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Antibiotics (Basel). 2016 Sep 23;5(4). doi: 10.3390/antibiotics5040033.

The Peptidoglycan Pattern of Staphylococcus carnosus TM300-Detailed Analysis and Variations Due to Genetic and Metabolic Influences.

Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland)

Julia Deibert, Daniel Kühner, Mark Stahl, Elif Koeksoy, Ute Bertsche

Affiliations

  1. Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine Tübingen (IMIT) - Microbial Genetics, University of Tuebingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 28 E, 72076 Tuebingen, Germany. [email protected].
  2. Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine Tübingen (IMIT) - Infection Biology, University of Tuebingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 28 E, 72076 Tuebingen, Germany. [email protected].
  3. Center for Plant Molecular Biology (ZMBP), University of Tuebingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 32, 72076 Tuebingen, Germany. [email protected].
  4. Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine Tübingen (IMIT) - Microbial Genetics, University of Tuebingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 28 E, 72076 Tuebingen, Germany. [email protected].
  5. Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine Tübingen (IMIT) - Microbial Genetics, University of Tuebingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 28 E, 72076 Tuebingen, Germany. [email protected].
  6. Interfaculty Institute of Microbiology and Infection Medicine Tübingen (IMIT) - Infection Biology, University of Tuebingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 28 E, 72076 Tuebingen, Germany. [email protected].

PMID: 27669322 PMCID: PMC5187514 DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics5040033

Abstract

The Gram-positive bacterium Staphylococcus carnosus (S. carnosus) TM300 is an apathogenic staphylococcal species commonly used in meat starter cultures. As with all Gram-positive bacteria, its cytoplasmic membrane is surrounded by a thick peptidoglycan (PGN) or murein sacculus consisting of several layers of glycan strands cross-linked by peptides. In contrast to pathogenic staphylococci, mainly Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus), the chemical composition of S. carnosus PGN is not well studied so far. UPLC/MS analysis of enzymatically digested S. carnosus TM300 PGN revealed substantial differences in its composition compared to the known pattern of S. aureus. While in S. aureus the uncross-linked stem peptide consists of a pentapeptide, in S. carnosus, this part of the PGN is shortened to tripeptides. Furthermore, we found the PGN composition to vary when cells were incubated under certain conditions. The collective overproduction of HlyD, FtsE and FtsX-a putative protein complex interacting with penicillin-binding protein 2 (PBP2)-caused the reappearance of classical penta stem peptides. In addition, under high sugar conditions, tetra stem peptides occur due to overflow metabolism. This indicates that S. carnosus TM300 cells adapt to various conditions by modification of their PGN.

Keywords: CcpA; FtsEX; S. carnosus; UPLC/MS; carboxypeptidases; muropeptides; peptidoglycan

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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