RRC ID 71385
Author Tsujikawa Y, Ishikawa S, Sakane I, Yoshida KI, Osawa R.
Title Identification of genes encoding a novel ABC transporter in Lactobacillus delbrueckii for inulin polymers uptake.
Journal Sci Rep
Abstract Lactobacillus delbrueckii JCM 1002T grows on highly polymerized inulin-type fructans as its sole carbon source. When it was grown on inulin, a > 10 kb long gene cluster inuABCDEF (Ldb1381-1386) encoding a plausible ABC transporter was suggested to be induced, since a transcriptome analysis revealed that the fourth gene inuD (Ldb1384) was up-regulated most prominently. Although Bacillus subtilis 168 is originally unable to utilize inulin, it became to grow on inulin upon heterologous expression of inuABCDEF. When freshly cultured cells of the recombinant B. subtilis were then densely suspended in buffer containing inulin polymers and incubated, inulin gradually disappeared from the buffer and accumulated in the cells without being degraded, whereas levan-type fructans did not disappear. The results imply that inuABCDEF might encode a novel ABC transporter in L. delbrueckii to "monopolize" inulin polymers selectively, thereby, providing a possible advantage in competition with other concomitant inulin-utilizing bacteria.
Volume 11(1)
Pages 16007
Published 2021-8-6
DOI 10.1038/s41598-021-95356-1
PII 10.1038/s41598-021-95356-1
PMID 34362962
PMC PMC8346543
MeSH ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters / genetics ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters / metabolism* Bacterial Proteins / genetics Bacterial Proteins / metabolism* Biological Transport Inulin / metabolism* Lactobacillus delbrueckii / genetics Lactobacillus delbrueckii / growth & development Lactobacillus delbrueckii / metabolism* Polymers / metabolism* RNA-Seq
Resource
General Microbes JCM1002