Coexpression of colanic acid and serotype-specific capsular polysaccharides in Escherichia coli strains with group II K antigens.
AUTOR(ES)
Keenleyside, W J
RESUMO
In Escherichia coli K-12, the rcsA and rcsB gene products are positive regulators in expression of the slime polysaccharide colanic acid. We have previously demonstrated the presence of rcsA sequences in E. coli K1 and K5, strains with group II capsular K antigens, and shown that introduction of multicopy rcsA into these strains results in the expression of colanic acid. We report here the presence of rcsB sequences in E. coli K1 and K5 and demonstrate that RcsB also plays a role in the biosynthesis of colanic acid in strains with group II K antigens. In E. coli K1 and K5 grown at 37 degrees C, multicopy rcsB and the resulting induction of colanic acid synthesis had no significant effect on synthesis of the group II K antigens. K-antigen-specific sugar transferase activities were not significantly different in the presence or absence of multicopy rcsB, and introduction of a cps mutation to eliminate colanic acid biosynthesis in a K1-derivative strain did not influence the activity of the polysialyltransferase enzyme responsible for synthesis of the K1 polymer. Furthermore, immunoelectron microscopy showed no detectable difference in the size or distribution of the group II K-antigen capsular layer in cells which produced colanic acid. Colanic acid expression therefore does not appear to significantly affect synthesis of the group II K-antigen capsule and, unlike for group I K antigens, expression of group II K antigens is not positively regulated by the rcs system.
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