Glycosylation of DsbA in Francisella tularensis subsp. tularensis |
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Authors: | Thomas Rebecca M Twine Susan M Fulton Kelly M Tessier Luc Kilmury Sara L N Ding Wen Harmer Nicholas Michell Stephen L Oyston Petra C F Titball Richard W Prior Joann L |
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Affiliation: | Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, Porton Down, Wiltshire, UK. |
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Abstract: | In Francisella tularensis subsp. tularensis, DsbA has been shown to be an essential virulence factor and has been observed to migrate to multiple protein spots on two-dimensional electrophoresis gels. In this work, we show that the protein is modified with a 1,156-Da glycan moiety in O-linkage. The results of mass spectrometry studies suggest that the glycan is a hexasaccharide, comprised of N-acetylhexosamines, hexoses, and an unknown monosaccharide. Disruption of two genes within the FTT0789-FTT0800 putative polysaccharide locus, including a galE homologue (FTT0791) and a putative glycosyltransferase (FTT0798), resulted in loss of glycan modification of DsbA. The F. tularensis subsp. tularensis ΔFTT0798 and ΔFTT0791::Cm mutants remained virulent in the murine model of subcutaneous tularemia. This indicates that glycosylation of DsbA does not play a major role in virulence under these conditions. This is the first report of the detailed characterization of the DsbA glycan and putative role of the FTT0789-FTT0800 gene cluster in glycan biosynthesis. |
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