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Protein Engineering of Pasteurella multocida α2,3-Sialyltransferase with Reduced α2,3-Sialidase Activity and Application in Synthesis of 3′-Sialyllactose. Catalysts 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/catal12060579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Sialyltransferases are key enzymes for the production of sialosides. The versatility of Pasteurella multocida α2,3-sialyltransferase 1 (PmST1) causes difficulties in the efficient synthesis of α2,3-linked sialylatetd compounds, especial its α2,3-sialidase activity. In the current study, the α2,3-sialidase activity of PmST1 was further reduced by rational design-based protein engineering. Three double mutants PMG1 (M144D/R313Y), PMG2 (M144D/R313H) and PMG3 (M144D/R313N) were designed and constructed using M144D as the template and kinetically investigated. In comparison with M144D, the α2,3-sialyltransferase activity of PMG2 was enhanced by 1.4-fold, while its α2,3-sialidase activity was reduced by 4-fold. Two PMG2-based triple mutants PMG2-1 (M144D/R313H/T265S) and PMG2-2 (M144D/R313H/E271F) were then designed, generated and characterized. Compared with PMG2, triple mutants showed slightly improved α2,3-sialyltransferase activity, but their α2,3-sialidase activities were increased by 2.1–2.9 fold. In summary, PMG2 was used for preparative-scale production of 3′-SL (3′-sialyllactose) with a yield of >95%. These new PmST1 mutants could be potentially utilized for efficient synthesis of α2,3-linked sialosides. This work provides a guide to designing and constructing efficient sialyltransferases.
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Wang KC, Huang CH, Chang PR, Huang MT, Fang SB. Role of wzxE in Salmonella Typhimurium lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis and interleukin-8 secretion regulation in human intestinal epithelial cells. Microbiol Res 2020; 238:126502. [PMID: 32535400 DOI: 10.1016/j.micres.2020.126502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2019] [Revised: 04/15/2020] [Accepted: 04/23/2020] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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In Salmonella Typhimurium (S. Typhimurium), lipopolysaccharide (LPS) anchored on the bacterial outer membrane is a major immune stimulus that can broadly activate immune cells and induce innate immune responses. wzxE is involved in bacterial LPS biosynthesis but has rarely been reported in Salmonella; wzxE encodes a flipase that can flip the precursor of LPS across the membrane into the periplasm space. Our preliminary data showed that the wzxE transposon mutant of S. Typhimurium could not significantly adhere to and invade into HEp-2 cells, but the mechanism remains unknown. In this study, we infected human LS174T, Caco-2, HeLa, and THP-1 cells with the wild-type S. Typhimurium strain SL1344, its wzxE mutant, and its complemented strain. wzxE depletion significantly attenuated bacterial adhesion and internalization in the four cell types. In addition, the postinfectious production of interleukin-8 (IL-8) was significantly decreased in the Caco-2 cells infected with the wzxE mutant. Bacterial LPS stained with polymyxin B probe also exhibited a reduced signal in the wzxE mutant. The silver staining of purified LPS demonstrated a significant reduction of the O-antigen (OAg) chain in the wzxE mutant. To confirm the role of OAg in the wzxE mutant during infection, we treated the HT-29 cells with the S. Typhimurium strain SL1344, its wzxE mutant, and their purified LPS, which revealed significantly decreased IL-8 secretion in the HT-29 cells treated with purified LPS from the wzxE mutant and with the wzxE mutant. In conclusion, wzxE mediates LPS biosynthesis and plays a major role in bacterial pathogenesis by regulating OAg flipping.
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- Ke-Chuan Wang
- Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Pediatrics, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.
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- Graduate Institute of Biochemical and Biomedical Engineering, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan.
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- Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Pediatrics, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.
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- Department of Surgery, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.
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- Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Pediatrics, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan; Master Program for Clinical Pharmacogenomics and Pharmacoproteomics, College of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.
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Rivera D, Hudson LK, Denes TG, Hamilton-West C, Pezoa D, Moreno-Switt AI. Two Phages of the Genera Felixounavirus Subjected to 12 Hour Challenge on Salmonella Infantis Showed Distinct Genotypic and Phenotypic Changes. Viruses 2019; 11:E586. [PMID: 31252667 PMCID: PMC6669636 DOI: 10.3390/v11070586] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2019] [Revised: 06/23/2019] [Accepted: 06/25/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Salmonella Infantis is considered in recent years an emerging Salmonella serovar, as it has been associated with several outbreaks and multidrug resistance phenotypes. Phages appear as a possible alternative strategy to control Salmonella Infantis (SI). The aims of this work were to characterize two phages of the Felixounavirus genus, isolated using the same strain of SI, and to expose them to interact in challenge assays to identify genetic and phenotypic changes generated from these interactions. These two phages have a shared nucleotide identity of 97% and are differentiated by their host range: one phage has a wide host range (lysing 14 serovars), and the other has a narrow host range (lysing 6 serovars). During the 12 h challenge we compared: (1) optical density of SI, (2) proportion of SI survivors from phage-infected cultures, and (3) phage titer. Isolates obtained through the assays were evaluated by efficiency of plating (EOP) and by host-range characterization. Genomic modifications were characterized by evaluation of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). The optical density (600 nm) of phage-infected SI decreased, as compared to the uninfected control, by an average of 0.7 for SI infected with the wide-host-range (WHR) phage and by 0.3 for SI infected with the narrow-host-range (NHR) phage. WHR phage reached higher phage titer (7 × 1011 PFU/mL), and a lower proportion of SI survivor was obtained from the challenge assay. In SI that interacted with phages, we identified SNPs in two genes (rfaK and rfaB), which are both involved in lipopolysaccharide (LPS) polymerization. Therefore, mutations that could impact potential phage receptors on the host surface were selected by lytic phage exposure. This work demonstrates that the interaction of Salmonella phages (WHR and NHR) with SI for 12 h in vitro leads to emergence of new phenotypic and genotypic traits in both phage and host. This information is crucial for the rational design of phage-based control strategies.
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- Dácil Rivera
- Escuela de Medicina Veterinaria, Facultad de Ciencias de la Vida, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago 8320000, Chile.
- Departamento de Ciencia de los Alimentos y Tecnología Química, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacéuticas, Universidad de Chile, Santiago 8380492, Chile.
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- Department of Food Science, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA.
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- Department of Food Science, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA.
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- Departamento de Medicina Preventiva Animal, Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad de Chile, Santiago 8330015, Chile.
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- Escuela de Medicina Veterinaria, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Mayor, Santiago 8580745, Chile.
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- Escuela de Medicina Veterinaria, Facultad de Ciencias de la Vida, Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago 8320000, Chile.
- Millennium Nucleus for Collaborative Research on Bacterial Resistance (MICROB-R), Santiago 7550000, Chile.
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Whitfield C, Kaniuk N, Frirdich E. Molecular insights into the assembly and diversity of the outer core oligosaccharide in lipopolysaccharides from Escherichia coli and Salmonella. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016. [DOI: 10.1177/09680519030090040501] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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In the Enterobacteriaceae, the core oligosaccharide provides the junction between the highly conserved lipid A and the remarkably diverse polysaccharide O antigen. The basic structure of the inner (lipid A-proximal) core is well conserved, perhaps reflecting constraints imposed by its involvement in the structural integrity of the outer membrane. However, non-stoichiometric modifications do create some structural variants. The outer core may show more variation. Efforts to develop immunoprophylactic strategies based on the core oligosaccharide require a detailed understanding of core immunochemistry, the accessibility of specific epitopes in the LPS, and the distribution of specific structures within natural populations. The availability of sequences for the waa (core biosynthesis) loci and functional data for the gene products provide a molecular basis for the known structural diversity in Escherichia coli and Salmonella core oligosaccharide. Surveys of waa-locus organization have established the distribution of these core types in natural populations and have identified genetic variants that provide candidates for additional novel structures.
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- Chris Whitfield
- Department of Microbiology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada,
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Microbiology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
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Qian J, Garrett TA, Raetz CRH. In vitro assembly of the outer core of the lipopolysaccharide from Escherichia coli K-12 and Salmonella typhimurium. Biochemistry 2014; 53:1250-62. [PMID: 24479701 PMCID: PMC3985525 DOI: 10.1021/bi4015665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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There
are five distinct core structures in the lipopolysaccharides
of Escherichia coli and at least two in Salmonella isolates, which vary principally in the outer core oligosaccharide.
Six outer core glycosyltransferases, E. coli K-12
WaaG, WaaB, and WaaO and Salmonella typhimurium WaaI, WaaJ, and WaaK, were cloned, overexpressed, and purified.
A novel substrate for WaaG was isolated from ΔwaaG E.
coli overexpressing the lipid A phosphatase lpxE and the lipid A late acyltransferase lpxM. The
action of lpxE and lpxM in
the ΔwaaG background yielded heptose2-1-dephospho Kdo2-lipid A, a 1-dephosphorylated hexa-acylated
lipid A with the inner core sugars that is easily isolated by organic
extraction. Using this structurally defined acceptor and commercially
available sugar nucleotides, each outer core glycosyltransferases
was assayed in vitro. We show that WaaG and WaaB
add a glucose and galactose sequentially to heptose2-1-dephospho
Kdo2-lipid A. E. coli K-12 WaaO and S. typhimurium WaaI add a galactose to the WaaG/WaaB product
but can also add a galactose to the WaaG product directly without
the branched core sugar added by WaaB. Both WaaI and WaaO require
divalent metal ions for optimal activity; however, WaaO, unlike WaaI,
can add several glucose residues to its lipid acceptor. Using the
product of WaaG, WaaB, and WaaI, we show that S. typhimurium WaaJ and WaaK transfer a glucose and N-acetylglucosamine,
respectively, to yield the full outer core. This is the first demonstration
of the in vitro assembly of the outer core of the
lipopolysaccharide using defined lipid A-oligosaccharide acceptors
and sugar donors.
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- Jinghua Qian
- Department of Biochemistry, Duke University Medical Center , Durham, North Carolina 27710, United States
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Lin LYC, Rakic B, Chiu CPC, Lameignere E, Wakarchuk WW, Withers SG, Strynadka NCJ. Structure and mechanism of the lipooligosaccharide sialyltransferase from Neisseria meningitidis. J Biol Chem 2011; 286:37237-48. [PMID: 21880735 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111.249920] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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The first x-ray crystallographic structure of a CAZY family-52 glycosyltransferase, that of the membrane associated α2,3/α2,6 lipooligosaccharide sialyltransferase from Neisseria meningitidis serotype L1 (NST), has been solved to 1.95 Å resolution. The structure of NST adopts a GT-B-fold common with other glycosyltransferase (GT) families but exhibits a novel domain swap of the N-terminal 130 residues to create a functional homodimeric form not observed in any other class to date. The domain swap is mediated at the structural level by a loop-helix-loop extension between residues Leu-108 and Met-130 (we term the swapping module) and a unique lipid-binding domain. NST catalyzes the creation of α2,3- or 2,6-linked oligosaccharide products from a CMP-sialic acid (Neu5Ac) donor and galactosyl-containing acceptor sugars. Our structures of NST bound to the non-hydrolyzable substrate analog CMP-3F((axial))-Neu5Ac show that the swapping module from one monomer of NST mediates the binding of the donor sugar in a composite active site formed at the dimeric interface. Kinetic analysis of designed point mutations observed in the CMP-3F((axial))-Neu5Ac binding site suggests potential roles of a requisite general base (Asp-258) and general acid (His-280) in the NST catalytic mechanism. A long hydrophobic tunnel adjacent to the dimer interface in each of the two monomers contains electron density for two extended linear molecules that likely belong to either the two fatty acyl chains of a diglyceride lipid or the two polyethylene glycol groups of the detergent Triton X-100. In this work, Triton X-100 maintains the activity and increases the solubility of NST during purification and is critical to the formation of ordered crystals. Together, the mechanistic implications of the NST structure provide insight into lipooligosaccharide sialylation with respect to the association of substrates and the essential membrane-anchored nature of NST on the bacterial surface.
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- Leo Y-C Lin
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Centre for Blood Research University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z3, Canada
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Audry M, Jeanneau C, Imberty A, Harduin-Lepers A, Delannoy P, Breton C. Current trends in the structure-activity relationships of sialyltransferases. Glycobiology 2010; 21:716-26. [PMID: 21098518 DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwq189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Sialyltransferases (STs) represent an important group of enzymes that transfer N-acetylneuraminic acid (Neu5Ac) from cytidine monophosphate-Neu5Ac to various acceptor substrates. In higher animals, sialylated oligosaccharide structures play crucial roles in many biological processes but also in diseases, notably in microbial infection and cancer. Cell surface sialic acids have also been found in a few microorganisms, mainly pathogenic bacteria, and their presence is often associated with virulence. STs are distributed into five different families in the CAZy database (http://www.cazy.org/). On the basis of crystallographic data available for three ST families and fold recognition analysis for the two other families, STs can be grouped into two structural superfamilies that represent variations of the canonical glycosyltransferase (GT-A and GT-B) folds. These two superfamilies differ in the nature of their active site residues, notably the catalytic base (a histidine or an aspartate residue). The observed structural and functional differences strongly suggest that these two structural superfamilies have evolved independently.
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- Magali Audry
- CERMAV-CNRS, Grenoble University, Grenoble, France
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Banoub JH, El Aneed A, Cohen AM, Joly N. Structural investigation of bacterial lipopolysaccharides by mass spectrometry and tandem mass spectrometry. MASS SPECTROMETRY REVIEWS 2010; 29:606-650. [PMID: 20589944 DOI: 10.1002/mas.20258] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Mass spectrometric studies are now playing a leading role in the elucidation of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) structures through the characterization of antigenic polysaccharides, core oligosaccharides and lipid A components including LPS genetic modifications. The conventional MS and MS/MS analyses together with CID fragmentation provide additional structural information complementary to the previous analytical experiments, and thus contribute to an integrated strategy for the simultaneous characterization and correct sequencing of the carbohydrate moiety.
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- Joseph H Banoub
- Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Science Branch, Special Projects, P.O. Box 5667, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada A1C 5X1.
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Miller WG, Parker CT, Rubenfield M, Mendz GL, Wösten MMSM, Ussery DW, Stolz JF, Binnewies TT, Hallin PF, Wang G, Malek JA, Rogosin A, Stanker LH, Mandrell RE. The complete genome sequence and analysis of the epsilonproteobacterium Arcobacter butzleri. PLoS One 2007; 2:e1358. [PMID: 18159241 PMCID: PMC2147049 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 159] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2007] [Accepted: 11/19/2007] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Arcobacter butzleri is a member of the epsilon subdivision of the Proteobacteria and a close taxonomic relative of established pathogens, such as Campylobacter jejuni and Helicobacter pylori. Here we present the complete genome sequence of the human clinical isolate, A. butzleri strain RM4018. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS Arcobacter butzleri is a member of the Campylobacteraceae, but the majority of its proteome is most similar to those of Sulfuromonas denitrificans and Wolinella succinogenes, both members of the Helicobacteraceae, and those of the deep-sea vent Epsilonproteobacteria Sulfurovum and Nitratiruptor. In addition, many of the genes and pathways described here, e.g. those involved in signal transduction and sulfur metabolism, have been identified previously within the epsilon subdivision only in S. denitrificans, W. succinogenes, Sulfurovum, and/or Nitratiruptor, or are unique to the subdivision. In addition, the analyses indicated also that a substantial proportion of the A. butzleri genome is devoted to growth and survival under diverse environmental conditions, with a large number of respiration-associated proteins, signal transduction and chemotaxis proteins and proteins involved in DNA repair and adaptation. To investigate the genomic diversity of A. butzleri strains, we constructed an A. butzleri DNA microarray comprising 2238 genes from strain RM4018. Comparative genomic indexing analysis of 12 additional A. butzleri strains identified both the core genes of A. butzleri and intraspecies hypervariable regions, where <70% of the genes were present in at least two strains. CONCLUSION/SIGNIFICANCE The presence of pathways and loci associated often with non-host-associated organisms, as well as genes associated with virulence, suggests that A. butzleri is a free-living, water-borne organism that might be classified rightfully as an emerging pathogen. The genome sequence and analyses presented in this study are an important first step in understanding the physiology and genetics of this organism, which constitutes a bridge between the environment and mammalian hosts.
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- William G Miller
- Produce Safety and Microbiology Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, US Department of Agriculture, Albany, California, United States of America.
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Leipold MD, Vinogradov E, Whitfield C. Glycosyltransferases involved in biosynthesis of the outer core region of Escherichia coli lipopolysaccharides exhibit broader substrate specificities than is predicted from lipopolysaccharide structures. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:26786-26792. [PMID: 17631498 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m704131200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The waaJ, waaT, and waaR genes encode alpha-1,2-glycosyltransferases involved in synthesis of the outer core region of the lipopolysaccharide of Escherichia coli. They belong to the glycosyltransferase CAZy family 8, characterized by the GT-A fold, DXD motifs, and by retention of configuration at the anomeric carbon of the donor sugar. Each enzyme adds a hexose residue at the same stage of core oligosaccharide backbone extension. However, they differ in the epimers for their donor nucleotide sugars, and in their acceptor residues. WaaJ is a UDP-glucose: (galactosyl) LPS alpha-1,2-glucosyltransferase, whereas WaaR and WaaT have UDP-glucose:(glucosyl) LPS alpha-1,2-glucosyltransferase and UDP-galactose:(glucosyl) LPS alpha-1,2-galactosyltransferase activities, respectively. The objective of this work was to examine their ability to utilize alternate donors and acceptors. When expressed in the heterologous host, each enzyme was able to extend the alternate LPS acceptor in vivo but they retained their natural donor specificity. In vitro assays were then performed to test the effect of substituting the epimeric donor sugar on incorporation efficiency with the natural LPS acceptor of the enzyme. Although each enzyme could utilize the alternate donor epimer, activity was compromised because of significant decreases in k(cat) and corresponding increases in K(m)(donor). Finally, in vitro assays were performed to probe acceptor preference in the absence of the cellular machinery. The results were enzyme-dependent: while an alternate acceptor had no significant effect on the kinetic behavior of His(6)-WaaT, His(6)-WaaJ showed a significantly decreased k(cat) and increased K(m)(acceptor). These results illustrate the differences in behavior between closely related glycosyltransferase enzymes involved in the synthesis of similar glycoconjugates and have implications for glycoengineering applications.
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- Michael D Leipold
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada.
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Leipold MD, Kaniuk NA, Whitfield C. The C-terminal Domain of the Escherichia coli WaaJ glycosyltransferase is important for catalytic activity and membrane association. J Biol Chem 2006; 282:1257-64. [PMID: 17090541 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m608164200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The waaJ gene encodes an alpha-1,2-glucosyltransferase involved in the synthesis of the outer core region of the lipopolysaccha-ride of some Escherichia coli and Salmonella isolates. WaaJ belongs to glycosyltransferase CAZy family 8, characterized by the GT-A fold, a DXD motif, and by retention of configuration at the anomeric carbon of the donor sugar. Detailed kinetic and structural information for bacterial family 8 glycosyltransferases has resulted from studies of Neisseria meningitidis LgtC. As many as 28 amino acids could be deleted from the C terminus of LgtC without affecting its in vitro catalytic behavior. This C-terminal domain has a high ratio of positively charged and hydrophobic residues, a feature conserved in WaaJ and some other family 8 representatives. Unexpectedly, deletion of as few as five residues from the C terminus of WaaJ resulted in substantially reduced in vivo activity. With deletions of 15 residues or less, activity was only detected when levels of expression were elevated. No in vivo activity was detected after the removal of 20 amino acids, regardless of expression levels. Longer deletions (20 residues and greater) compromised the ability of WaaJ to associate with the membrane. However, the reduced in vivo activity in enzymes lacking 5-12 C-terminal residues also reflected a dramatic drop in catalytic activity in vitro (a 294-fold decrease in the apparent kcat/Km,LPS). Deletions removing 20 or more residues resulted in a protein showing no detectable in vitro activity. Therefore, the C-terminal domain of WaaJ plays a critical role in enzyme function.
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- Michael D Leipold
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada
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Papagrigorakis MJ, Yapijakis C, Synodinos PN, Baziotopoulou-Valavani E. Insufficient phylogenetic analysis may not exclude candidacy of typhoid fever as a probable cause of the Plague of Athens (reply to Shapiro et al.). Int J Infect Dis 2006. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2006.02.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Hiratsuka K, Logan SM, Conlan JW, Chandan V, Aubry A, Smirnova N, Ulrichsen H, Chan KHN, Griffith DW, Harrison BA, Li J, Altman E. Identification of a D-glycero-D-manno-heptosyltransferase gene from Helicobacter pylori. J Bacteriol 2005; 187:5156-65. [PMID: 16030209 PMCID: PMC1196013 DOI: 10.1128/jb.187.15.5156-5165.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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We have identified a Helicobacter pylori d-glycero-d-manno-heptosyltransferase gene, HP0479, which is involved in the biosynthesis of the outer core region of H. pylori lipopolysaccharide (LPS). Insertional inactivation of HP0479 resulted in formation of a truncated LPS molecule lacking an alpha-1,6-glucan-, dd-heptose-containing outer core region and O-chain polysaccharide. Detailed structural analysis of purified LPS from HP0479 mutants of strains SS1, 26695, O:3, and PJ1 by a combination of chemical and mass spectrometric methods showed that HP0479 likely encodes alpha-1,2-d-glycero-d-manno-heptosyltransferase, which adds a d-glycero-d-manno-heptose residue (DDHepII) to a distal dd-heptose of the core oligosaccharide backbone of H. pylori LPS. When the wild-type HP0479 gene was reintegrated into the chromosome of strain 26695 by using an "antibiotic cassette swapping" method, the complete LPS structure was restored. Introduction of the HP0479 mutation into the H. pylori mouse-colonizing Sydney (SS1) strain and the clinical isolate PJ1, which expresses dd-heptoglycan, resulted in the loss of colonization in a mouse model. This indicates that H. pylori expressing a deeply truncated LPS is unable to successfully colonize the murine stomach and provides evidence for a critical role of the outer core region of H. pylori LPS in colonization.
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- Koji Hiratsuka
- Institute for Biological Sciences, National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is the major surface molecule of Gram-negative bacteria and consists of three distinct structural domains: O-antigen, core, and lipid A. The lipid A (endotoxin) domain of LPS is a unique, glucosamine-based phospholipid that serves as the hydrophobic anchor of LPS and is the bioactive component of the molecule that is associated with Gram-negative septic shock. The structural genes encoding the enzymes required for the biosynthesis of Escherchia coli lipid A have been identified and characterized. Lipid A is often viewed as a constitutively synthesized structural molecule. However, determination of the exact chemical structures of lipid A from diverse Gram-negative bacteria shows that the molecule can be further modified in response to environmental stimuli. These modifications have been implicated in virulence of pathogenic Gram-negative bacteria and represent one of the molecular mechanisms of microbial surface remodeling used by bacteria to help evade the innate immune response. The intent of this review is to discuss the enzymatic machinery involved in the biosynthesis of lipid A, transport of the molecule, and finally, those enzymes involved in the modification of its structure in response to environmental stimuli.
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- M Stephen Trent
- Department of Microbiology, East Tennessee State University, J.H. Quillen College of Medicine, Johnson City, 37164, USA.
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Kaniuk NA, Vinogradov E, Whitfield C. Investigation of the structural requirements in the lipopolysaccharide core acceptor for ligation of O antigens in the genus Salmonella: WaaL "ligase" is not the sole determinant of acceptor specificity. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:36470-80. [PMID: 15215252 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m401366200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The ligation of O antigen polysaccharide to lipid A-core oligosaccharide is a late step in the formation of the complex glycolipid known as lipopolysaccharide. Although the process has been localized to the periplasmic face of the inner membrane, details of the ligation mechanism have not been resolved. To date, there is only one gene product (WaaL, often referred to as "ligase") known to be required. There exists a requirement for a specific lipid A-core oligosaccharide acceptor structure for ligation activity, and it has been proposed that the WaaL protein imparts this acceptor specificity. Here the structural requirements in the core oligosaccharide acceptor for O antigen ligation are investigated in prototype serovars of Salmonella enterica. Complementation experiments in mutants with defined core oligosaccharide structure indicate that the specificity of the ligation reaction for a particular core oligosaccharide structure is not dependent on the WaaL protein alone. The data provide the first indication of a more complicated recognition process involving additional cellular components.
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- Natalia A Kaniuk
- Department of Microbiology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada
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Kaniuk NA, Vinogradov E, Li J, Monteiro MA, Whitfield C. Chromosomal and plasmid-encoded enzymes are required for assembly of the R3-type core oligosaccharide in the lipopolysaccharide of Escherichia coli O157:H7. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:31237-50. [PMID: 15155763 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m401879200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The type R3 core oligosaccharide predominates in the lipopolysaccharides from enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli isolates including O157:H7. The R3 core biosynthesis (waa) genetic locus contains two genes, waaD and waaJ, that are predicted to encode glycosyltransferases involved in completion of the outer core. Through determination of the structures of the lipopolysaccharide core in precise mutants and biochemical analyses of enzyme activities, WaaJ was shown to be a UDP-glucose:(galactosyl) lipopolysaccharide alpha-1,2-glucosyltransferase, and WaaD was shown to be a UDP-glucose:(glucosyl)lipopolysaccharide alpha-1,2-glucosyltransferase. The residue added by WaaJ was identified as the ligation site for O polysaccharide, and this was confirmed by determination of the structure of the linkage region in serotype O157 lipopolysaccharide. The initial O157 repeat unit begins with an N-acetylgalactosamine residue in a beta-anomeric configuration, whereas the biological repeat unit for O157 contains alpha-linked N-acetylgalactosamine residues. With the characterization of WaaJ and WaaD, the activities of all of the enzymes encoded by the R3 waa locus are either known or predicted from homology data with a high level of confidence. However, when core oligosaccharide structure is considered, the origin of an additional alpha-1,3-linked N-acetylglucosamine residue in the outer core is unknown. The gene responsible for a nonstoichiometric alpha-1,7-linked N-acetylglucosamine substituent in the heptose (inner core) region was identified on the large virulence plasmids of E. coli O157 and Shigella flexneri serotype 2a. This is the first plasmid-encoded core oligosaccharide biosynthesis enzyme reported in E. coli.
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- Natalia A Kaniuk
- Department of Microbiology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada
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Frirdich E, Lindner B, Holst O, Whitfield C. Overexpression of the waaZ gene leads to modification of the structure of the inner core region of Escherichia coli lipopolysaccharide, truncation of the outer core, and reduction of the amount of O polysaccharide on the cell surface. J Bacteriol 2003; 185:1659-71. [PMID: 12591884 PMCID: PMC148070 DOI: 10.1128/jb.185.5.1659-1671.2003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2002] [Accepted: 12/03/2002] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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The waa gene cluster is responsible for the biosynthesis of the lipopolysaccharide (LPS) core region in Escherichia coli and Salmonella: Homologs of the waaZ gene product are encoded by the waa gene clusters of Salmonella enterica and E. coli strains with the K-12 and R2 core types. Overexpression of WaaZ in E. coli and S. enterica led to a modified LPS structure showing core truncations and (where relevant) to a reduction in the amount of O-polysaccharide side chains. Mass spectrometry and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy were used to determine the predominant LPS structures in an E. coli isolate with an R1 core (waaZ is lacking from the type R1 waa gene cluster) with a copy of the waaZ gene added on a plasmid. Novel truncated LPS structures, lacking up to 3 hexoses from the outer core, resulted from WaaZ overexpression. The truncated molecules also contained a KdoIII residue not normally found in the R1 core.
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- Emilisa Frirdich
- Department of Microbiology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1, Canada
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