Article: S-layer glycan-specific loci on the chromosome of Geobacillus stearothermophilus NRS 2004/3a and dTDP-L-rhamnose biosynthesis potential of G. stearothermophilus strains.
Microbiology (Reading, England)
2003 Volume 150, Issue Pt 4, Page(s) 953–965
Abstract: ... among G. stearothermophilus strains, and that in the investigated rml-containing strains, dTDP-L-rhamnose ... identified by database sequence comparisons. The cluster encodes dTDP-L-rhamnose biosynthesis (rml operon ... on the S-layer was investigated in seven closely related G. stearothermophilus strains, of which only ...
| Abstract | The approximately 16.5 kb surface layer (S-layer) glycan biosynthesis (slg) gene cluster of the Gram-positive thermophile Geobacillus stearothermophilus NRS 2004/3a has been sequenced. The cluster is located immediately downstream of the S-layer structural gene sgsE and consists of 13 ORFs that have been identified by database sequence comparisons. The cluster encodes dTDP-L-rhamnose biosynthesis (rml operon), required for building up the polyrhamnan S-layer glycan, as well as for assembly and export of the elongated glycan chain, and its transfer to the S-layer protein. This is the first report of a gene cluster likely to be involved in the glycosylation of an S-layer protein. There is evidence that this cluster is transcribed as a polycistronic unit, whereas sgsE is transcribed monocistronically. To get insights into the regulatory mechanisms underlying glycosylation of the S-layer protein, the influence of growth temperature on the S-layer was investigated in seven closely related G. stearothermophilus strains, of which only strain NRS 2004/3a possessed a glycosylated S-layer. Chromosomal DNA preparations of these strains were screened for the presence of the rml operon, because L-rhamnose is a frequent constituent of S-layer glycans. From rml-positive strains, flanking regions of the operon were sequenced. Comparison with the slg gene cluster of G. stearothermophilus NRS 2004/3a revealed sequence homologies between adjacent genes. The temperature inducibility of S-layer protein glycosylation was investigated in those strains by raising the growth temperature from 55 degrees C to 67 degrees C; no change of either the protein banding pattern or the glycan staining behaviour was observed on SDS-PAGE gels, although the sgsE transcript was several-fold more abundant at 67 degrees C. Cell-free extracts of the strains were capable of converting dTDP-D-glucose to dtdp-L-rhamnose. Taken together, the results indicate that the rml locus is highly conserved among G. stearothermophilus strains, and that in the investigated rml-containing strains, dTDP-L-rhamnose is actively synthesized in vitro. However, in contrast to previous reports for G. stearothermophilus wild-type strains, an increase in growth temperature did not switch an S-layer protein phenotype to an S-layer glycoprotein phenotype, via the de novo generation of a new S-layer gene sequence. |
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| MeSH term(s) | Bacillaceae/genetics ; Bacillaceae/growth & development ; Bacterial Proteins/chemistry ; Bacterial Proteins/genetics ; Bacterial Proteins/metabolism ; Chromosomes, Bacterial ; Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial ; Glycosylation ; Membrane Glycoproteins/chemistry ; Membrane Glycoproteins/genetics ; Membrane Glycoproteins/metabolism ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Multigene Family ; Nucleoside Diphosphate Sugars/biosynthesis ; Polysaccharides/genetics ; Polysaccharides/metabolism ; Sequence Analysis, DNA ; Temperature ; Thymine Nucleotides/biosynthesis |
| Chemical Substances | Bacterial Proteins ; Membrane Glycoproteins ; Nucleoside Diphosphate Sugars ; Polysaccharides ; S-layer proteins ; Thymine Nucleotides ; thymidine diphosphate rhamnose (2147-59-3) |
| Language | English |
| Publishing date | 2003-10-16 |
| Publishing country | England |
| Document type | Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
| ZDB-ID | 1180712-x |
| ISSN | 1465-2080 ; 1350-0872 |
| ISSN (online) | 1465-2080 |
| ISSN | 1350-0872 |
| DOI | 10.1099/mic.0.26672-0 |
| Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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