title: Identification of a terminal rhamnopyranosyltransferase (RptA) involved in Corynebacterium glutamicum cell wall biosynthesis.
abstract: A bioinformatics approach identified a putative integral membrane protein, NCgl0543, in Corynebacterium glutamicum, with 13 predicted transmembrane domains and a glycosyltransferase motif (RXXDE), features that are common to the glycosyltransferase C superfamily of glycosyltransferases. The deletion of C. glutamicum NCgl0543 resulted in a viable mutant. Further glycosyl linkage analyses of the mycolyl-arabinogalactan-peptidoglycan complex revealed a reduction of terminal rhamnopyranosyl-linked residues and, as a result, a corresponding loss of branched 2,5-linked arabinofuranosyl residues, which was fully restored upon the complementation of the deletion mutant by NCgl0543. As a result, we have now termed this previously uncharacterized open reading frame, rhamnopyranosyltransferase A (rptA). Furthermore, an analysis of base-stable extractable lipids from C. glutamicum revealed the presence of decaprenyl-monophosphorylrhamnose, a putative substrate for the cognate cell wall transferase.
authors.affiliation: School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Helen L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Birch
authors.forename: Luke J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Alderwick
authors.forename: Doris
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rittmann
authors.forename: Karin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Krumbach
authors.forename: Helga
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Etterich
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Grzegorzewicz
authors.forename: Michael R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: McNeil
authors.forename: Lothar
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Eggeling
authors.forename: Gurdyal S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Besra
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D002473:Cell Wall / Q000737:chemistry / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D048230:Corynebacterium glutamicum / Q000737:chemistry / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D008401:Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; D016680:Genome, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D006017:Glycolipids / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D016695:Glycosyltransferases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D008954:Models, Biological; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D006017:Glycolipids; D016695:Glycosyltransferases