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Ferrando ML, van Baarlen P, Orrù G, Piga R, Bongers RS, Wels M, De Greeff A, Smith HE, Wells JM. Carbohydrate availability regulates virulence gene expression in Streptococcus suis. PLoS One 2014; 9:e89334. [PMID: 24642967 PMCID: PMC3958366 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0089334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2013] [Accepted: 01/17/2014] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Streptococcus suis is a major bacterial pathogen of young pigs causing worldwide economic problems for the pig industry. S. suis is also an emerging pathogen of humans. Colonization of porcine oropharynx by S. suis is considered to be a high risk factor for invasive disease. In the oropharyngeal cavity, where glucose is rapidly absorbed but dietary α-glucans persist, there is a profound effect of carbohydrate availability on the expression of virulence genes. Nineteen predicted or confirmed S. suis virulence genes that promote adhesion to and invasion of epithelial cells were expressed at higher levels when S. suis was supplied with the α-glucan starch/pullulan compared to glucose as the single carbon source. Additionally the production of suilysin, a toxin that damages epithelial cells, was increased more than ten-fold when glucose levels were low and S. suis was growing on pullulan. Based on biochemical, bioinformatics and in vitro and in vivo gene expression studies, we developed a biological model that postulates the effect of carbon catabolite repression on expression of virulence genes in the mucosa, organs and blood. This research increases our understanding of S. suis virulence mechanisms and has important implications for the design of future control strategies including the development of anti-infective strategies by modulating animal feed composition.
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- M. Laura Ferrando
- Host-Microbe Interactomics, Animal Sciences, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
- Department of Medical Microbiology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Host-Microbe Interactomics, Animal Sciences, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Oral Biotechnology Laboratory, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
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- Host-Microbe Interactomics, Animal Sciences, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Central Veterinary Institute, Animal Sciences Group, Wageningen University, Lelystad, The Netherlands
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- Central Veterinary Institute, Animal Sciences Group, Wageningen University, Lelystad, The Netherlands
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- Host-Microbe Interactomics, Animal Sciences, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Matsui H. Studies on Functional Analysis of Plant Starch Biosynthetic Enzymes. J Appl Glycosci (1999) 2005. [DOI: 10.5458/jag.52.35] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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Rumbak E, Rawlings DE, Lindsey GG, Woods DR. Characterization of the Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens glgB gene, which encodes a glycogen-branching enzyme with starch-clearing activity. J Bacteriol 1991; 173:6732-41. [PMID: 1938880 PMCID: PMC209022 DOI: 10.1128/jb.173.21.6732-6741.1991] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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A Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens H17c glgB gene, was isolated by direct selection for colonies that produced clearing on starch azure plates. The gene was expressed in Escherichia coli from its own promoter. The glgB gene consisted of an open reading frame of 1,920 bp encoding a protein of 639 amino acids (calculated Mr, 73,875) with 46 to 50% sequence homology with other branching enzymes. A limited region of 12 amino acids showed sequence similarity to amylases and glucanotransferases. The B. fibrisolvens branching enzyme was not able to hydrolyze starch but stimulated phosphorylase alpha-mediated incorporation of glucose into alpha-1,4-glucan polymer 13.4-fold. The branching enzyme was purified to homogeneity by a simple two-step procedure; N-terminal sequence and amino acid composition determinations confirmed the deduced translational start and amino acid sequence of the open reading frame. The enzymatic properties of the purified enzyme were investigated. The enzyme transferred chains of 5 to 10 (optimum, 7) glucose units, using amylose and amylopetin as substrates, to produce a highly branched polymer.
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- E Rumbak
- Department of Microbiology, University of Cape Town, South Africa
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Kiel JA, Boels JM, Beldman G, Venema G. Nucleotide sequence of the Synechococcus sp. PCC7942 branching enzyme gene (glgB): expression in Bacillus subtilis. Gene X 1990; 89:77-84. [PMID: 2142668 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(90)90208-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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The nucleotide sequence of the Synechococcus sp. PCC7942 glgB gene has been determined. The gene contains a single open reading frame (ORF) of 2322 bp encoding a polypeptide of 774 amino acids (aa) with an Mr of 89,206. Extensive sequence similarity exists between the deduced aa sequence of the Synechococcus sp. glgB gene product and that of the Escherichia coli branching enzyme in the middle portions of the proteins (62% identical aa). In contrast, the N-terminal portions shared little homology. The sequenced region which follows glgB contains an ORF encoding 79 aa of the N terminus of a polypeptide that shares extensive sequence similarity (41% identical aa) with human and rat uroporphyrinogen decarboxylase. This suggests that the region downstream from glgB contains the hemE gene and, therefore, that the organization of genes involved in glycogen biosynthesis in Synechococcus sp. is different from that described for E. coli. A fusion gene was constructed between the 5' end of the Bacillus licheniformis penP gene and the Synechococcus sp. glgB gene. The fusion gene was efficiently expressed in the Gram+ micro-organism Bacillus subtilis and specified a branching enzyme with an optimal temperature for activity similar to the wild-type enzyme.
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- J A Kiel
- Department of Genetics, Center of Biological Sciences, Haren, The Netherlands
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- J Preiss
- Department of Biochemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48824
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Kiel JA, Elgersma HS, Beldman G, Vossen JP, Venema G. Cloning and expression of the branching enzyme gene (glgB) from the cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. PCC7942 in Escherichia coli. Gene 1989; 78:9-17. [PMID: 2527779 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(89)90309-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Using the glgB gene from Escherichia coli as a hybridization probe, the gene encoding the branching enzyme of the cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. PCC7942 has been identified on a 3.9-kb PstI fragment which was cloned into plasmid pUC9. Two types of plasmids have been isolated. Plasmid pKVN1 was expressing the Synechococcus sp. gene as was shown by complementation of the glgB mutation of E. coli KV832. Plasmid pKVN2, which carried the same insert in the opposite orientation was unable to complement E. coli KV832, indicating that the promoter of the cloned gene was either absent or was not recognized in E. coli. Determination of branching activity in extracts of Synechococcus sp. and E. coli KV832[pKVN1] showed that the enzyme was optimally active at approximately 35 degrees C. No significant activity was present at temperatures higher than 55 degrees C, reflecting the mesophilic nature of the cloned enzyme. In a cell-free coupled transcription-translation system the cloned gene specified two proteins of 84 kDa and 72 kDa, respectively, which are probably translated independently from the same gene by initiation at two different start codons.
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- J A Kiel
- Department of Genetics, Center of Biological Sciences, Haren, The Netherlands
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Biosynthesis of bacterial glycogen. Primary structure of Escherichia coli 1,4-alpha-D-glucan:1,4-alpha-D-glucan 6-alpha-D-(1, 4-alpha-D-glucano)-transferase as deduced from the nucleotide sequence of the glg B gene. J Biol Chem 1986. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)84443-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Chang CW. Study of α-amylase and R-enzyme contaminants in Q-enzyme preparations from cotton leaves. Microchem J 1983. [DOI: 10.1016/0026-265x(83)90074-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Fales FW. A potentiometric method for the determination of the iodine-binding capacity of glycogen. Anal Biochem 1983; 132:424-30. [PMID: 6625175 DOI: 10.1016/0003-2697(83)90030-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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The experimental conditions in the potentiometric method for the determination of the iodine-binding capacity (Ib) of starch and amylose [R. L. Bates, D. French, and R. E. Rundle (1943) J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 65, 142-148] were not suitable for glycogen because of the much lower affinity for iodine of the latter. This difficulty was overcome by titration of small volume with both the iodine and glycogen at high concentration. Using the concentration cell circuit Pt electrode-blank-bridge-glycogen-Pt electrode, small increments of standard iodine solution were added to the blank solution and each was titrated to null by adding iodine to the glucogen solution [G. A. Gilbert and J. V. R. Marriott (1948) Trans. Faraday Soc. 44, 84-93]. Glycogen was determined by an anthrone-sulfuric acid method [F. W. Fales (1951) J. Biol. Chem. 193, 113-124]. Glycogens with Ib's ranging from 1.8 to 5.3% were observed.
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Fales FW. Variation in the degree of branching of the glycogens and an approximate relationship between average exterior chain length and iodine staining. Biopolymers 1980. [DOI: 10.1002/bip.1980.360190810] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Cattaneo J, Chambost JP, Creuzet-Sigal N. Combined action of Escherichia coli glycogen synthase and branching enzyme in the so-called "unprimed" polyglucoside synthesis. Arch Biochem Biophys 1978; 190:85-96. [PMID: 101153 DOI: 10.1016/0003-9861(78)90255-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Pulkownik A, Walker GJ. Metabolism of the reserve polysaccharide of Streptococcus mitior (mitis): is there a second alpha-1,4-glucan phosphorylase? J Bacteriol 1976; 127:281-90. [PMID: 6434 PMCID: PMC233060 DOI: 10.1128/jb.127.1.281-290.1976] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The alpha-1,4-glucan phosphorylase (alpha-1,4-glucan: orthophosphate glucosyltransferase; EC 2.4.1.1) associated with the particulate cell fraction of Streptococcus mitior strain S3 was compared with the soluble maltodextrin phosphorylase that had been previously isolated from the same organism (Walker et al., 1969). The particulate enzyme was more sensitive to the glycogen content of the cell than the soluble euzyme; its activity was highest when the cells were grown under conditions favoring high glycogen storage. Substrate specificities of the two high activity towards endogenous glycogen, whereas low-molecular-weight maltodextrins were the preferred substrates for the soluble phosphorylase. The purification of the particulate phosphorylase included incubation of the particulate fraction in 160 mM sodium phosphate-10 mM sodium citrate-0.1% (wt/vol) Triton X-100 buffer (pH 6.7) and ion-exchange chromatography on diethylamino-ethyl- Sephadex A-50. The purified enzyme was fully soluble. The value for the purification factor was variable and depended on (i) the substrate used and (ii) whether the synthetic or the degradative reaction was being measured. The solubilization resulted in considerable changes in the properties of the phosphorylase: the pH optimum for activity was raised from 6.0 to 7.0-7.5 and the substrate specificity was altered. Consequently, the purified enzyme bore greater similarity to the soluble maltodextrin phosphorylase. The reported results are best explained in terms of a single phosphorylase, the specificity which is determind by its binding state in the cell. The enzyme acts as a glycogen phosphorylase in the particulate state and as a maltodextrin phosphorylase when soluble. The equilibrium between the two forms is related to the glycogen content of the cells.
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Hawker JS, Ozbun JL, Ozaki H, Greenberg E, Preiss J. Interaction of spinach leaf adenosine diphosphate glucose alpha-1,4-glucan alpha-4-glucosyl transferase and alpha-1,4-glucan, alpha-1,4-glucan-6-glycosyl transferase in synthesis of branched alpha-glucan. Arch Biochem Biophys 1974; 160:530-51. [PMID: 4208773 DOI: 10.1016/0003-9861(74)90430-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 174] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Streptococcus mutans, S sanguis, and S salivarius use a phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP)-dependent phosphotransferase system that results in phosphorylation of glucose at carbon 6. This enzyme system is not sensitive to fluoride. Glucose uptake into resting cell suspensions is sensitive to fluoride because of inhibition of intracellular PEP production. The glucose phosphotransferase system is constitutive in oral streptococci.
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Fox J, Kennedy LD, Hawker JS, Ozbun JL, Greenberg E, Lammel C, Preiss J. De novo synthesis of bacterial glycogen and plant starch by ADPG: -glucan 4-glucosyl transferase. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1973; 210:90-103. [PMID: 4572690 DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1973.tb47564.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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