TY - JOUR
T1 - Molecular characterization of the genes involved in the secretion and immunity of lactococcin Q, a two-peptide bacteriocin produced by Lactococcus lactis QU 4
AU - Ishibashi, Naoki
AU - Zendo, Takeshi
AU - Koga, Shoko
AU - Shigeri, Yasushi
AU - Sonomoto, Kenji
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 The Authors.
Copyright:
Copyright 2017 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2015/11
Y1 - 2015/11
N2 - Lactococcin Q is a two-peptide (Qα and Qβ) bacteriocin produced by Lactococcus lactisQU 4, which exhibits specific antimicrobial activity against L. lactis strains. The lactococcin Q gene cluster (approximately 4.5 kb) was sequenced and found to include genes encoding lactococcin Q immunity (laqC), an ATP-binding cassette transporter (laqD) and a transport accessory protein (laqE), downstream of the lactococcin Q structural genes (laqA and laqB). In addition, the gene cluster showed high sequence identity with that of a lactococcin Q homologue bacteriocin, lactococcin G. Heterologous expression studies showed that LaqD was responsible for lactococcin Q secretion in a manner dependent on LaqE expression, and that LaqC conferred self-immunity to lactococcin Q and cross-immunity to lactococcin G. Amino acid alignment of both lactococcin transporters revealed that LaqD contains an insertion (160–168 residues) that is essential for lactococcin Q secretion, as L. lactis cells that expressed LaqDΔ160–168 were devoid of this function. Additional experiments demonstrated that the LaqDΔ160–168 mutant was, however, able to secrete lactococcin G, suggesting that the insertion is necessary only for the lactococcin Q secretion by LaqD. This report demonstrates the biosynthetic mechanism of lactococcin Q/G-type bacteriocins and the complementarity of the genes responsible for the secretion of lactococcins Q and G.
AB - Lactococcin Q is a two-peptide (Qα and Qβ) bacteriocin produced by Lactococcus lactisQU 4, which exhibits specific antimicrobial activity against L. lactis strains. The lactococcin Q gene cluster (approximately 4.5 kb) was sequenced and found to include genes encoding lactococcin Q immunity (laqC), an ATP-binding cassette transporter (laqD) and a transport accessory protein (laqE), downstream of the lactococcin Q structural genes (laqA and laqB). In addition, the gene cluster showed high sequence identity with that of a lactococcin Q homologue bacteriocin, lactococcin G. Heterologous expression studies showed that LaqD was responsible for lactococcin Q secretion in a manner dependent on LaqE expression, and that LaqC conferred self-immunity to lactococcin Q and cross-immunity to lactococcin G. Amino acid alignment of both lactococcin transporters revealed that LaqD contains an insertion (160–168 residues) that is essential for lactococcin Q secretion, as L. lactis cells that expressed LaqDΔ160–168 were devoid of this function. Additional experiments demonstrated that the LaqDΔ160–168 mutant was, however, able to secrete lactococcin G, suggesting that the insertion is necessary only for the lactococcin Q secretion by LaqD. This report demonstrates the biosynthetic mechanism of lactococcin Q/G-type bacteriocins and the complementarity of the genes responsible for the secretion of lactococcins Q and G.
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U2 - 10.1099/mic.0.000157
DO - 10.1099/mic.0.000157
M3 - Article
C2 - 26306611
AN - SCOPUS:84947270028
VL - 161
SP - 2069
EP - 2078
JO - Microbiology
JF - Microbiology
SN - 1350-0872
IS - 11
ER -