Unknown

Dataset Information

0

Identification of a Gene Cluster for the Biosynthesis of a Long, Galactose-Rich Exopolysaccharide in Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG and Functional Analysis of the Priming Glycosyltransferase.


ABSTRACT: Cell surface polysaccharides have an established role as virulence factors in human bacterial pathogens. Less documented are the biosynthesis and biological functions of surface polysaccharides in beneficial bacteria. We identified a gene cluster that encodes the enzymes and regulatory and transporter proteins for the different steps in the biosynthesis of extracellular polysaccharides (EPS) of the well-documented probiotic strain Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG. Subsequent mutation of the welE gene, encoding the priming glycosyltransferase within this cluster, and comparative phenotypic analyses of wild-type versus mutant strains confirmed the specific function of this gene cluster in the biosynthesis of high-molecular-weight, galactose-rich heteropolymeric EPS molecules. The phenotypic analyses included monomer composition determination, estimation of the polymer length of the isolated EPS molecules, and single-molecule force spectroscopy of the surface polysaccharides. Further characterization of the welE mutant also showed that deprivation of these long, galactose-rich EPS molecules results in an increased adherence and biofilm formation capacity of L. rhamnosus GG, possibly because of less shielding of adhesins such as fimbria-like structures.

SUBMITTER: Lebeer S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2687306 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

altmetric image

Publications

Identification of a Gene Cluster for the Biosynthesis of a Long, Galactose-Rich Exopolysaccharide in Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG and Functional Analysis of the Priming Glycosyltransferase.

Lebeer Sarah S   Verhoeven Tine L A TL   Francius Grégory G   Schoofs Geert G   Lambrichts Ivo I   Dufrêne Yves Y   Vanderleyden Jos J   De Keersmaecker Sigrid C J SC  

Applied and environmental microbiology 20090403 11


Cell surface polysaccharides have an established role as virulence factors in human bacterial pathogens. Less documented are the biosynthesis and biological functions of surface polysaccharides in beneficial bacteria. We identified a gene cluster that encodes the enzymes and regulatory and transporter proteins for the different steps in the biosynthesis of extracellular polysaccharides (EPS) of the well-documented probiotic strain Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG. Subsequent mutation of the welE gene,  ...[more]

Similar Datasets

| S-EPMC3623246 | biostudies-literature
2016-07-01 | PXD001201 | Pride
2011-01-01 | GSE22536 | GEO
2011-08-01 | GSE28903 | GEO
| S-EPMC4551240 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC10954633 | biostudies-literature
2011-01-01 | E-GEOD-22536 | biostudies-arrayexpress
2011-07-31 | E-GEOD-28903 | biostudies-arrayexpress
| S-EPMC6393446 | biostudies-other
| S-EPMC6358014 | biostudies-literature