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Chassy BM, Alpert CA. Molecular characterization of the plasmid-encoded lactose-PTS ofLactobacillus casei. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2013. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1989.tb14112.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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O'Donnell MM, O'Toole PW, Ross RP. Catabolic flexibility of mammalian-associated lactobacilli. Microb Cell Fact 2013; 12:48. [PMID: 23680304 PMCID: PMC3668208 DOI: 10.1186/1475-2859-12-48] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2013] [Accepted: 05/08/2013] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Metabolic flexibility may be generally defined as “the capacity for the organism to adapt fuel oxidation to fuel availability”. The metabolic diversification strategies used by individual bacteria vary greatly from the use of novel or acquired enzymes to the use of plasmid-localised genes and transporters. In this review, we describe the ability of lactobacilli to utilise a variety of carbon sources from their current or new environments in order to grow and survive. The genus Lactobacillus now includes more than 150 species, many with adaptive capabilities, broad metabolic capacity and species/strain variance. They are therefore, an informative example of a cell factory capable of adapting to new niches with differing nutritional landscapes. Indeed, lactobacilli naturally colonise and grow in a wide variety of environmental niches which include the roots and foliage of plants, silage, various fermented foods and beverages, the human vagina and the mammalian gastrointestinal tract (GIT; including the mouth, stomach, small intestine and large intestine). Here we primarily describe the metabolic flexibility of some lactobacilli isolated from the mammalian gastrointestinal tract, and we also describe some of the food-associated species with a proven ability to adapt to the GIT. As examples this review concentrates on the following species - Lb. plantarum, Lb. acidophilus, Lb. ruminis, Lb. salivarius, Lb. reuteri and Lb. sakei, to highlight the diversity and inter-relationships between the catabolic nature of species within the genus.
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Collins M, Thompson J. Lactose metabolism and lactase gene sequence homologies amongst lactobacilli. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.1992.tb02983.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Von Husby KO, Nes IF. Changes in the plasmid profile ofLactobacillus plantarumobtained from commercial meat starter cultures. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.1986.tb05086.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Bron PA, Hoffer SM, Van Swam II, De Vos WM, Kleerebezem M. Selection and characterization of conditionally active promoters in Lactobacillus plantarum, using alanine racemase as a promoter probe. Appl Environ Microbiol 2004; 70:310-7. [PMID: 14711657 PMCID: PMC321294 DOI: 10.1128/aem.70.1.310-317.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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This paper describes the use of the alr gene, encoding alanine racemase, as a promoter-screening tool for the identification of conditional promoters in Lactobacillus plantarum. Random fragments of the L. plantarum WCFS1 genome were cloned upstream of the promoterless alr gene of Lactococcus lactis in a low-copy-number plasmid vector. The resulting plasmid library was introduced into an L. plantarum Deltaalr strain (MD007), and 40,000 clones were selected. The genome coverage of the library was estimated to be 98%, based on nucleotide insert sequence and restriction analyses of the inserts of randomly selected clones. The library was screened for clones that were capable of complementing the D-alanine auxotroph phenotype of MD007 in media containing up to 10, 100, or 300 micro g of the competitive Alr inhibitor D-cycloserine per ml. Western blot analysis with polyclonal antibodies raised against lactococcal Alr revealed that the Alr production level required for growth increased in the presence of increasing concentrations of D-cycloserine, adding a quantitative factor to the primarily qualitative nature of the alr complementation screen. Screening of the alr complementation library for clones that could grow only in the presence of 0.8 M NaCl resulted in the identification of eight clones that upon Western blot analysis showed significantly higher Alr production under high-salt conditions than under low-salt conditions. These results established the effectiveness of the alanine racemase complementation screening method for the identification of promoters on their conditional or constitutive activity.
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- Peter A Bron
- Wageningen Centre for Food Sciences. NIZO food research, 6710 BA Ede, The Netherlands
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Lactobacilli play a substantial role in food biotechnology and influence our quality of life by their fermentative and probiotic properties. Despite their obvious importance in fermentation ecology and biotechnology only recent years have brought some insight into the genetics of lactobacilli. These genetic investigations allow the elucidation of traits determinative for competitiveness and ecology and thus product safety and quality. They have concentrated only on a small selection of lactobacilli whereas others are hardly touched or remained recalcitrant to genetic analysis and manipulation. The knowledge gained on the biochemistry, physiology, ecology and especially genetics is a prerequisite for the deliberate application and improved handling of lactobacilli in traditional and novel applications. In this review, the achievements in the genetics of lactobacilli are described including detection systems, genetic elements, host vector systems, gene cloning and expression and risk assessment of genetically engineered lactobacilli.
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- R F Vogel
- Lehrstuhl für Technische Mikrobiologie, Technische Universität München, Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany
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This review describes Lactobacillus plasmids on distribution, structure, function, vector construction, vector stability, application, and prospective. About 38% of species of the genus Lactobacillus were found to contain plasmids with different sizes (from 1.2 to 150 kb) and varied numbers (1 or more). Some Lactobacillus plasmids with small sizes were highly similar to those of single strand plasmids from other Gram-positive bacteria. The extensive sequence homologies of plus origins, replication initiation proteins, minus origins, cointegration sites, and the presence of single strand intermediates supported the fact that these small Lactobacillus plasmids replicate with a rolling-circle replication mechanism. Some Lactobacillus plasmid replicons were of broad host range that could function in other Gram-positive bacteria, and even in Escherichia coli, while replicons of other Gram-positive bacteria also function in Lactobacillus. Although most Lactobacillus plasmids are cryptic, some plasmid-encoded functions have been discovered and applied to vector construction and Lactobacillus identification, detection, and modification.
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- T T Wang
- Department of Food Science and Agricultural Chemistry, McGill University, Quebec, Canada
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Lactose utilization is the primary function of lactic acid bacteria used in industrial dairy fermentations. The mechanism by which lactose is transported determines largely the pathway for the hydrolysis of the internalized disaccharide and the fate of the glucose and galactose moieties. Biochemical and genetic studies have indicated that lactose can be transported via phosphotransferase systems, transport systems dependent on ATP binding cassette proteins, or secondary transport systems including proton symport and lactose-galactose antiport systems. The genetic determinants for the group translocation and secondary transport systems have been identified in lactic acid bacteria and are reviewed here. In many cases the lactose genes are organized into operons or operon-like structures with a modular organization, in which the genes encoding lactose transport are tightly linked to those for lactose hydrolysis. In addition, in some cases the genes involved in the galactose metabolism are linked to or co-transcribed with the lactose genes, suggesting a common evolutionary pathway. The lactose genes show characteristic configurations and very high sequence identity in some phylogenetically distant lactic acid bacteria such as Leuconostoc and Lactobacillus or Lactococcus and Lactobacillus. The significance of these results for the adaptation of lactic acid bacteria to the industrial milk environment in which lactose is the sole energy source is discussed.
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- W M de Vos
- Department of Biophysical Chemistry, NIZO, Ede, The Netherlands
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Isolation and structural analysis of the phospho-β-galactosidase gene from Lactobacillus acidophilus. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/0922-338x(94)90249-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Jagusztyn-Krynicka EK, Hansen JB, Crow VL, Thomas TD, Honeyman AL, Curtiss R. Streptococcus mutans serotype c tagatose 6-phosphate pathway gene cluster. J Bacteriol 1992; 174:6152-8. [PMID: 1328153 PMCID: PMC207682 DOI: 10.1128/jb.174.19.6152-6158.1992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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DNA cloned into Escherichia coli K-12 from a serotype c strain of Streptococcus mutans encodes three enzyme activities for galactose utilization via the tagatose 6-phosphate pathway: galactose 6-phosphate isomerase, tagatose 6-phosphate kinase, and tagatose-1,6-bisphosphate aldolase. The genes coding for the tagatose 6-phosphate pathway were located on a 3.28-kb HindIII DNA fragment. Analysis of the tagatose proteins expressed by recombinant plasmids in minicells was used to determine the sizes of the various gene products. Mutagenesis of these plasmids with transposon Tn5 was used to determine the order of the tagatose genes. Tagatose 6-phosphate isomerase appears to be composed of 14- and 19-kDa subunits. The sizes of the kinase and aldolase were found to be 34 and 36 kDa, respectively. These values correspond to those reported previously for the tagatose pathway enzymes in Staphylococcus aureus and Lactococcus lactis.
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Obst M, Hehn R, Vogel RF, Hammes WP. Lactose metabolism inLactobacillus curvatusandLactobacillus sake. FEMS Microbiol Lett 1992. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1992.tb05465.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Heaton MP, Neuhaus FC. Biosynthesis of D-alanyl-lipoteichoic acid: cloning, nucleotide sequence, and expression of the Lactobacillus casei gene for the D-alanine-activating enzyme. J Bacteriol 1992; 174:4707-17. [PMID: 1385594 PMCID: PMC206267 DOI: 10.1128/jb.174.14.4707-4717.1992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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The D-alanine-activating enzyme (Dae; EC 6.3.2.4) encoded by the dae gene from Lactobacillus casei ATCC 7469 is a cytosolic protein essential for the formation of the D-alanyl esters of membrane-bound lipoteichoic acid. The gene has been cloned, sequenced, and expressed in Escherichia coli, an organism which does not possess Dae activity. The open reading frame is 1,518 nucleotides and codes for a protein of 55.867 kDa, a value in agreement with the 56 kDa obtained by electrophoresis. A putative promoter and ribosome-binding site immediately precede the dae gene. A second open reading frame contiguous with the dae gene has also been partially sequenced. The organization of these genetic elements suggests that more than one enzyme necessary for the biosynthesis of D-alanyl-lipoteichoic acid may be present in this operon. Analysis of the amino acid sequence deduced from the dae gene identified three regions with significant homology to proteins in the following groups of ATP-utilizing enzymes: (i) the acid-thiol ligases, (ii) the activating enzymes for the biosynthesis of enterobactin, and (iii) the synthetases for tyrocidine, gramicidin S, and penicillin. From these comparisons, a common motif (GXXGXPK) has been identified that is conserved in the 19 protein domains analyzed. This motif may represent the phosphate-binding loop of an ATP-binding site for this class of enzymes. A DNA fragment (1,568 nucleotides) containing the dae gene and its putative ribosome-binding site has been subcloned and expressed in E. coli. Approximately 0.5% of the total cell protein is active Dae, whereas 21% is in the form of inclusion bodies. The isolation of this minimal fragment without a native promoter sequence provides the basis for designing a genetic system for modulating the D-alanine ester content of lipoteichoic acid.
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- M P Heaton
- Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208
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Transformation ofLactobacillus reuteri with electroporation: Studies on the erythromycin resistance plasmid pLUL631. Curr Microbiol 1992. [DOI: 10.1007/bf01579282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Thompson K, Collins M. Molecular cloning in Lactobacillus helveticus by plasmid pSA3::pVA797 co-integrate formation and conjugal transfer. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 1991; 35:334-8. [PMID: 1367540 DOI: 10.1007/bf00172722] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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A gene encoding beta-glucanase activity from Bacillus amyloliquefaciens was subcloned in both orientations into plasmid shuttle vector pSA3. In only one orientation could a co-integrate be generated with the conjugative plasmid pVA797. The plasmid co-integrate was conjugated into Lactobacillus helveticus strain CNRZ450, where it was stably maintained without antibiotic selection and exhibited beta-glucanase activity. This method of introducing cloned DNA into thermophilic lactobacilli will facilitate the study of heterologous gene expression in non-transformable species.
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- K Thompson
- Food and Agricultural Microbiology Research Division, Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland, Belfast, UK
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Alpert CA, Chassy BM. Molecular cloning and DNA sequence of lacE, the gene encoding the lactose-specific enzyme II of the phosphotransferase system of Lactobacillus casei. Evidence that a cysteine residue is essential for sugar phosphorylation. J Biol Chem 1990. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)45742-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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The Microecology of Lactobacilli Inhabiting the Gastrointestinal Tract. ADVANCES IN MICROBIAL ECOLOGY 1990. [DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4684-7612-5_4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Ahrné S, Molin G, StÅhl S. Plasmids in Lactobacillus Strains Isolated from Meat and Meat Products. Syst Appl Microbiol 1989. [DOI: 10.1016/s0723-2020(89)80031-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/15/2022]
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Tannock GW. Mini review: Molecular genetics: A new tool for investigating the microbial ecology of the gastrointestinal tract? MICROBIAL ECOLOGY 1988; 15:239-256. [PMID: 24201404 DOI: 10.1007/bf02012640] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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- G W Tannock
- Department of Microbiology, University of Otago, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand
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Alpert CA, Chassy BM. Molecular cloning and nucleotide sequence of the factor IIIlac gene of Lactobacillus casei. Gene X 1988; 62:277-88. [PMID: 3130296 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(88)90565-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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The lactose-specific factor III (FIIIlac of the phosphoenolpyruvate-dependent phosphotransferase system (PTS) was isolated from Lactobacillus casei and purified to homogeneity by conventional protein purification methods. Its apparent native Mr, estimated from steric exclusion chromatography (approx. 39 kDa), and subunit Mr, estimated from sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gels, indicated that it exists as a trimer of identical subunits of 13 kDa. The gene for FIII L. casei lac was cloned into Escherichia coli using the vector pUC18. The coding sequences were contained on an 860-bp BglII-HindIII DNA fragment of the L. casei lactose plasmid, pLZ64. A protein identical in properties to FIII L. casei lac was isolated from clones of E. coli carrying this DNA insert. The nucleotide sequence of the FIII L. casei lac gene was determined by the dideoxy chain-termination technique. The 336-bp open reading frame for FIII L. casei lac was followed by a stem-loop structure, analogous to a Rho-independent terminator. We concluded that the FIII L. casei lac was the terminal gene in what appears to be an operon comprised of the lactose-PTS-P-beta Gal-coding genes. Comparison of the deduced amino acid sequence of FIII L. caseilac with the amino acid sequence of FIII S. aureus lac (derived from peptide sequencing) demonstrated a high degree of homology (49 identical residues and 21 conservative exchanges out of 103 total aa residues). The FIII L. casei lac lacked his82, previously identified as the phosphorylation site of FIII S. aureus. lac His80 was proposed to be the site of histidyl phosphorylation of FIII L. casei lac.
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- C A Alpert
- Laboratory of Microbiology and Immunology, National Institute of Dental Research, Bethesda, MD 20892
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Porter EV, Chassy BM. Nucleotide sequence of the beta-D-phosphogalactoside galactohydrolase gene of Lactobacillus casei: comparison to analogous pbg genes of other gram-positive organisms. Gene 1988; 62:263-76. [PMID: 3130295 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(88)90564-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Lactose metabolism in Lactobacillus casei occurs via phosphoenolpyruvate-dependent phosphotransferase uptake of lactose and subsequent cleavage of lactose-6-phosphate by beta-D-phosphogalactoside galactohydrolase (P-beta Gal). The genes for lactose uptake and P-beta Gal have been shown to be plasmid-associated in L. casei 64H [Chassy et al., Curr. Microbiol. 1 (1978) 141-144]. The cloned P-beta Gal-coding gene (pbg) previously described [Lee et al., J. Bacteriol. 152 (1982) 1138-1146] was subcloned on a 2.9-kb KpnI-Bg/II fragment isolated from pLZ605. Sequence analysis of this fragment revealed an open reading frame of 1422 bp capable of coding for a protein product containing 474 amino acids and having an Mr of 53,989. The L. casei protein showed a high degree of homology to the proteins whose sequence was deduced from the nucleotide sequence of the pbg genes of Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus lactis. Because of the significant homologies observed, as reflected in amino acid content as well as predicted structural characteristics of the three proteins, we suggest a common origin for the P-beta Gals of these three organisms.
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- E V Porter
- Laboratory of Microbiology and Immunology, National Institute of Dental Research, Bethesda, MD 20892
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Boizet B, Villeval D, Slos P, Novel M, Novel G, Mercenier A. Isolation and structural analysis of the phospho-beta-galactosidase gene from Streptococcus lactis Z268. Gene 1988; 62:249-61. [PMID: 3130294 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(88)90563-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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A 4.4-kb XhoI fragment of Streptococcus lactis L13 (Z268) lactose plasmid pUCL13, containing the beta-D-phosphogalactoside galactohydrolase (P-beta Gal; EC 3.2.1.85)-coding gene has been cloned in Escherichia coli. Further subcloning and deletion of this fragment allowed localization of the P-beta Gal-coding gene (pbg) on a minimal 1.8-kb segment. Expression of P-beta Gal activity was constitutive and was not regulated by glucose in E. coli. The presence of P-beta Gal activity was correlated with the production of a 56.5-kDa protein in E. coli minicells. The nucleotide sequence of the cloned gene was determined and potential promoter structural elements were identified.
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- B Boizet
- Institut de Recherche de Biologie Appliquée, Université de Caen, France
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Sandine WE. Looking backward and forward at the practical applications of genetic researches on lactic acid bacteria. FEMS Microbiol Lett 1987. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1987.tb02461.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Breidt F, Stewart GC. Nucleotide and deduced amino acid sequences of the Staphylococcus aureus phospho-beta-galactosidase gene. Appl Environ Microbiol 1987; 53:969-73. [PMID: 3111370 PMCID: PMC203796 DOI: 10.1128/aem.53.5.969-973.1987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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We sequenced the Staphylococcus aureus phospho-beta-galactosidase gene. The protein product of this gene consisted of 470 amino acids, giving a molecular weight of 54,557. This gene appears to be transcribed as the terminal sequence on a polycistronic message.
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Inamine JM, Lee LN, LeBlanc DJ. Molecular and genetic characterization of lactose-metabolic genes of Streptococcus cremoris. J Bacteriol 1986; 167:855-62. [PMID: 3091581 PMCID: PMC215952 DOI: 10.1128/jb.167.3.855-862.1986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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Lac+ plasmid DNA from Streptococcus cremoris H2 was subcloned with an Escherichia coli vector on a 3.5-kilobase-pair PstI-AvaI fragment. Genetic analysis of the cloned DNA was possible because linear Lac+ DNA fragments were productive in the S. sanguis transformation system. Complementation of S. sanguis Lac-mutants showed that the 3.5-kilobase-pair fragment included the structural gene for 6-phospho-beta-D-galactosidase and either enzyme II-lac or factor III-lac of the lactose-specific phosphoenolpyruvate-dependent phosphotransferase system. Expression of the S. cremoris-like 40,000-dalton 6-phospho-beta-D-galactosidase in S. sanguis Lac+ transformants, rather than the 52,000-dalton wild-type S. sanguis enzyme, demonstrated the occurrence of gene replacement and not gene repair. The evidence supports chromosomal integration as the mechanism by which S. sanguis Lac- recipients are converted to a Lac+ phenotype after transformation with Lac+ DNA. Southern blot data suggest that the Lac+ DNA does not reside on a transposon, but that integration always occurs within a specific HincII fragment of the recipient chromosome. Hybridization experiments demonstrate homology between the S. cremoris Lac+ DNA and cellular DNA from Lac+ strains of Streptococcus lactis, S. mutans, S. faecalis, and S. sanguis.
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Breidt F, Stewart GC. Cloning and expression of the phospho-beta-galactosidase gene of Staphylococcus aureus in Escherichia coli. J Bacteriol 1986; 166:1061-6. [PMID: 3011732 PMCID: PMC215232 DOI: 10.1128/jb.166.3.1061-1066.1986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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The phospho-beta-galactosidase gene of Staphylococcus aureus was cloned in Escherichia coli. This was done by first isolating a staphylococcal transposon Tn551-induced mutant which rendered phospho-beta-galactosidase synthesis partially constitutive because of an insertion nearby this lac structural gene. This allowed selection in E. coli of chimeric plasmids which expressed the erythromycin resistance determinant of Tn551. A 26-kilobase (kb) BamHI insert in plasmid pBR322 was isolated which encoded phospho-beta-galactosidase, as determined by phospho-beta-galactosidase activity measurements. Maxicell experiments showed the presence of 56-, 13.5-, and 31-kilodalton proteins encoded by the staphylococcal DNA. The presence of the 56-kilodalton protein correlated with phospho-beta-galactosidase activity and corresponded in molecular weight to the reported value for the purified enzyme. The nature of the other proteins is unknown. Phospho-beta-galactosidase was apparently expressed in E. coli by a promoter contained within a 2.1-kb EcoRI chromosomal DNA fragment. This fragment, when inserted into a chloramphenicol acetyl transferase promoter detection plasmid, was transcriptionally active in both E. coli and Bacillus subtilis but was much more active in the latter host.
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Hickey MW, Hillier AJ, Jago GR. Transport and Metabolism of Lactose, Glucose, and Galactose in Homofermentative Lactobacilli. Appl Environ Microbiol 1986; 51:825-31. [PMID: 16347041 PMCID: PMC238968 DOI: 10.1128/aem.51.4.825-831.1986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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A number of species of lactobacilli were examined for their ability to ferment both the glucose and galactose moieties of lactose.
Lactobacillus helveticus
strains metabolized both the glucose and galactose moieties, whereas
L. bulgaricus, L. lactis
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L. acidophilus
strains metabolized only the glucose moiety and released galactose into the growth medium. All four species tested contained β-galactosidase activity, and no significant phospho-β-galactosidase activity was observed.
L. bulgaricus
and
L. helveticus
had a phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP):glucose phosphotransferase system for the uptake of glucose, but no evidence for a PEP:lactose phosphotransferase or PEP:galactose phosphotransferase system was obtained.
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- M W Hickey
- Russell Grimwade School of Biochemistry, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3052, and Dairy Research Laboratory, Division of Food Research, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Highett, Victoria 3190, Australia
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Limsowtin GK, Crow VL, Pearce LE. Molecular cloning and expression of theStreptococcus lactistagatose 1,6-bisphosphate aldolase gene inEscherichia coli. FEMS Microbiol Lett 1986. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1986.tb01216.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Chassy BM. Prospects for improving economically significant Lactobacillus strains by ‘genetic technology’. Trends Biotechnol 1985. [DOI: 10.1016/0167-7799(85)90001-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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ISL1: a new transposable element in Lactobacillus casei. MOLECULAR & GENERAL GENETICS : MGG 1985; 200:193-8. [PMID: 2993817 DOI: 10.1007/bf00425423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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The genome structures of a temperate Lactobacillus phage, phi FSW, and its virulent mutants, phi FSVs, were examined by restriction, heteroduplex and nucleotide-sequence analyses. The results showed that two out of three phi FSVs had the same 1.3 kbp insertion (designated as ISL1) at different positions in the phi FSW sequence. ISL1 was 1,256 bp long and contained at least two long open reading frames of 279 and 822 bases on one strand. Inverted repeats were found at the termini of the ISL1 which was bracketed by 3 bp direct repeats of the phi FSW sequence. From this evidence, we concluded that ISL1 was a transposable element in Lactobacillus casei.
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Harlander SK, McKay LL, Schachtele CF. Construction of a Gene Bank of Streptococcus lactis Plasmid pLM2001 Deoxyribonucleic Acid in Escherichia coli. J Dairy Sci 1985. [DOI: 10.3168/jds.s0022-0302(85)80969-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Lee-Wickner LJ, Chassy BM. Characterization and molecular cloning of cryptic plasmids isolated from Lactobacillus casei. Appl Environ Microbiol 1985; 49:1154-61. [PMID: 3923929 PMCID: PMC238522 DOI: 10.1128/aem.49.5.1154-1161.1985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Four small cryptic plasmids were isolated from Lactobacillus casei strains, and restriction endonuclease maps of these plasmids were constructed. Three of the small plasmids (pLZ18C, pLZ19E, and pLZ19F1; 6.4, 4.9, and 4.8 kilobase pairs, respectively) were cloned into Escherichia coli K-12 by using pBR322, pACYC184, and pUC8 as vectors. Two of the plasmids, pLZ18C and pLZ19E, were also cloned into Streptococcus sanguis by using pVA1 as the vector. Hybridization by using nick-translated cloned 32P-labeled L. casei plasmid DNA as the probe revealed that none of the cryptic plasmids had appreciable DNA-DNA homology with the large lactose plasmids found in the L. casei strains, with chromosomal DNAs isolated from these strains. Partial homology was detected among several plasmids isolated from different strains, but not among cryptic plasmids isolated from the same strain.
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Lin JH, Savage DC. Cryptic plasmids in Lactobacillus strains isolated from the murine gastrointestinal tract. Appl Environ Microbiol 1985; 49:1004-6. [PMID: 4004205 PMCID: PMC238488 DOI: 10.1128/aem.49.4.1004-1006.1985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Ten of twenty Lactobacillus strains isolated from the gastrointestinal tracts of animals of several species contained plasmids of 80 to 90 megadaltons or less than 2.6 megadaltons in size, as analyzed by agarose gel electrophoresis. The large plasmids were found only in strains originally isolated from the keratinized epithelium of the murine stomach.
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Gene transfer processes (transduction, conjugation, protoplast fusion mediated exchange, transformation in protoplasts) in lactic acid bacteria are reviewed in this paper. Besides, the detailed molecular nature of lactose plasmids in the Streptococcus lactis C2, 712 and ML3 strain complex is discussed.
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Chassy BM, Thompson J. Regulation of lactose-phosphoenolpyruvate-dependent phosphotransferase system and beta-D-phosphogalactoside galactohydrolase activities in Lactobacillus casei. J Bacteriol 1983; 154:1195-203. [PMID: 6406426 PMCID: PMC217591 DOI: 10.1128/jb.154.3.1195-1203.1983] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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The lactose-phosphoenolpyruvate-dependent phosphotransferase system (lac-PTS) and beta-D-phosphogalactoside galactohydrolase (P-beta-gal) mediate the metabolism of lactose by Lactobacillus casei. Starved cells of L. casei contained a high intracellular concentration of phosphoenolpyruvate, and this endogenous energy reserve facilitated characterization of phosphotransferase system activities in physiologically intact cells. Data obtained from transport studies with whole cells and from in vitro phosphotransferase system assays with permeabilized cells revealed that the lac-PTS had a high affinity for beta-galactosides (e.g., lactose, lactulose, lactobionic acid, and arabinosyl-beta-D-galactoside). lac-PTS and P-beta-gal activities were determined in wild-type strains and strains defective in the glucose-phosphoenolpyruvate-dependent phosphotransferase system after growth on various sugars and in the presence of potential inducers. We found that (i) the lac genes (i.e., the genes coding for the lac-PTS proteins and P-beta-gal) were induced by metabolizable and non-metabolizable beta-galactosides (presumably acting as their phosphorylated derivatives), (ii) galactose 6-phosphate was not an inducer in most strains, (iii) the ratio of lac-PTS activity to P-beta-gal activity in a given strain was not constant, and (iv) inhibition of lac gene expression during growth on glucose was a consequence of glucose-phosphoenolpyruvate-dependent phosphotransferase system-mediated inducer exclusion, repressive effects of a functional glucose-phosphoenolpyruvate-dependent phosphotransferase system and glucose-derived metabolites. The expression of the lac-PTS structural genes and the expression of the P-beta-gal gene are independently regulated and may be subject to both positive control and negative control.
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