3-Deoxy-d-manno-octulosonic Acid (Kdo) Hydrolase Identified in Francisella tularensis,Helicobacter pylori,and Legionella pneumophila |
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Authors: | Sabina Chalabaev Tae-Hyun Kim Robin Ross Alec Derian Dennis L. Kasper |
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Affiliation: | From the ‡Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics and ;the §Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women''s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115 |
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Abstract: | 3-Deoxy-d-manno-octulosonic acid (Kdo) is an eight-carbon sugar ubiquitous in Gram-negative bacterial lipopolysaccharides (LPS). Although its biosynthesis is well described, no protein has yet been identified as a Kdo hydrolase. However, Kdo hydrolase enzymatic activity has been detected in membranes of Helicobacter pylori and Francisella tularensis and may be responsible for the removal of side-chain Kdo from the LPS core saccharides. We now report the identification of genes encoding a Kdo hydrolase in F. tularensis Schu S4 and live vaccine strain strains, in H. pylori 26695 strain and in Legionella pneumophila Philadelphia 1 strain. We have renamed the genes kdhA for keto-deoxyoctulosonate hydrolase A. Deletion of kdhA abolished Kdo hydrolase activity in membranes of F. tularensis live vaccine strain. The F. tularensis kdhA mutant synthesized a core oligosaccharide containing a Kdo disaccharide with one of the Kdo residues being a terminal side chain. This side-chain Kdo monosaccharide was absent in the wild-type core oligosaccharide. Expression in Escherichia coli of recombinant KdhA from F. tularensis, H. pylori, and L. pneumophila resulted in a reduction of membrane-associated side-chain Kdo. The identification of this previously faceless enzyme will accelerate study of the biosynthetic basis and biologic impact for postbiosynthetic LPS structural modification. |
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Keywords: | Bacteria Carbohydrate Chemistry Carbohydrate Metabolism Hydrolases Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) 3-Deoxy-D-manno-octulosonic Acid (KDO) Francisella tularensis Helicobacter pylori Legionella pneumophila |
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