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ArticleThe Journal of biological chemistry2015

Two Putative Polysaccharide Deacetylases Are Required for Osmotic Stability and Cell Shape Maintenance in Bacillus anthracis.

Sofia Arnaouteli, Petros Giastas, Athina Andreou, Mary Tzanodaskalaki, Christine Aldridge, Socrates J Tzartos, Waldemar Vollmer, Elias Eliopoulos, Vassilis Bouriotis

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Article in The Journal of biological chemistry, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19 citing papers in PubMed, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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9 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Sofia ArnaouteliFrom the Department of Biology, Enzyme Biotechnology Group, University of Crete, Vasilika Vouton, 70013 Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
Petros Giastasthe Department of Neurobiology, Hellenic Pasteur Institute, Vasilissis Sofias 127, 11521 Athens, Greece.
Athina Andreouthe Department of Biotechnology, Laboratory of Genetics, Agricultural University of Athens, Iera Odos 75, 11855 Athens, Greece.
Mary Tzanodaskalakithe Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, 70013 Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
Christine Aldridgethe Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Centre for Bacterial Cell Biology, Newcastle University, NE2 4AX Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, and.
Socrates J Tzartosthe Department of Neurobiology, Hellenic Pasteur Institute, Vasilissis Sofias 127, 11521 Athens, Greece, the Department of Pharmacy, University of Patras, 26504, Patras, Greece.
Waldemar Vollmerthe Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Centre for Bacterial Cell Biology, Newcastle University, NE2 4AX Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, and.
Elias Eliopoulosthe Department of Biotechnology, Laboratory of Genetics, Agricultural University of Athens, Iera Odos 75, 11855 Athens, Greece.
Vassilis BouriotisFrom the Department of Biology, Enzyme Biotechnology Group, University of Crete, Vasilika Vouton, 70013 Heraklion, Crete, Greece, the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, 70013 Heraklion, Crete, Greece, bouriotis@biology.uoc.gr.
Agricultural University of Athens · GRNewcastle University · GBUniversity of Crete · GRFORTH Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology · GRPasteur Hellenic Institute · GRUniversity of Patras · GR

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/G015902/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Membrane-anchored lipoproteins have a broad range of functions and play key roles in several cellular processes in Gram-positive bacteria. BA0330 and BA0331 are the only lipoproteins among the 11 known or putative polysaccharide deacetylases of Bacillus anthracis. We found that both lipoproteins exhibit unique characteristics. BA0330 and BA0331 interact with peptidoglycan, and BA0330 is important for the adaptation of the bacterium to grow in the presence of a high concentration of salt, whereas BA0331 contributes to the maintenance of a uniform cell shape. They appear not to alter the peptidoglycan structure and do not contribute to lysozyme resistance. The high resolution x-ray structure of BA0330 revealed a C-terminal domain with the typical fold of a carbohydrate esterase 4 and an N-terminal domain unique for this family, composed of a two-layered (4 + 3) β-sandwich with structural similarity to fibronectin type 3 domains. Our data suggest that BA0330 and BA0331 have a structural role in stabilizing the cell wall of B. anthracis.

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Stress, PhysiologicalAmidohydrolasesAmino Acid SequenceAnthraxBacillus anthracisBacterial ProteinsBlotting, WesternCell WallCloning, MolecularCrystallography, X-RayMicroscopy, Electron, TransmissionMicroscopy, FluorescenceMolecular Sequence DataOsmosisPeptidoglycanProtein ConformationAmidohydrolasesBacterial ProteinsPeptidoglycanpolysaccharide deacetylaseRecombinant ProteinsBacillus anthraciscell shapecell wallGram-positive bacterialipoproteinmembrane proteinosmotic stabilitypolysaccharide deacetylasesx-ray crystallography

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