Random Mutagenesis Identifies Novel Genes Involved in the Secretion of Antimicrobial, Cell Wall-Lytic Enzymes by Lactococcus lactis
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Article Title | Random Mutagenesis Identifies Novel Genes Involved in the Secretion of Antimicrobial, Cell Wall-Lytic Enzymes by Lactococcus lactis |
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ERA Journal ID | 2456 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Tan, Yu Pei, Giffard, Philip M., Barry, Daniel G., Huston, Wilhelmina M. and Turner, Mark S. |
Journal Title | Applied and Environmental Microbiology |
Journal Citation | 74 (24), pp. 7490-7496 |
Number of Pages | 7 |
Year | Dec 2008 |
Publisher | American Society for Microbiology |
Place of Publication | United States |
ISSN | 0099-2240 |
1098-5336 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.00767-08 |
Web Address (URL) | https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/AEM.00767-08 |
Abstract | Lactococcus lactis is a gram-positive bacterium that is widely used in the food industry and is therefore desirable as a candidate for the production and secretion of recombinant proteins. Previously, we generated a L. lactis strain that expressed and secreted the antimicrobial cell wall-lytic enzyme lysostaphin. To identify lactococcal gene products that affect the production of lysostaphin, we isolated and characterized mutants generated by random transposon mutagenesis that had altered lysostaphin activity. Out of 35,000 mutants screened, only one with no lysostaphin activity was identified, and it was found to contain an insertion in the lysostaphin expression cassette. Ten mutants with higher lysostaphin activity contained insertions in only four different genes, which encode an uncharacterized putative transmembrane protein (llmg_0609) (three mutants), an enzyme catalyzing the first step in peptidoglycan biosynthesis (murA2) (five mutants), a putative regulator of peptidoglycan modification (trmA) (one mutant), and an uncharacterized enzyme possibly involved in ubiquinone biosynthesis (llmg_2148) (one mutant). These mutants were found to secrete larger amounts of lysostaphin than the control strain (MG1363[lss]), and the greatest increase in secretion was 9.8- to 16.1-fold, for the llmg_0609 mutants. The lysostaphinoversecreting llmg_0609, murA2, and trmA mutants were also found to secrete larger amounts of another cell wall-lytic enzyme (the Listeria monocytogenes bacteriophage endolysin Ply511) than the control strain, indicating that the phenotype is not limited to lysostaphin. |
Keywords | Biochemical engineering; Biochemistry; Biosynthesis; Enzymes; Genes; Mutagenesis; Proteins |
Contains Sensitive Content | Does not contain sensitive content |
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Byline Affiliations | Queensland University of Technology |
Menzies School of Health Research, Australia | |
University of Queensland |
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