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Volume 159, Issue Pt_7

Occurrence of mutations impairing sigma factor B (SigB) function upon inactivation of genes encoding surface proteins Free

Abstract

Bacteria of the genus contain the largest family of LPXTG surface proteins covalently anchored to the peptidoglycan. The extent to which these proteins may function or be regulated cooperatively is at present unknown. Because of their unique cellular location, we reasoned that distinct LPXTG proteins could act as elements contributing to cell wall homeostasis or influencing the stability of other surface proteins bound to peptidoglycan. To test this hypothesis, we used proteomics to analyse mutants of the intracellular pathogen lacking distinct LPXTG proteins implicated in pathogen–host interactions, such as InlA, InlF, InlG, InlH, InlJ, LapB and Vip. Changes in the cell wall proteome were found in and mutants, which exhibited reduced levels of the LPXTG proteins InlH, Lmo0610, Lmo0880 and Lmo2085, all regulated by the stress-related sigma factor SigB. The ultimate basis of this alteration was uncovered by genome sequencing, which revealed that these and mutants carried loss-of-function mutations in the and genes encoding regulatory proteins that control SigB activity. Attempts to recapitulate this negative selection of SigB in a large series of new or mutants constructed for this purpose were, however, unsuccessful. These results indicate that inadvertent secondary mutations affecting SigB functionality can randomly arise in when using common genetic procedures or during subculturing. Testing of SigB activity could be therefore valuable when manipulating genetically prior to any subsequent phenotypic analysis. This test may be even more justified when generating deletions affecting cell envelope components.

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Occurrence of mutations impairing sigma factor B (SigB) function upon inactivation of Listeria monocytogenes genes encoding surface proteins
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