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Type: Journal article
Title: Molecular analysis of the psa permease complex of Streptococcus pneumoniae
Author: McAllister, L.
Tseng, H.
Ogunniyi, A.
Jennings, M.
McEwan, A.
Paton, J.
Citation: Molecular Microbiology, 2004; 53(3):889-901
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Issue Date: 2004
ISSN: 0950-382X
1365-2958
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Lauren J. McAllister, Hsing-Ju Tseng, A. David Ogunniyi, Michael P. Jennings, Alastair G. McEwan and James C. Paton
Abstract: The psaBCA locus of Streptococcus pneumoniae encodes a putative ABC Mn2+-permease complex. Downstream of the operon is psaD, which may be co-transcribed and encodes a thiol peroxidase. Previously, there has been discordance concerning the phenotypic impact of mutations in the psa locus, resolution of which has been complicated by differences in mutant construction and the possibility of polar effects. Here, we constructed unmarked, in frame deletion mutants ΔpsaB, ΔpsaC, ΔpsaA, ΔpsaD, ΔpsaBC, ΔpsaBCA and ΔpsaBCAD in S. pneumoniae D39 to examine the role of each gene within the locus in Mn2+ uptake, susceptibility to oxidative stress, virulence, nasopharyngeal colonization and chain morphology. The requirement for Mn2+ for growth and transformation was also investigated for all mutants. Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) analysis provided the first direct evidence that PsaBCA is indeed a Mn2+ transporter. However, this study did not substantiate previous reports that the locus plays a role in choline-binding protein pro-duction or chain morphology. We also confirmed the importance of the Psa permease in systemic virulence and resistance to superoxide and hydrogen peroxide, as well as demonstrating a role in nasopharyngeal colonization for the first time. Further evi-dence is provided to support the requirement for Mn2+ supplementation for growth and transformation of ΔpsaB, ΔpsaC, ΔpsaA, ΔpsaBC, ΔpsaBCA and ΔpsaBCAD mutants. However, transformation, as well as growth, of the ΔpsaD mutant was not dependent upon Mn2+ supplementation. We also show that, apart from sensitivity to hydrogen peroxide, the ΔpsaD mutant exhibited essentially similar phenotypes to those of the wild type. Western blot analysis with a PsaD antiserum showed that deleting any of the genes upstream of psaD did not affect its expression. However, we found that deleting psaB resulted in decreased expression of PsaA relative to that in D39, whereas deleting both psaB and psaC resulted in at least wild-type levels of PsaA.
Keywords: Animals
Mice, Inbred BALB C
Mice
Streptococcus pneumoniae
Streptococcal Infections
Hydrogen Peroxide
Manganese
Membrane Transport Proteins
DNA Primers
Chromosome Mapping
Sequence Deletion
Base Sequence
Kinetics
Operon
Mass Spectrometry
Description: The definitive version is available from www.blackwell-synergy.com
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.04164.x
Published version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.04164.x
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