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ArticleMicrobial pathogenesis2014

Functional characterization of Yersinia pestis aerobic glycerol metabolism.

Stephan P Willias, Sadhana Chauhan, Vladimir L Motin

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Article in Microbial pathogenesis, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Stephan P WilliasDepartment of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA.
Sadhana ChauhanDepartment of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA.
Vladimir L MotinDepartment of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA; Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA. Electronic address: vlmotin@utmb.edu.
The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston · US

Funding

EMERGING AND TROPICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASEST32AI007526 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BR GALVESTON · PI SOONG, LYNN · 1997 to 2025
$3.1M
SURFACE CHEMISTRY OF MYCOBACTERIAR01AI008401 · NIAID · NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH · PI GOREN, MAYER B. · 1989 to 1989
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SURFACE CHEMISTRY OF MYCOBACTERIAR22AI008401 · NIAID · NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH · PI GOREN, MAYER B. · 1985 to 1989
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NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI007526NIAID NIH HHS T32AI007526NIAID NIH HHS Y01 AI008401NIAID NIH HHS Y1-AI-8401
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Yersinia pestis biovar Orientalis isolates have lost the capacity to ferment glycerol. Herein we provide experimental validation that a 93 bp in-frame deletion within the glpD gene encoding the glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase present in all biovar Orientalis strains is sufficient to disrupt aerobic glycerol fermentation. Furthermore, the inability to ferment glycerol is often insured by a variety of additional mutations within the glpFKX operon which prevents glycerol internalization and conversion to glycerol-3-phosphate. The physiological impact of functional glpFKX in the presence of dysfunctional glpD was assessed. Results demonstrate no change in growth kinetics at 26 °C and 37 °C. Mutants deficient in glpD displayed decreased intracellular accumulation of glycerol-3-phosphate, a characterized inhibitor of cAMP receptor protein (CRP) activation. Since CRP is rigorously involved in global regulation Y. pestis virulence, we tested a possible influence of a single glpD mutation on virulence. Nonetheless, subcutaneous and intranasal murine challenge was not impacted by glycerol metabolism. As quantified by crystal violet assay, biofilm formation of the glpD-deficient KIM6+ mutant was mildly repressed; whereas, chromosomal restoration of glpD in CO92 resulted in a significant increase in biofilm formation.

Indexed as

Sequence DeletionAnimalsAquaporinsBacterial ProteinsBiofilmsDisease Models, AnimalFermentationFructose-BisphosphataseGlycerolGlycerolphosphate DehydrogenaseGlycerophosphatesMiceMutationPlagueTemperatureVirulencealpha-glycerophosphoric acidAquaporinsBacterial ProteinsFructose-BisphosphataseGlycerolGlycerolphosphate DehydrogenaseGlycerophosphatesBiofilmglpDglpFKXGlycerolYersinia pestis

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PMID25220241
PMCPMC4250381
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