Synthesis of a Klebsiella pneumoniae O-Antigen Heteropolysaccharide (O12) Requires an ABC 2 Transporter
AUTOR(ES)
Izquierdo, Luis
FONTE
American Society for Microbiology
RESUMO
A recombinant clone encoding enzymes for Klebsiella pneumoniae O12-antigen lipopolysaccharide (LPS) was found when we screened for serum resistance of a cosmid-based genomic library of K. pneumoniae KT776 (O12:K80) introduced into Escherichia coli DH5α. A total of eight open reading frames (ORFs) (wbO12 gene cluster) were necessary to produce K. pneumoniae O12-antigen LPS in E. coli K-12. A complete analysis of the K. pneumoniae wbO12 cluster revealed an interesting coincidence with the wbO4 cluster of Serratia marcescens from ORF5 to ORF8 (or WbbL to WbbA). This prompted us to generate mutants of K. pneumoniae strain KT776 (O12) and to study complementation between the two enterobacterial wb clusters using mutants of S. marcescens N28b (O4) obtained previously. Both wb gene clusters are examples of ABC 2 transporter-dependent pathways for O-antigen heteropolysaccharides. The wzm-wzt genes and the wbbA or wbbB genes were not interchangeable between the two gene clusters despite their high level of similarity. However, introduction of three cognate genes (wzm-wzt-wbbA or wzm-wzt-wbbB) into mutants unable to produce O antigen allowed production of the specific O antigen. The K. pneumoniae O12 WbbL protein performs the same function as WbbL from S. marcescens O4 in either the S. marcescens O4 or E. coli K-12 genetic background.
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