scholarly journals Novel serine/threonine-O-glycosylation with N-acetylneuraminic acid and 3-deoxy-D-manno-octulosonic acid by bacterial flagellin glycosyltransferases

Glycobiology ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aasawari Khairnar ◽  
Sonali Sunsunwal ◽  
Ponnusamy Babu ◽  
T N C Ramya
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Clostridium Botulinum ◽  
Associated Factors ◽  
Nucleotide Sugar ◽  
Acetylneuraminic Acid ◽  
Geobacillus Kaustophilus ◽  
Nonulosonic Acid ◽  
Glycosyl Donor ◽  
Pseudaminic Acid ◽  
Substrate Promiscuity

Abstract Some bacterial flagellins are O-glycosylated on surface-exposed serine/threonine residues with nonulosonic acids such as pseudaminic acid, legionaminic acid and their derivatives by flagellin nonulosonic acid glycosyltransferases, also called motility-associated factors (Maf). We report here two new glycosidic linkages previously unknown in any organism, serine/threonine-O-linked N-acetylneuraminic acid (Ser/Thr-O-Neu5Ac) and serine/threonine-O-linked 3-deoxy-D-manno-octulosonic acid or keto-deoxyoctulosonate (Ser/Thr-O-KDO), both catalyzed by Geobacillus kaustophilus Maf and Clostridium botulinum Maf. We identified these novel glycosidic linkages in recombinant G. kaustophilus and C. botulinum flagellins that were coexpressed with their cognate recombinant Maf protein in Escherichia coli strains producing the appropriate nucleotide sugar glycosyl donor. Our finding that both G. kaustophilus Maf (putative flagellin sialyltransferase) and C. botulinum Maf (putative flagellin legionaminic acid transferase) catalyzed Neu5Ac and KDO transfer on to flagellin indicates that Maf glycosyltransferases display donor substrate promiscuity. Maf glycosyltransferases have the potential to radically expand the scope of neoglycopeptide synthesis and posttranslational protein engineering.

scholarly journals Novel Serine/Threonine-O-glycosylation with N-Acetylneuraminic acid and 3-Deoxy-D-manno-octulosonic acid by Maf glycosyltransferases

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aasawari Khairnar ◽  
Sonali Sunsunwal ◽  
Ponnusamy Babu ◽  
T.N.C. Ramya
Keyword(s):  
Clostridium Botulinum ◽  
Nucleotide Sugar ◽  
Post Translational Modifications ◽  
Acetylneuraminic Acid ◽  
Gram Positive Bacteria ◽  
Geobacillus Kaustophilus ◽  
Nonulosonic Acid ◽  
Glycosyl Donor ◽  
Pseudaminic Acid ◽  
First Time

AbstractSome bacterial flagellins are O-glycosylated on surface-exposed Serine/Threonine residues with nonulosonic acids such as pseudaminic acid, legionaminic acid, and their derivatives by flagellin nonulosonic acid glycosyltransferases, also called Motility associated factors (Maf). We report here two new glycosidic linkages previously unknown in any organism, Serine/Threonine-O-linked N-Acetylneuraminic acid (Ser/Thr-O-Neu5Ac) and Serine/Threonine-O-linked 3-Deoxy-D-manno-octulosonic acid (Ser/Thr-O-KDO), both catalysed by Geobacillus kaustophilus Maf (putative flagellin sialyltransferase) and Clostridium botulinum Maf (putative flagellin legionaminic acid transferase). We identified these novel glycosidic linkages in recombinant G. kaustophilus and C. botulinum flagellins that were co-expressed with their cognate recombinant Maf protein in Escherichia coli strains producing the appropriate nucleotide sugar glycosyl donor. The glycosylation of G. kaustophilus flagellin with KDO, and that of C. botulinum flagellin with Neu5Ac and KDO indicates that Maf glycosyltransferases display donor substrate promiscuity. Maf glycosyltransferases have the potential to radically expand the scope of neoglycopeptide synthesis and posttranslational protein engineering.Significance StatementGlycosylation, the modification of proteins with sugars, is one of the most common post-translational modifications observed in proteins. While glycosylation is versatile, the most common forms of glycosylation are N-glycosylation, where the N atom of Asparagine is modified with a glycan, and O-glycosylation where the O atom of serine or threonine residues is modified with a glycan. Here, we report a novel type of O-glycosylation in the bacterial flagellin proteins of two Gram-positive bacteria, Geobacillus kaustophilus and Clostridium botulinum. We demonstrate for the first time that the enzyme flagellin Maf glycosyltransferase is capable of transferring the monosaccharides, N-acetylneuraminic acid and 3-Deoxy-D-manno-octulosonic acid, on to serine and threonine residues of these proteins.

scholarly journals Sequence of the Cloned Escherichia coli K1 CMP-N-acetylneuraminic Acid Synthetase Gene

1989 ◽  
Vol 264 (25) ◽  
pp. 14769-14774
Author(s):  
G Zapata ◽  
W F Vann ◽  
W Aaronson ◽  
M S Lewis ◽  
M Moos
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Acetylneuraminic Acid ◽  
Escherichia Coli K1

Carbon-13 NMR investigation of the anomeric specificity of CMP-N-acetylneuraminic acid synthetase from Escherichia coli

Biochemistry ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 775-780 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael G. Ambrose ◽  
Stephen J. Freese ◽  
Mary S. Reinhold ◽  
Thomas G. Warner ◽  
Willie F. Vann
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Acetylneuraminic Acid ◽  
Anomeric Specificity

scholarly journals Elimination of 2-keto-3-deoxy-D-glycero-D-galacto-nonulosonic acid 9-phosphate synthase activity from human N-acetylneuraminic acid 9-phosphate synthase by a single mutation

2006 ◽  
Vol 397 (1) ◽  
pp. 195-201 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jijun Hao ◽  
Willie F. Vann ◽  
Stephan Hinderlich ◽  
Munirathinam Sundaramoorthy
Keyword(s):  
Aldol Condensation ◽  
Saturation Mutagenesis ◽  
Single Mutation ◽  
Wild Type ◽  
Wild Type Enzyme ◽  
High Sequence Identity ◽  
Acetylneuraminic Acid ◽  
Nonulosonic Acid ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Phosphate Synthase

The most commonly occurring sialic acid Neu5Ac (N-acetylneuraminic acid) and its deaminated form, KDN (2-keto-3-deoxy-D-glycero-D-galacto-nonulosonic acid), participate in many biological functions. The human Neu5Ac-9-P (Neu5Ac 9-phosphate) synthase has the unique ability to catalyse the synthesis of not only Neu5Ac-9-P but also KDN-9-P (KDN 9-phosphate). Both reactions are catalysed by the mechanism of aldol condensation of PEP (phosphoenolpyruvate) with sugar substrates, ManNAc-6-P (N-acetylmannosamine 6-phosphate) or Man-6-P (mannose 6-phosphate). Mouse and putative rat Neu5Ac-9-P synthases, however, do not show KDN-9-P synthase activity, despite sharing high sequence identity (>95%) with the human enzyme. Here, we demonstrate that a single mutation, M42T, in human Neu5Ac-9-P synthase can abolish the KDN-9-P synthase activity completely without compromising the Neu5Ac-9-P synthase activity. Saturation mutagenesis of Met42 of the human Neu5Ac-9-P synthase showed that the substitution with all amino acids except leucine retains only the Neu5Ac-9-P synthase activity at levels comparable with the wild-type enzyme. The M42L mutant, like the wild-type enzyme, showed the additional KDN-9-P synthase activity. In the homology model of human Neu5Ac-9-P synthase, Met42 is located 22 Å (1 Å=0.1 nm) away from the substrate-binding site and the impact of this distant residue on the enzyme functions is discussed.

scholarly journals Acquisition of virulence-associated factors by the enteric pathogens Escherichia coli and Salmonella enterica

2001 ◽  
Vol 356 (1411) ◽  
pp. 1027-1034 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Wain ◽  
Deborah House ◽  
Derek Pickard ◽  
Gordon Dougan ◽  
Gad Frankel
Keyword(s):  
Escherichia Coli ◽  
Genetic Variation ◽  
Salmonella Enterica ◽  
Associated Factors ◽  
Enteric Pathogens ◽  
Genomic Studies ◽  
Shed Light

In this review we summarize recent genomic studies that shed light on the mechanism through which pathogenic Escherichia coli and Salmonella enterica have evolved. We show how acquisition of DNA at specific sites on the chromosome has contributed to increased genetic variation and virulence of these two genera of the Enterobacteriaceae.

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