Mazur Andrzej, Król Jarosław E, Marczak Małgorzata, Skorupska Anna
Department of General Microbiology, M. Curie-Skłodowska University, 20-033 Lublin, Poland.
J Bacteriol. 2003 Apr;185(8):2503-11. doi: 10.1128/JB.185.8.2503-2511.2003.
The pssT gene was identified as the fourth gene located upstream of the pssNOP gene cluster possibly involved in the biosynthesis, polymerization, and transport of exopolysaccharide (EPS) in Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. trifolii strain TA1. The hydropathy profile and homology searches indicated that PssT belongs to the polysaccharide-specific transport family of proteins, a component of the type I system of the polysaccharide transport. The predicted membrane topology of the PssT protein was examined with a series of PssT-PhoA fusion proteins and a complementary set of PssT-LacZ fusions. The results generally support a predicted topological model for PssT consisting of 12 transmembrane segments, with amino and carboxyl termini located in the cytoplasm. A mutant lacking the C-terminal part of PssT produced increased amounts of total EPS with an altered distribution of high- and low-molecular-weight forms in comparison to the wild-type RtTA1 strain. The PssT mutant produced an increased number of nitrogen fixing nodules on clover.
pssT基因被鉴定为位于豆科根瘤菌三叶草生物型TA1菌株中可能参与胞外多糖(EPS)生物合成、聚合和转运的pssNOP基因簇上游的第四个基因。亲水性图谱和同源性搜索表明,PssT属于多糖特异性转运蛋白家族,是多糖转运I型系统的一个组成部分。使用一系列PssT-PhoA融合蛋白和一组互补的PssT-LacZ融合蛋白检测了PssT蛋白的预测膜拓扑结构。结果总体上支持了PssT的预测拓扑模型,该模型由12个跨膜区段组成,氨基和羧基末端位于细胞质中。与野生型RtTA1菌株相比,缺失PssT C末端部分的突变体产生的总EPS量增加,高分子量和低分子量形式的分布发生改变。PssT突变体在三叶草上产生的固氮根瘤数量增加。