An extracellular loop of the mannose phosphotransferase system component IIC is responsible for specific targeting by class IIa bacteriocins

J Bacteriol. 2010 Nov;192(22):5906-13. doi: 10.1128/JB.00777-10. Epub 2010 Sep 24.

Abstract

Class IIa bacteriocins target a phylogenetically defined subgroup of mannose-phosphotransferase systems (man-PTS) on sensitive cells. By the use of man-PTS genes of the sensitive Listeria monocytogenes (mpt) and the nonsensitive Lactococcus lactis (ptn) species to rationally design a series of man-PTS chimeras and site-directed mutations, we identified an extracellular loop of the membrane-located protein MptC that was responsible for specific target recognition by the class IIa bacteriocins.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Antibiosis*
  • Bacterial Proteins / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Bacteriocins / metabolism
  • Bacteriocins / pharmacology*
  • Lactococcus lactis / drug effects
  • Lactococcus lactis / enzymology*
  • Listeria monocytogenes / drug effects
  • Listeria monocytogenes / enzymology*
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Mutagenesis, Site-Directed
  • Mutant Proteins / genetics
  • Mutant Proteins / metabolism
  • Phosphoenolpyruvate Sugar Phosphotransferase System / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Recombinant Proteins / genetics
  • Recombinant Proteins / metabolism
  • Recombination, Genetic
  • Sequence Alignment

Substances

  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Bacteriocins
  • Mutant Proteins
  • Recombinant Proteins
  • Phosphoenolpyruvate Sugar Phosphotransferase System
  • phosphoenolpyruvate-mannose phosphotransferase