ArticleMolecular microbiology2016
The role of two branched-chain amino acid transporters in Staphylococcus aureus growth, membrane fatty acid composition and virulence.
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Abstract
The branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs) are vital to both growth and virulence of the human pathogen Staphylococcus aureus. In addition to supporting protein synthesis, the BCAAs serve as precursors for branched-chain fatty acids (BCFAs), which are predominant membrane fatty acids, and, in association with the global regulatory protein CodY, the BCAAs are key co-regulators of virulence factors. Despite these critical functions, S. aureus represses Leu and Val synthesis, instead preferring to acquire them from the extracellular milieu. We previously identified BrnQ1 as a BCAA transporter, yet a brnQ1 mutant remained capable of BCAA acquisition. Here, we describe BcaP as an additional BCAA transporter, and determine that it plays a secondary role to BrnQ1 during S. aureus growth in a chemically defined medium. Furthermore, membrane fatty acid composition analysis revealed that BrnQ1, and not BcaP, is required for transporting Leu and Val to be used for iso-BCFA synthesis. Despite a predominant role for BrnQ1 in vitro, both BrnQ1 and BcaP are required for S. aureus fitness in vivo in a hematogenous spread infection model and a nasal colonisation model. These data demonstrate the importance of BrnQ1 and BcaP for growth, environmental adaptation and virulence of S. aureus.
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