The EIIABMan phosphotransferase system permease regulates carbohydrate catabolite repression in Streptococcus gordonii.
Commensal oral streptococci play critical roles in oral biofilm formation and promote dental health by competing with, and antagonizing the growth of, pathogenic organisms, such as Streptococcus mutans. Efficient utilization of the spectrum of carbohydrates in the oral cavity by commensal streptococci is essential for their persistence, and yet very little is known about the regulation of carbohydrate catabolism by these organisms. Carbohydrate catabolite repression (CCR) in the abundant oral commensal Streptococcus gordonii strain DL-1 was investigated using the exo-β-D-fructosidase gene (fruA) and a fructose/mannose sugar:phosphotransferase (PTS) enzyme II operon (levDEFG) as model systems. Functional studies confirmed the predicted roles of FruA and LevD in S. gordonii. ManL, the AB domain of a fructose/mannose-type enzyme II PTS permease, contributed to utilization of glucose, mannose, galactose, and fructose and exerted primary control over CCR of the fruA and levD operons. Unlike in S. mutans, ManL-dependent CCR was not sugar specific, and galactose was very effective at eliciting CCR in S. gordonii. Inactivation of the apparent ccpA homologue of S. gordonii actually enhanced CCR of fruA and levD, an effect likely due to its demonstrated role in repression of manL expression. Thus, there are some similarities and fundamental differences in CCR control mechanisms between the oral pathogen S. mutans and the oral commensal S. gordonii that may eventually be exploited to enhance the competitiveness of health-associated commensals in oral biofilms.
Department of Oral Biology, University of Florida, College of Dentistry, P.O. Box 100424, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA.
Huichun
H
Tong
Lin
L
Zeng
Robert A
RA
Burne
D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D057465:Catabolite Repression / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D006026:Glycoside Hydrolases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D009876:Operon / Q000235:genetics; D010731:Phosphoenolpyruvate Sugar Phosphotransferase System / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D054773:Streptococcus gordonii / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*
D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D010731:Phosphoenolpyruvate Sugar Phosphotransferase System; C037992:phosphoenolpyruvate-mannose phosphotransferase; D006026:Glycoside Hydrolases; C044118:fructan beta-fructosidase
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