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Biodiversity-Based Identification and Functional Characterization of the Mannose-Specific Adhesin of Lactobacillus plantarum

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Pretzer, Gabriele, Snel, Johannes, Molenaar, Douwe, Wiersma, Anne, Bron, Peter A., Lambert, Jolanda, de Vos, Willem M., van der Meer, Roelof +2 more·2005·Journal of Bacteriology

Abstract

Lactobacillus plantarum is a frequently encountered inhabitant of the human intestinal tract, and some strains are marketed as probiotics. Their ability to adhere to mannose residues is a potentially interesting characteristic with regard to proposed probiotic features such as colonization of the intestinal surface and competitive exclusion of pathogens. In this study, the variable capacity of 14 L. plantarum strains to agglutinate Saccharomyces cerevisiae in a mannose-specific manner was determined and subsequently correlated with an L. plantarum WCFS1-based genome-wide genotype database. This led to the identification of four candidate mannose adhesin-encoding genes. Two genes primarily predicted to code for sortase-dependent cell surface proteins displayed a complete gene-trait match. Their involvement in mannose adhesion was corroborated by the finding that a sortase (srtA) mutant of L. plantarum WCFS1 lost the capacity to agglutinate S. cerevisiae. The postulated role of these two candidate genes was investigated by gene-specific deletion and overexpression in L. plantarum WCFS1. Subsequent evaluation of the mannose adhesion capacity of the resulting mutant strains showed that inactivation of one candidate gene (lp_0373) did not affect mannose adhesion properties. In contrast, deletion of the other gene (lp_1229) resulted in a complete loss of yeast agglutination ability, while its overexpression quantitatively enhanced this phenotype. Therefore, this gene was designated to encode the mannose-specific adhesin (Msa; gene name,msa) of L. plantarum. Domain homology analysis of the predicted 1,000-residue Msa protein identified known carbohydrate-binding domains, further supporting its role as a mannose adhesin that is likely to be involved in the interaction of L. plantarum with its host in the intestinal tract.

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Pretzer, G., Snel, J., Molenaar, D., Wiersma, A., Bron, P. A., Lambert, J., de Vos, W. M., van der Meer, R., Smits, M. A., & Kleerebezem, M.
Affiliations
  • Nederlands Instituut Voor Zuivel Oonderzoek (NL)
  • NIZO Food Research, P.O. Box 20, 6710 BA Ede, The Netherlands
  • Wageningen Centre for Food Sciences, P.O. Box 557, 6700 AN Wageningen, The Netherlands
  • Wageningen University & Research (NL)
Corresponding author
Kleerebezem, Michiel
Venue
Journal of Bacteriology
Published
2005-09
Volume
187
Issue
17
Pages
6128-6136
ISSN
  • 0021-9193 (ISSN-L)
  • 1098-5530
OpenAlex
W2109055419
Cited by
316
References
63
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FWCI
25.73
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Topics
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Food Science › Probiotics and Fermented Foods
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Biochemical and Structural Characterization
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
Keywords
Lactobacillus plantarum, carbohydrate-binding domain, probiotic colonization, host-bacteria interactions
MeSH terms
Agglutination, Base Sequence, Mannose, Phenotype, Plasmids, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Genetic Variation, DNA Primers, Adhesins, Bacterial, Lactobacillus plantarum, Lactiplantibacillus plantarum

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