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ArticleGlycobiology2013

Elucidation of a novel lipid A α-(1,1)-GalA transferase gene (rgtF) from Mesorhizobium loti: Heterologous expression of rgtF causes Rhizobium etli to synthesize lipid A with α-(1,1)-GalA.

Dusty B Brown, Artur Muszynski, Russell W Carlson

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Article in Glycobiology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Dusty B BrownComplex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, 315 Riverbend Rd., Athens, GA 30602, USA.
Artur Muszynski
Russell W Carlson
University of Georgia · US

Funding

STRUCTURAL DETERMINATION OF THE LPS FROM RHIZOBIUMR01GM039583 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA (UGA) · PI CARLSON, RUSSELL W · 1988 to 2010
$2.9M
NIGMS NIH HHS GM39583
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

An unusual α-(1,1)-galacturonic acid (GalA) lipid A modification has been reported in the lipopolysaccharide of a number of interesting Gram-negative bacteria, including the nitrogen-fixing bacteria Azospirillum lipoferum, Mesorhizobium huakuii and M. loti, the stalk-forming bacterium Caulobacter crescentus and the hyperthermophilic bacterium Aquifex aeolicus. However, the α-(1,1)-GalA transferase (GalAT) gene, which we have named RgtF, was not identified. Species of the Rhizobium genera produce lipid A with α-(1,4')-GalA but not α-(1,1)-GalA. The Rhizobium GalAT, RgtD, is the lipid A α-(1-4')-GalAT which utilizes the lipid donor dodecaprenyl-phosphate GalA (Dod-P-GalA) for GalA transfer. An additional Rhizobium GalAT, RgtE, is required for the biosynthesis of Dod-P-GalA. We predicted candidate rgtF genes in bacterial species known to produce lipid A with α-(1,1)-GalA. In order to determine the predicted rgtF gene function, we cloned the M. loti rgtF gene into an expression plasmid and introduced that plasmid into Rhizobium etli strains that do not contain the rgtF gene nor produce lipid A α-(1,1)-GalA. Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry analysis combined with NMR studies revealed that the lipid As from these rgtF-complemented strains were modified with an additional α-(1,1)-GalA attached to the proximal glucosamine.

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Genes, BacterialBacterial ProteinsGalactosyltransferasesGlycosylationLipid AMesorhizobiumRhizobiumBacterial ProteinsGalactosyltransferasesLipid A

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PMID23283001
PMCPMC3608353
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