A multifunction ABC transporter (Opt) contributes to diversity of peptide uptake specificity within the genus Lactococcus.
Growth of Lactococcus lactis in milk depends on the utilization of extracellular peptides. Up to now, oligopeptide uptake was thought to be due only to the ABC transporter Opp. Nevertheless, analysis of several Opp-deficient L. lactis strains revealed the implication of a second oligopeptide ABC transporter, the so-called Opt system. Both transporters are expressed in wild-type strains such as L. lactis SK11 and Wg2, whereas the plasmid-free strains MG1363 and IL-1403 synthesize only Opp and Opt, respectively. The Opt system displays significant differences from the lactococcal Opp system, which made Opt much more closely related to the oligopeptide transporters of streptococci than to the lactococcal Opp system: (i) genetic organization, (ii) peptide uptake specificity, and (iii) presence of two oligopeptide-binding proteins, OptS and OptA. The fact that only OptA is required for nutrition calls into question the function of the second oligopeptide binding protein (Opts). Sequence analysis of oligopeptide-binding proteins from different bacteria prompted us to propose a classification of these proteins in three distinct groups, differentiated by the presence (or not) of precisely located extensions.
Lamarque
Mauld
M
Unité de Microbiologie et Génétique, CNRS UMR 5122, Université Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France.
Charbonnel
Pascale
P
Aubel
Dominique
D
Piard
Jean-Christophe
JC
Atlan
Danièle
D
Juillard
Vincent
V
D018528:ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters / Q000502:physiology*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D013294:Lactococcus lactis / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009842:Oligopeptides / Q000378:metabolism*
D018528:ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D009842:Oligopeptides