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Functional and morphological adaptation to peptidoglycan precursor alteration in Lactococcus lactis.


ABSTRACT: Cell wall peptidoglycan assembly is a tightly regulated process requiring the combined action of multienzyme complexes. In this study we provide direct evidence showing that substrate transformations occurring at the different stages of this process play a crucial role in the spatial and temporal coordination of the cell wall synthesis machinery. Peptidoglycan substrate alteration was investigated in the Gram-positive bacterium Lactococcus lactis by substituting the peptidoglycan precursor biosynthesis genes of this bacterium for those of the vancomycin-resistant bacterium Lactobacillus plantarum. A set of L. lactis mutant strains in which the normal d-Ala-ended precursors were partially or totally replaced by d-Lac-ended precursors was generated. Incorporation of the altered precursor into the cell wall induced morphological changes arising from a defect in cell elongation and cell separation. Structural analysis of the muropeptides confirmed that the activity of multiple enzymes involved in peptidoglycan synthesis was altered. Optimization of this altered pathway was necessary to increase the level of vancomycin resistance conferred by the utilization of d-Lac-ended peptidoglycan precursors in the mutant strains. The implications of these findings on the control of bacterial cell morphogenesis and the mechanisms of vancomycin resistance are discussed.

SUBMITTER: Deghorain M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2911304 | biostudies-other | 2010 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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Functional and morphological adaptation to peptidoglycan precursor alteration in Lactococcus lactis.

Deghorain Marie M   Fontaine Laetitia L   David Blandine B   Mainardi Jean-Luc JL   Courtin Pascal P   Daniel Richard R   Errington Jeff J   Sorokin Alexei A   Bolotin Alexander A   Chapot-Chartier Marie-Pierre MP   Hallet Bernard B   Hols Pascal P  

The Journal of biological chemistry 20100604 31


Cell wall peptidoglycan assembly is a tightly regulated process requiring the combined action of multienzyme complexes. In this study we provide direct evidence showing that substrate transformations occurring at the different stages of this process play a crucial role in the spatial and temporal coordination of the cell wall synthesis machinery. Peptidoglycan substrate alteration was investigated in the Gram-positive bacterium Lactococcus lactis by substituting the peptidoglycan precursor biosy  ...[more]

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