Molecular Basis of l -Rhamnose Branch Formation in Streptococcal Coaggregation Receptor Polysaccharides
- 1 June 2006
- journal article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Bacteriology
- Vol. 188 (11), 4125-4130
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jb.01843-05
Abstract
The presence of l -rhamnose (Rha) branches in the coaggregation receptor polysaccharides (RPS) of Streptococcus gordonii 38 and Streptococcus oralis J22 was eliminated by replacement of wefB with ermAM in these strains. The expression of this gene in S. oralis 34 did not, however, result in the addition of Rha branches to the linear RPS of this strain, which is identical to that produced by the wefB -deficient mutant of S. gordonii 38. This paradoxical finding was explained by a subtle difference in acceptor specificity of the galactose-1-phosphotransferases encoded by downstream wefC in S. gordonii 38 and wefH in S. oralis 34. These genes were distinguished by the unique ability of WefC to act on the branched acceptor formed by the action of WefB.Keywords
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