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Abstract

In many Gram-negative bacterial species, rough strains producing truncated lipopolysaccharide (LPS) generally exhibit defects in motility compared with smooth strains. However, the role that LPS plays in bacterial motility is not well understood. The goal of this study was to examine the relationship between LPS defects and motility of . wild-type strain PAO1 and three isogenic mutants with defects in the , and genes and producing truncated core oligosaccharide were investigated in terms of motility, attachment to glass and flagella expression. Compared with the wild-type, the three mutants showed significant retardation in both swarming motility on 0.5 % soft-agar plates and swimming motility on 0.3 % soft-agar plates. Moreover, attachment to abiotic surfaces was observed to be stronger in these mutants. The assembly of flagella appeared to be intact in these strains and the ability of individual cells to swim was unaffected. Flagellin proteins prepared from mutants and , defective in the production of TDP--rhamnose and GDP--rhamnose, respectively, were compared and a change in molecular mass was observed only in the mutant. These data indicated that -rhamnose, and not its enantiomer, -rhamnose, is incorporated into the flagellin glycan of PAO1. The nucleotide-activated sugar precursor TDP--rhamnose is therefore shared between LPS biosynthesis and flagellin glycosylation in PAO1. Our results suggest that although biochemical precursors are shared by LPS and flagellin glycan biosynthesis, LPS truncations probably alter flagella-mediated motility in by modulating cell-surface attachment but not flagella synthesis.

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