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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Paunova T, Ivanova R, Stoitsova S. Growth Temperature-Related Cell Surface Changes of Escherichia ColiO157:H-. BIOTECHNOL BIOTEC EQ 2010. [DOI: 10.1080/13102818.2010.10817902] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022] Open
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The establishment of nitrogen-fixing symbiosis between a legume plant and its rhizobial symbiont requires that the bacterium adapt to changing conditions that occur with the host plant that both promotes and allows infection of the host root nodule cell, regulates and resists the host defense response, permits the exchange of metabolites, and contributes to the overall health of the host. This adaptive process involves changes to the bacterial cell surface and, therefore, structural modifications to the lipopolysaccharide (LPS). In this chapter, we describe the structures of the LPSs from symbiont members of the Rhizobiales, the genetics and mechanism of their biosynthesis, the modifications that occur during symbiosis, and their possible functions.
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Bacterial lipopolysaccharides (LPSs) are the major component of the outer membrane of Gram-negative bacteria. They have a structural role since they contribute to the cellular rigidity by increasing the strength of cell wall and mediating contacts with the external environment that can induce structural changes to allow life in different conditions. Furthermore, the low permeability of the outer membrane acts as a barrier to protect bacteria from host-derived antimicrobial compounds. Lipopolysaccharides are amphiphilic macromolecules generally comprising three defined regions distinguished by their genetics, structures and function: the lipid A, the core oligosaccharide and a polysaccharide portion, the O-chain. In some Gram-negative bacteria LPS can terminate with the core portion to form rough type LPS (R-LPS, LOS). The core oligosaccharide is an often branched and phosphorylated heterooligosaccharide with less than fifteen sugars, more conserved in the inner region, proximal to the lipid A, and often carrying non-stoichiometric substitutions leading to variation and micro-heterogeneity. The core oligosaccharide contributes to the bacterial viability and stability of the outer membrane, can assure the serological specificity and possesses antigenic properties.
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Silipo A, Erbs G, Shinya T, Dow JM, Parrilli M, Lanzetta R, Shibuya N, Newman MA, Molinaro A. Glyco-conjugates as elicitors or suppressors of plant innate immunity. Glycobiology 2009; 20:406-19. [DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwp201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 141] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Downie JA. The roles of extracellular proteins, polysaccharides and signals in the interactions of rhizobia with legume roots. FEMS Microbiol Rev 2009; 34:150-70. [PMID: 20070373 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6976.2009.00205.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 219] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Rhizobia adopt many different lifestyles including survival in soil, growth in the rhizosphere, attachment to root hairs and infection and growth within legume roots, both in infection threads and in nodules where they fix nitrogen. They are actively involved in extracellular signalling to their host legumes to initiate infection and nodule morphogenesis. Rhizobia also use quorum-sensing gene regulation via N-acyl-homoserine lactone signals and this can enhance their interaction with legumes as well as their survival under stress and their ability to induce conjugation of plasmids and symbiotic islands, thereby spreading their symbiotic capacity. They produce several surface polysaccharides that are critical for attachment and biofilm formation; some of these polysaccharides are specific for their growth on root hairs and can considerably enhance their ability to infect their host legumes. Different rhizobia use several different types of protein secretion mechanisms (Types I, III, IV, V and VI), and many of the secreted proteins play an important role in their interaction with plants. This review summarizes many of the aspects of the extracellular biology of rhizobia, in particular in relation to their symbiotic interaction with legumes.
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Paschke M, Horiuchi J, Vivanco J, Perry L, Alford É. Chemical Signals in the Rhizosphere. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009. [DOI: 10.1201/9781420005585.ch11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/20/2023]
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Genetic basis for Rhizobium etli CE3 O-antigen O-methylated residues that vary according to growth conditions. J Bacteriol 2009; 192:679-90. [PMID: 19948805 DOI: 10.1128/jb.01154-09] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The Rhizobium etli CE3 O antigen is a fixed-length heteropolymer with O methylation being the predominant type of sugar modification. There are two O-methylated residues that occur, on average, once per complete O antigen: a multiply O-methylated terminal fucose and 2-O methylation of a fucose residue within a repeating unit. The amount of the methylated terminal fucose decreases and the amount of 2-O-methylfucose increases when bacteria are grown in the presence of the host plant, Phaseolus vulgaris, or its seed exudates. Insertion mutagenesis was used to identify open reading frames required for the presence of these O-methylated residues. The presence of the methylated terminal fucose required genes wreA, wreB, wreC, wreD, and wreF, whereas 2-O methylation of internal fucoses required the methyltransferase domain of bifunctional gene wreM. Mutants lacking only the methylated terminal fucose, lacking only 2-O methylation, or lacking both the methylated terminal fucose and 2-O methylation exhibited no other lipopolysaccharide structural defects. Thus, neither of these decorations is required for normal O-antigen length, transport, or assembly into the final lipopolysaccharide. This is in contrast to certain enteric bacteria in which the absence of a terminal decoration severely affects O-antigen length and transport. R. etli mutants lacking only the methylated terminal fucose were not altered in symbiosis with host Phaseolus vulgaris, whereas mutants lacking only 2-O-methylfucose exhibited a delay in nodule development during symbiosis. These results support previous conclusions that the methylated terminal fucose is dispensable for symbiosis, whereas 2-O methylation of internal fucoses somehow facilitates early events in symbiosis.
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Haiko J, Suomalainen M, Ojala T, Lähteenmäki K, Korhonen TK. Invited review: Breaking barriers--attack on innate immune defences by omptin surface proteases of enterobacterial pathogens. Innate Immun 2009; 15:67-80. [PMID: 19318417 DOI: 10.1177/1753425909102559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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The omptin family of Gram-negative bacterial transmembrane aspartic proteases comprises surface proteins with a highly conserved beta-barrel fold but differing biological functions. The omptins OmpT of Escherichia coli, PgtE of Salmonella enterica, and Pla of Yersinia pestis differ in their substrate specificity as well as in control of their expression. Their functional differences are in accordance with the differing pathogenesis of the infections caused by E. coli, Salmonella, and Y. pestis, which suggests that the omptins have adapted to the life-styles of their host species. The omptins Pla and PgtE attack on innate immunity by affecting the plasminogen/plasmin, complement, coagulation, fibrinolysis, and matrix metalloproteinase systems, by inactivating antimicrobial peptides, and by enhancing bacterial adhesiveness and invasiveness. Although the mechanistic details of the functions of Pla and PgtE differ, the outcome is the same: enhanced spread and multiplication of Y. pestis and S. enterica in the host. The omptin OmpT is basically a housekeeping protease but it also degrades cationic antimicrobial peptides and may enhance colonization of E. coli at uroepithelia. The catalytic residues in the omptin molecules are spatially conserved, and the differing polypeptide substrate specificities are dictated by minor sequence variations at regions surrounding the catalytic cleft. For enzymatic activity, omptins require association with lipopolysaccharide on the outer membrane. Modification of lipopolysaccharide by in vivo conditions or by bacterial gene loss has an impact on omptin function. Creation of bacterial surface proteolysis is thus a coordinated function involving several surface structures.
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- Johanna Haiko
- General Microbiology, Faculty of Biosciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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Skoglund A, Bäckhed HK, Nilsson C, Björkholm B, Normark S, Engstrand L. A changing gastric environment leads to adaptation of lipopolysaccharide variants in Helicobacter pylori populations during colonization. PLoS One 2009; 4:e5885. [PMID: 19517017 PMCID: PMC2690825 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0005885] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2009] [Accepted: 05/14/2009] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The human gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori colonizes the stomachs of half of the human population, and causes development of peptic ulcer disease and gastric adenocarcinoma. H. pylori-associated chronic atrophic gastritis (ChAG) with loss of the acid-producing parietal cells, is correlated with an increased risk for development of gastric adenocarcinoma. The majority of H. pylori isolates produce lipopolysaccharides (LPS) decorated with human-related Lewis epitopes, which have been shown to phase-vary in response to different environmental conditions. We have characterized the adaptations of H. pylori LPS and Lewis antigen expression to varying gastric conditions; in H. pylori isolates from mice with low or high gastric pH, respectively; in 482 clinical isolates from healthy individuals and from individuals with ChAG obtained at two time points with a four-year interval between endoscopies; and finally in isolates grown at different pH in vitro. Here we show that the gastric environment can contribute to a switch in Lewis phenotype in the two experimental mouse models. The clinical isolates from different human individuals showed that intra-individual isolates varied in Lewis antigen expression although the LPS diversity was relatively stable within each individual over time. Moreover, the isolates demonstrated considerable diversity in the levels of glycosylation and in the sizes of fucosylated O-antigen chains both within and between individuals. Thus our data suggest that different LPS variants exist in the colonizing H. pylori population, which can adapt to changes in the gastric environment and provide a means to regulate the inflammatory response of the host during disease progression.
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- Anna Skoglund
- Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
- Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control, Solna, Sweden
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- Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
- Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control, Solna, Sweden
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- Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
- Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control, Solna, Sweden
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- Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
- Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control, Solna, Sweden
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- Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
- Swedish Institute for Infectious Disease Control, Solna, Sweden
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Lebeer S, Verhoeven TLA, Francius G, Schoofs G, Lambrichts I, Dufrêne Y, Vanderleyden J, De Keersmaecker SCJ. Identification of a Gene Cluster for the Biosynthesis of a Long, Galactose-Rich Exopolysaccharide in Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG and Functional Analysis of the Priming Glycosyltransferase. Appl Environ Microbiol 2009; 75:3554-63. [PMID: 19346339 PMCID: PMC2687306 DOI: 10.1128/aem.02919-08] [Citation(s) in RCA: 201] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2008] [Accepted: 03/27/2009] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Cell surface polysaccharides have an established role as virulence factors in human bacterial pathogens. Less documented are the biosynthesis and biological functions of surface polysaccharides in beneficial bacteria. We identified a gene cluster that encodes the enzymes and regulatory and transporter proteins for the different steps in the biosynthesis of extracellular polysaccharides (EPS) of the well-documented probiotic strain Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG. Subsequent mutation of the welE gene, encoding the priming glycosyltransferase within this cluster, and comparative phenotypic analyses of wild-type versus mutant strains confirmed the specific function of this gene cluster in the biosynthesis of high-molecular-weight, galactose-rich heteropolymeric EPS molecules. The phenotypic analyses included monomer composition determination, estimation of the polymer length of the isolated EPS molecules, and single-molecule force spectroscopy of the surface polysaccharides. Further characterization of the welE mutant also showed that deprivation of these long, galactose-rich EPS molecules results in an increased adherence and biofilm formation capacity of L. rhamnosus GG, possibly because of less shielding of adhesins such as fimbria-like structures.
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- Sarah Lebeer
- Centre of Microbial and Plant Genetics, K.U. Leuven, Kasteelpark Arenberg, Belgium
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Deatherage BL, Lara JC, Bergsbaken T, Rassoulian Barrett SL, Lara S, Cookson BT. Biogenesis of bacterial membrane vesicles. Mol Microbiol 2009; 72:1395-407. [PMID: 19432795 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2009.06731.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 192] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Membrane vesicle (MV) release remains undefined, despite its conservation among replicating Gram-negative bacteria both in vitro and in vivo. Proteins identified in Salmonella MVs, derived from the envelope, control MV production via specific defined domains that promote outer membrane protein-peptidoglycan (OM-PG) and OM protein-inner membrane protein (OM-PG-IM) interactions within the envelope structure. Modulation of OM-PG and OM-PG-IM interactions along the cell body and at division septa, respectively, maintains membrane integrity while co-ordinating localized release of MVs with distinct size distribution and protein content. These data support a model of MV biogenesis, wherein bacterial growth and division invoke temporary, localized reductions in the density of OM-PG and OM-PG-IM associations within the envelope structure, thus releasing OM as MVs.
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- Brooke L Deatherage
- Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, 1959 NE Pacific St., Seattle, WA 98195, USA
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Lu H, Patil P, Van Sluys MA, White FF, Ryan RP, Dow JM, Rabinowicz P, Salzberg SL, Leach JE, Sonti R, Brendel V, Bogdanove AJ. Acquisition and evolution of plant pathogenesis-associated gene clusters and candidate determinants of tissue-specificity in xanthomonas. PLoS One 2008; 3:e3828. [PMID: 19043590 PMCID: PMC2585010 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003828] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2008] [Accepted: 11/03/2008] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Background Xanthomonas is a large genus of plant-associated and plant-pathogenic bacteria. Collectively, members cause diseases on over 392 plant species. Individually, they exhibit marked host- and tissue-specificity. The determinants of this specificity are unknown. Methodology/Principal Findings To assess potential contributions to host- and tissue-specificity, pathogenesis-associated gene clusters were compared across genomes of eight Xanthomonas strains representing vascular or non-vascular pathogens of rice, brassicas, pepper and tomato, and citrus. The gum cluster for extracellular polysaccharide is conserved except for gumN and sequences downstream. The xcs and xps clusters for type II secretion are conserved, except in the rice pathogens, in which xcs is missing. In the otherwise conserved hrp cluster, sequences flanking the core genes for type III secretion vary with respect to insertion sequence element and putative effector gene content. Variation at the rpf (regulation of pathogenicity factors) cluster is more pronounced, though genes with established functional relevance are conserved. A cluster for synthesis of lipopolysaccharide varies highly, suggesting multiple horizontal gene transfers and reassortments, but this variation does not correlate with host- or tissue-specificity. Phylogenetic trees based on amino acid alignments of gum, xps, xcs, hrp, and rpf cluster products generally reflect strain phylogeny. However, amino acid residues at four positions correlate with tissue specificity, revealing hpaA and xpsD as candidate determinants. Examination of genome sequences of xanthomonads Xylella fastidiosa and Stenotrophomonas maltophilia revealed that the hrp, gum, and xcs clusters are recent acquisitions in the Xanthomonas lineage. Conclusions/Significance Our results provide insight into the ancestral Xanthomonas genome and indicate that differentiation with respect to host- and tissue-specificity involved not major modifications or wholesale exchange of clusters, but subtle changes in a small number of genes or in non-coding sequences, and/or differences outside the clusters, potentially among regulatory targets or secretory substrates.
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- Department of Genetics Development and Cell Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America
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- Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Hyderabad, India
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- Departamento de Botânica, IB-USP, Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Department of Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America
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- BIOMERIT Research Centre, BioSciences Institute, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- BIOMERIT Research Centre, BioSciences Institute, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
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- The Institute for Genomic Research, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
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- Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States of America
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- Department of Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America
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- Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Hyderabad, India
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- Department of Genetics Development and Cell Biology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America
- Department of Statistics, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America
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- Department of Plant Pathology, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, United States of America
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Li M, Shen J, Liu X, Shao J, Yi W, Chow CS, Wang PG. Identification of a new alpha1,2-fucosyltransferase involved in O-antigen biosynthesis of Escherichia coli O86:B7 and formation of H-type 3 blood group antigen. Biochemistry 2008; 47:11590-7. [PMID: 18842005 DOI: 10.1021/bi801067s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Escherichia coli O86 possesses high human blood group B activity because of its O-antigen structure, sharing the human blood group B epitope. In this study, the wbwK gene of E. coli O86:B7 was expressed and purified as the GST fusion protein. Thereafter, the wbwK gene was biochemically identified to encode an alpha1,2-fucosyltransferase through radioactivity assays, as well as mass spectrometry and NMR spectroscopy. WbwK shows strict substrate specificity and only recognizes Gal beta1,3GalNAc alpha-OR (T-antigen and derivatives) as the acceptor to generate the H-type 3 blood group antigen. In contrast to other alpha1,2-fucosyltransferases, WbwK does not display activity toward the simple substrate Gal beta-OMe. Comparison with another recently characterized alpha1,2-fucosyltransferase (WbsJ) of E. coli O128:B12 indicates a low level of amino acid identity between them; however, they share a common acceptor substrate, Gal beta1,3GalNAc alpha-OR. Domain swapping between WbwK and WbsJ revealed that the smaller variable domains located in the C-terminus determine substrate specificity, whereas the larger variable domain in the N-terminus might play a role in forming the correct conformation for substrate binding or for localization of the alpha1,2-fucosyltransferase involved in O-antigen biosynthesis. In addition, milligram scale biosynthesis of the H-type 3 blood group antigen was explored using purified recombinant WbwK. WbwK may have potential applications in masking T-antigen, the tumor antigen, in vivo.
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- Mei Li
- Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202, USA
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Cook PD, Carney AE, Holden HM. Accommodation of GDP-linked sugars in the active site of GDP-perosamine synthase. Biochemistry 2008; 47:10685-93. [PMID: 18795799 DOI: 10.1021/bi801309q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Perosamine (4-amino-4,6-dideoxy- d-mannose), or its N-acetylated form, is one of several dideoxy sugars found in the O-antigens of such infamous Gram-negative bacteria as Vibrio cholerae O1 and Escherichia coli O157:H7. It is added to the bacterial O-antigen via a nucleotide-linked version, namely GDP-perosamine. Three enzymes are required for the biosynthesis of GDP-perosamine starting from mannose 1-phosphate. The focus of this investigation is GDP-perosamine synthase from Caulobacter crescentus, which catalyzes the final step in GDP-perosamine synthesis, the conversion of GDP-4-keto-6-deoxymannose to GDP-perosamine. The enzyme is PLP-dependent and belongs to the aspartate aminotransferase superfamily. It contains the typically conserved active site lysine residue, which forms a Schiff base with the PLP cofactor. Two crystal structures were determined for this investigation: a site-directed mutant protein (K186A) complexed with GDP-perosamine and the wild-type enzyme complexed with an unnatural ligand, GDP-3-deoxyperosamine. These structures, determined to 1.6 and 1.7 A resolution, respectively, revealed the manner in which products, and presumably substrates, are accommodated within the active site pocket of GDP-perosamine synthase. Additional kinetic analyses using both the natural and unnatural substrates revealed that the K m for the unnatural substrate was unperturbed relative to that of the natural substrate, but the k cat was lowered by a factor of approximately 200. Taken together, these studies shed light on why GDP-perosamine synthase functions as an aminotransferase whereas another very similar PLP-dependent enzyme, GDP-4-keto-6-deoxy- d-mannose 3-dehydratase or ColD, catalyzes a dehydration reaction using the same substrate.
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- Paul D Cook
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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Structural analysis of the O-polysaccharide from the lipopolysaccharide of Azospirillum brasilense S17. Carbohydr Res 2008; 343:810-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2007.12.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2007] [Revised: 11/30/2007] [Accepted: 12/18/2007] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Lukáčová M, Barák I, Kazár J. Role of structural variations of polysaccharide antigens in the pathogenicity of Gram-negative bacteria. Clin Microbiol Infect 2008; 14:200-6. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2007.01876.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Ormeño-Orrillo E, Rosenblueth M, Luyten E, Vanderleyden J, Martínez-Romero E. Mutations in lipopolysaccharide biosynthetic genes impair maize rhizosphere and root colonization of Rhizobium tropici CIAT899. Environ Microbiol 2008; 10:1271-84. [PMID: 18312393 DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2007.01541.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Three transposon mutants of Rhizobium tropici CIAT899 affected in lipopolysaccharide (LPS) biosynthesis were characterized and their maize rhizosphere and endophytic root colonization abilities were evaluated. The disrupted genes coded for the following putative products: the ATPase component of an O antigen ABC-2 type transporter (wzt), a nucleotide-sugar dehydratase (lpsbeta2) and a bifunctional enzyme producing GDP-mannose (noeJ). Electrophoretic analysis of affinity purified LPS showed that all mutants lacked the smooth LPS bands indicating an O antigen minus phenotype. In the noeJ mutant, the rough LPS band migrated faster than the parental band, suggesting a truncated LPS core. When inoculated individually, the wzt and noeJ mutants colonize the rhizosphere and root to a lower extent than the parental strain while no differences were observed between the lpsbeta2 mutant and the parental strain. All mutants were impaired in competitive rhizosphere and root colonization. Pleiotropic effects of the mutations on known colonization traits such as motility and growth rate were observed, but they were not sufficient to explain the colonization behaviours. It was found that the LPS mutants were sensitive to the maize antimicrobial 6-methoxy-2-benzoxazolinone (MBOA). Only the combined effects of altered growth rate and susceptibility to maize antimicrobials could account for all the observed colonization phenotypes. The results suggest an involvement of the LPS in protecting R. tropici against maize defence response during rhizosphere and root colonization.
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- Ernesto Ormeño-Orrillo
- Centro de Ciencias Genómicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apdo. Postal 565-A, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
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Pei J, Turse JE, Ficht TA. Evidence of Brucella abortus OPS dictating uptake and restricting NF-kappaB activation in murine macrophages. Microbes Infect 2008; 10:582-90. [PMID: 18457975 DOI: 10.1016/j.micinf.2008.01.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2007] [Revised: 12/08/2007] [Accepted: 01/11/2008] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Smooth Brucella abortus S2308 is virulent while rough derivatives are attenuated. Intracellular killing is often blamed for these differences. In the studies described, uptake kinetics and interaction of S2308 and S2308 manBA::Tn5 (CA180) rough mutants with macrophages were investigated. The results revealed that smooth B. abortus was rapidly internalized, achieving a maximum level in less than 5 min without additional uptake over the next 30 min. In contrast, continued uptake of the rough mutant was observed and only achieves a maximum level after 30 min. The results were confirmed by the differences in F-actin polymerization, lipid raft staining, early endosome colocalization and electron microscopic observations after smooth and rough Brucella infection. We also demonstrated for the first time that uptake of S2308, but not rough mutant CA180 was PI3-kinase and toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) dependent. Differences in uptake were associated with differences in macrophage activation with regard to NF-kappaB translocation and cytokine production. These results provide evidence that the presence of B. abortus OPS dictates the interactions between Brucella and specific cell surface receptors minimizing macrophage activation and enhancing Brucella survival and/or persistence.
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- Jianwu Pei
- Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Texas A&M University and Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, College Station, TX 77843-4467, USA
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Li M, Liu XW, Shao J, Shen J, Jia Q, Yi W, Song JK, Woodward R, Chow CS, Wang PG. Characterization of a novel alpha1,2-fucosyltransferase of Escherichia coli O128:b12 and functional investigation of its common motif. Biochemistry 2007; 47:378-87. [PMID: 18078329 DOI: 10.1021/bi701345v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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The wbsJ gene from Escherichia coli O128:B12 encodes an alpha1,2-fucosyltransferase responsible for adding a fucose onto the galactose residue of the O-antigen repeating unit via an alpha1,2 linkage. The wbsJ gene was overexpressed in E. coli BL21 (DE3) as a fusion protein with glutathione S-transferase (GST) at its N-terminus. GST-WbsJ fusion protein was purified to homogeneity via GST affinity chromatography followed by size exclusion chromatography. The enzyme showed broad acceptor specificity with Galbeta1,3GalNAc (T antigen), Galbeta1,4Man and Galbeta1,4Glc (lactose) being better acceptors than Galbeta-O-Me and galactose. Galbeta1,4Fru (lactulose), a natural sugar, was furthermore found to be the best acceptor for GST-WbsJ with a reaction rate four times faster than that of lactose. Kinetic studies showed that GST-WbsJ has a higher affinity for lactose than lactulose with apparent Km values of 7.81 mM and 13.26 mM, respectively. However, the kcat/appKm value of lactose (6.36 M(-1) x min(-1)) is two times lower than that of lactulose (13.39 M(-1) x min(-1)). In addition, the alpha1,2-fucosyltransferase activity of GST-WbsJ was found to be independent of divalent metal ions such as Mn2+ or Mg2+. This activity was competitively inhibited by GDP with a Ki value of 1.41 mM. Site-directed mutagenesis and a GDP-bead binding assay were also performed to investigate the functions of the highly conserved motif H152xR154R155xD157. In contrast to alpha1,6-fucosyltransferases, none of the mutants of WbsJ within this motif exhibited a complete loss of enzyme activity. However, residues R154 and D157 were found to play critical roles in donor binding and enzyme activity. The results suggest that the common motif shared by both alpha1,2-fucosyltransferases and alpha1,6-fucosyltransferases have similar functions. Enzymatic synthesis of fucosylated sugars in milligram scale was successfully performed using Galbeta-O-Me and Galbeta1,4Glcbeta-N3 as acceptors.
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- Mei Li
- Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202, USA
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Cook PD, Holden HM. GDP-4-keto-6-deoxy-D-mannose 3-dehydratase, accommodating a sugar substrate in the active site. J Biol Chem 2007; 283:4295-303. [PMID: 18045869 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m708893200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Colitose is a dideoxysugar found in the O-antigen of the lipopolysaccharide that coats the outer membrane of some Gram-negative bacteria. Four enzymes are required for its production starting from D-mannose-1-phosphate and GTP. The focus of this investigation is GDP-4-keto-6-deoxy-D-mannose 3-dehydratase or ColD, which catalyzes the removal of the C3'-hydroxyl group from GDP-4-keto-6-deoxymannose. The enzyme is pyridoxal 5'-phosphate-dependent, but unlike most of these proteins, the conserved lysine residue that covalently holds the cofactor in the active site is replaced with a histidine residue. Here we describe the three-dimensional structure of ColD, determined to 1.7A resolution, whereby the active site histidine has been replaced with an asparagine residue. For this investigation, crystals of the site-directed mutant protein were grown in the presence of GDP-4-amino-4,6-dideoxy-D-mannose (GDP-perosamine). The electron density map clearly reveals the presence of the sugar analog trapped in the active site as an external aldimine. The active site is positioned between the two subunits of the dimer. Whereas the pyrophosphoryl groups of the ligand are anchored to the protein via Arg-219 and Arg-331, the hydroxyl groups of the hexose only lie within hydrogen bonding distance to ordered water molecules. Interestingly, the hexose moiety of the ligand adopts a boat rather than the typically observed chair conformation. Activity assays demonstrate that this mutant protein cannot catalyze the dehydration step. Additionally, we report data revealing that wild-type ColD is able to catalyze the production of GDP-4-keto-3,6-dideoxymannose using GDP-perosamine instead of GDP-4-keto-6-deoxymannose as a substrate.
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- Paul D Cook
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706-1544, USA
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Cook PD, Holden HM. A structural study of GDP-4-keto-6-deoxy-D-mannose-3-dehydratase: caught in the act of geminal diamine formation. Biochemistry 2007; 46:14215-24. [PMID: 17997582 DOI: 10.1021/bi701686s] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Di- and trideoxysugars are an important class of carbohydrates synthesized by certain plants, fungi, and bacteria. Colitose, for example, is a 3,6-dideoxysugar found in the O-antigens of Gram-negative bacteria such as Escherichia coli, Salmonella enterica, Yersinia pseudotuberculosis, and Vibrio cholerae, among others. These types of dideoxysugars are thought to serve as antigenic determinants and to play key roles in bacterial defense and survival. Four enzymes are required for the biochemical synthesis of colitose starting from mannose-1-phosphate. The focus of this investigation, GDP-4-keto-6-deoxy-d-mannose-3-dehydratase (ColD), catalyzes the third step in the pathway, namely the PLP-dependent removal of the C3'-hydroxyl group from GDP-4-keto-6-deoxymannose. Whereas most PLP-dependent enzymes contain an active site lysine, ColD utilizes a histidine as its catalytic acid/base. The ping-pong mechanism of the enzyme first involves the conversion of PLP to PMP followed by the dehydration step. Here we present the three-dimensional structure of a site-directed mutant form of ColD whereby the active site histidine has been replaced with a lysine. The electron density reveals that the geminal diamine, a tetrahedral intermediate in the formation of PMP from PLP, has been trapped within the active site region. Functional assays further demonstrate that this mutant form of ColD cannot catalyze the dehydration reaction.
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- Paul D Cook
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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Novel candidate virulence factors in rice pathogen Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzicola as revealed by mutational analysis. Appl Environ Microbiol 2007; 73:8023-7. [PMID: 17981946 DOI: 10.1128/aem.01414-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Bacterial leaf streak, caused by Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzicola, is an important disease of rice. Transposon-mediated mutational analysis of the pathogen with a quantitative assay revealed candidate virulence factors including genes involved in the pathogenesis of other phytopathogenic bacteria, virulence factors of animal pathogens, and genes not previously associated with virulence.
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LaFrentz BR, Lindstrom NM, LaPatra SE, Call DR, Cain KD. Electrophoretic and Western blot analyses of the lipopolysaccharide and glycocalyx of Flavobacterium psychrophilum. FISH & SHELLFISH IMMUNOLOGY 2007; 23:770-80. [PMID: 17420143 DOI: 10.1016/j.fsi.2007.02.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2006] [Revised: 02/12/2007] [Accepted: 02/15/2007] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Flavobacterium psychrophilum is the aetiological agent of bacterial coldwater disease (CWD) and rainbow trout fry syndrome (RTFS) and it has emerged as one of the most significant bacterial pathogens in salmonid aquaculture worldwide. Previous studies have suggested that the O-polysaccharide (O-PS) component of the lipopolysaccharide (LPS) of F. psychrophilum is highly immunogenic and may be involved in eliciting a protective immune response in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss Walbaum). In the present study, SDS-PAGE and Western blotting techniques were used to analyse the carbohydrate antigens of F. psychrophilum. Our analysis identified two distinct carbohydrate-banding patterns. One banding pattern corresponds with LPS, and we hypothesise that the other carbohydrate-banding pattern is that of the loosely associated glycocalyx of F. psychrophilum. Electron microscopy of F. psychrophilum cells immunogold labelled with a monoclonal antibody specific for this banding pattern supports this hypothesis as the outermost layer of the bacterium was heavily labelled. This is a significant finding because the immunogenic antigens that have been referred to as the O-PS of LPS, and implicated as potential vaccine candidate antigens, appear to be components of the glycocalyx of F. psychrophilum. This research suggests that the glycocalyx of F. psychrophilum may be an important antigen to consider for the development of a vaccine to control CWD and RTFS.
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- Benjamin R LaFrentz
- Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources and the Aquaculture Research Institute, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844-1136, USA
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Wang Y, Xu Y, Perepelov AV, Qi Y, Knirel YA, Wang L, Feng L. Biochemical characterization of dTDP-D-Qui4N and dTDP-D-Qui4NAc biosynthetic pathways in Shigella dysenteriae type 7 and Escherichia coli O7. J Bacteriol 2007; 189:8626-35. [PMID: 17905981 PMCID: PMC2168959 DOI: 10.1128/jb.00777-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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O-antigen variation due to the presence of different types of sugars and sugar linkages is important for the survival of bacteria threatened by host immune systems. The O antigens of Shigella dysenteriae type 7 and Escherichia coli O7 contain 4-(N-acetylglycyl)amino-4,6-dideoxy-d-glucose (d-Qui4NGlyAc) and 4-acetamido-4,6-dideoxy-d-glucose (d-Qui4NAc), respectively, which are sugars not often found in studied polysaccharides. In this study, we characterized the biosynthetic pathways for dTDP-d-Qui4N and dTDP-d-Qui4NAc (the nucleotide-activated precursors of d-Qui4NGlyAc and d-Qui4NAc in O antigens). Predicted genes involved in the synthesis of the two sugars were cloned, and the gene products were overexpressed and purified as His-tagged fusion proteins. In vitro enzymatic reactions were carried out using the purified proteins, and the reaction products were analyzed by capillary electrophoresis, electrospray ionization-mass spectrometry, and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. It is shown that in S. dysenteriae type 7 and E. coli O7, dTDP-d-Qui4N is synthesized from alpha-d-glucose-1-phosphate in three reaction steps catalyzed by glucose-1-phosphate thymidyltransferase (RmlA), dTDP-d-glucose 4,6-dehydratase (RmlB), and dTDP-4-keto-6-deoxy-d-glucose aminotransferase (VioA). An additional acetyltransferase (VioB) catalyzes the conversion of dTDP-d-Qui4N into dTDP-d-Qui4NAc in E. coli O7. Kinetic parameters and some other properties of VioA and VioB are described and differences between VioA proteins from S. dysenteriae type 7 (VioA(D7)) and E. coli O7 (VioA(O7)) discussed. To our knowledge, this is the first time that functions of VioA and VioB have been biochemically characterized. This study provides valuable enzyme sources for the production of dTDP-d-Qui4N and dTDP-d-Qui4NAc, which are potentially useful in the pharmaceutical industry for drug development.
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- Ying Wang
- TEDA School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Nankai University, 23 Hongda Street, TEDA, Tianjin 300457, People's Republic of China.
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Rapid evaluation of microbial cell-surface carbohydrates is essential to understanding the mechanisms by which bacteria use glycans to establish pathogenic or symbiotic relationships. Microbial glycan analysis is complicated both by the vast diversity of possible carbohydrate structures and by their dynamic nature. Bacteria can rapidly alter their glycan coats by switching the genes that are involved on and off in a phase-variable manner. Currently, there is a lack of appropriate tools for studying dynamic carbohydrate alterations. Here, we present a lectin microarray protocol for the high-throughput evaluation of cell-surface microbial sugars. The binding patterns of fluorescent bacteria to these arrays provide a simple means to fingerprint bacteria based on their surface carbohydrates. In addition, this method provides a rapid, parallel evaluation of glycans from multiple bacterial samples, allowing dynamic changes in carbohydrate structures to be studied. The entire procedure takes approximately 12 h but the printing of the microarray can be performed in advance.
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- Ku-Lung Hsu
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station, A5300, Austin, Texas 78712-0265, USA
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Lindén SK, Driessen KM, McGuckin MA. Improved in vitro model systems for gastrointestinal infection by choice of cell line, pH, microaerobic conditions, and optimization of culture conditions. Helicobacter 2007; 12:341-53. [PMID: 17669108 DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-5378.2007.00509.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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BACKGROUND Commonly used in vitro infection cultures do not mimic the human gastrointestinal tract with regard to pH and microaerobic conditions. Furthermore, despite the importance of mucin-Helicobacter interactions, the cell lines used have not been selected for appropriate mucin expression. To make in vitro studies more applicable to human disease, we have developed coculture methods taking these factors into account. MATERIALS AND METHODS Nine human gastrointestinal epithelial cell lines (MKN1, MKN7, MKN28, MKN45, KATO3, HFE145, PCAA/C11 Caco-2, and LS513) were investigated. Expression and glycosylation of mucins (MUC1, 2, 3, 4, 5AC, 5B, 6, 12, 13, and 16) were determined by immunohistochemistry. We analyzed the effect of microaerobic conditions and acidic pH on cell proliferation, viability, and apoptosis. RESULTS Microaerobic culture, which is more physiological for the bacteria, did not adversely affect mammalian cell viability, proliferation, or induce apoptosis The cell lines varied in mucin expression, with MKN7 and MKN45 being most similar to gastric mucosa and Caco-2 and LS513 to intestinal mucosa, although none exactly matched normal mucosa. However, changes in culture conditions did not cause major changes in the mucin expression within cell lines. CONCLUSIONS Culture conditions mimicking the natural environment and allowing the bacterial cells to thrive had no effect on cell viability or apoptosis, and very little influence on mucin expression of human gastrointestinal cells. Thus, it is feasible, using the simple methods we present here, to substantially improve bacterial-mammalian cell in vitro coculture studies to make them more reflective of human infection.
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- Sara K Lindén
- Mucosal Diseases Program, Mater Medical Research Institute, Mater Health Services, Aubigny Place, South Brisbane, Queensland 4101, Australia.
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Giraud E, Moulin L, Vallenet D, Barbe V, Cytryn E, Avarre JC, Jaubert M, Simon D, Cartieaux F, Prin Y, Bena G, Hannibal L, Fardoux J, Kojadinovic M, Vuillet L, Lajus A, Cruveiller S, Rouy Z, Mangenot S, Segurens B, Dossat C, Franck WL, Chang WS, Saunders E, Bruce D, Richardson P, Normand P, Dreyfus B, Pignol D, Stacey G, Emerich D, Verméglio A, Médigue C, Sadowsky M. Legumes symbioses: absence of Nod genes in photosynthetic bradyrhizobia. Science 2007; 316:1307-12. [PMID: 17540897 DOI: 10.1126/science.1139548] [Citation(s) in RCA: 373] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Leguminous plants (such as peas and soybeans) and rhizobial soil bacteria are symbiotic partners that communicate through molecular signaling pathways, resulting in the formation of nodules on legume roots and occasionally stems that house nitrogen-fixing bacteria. Nodule formation has been assumed to be exclusively initiated by the binding of bacterial, host-specific lipochito-oligosaccharidic Nod factors, encoded by the nodABC genes, to kinase-like receptors of the plant. Here we show by complete genome sequencing of two symbiotic, photosynthetic, Bradyrhizobium strains, BTAi1 and ORS278, that canonical nodABC genes and typical lipochito-oligosaccharidic Nod factors are not required for symbiosis in some legumes. Mutational analyses indicated that these unique rhizobia use an alternative pathway to initiate symbioses, where a purine derivative may play a key role in triggering nodule formation.
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- Eric Giraud
- Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Centre de Coopération International en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, Université Montpellier 2, France.
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Ovchinnikova OG, Kocharova NA, Wykrota M, Shashkov AS, Knirel YA, Rozalski A. Structure of a colitose-containing O-polysaccharide from the lipopolysaccharide of Providencia alcalifaciens O6. Carbohydr Res 2007; 342:2144-8. [PMID: 17559819 DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2007.05.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2007] [Revised: 05/06/2007] [Accepted: 05/09/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The O-polysaccharide was isolated by mild acid degradation of the lipopolysaccharide of Providencia alcalifaciens O6 and studied by sugar and methylation analysis, selective hydrolytic removal of 3,6-dideoxy-L-xylo-hexose (colitose, Col), (1)H and (13)C NMR spectroscopy, including 2D (1)H,(1)H COSY, TOCSY, ROESY and H-detected (1)H,(13)C HSQC and HMBC experiments. The polysaccharide was found to have a branched pentasaccharide repeating unit with the following structure: [see text] Remarkably, the trisaccharide side chain of the O6-polysaccharide represents a colitose ('3-deoxy-L-fucose') analogue of the H type 1 (precursor) antigenic determinant.
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- Olga G Ovchinnikova
- N. D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, 119991 Moscow, Russian Federation.
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Rapid Characterization of Monoclonal Antibodies using the Piezoelectric Immunosensor. SENSORS 2007. [DOI: 10.3390/s7030341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Practical synthesis of valuable d-rhamnoside building blocks for oligosaccharide synthesis. Tetrahedron Lett 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2007.01.122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Akarsu ES, Mamuk S. Escherichia coli lipopolysaccharides produce serotype-specific hypothermic response in biotelemetered rats. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 2007; 292:R1846-50. [PMID: 17272660 DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00786.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We investigated whether LPS-induced hypothermia develops in a serotype-specific manner in biotelemetered conscious rats. Two different Escherichia coli serotypes of LPSs were injected at a dose of 250 mug/kg ip. E. coli O55:B5 LPS elicited an initial hypothermia and subsequent fever, but E. coli O111:B4 LPS caused more potent monophasic hypothermia. Serum tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha levels were dramatically elevated at the initial phase of the hypothermia induced by both LPSs. This elevation tended to subside at the nadir of E. coli O55:B5 LPS-induced response but progressively increased at the nadir of E. coli O111:B4 LPS hypothermia. Serum IL-10 levels were moderately elevated at the initial phase of the hypothermia and persisted at the same level at the nadir of each LPS-induced response. No change was observed at the serum IL-18 levels. A selective cyclooxygenase (COX)-1 enzyme inhibitor, valeryl salicylate (20 mg/kg sc), abolished the hypothermia without any effect on the elevated cytokine levels. Another COX-1-selective inhibitor, 5-(4-chlorophenyl)-1-(4-methoxyphenyl)-3-(trifluoromethyl)-1H-pyrazole (SC-560; 1 mg/kg sc) inhibited hypothermic responses as well. Meanwhile, cytokine levels were also reduced by SC-560 treatment. These findings suggest that LPS-induced hypothermia may have serotype-specific characteristics in rats. E. coli O111:B4 LPS has more potent hypothermic activity than E. coli O55:B5 LPS; that may presumably be related to its higher or sustained capability to release antipyretic cytokines, such as TNF-alpha. COX-1 enzyme may be involved in the generation of the hypothermia, regardless of the type of LPS administered.
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- Eyup S Akarsu
- Ankara Univ, School of Medicine, Dept of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, Sihhiye, Ankara, Turkey.
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Guo H, Li L, Wang PG. Biochemical characterization of UDP-GlcNAc/Glc 4-epimerase from Escherichia coli O86:B7. Biochemistry 2007; 45:13760-8. [PMID: 17105195 DOI: 10.1021/bi0612770] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The O-antigen of lipopolysaccharide in Gram-negative bacteria plays an important role in bacterium-host interactions. Escherichia coli O86:B7 O-unit contains five sugar residues: one fucose (Fuc) and two each of N-acetylgalactosamine (GalNAc) and galactose (Gal). The entire O-antigen gene cluster was previously sequenced: orf1 was assigned the gne gene for the biosynthesis of UDP-GalNAc. To confirm this annotation, overexpression, purification, and biochemical characterization of Gne were performed. By using capillary electrophoresis, we showed that Gne can catalyze the interconversion of both UDP-GlcNAc/GalNAc and UDP-Glc/Gal almost equally well. The Km values of Gne for UDP-Glc, UDP-Gal, UDP-GlcNAc, and UDP-GalNAc are 370, 295, 323, and 373 microM, respectively. The comparison of kinetic parameters of Gne from Escherichia coli O86:B7 to those of other characterized UDP-GlcNAc/Glc 4-epimerases indicated that it has relaxed specificity toward the four substrates, the first characterized enzyme to have this activity in the O-antigen biosynthesis. Moreover, the calculated kcat/Km values for UDP-GalNAc and UDP-Gal are approximately 2-4 times higher than those for UDP-GlcNAc and UDP-Glc, suggesting that Gne is slightly more efficient for the epimerization of UDP-GalNAc and UDP-Gal. One mutation (S306Y) resulted in a loss of epimerase activity for non-acetylated substrates by about 5-fold but totally abolished the activity for N-acetylated substrates, indicating that residue S306 plays an important role in the determination of substrate specificity.
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- Hongjie Guo
- Department of Biochemistry and Chemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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Castro GR, Panilaitis B, Bora E, Kaplan DL. Controlled Release Biopolymers for Enhancing the Immune Response. Mol Pharm 2007; 4:33-46. [PMID: 17274664 DOI: 10.1021/mp060100x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Controlled release of biologically active compounds in the context of drug and vaccine delivery is an important area of research with broad implications in many areas of medicine. In particular, the challenges of oral delivery are of specific interest to reduce the cost and potential health risks related to parenteral administration of pharmaceuticals and vaccine formulations. We discuss the biological activities of two biopolymers, beta-glucans and emulsans, both of which offer significant potential for individual formulations related to drug impact, while in combination offer synergistic opportunities in terms of formulation and delivery. beta-Glucans have been established as potent immunomodulatory and biologically active compounds with application in a wide range of disease systems. The emulsan family of biopolymers also has significant potential in vaccine and drug delivery based on recent studies. Each of these biopolymers offers exciting opportunities to modulate biological responses via control of chemistry and physical properties achieved during biosynthesis or postsynthesis modifications. When combined into a delivery system for controlled release, synergistic outcomes may be achieved that offer new and exciting opportunities as described in the present paper. These outcomes represent the combined improvements of solubility in physiological environments and immunomodulation due to the specific chemistry and structures involved. Overall, this approach provides a new direction in controlled release wherein the biomaterial carrier, in this case emulsan, and the drug, in this case beta-glucan, play an active role both in biological activation as well as in delivery profiles.
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- Guillermo R Castro
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Bioengineering and Biotechnology Center, Tufts University, 4 Colby Street, Medford, Massachusetts 02155, USA
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Leone S, Molinaro A, Gerber IB, Dubery IA, Lanzetta R, Parrilli M. The O-chain structure from the LPS of the endophytic bacterium Burkholderia cepacia strain ASP B 2D. Carbohydr Res 2006; 341:2954-8. [PMID: 17078936 DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2006.10.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2006] [Revised: 10/03/2006] [Accepted: 10/06/2006] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The O-chain polysaccharide of the lipopolysaccharide from the endophytic bacterium Burkholderia cepacia strain was characterized. The structure was studied by means of chemical analysis and 2D NMR spectroscopy and shown to be the following: -->2)-beta-D-Ribf-(1-->6)-alpha-D-Glcp-(1-->.
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- Serena Leone
- Dipartimento di Chimica Organica e Biochimica, Università di Napoli Federico II, via Cintia 4, 80126 Napoli, Italy
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Cook PD, Thoden JB, Holden HM. The structure of GDP-4-keto-6-deoxy-D-mannose-3-dehydratase: a unique coenzyme B6-dependent enzyme. Protein Sci 2006; 15:2093-106. [PMID: 16943443 PMCID: PMC2242600 DOI: 10.1110/ps.062328306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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L-colitose is a 3,6-dideoxysugar found in the O-antigens of some Gram-negative bacteria such as Escherichia coli and in marine bacteria such as Pseudoalteromonas tetraodonis. The focus of this investigation, GDP-4-keto-6-deoxy-D-mannose-3-dehydratase, catalyzes the third step in colitose production, which is the removal of the hydroxyl group at C3' of GDP-4-keto-6-deoxymannose. It is an especially intriguing PLP-dependent enzyme in that it acts as both a transaminase and a dehydratase. Here we present the first X-ray structure of this enzyme isolated from E. coli Strain 5a, type O55:H7. The two subunits of the protein form a tight dimer with a buried surface area of approximately 5000 A2. This is a characteristic feature of the aspartate aminotransferase superfamily. Although the PLP-binding pocket is formed primarily by one subunit, there is a loop, delineated by Phe 240 to Glu 253 in the second subunit, that completes the active site architecture. The hydrated form of PLP was observed in one of the enzyme/cofactor complexes described here. Amino acid residues involved in anchoring the cofactor to the protein include Gly 56, Ser 57, Asp 159, Glu 162, and Ser 183 from one subunit and Asn 248 from the second monomer. In the second enzyme/cofactor complex reported, a glutamate ketimine intermediate was found trapped in the active site. Taken together, these two structures, along with previously reported biochemical data, support the role of His 188 as the active site base required for catalysis.
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- Paul D Cook
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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Szafranek J, Kumirska J, Czerwicka M, Kunikowska D, Dziadziuszko H, Głośnicka R. Structure and heterogeneity of the O-antigen chain ofSalmonellaAgona lipopolysaccharide. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006; 48:223-36. [PMID: 17064278 DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695x.2006.00141.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Lipopolysaccharide of Salmonella Agona smooth-type cells was obtained from bacteria by a hot phenol-water extraction procedure. Mild acid hydrolysis of lipopolysaccharide, followed by gel filtration, yielded the pure O-polysaccharide. Abequose, rhamnose, mannose, galactose and glucose in the molar ratio 0.8 : 1.0 : 1.0 : 1.1 : 0.5 were detected, and their linkages were established. Sugar configurations were determined by gas chromatography. Two repeating units, namely -->2)-[alpha-Abep-(1-->3)-]-alpha-d-Manp-(1-->4)-alpha-l-Rhap-(1-->3)-alpha-d-Galp-(1-->and -->2)-[alpha-Abep-(1-->3)-]-alpha-d-Manp-(1-->4)-alpha-l-Rhap-(1-->3)-[alpha-d-Glcp-(1-->4)-]-alpha-d-Galp-(1-->, were deduced from nuclear magnetic resonance studies. The effort to separate them was unsuccessful. An immunochemical test performed by means of Western blotting with anti O12 serum demonstrated that glucose was present in the longer lipopolysaccharide chains, at some distance from the core region.
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Yi W, Zhu L, Guo H, Li M, Li J, Wang PG. Formation of a new O-polysaccharide in Escherichia coli O86 via disruption of a glycosyltransferase gene involved in O-unit assembly. Carbohydr Res 2006; 341:2254-60. [PMID: 16839526 DOI: 10.1016/j.carres.2006.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2006] [Revised: 05/28/2006] [Accepted: 06/13/2006] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
Abstract
The majority of hetero-polysaccharide biosynthesis in Gram-negative bacteria utilizes the wzy-dependent pathway, in which repeating O-units are first synthesized in the cytosol and then subsequently translocated to the periplasmic face of the inner membrane where polymerization is initiated by the Wzy polymerase. Wzy proteins share little primary sequence homology and are specific for their cognate O-unit structures. Our previous studies on O-polysaccharide biosynthesis in Escherichia coli O86 identified the wbnI gene, which encodes a galactosyltransferase responsible for the introduction of alpha-(1-->3)-Galp residues as side chains of the polysaccharide. In this work, we functionally inactivated the wbnI gene and showed that the mutant strain produced a different polysaccharide without the side chain Galp residue. The yield of the polysaccharide was substantially lower than the one produced by the wild-type strain. This study indicated that the complete O-unit structure is the preferred substrate for the polymerization, thus further confirming the specificity of Wzy. On the other hand, these studies also suggest that the Wzy polymerase might have moderate tolerance of side-chain truncated O-unit substrates.
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Affiliation(s)
- Wen Yi
- Department of Biochemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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