Competence pheromone, oligopeptide permease, and induction of competence in Streptococcus pneumoniae

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 471-478

  Alloing, Geneviève ^a   Granadel, Chantal ^a   Morrison, Donald A ^b   Claverys, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE;

ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DENSITY; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ALIA; AMIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0029787421     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1996.tb02556.x     Document Type: Article

References (39)

1. Alloing, G., Trombe, M.C., and Claverys, J.-P. (1989) Cloning of the amiA locus of Streptococcus pneumoniae and identification of its functional limits. Gene 76: 363-368.
2. Alloing, G., Trombe, M.C., and Claverys, J.-P. (1990) The ami locus of the Gram-positive bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae is similar to binding protein-dependent transport operons of Gram-negative bacteria. Mol Microbiol 4: 633-644.
3. Alloing, G., de Philip, P., and Claverys, J.-P. (1994) Three highly homologous membrane-bound lipoproteins participate in oligopeptide transport by the Ami system of the Gram-positive Streptococcus pneumoniae. J Mol Biol 241: 44-58.
4. Andrews, J.C., and Short, S.A. (1986) opp-lac operon fusions and transcriptional regulation of the Escherichia coli trp-linked oligopeptide permease. J Bacteriol 165: 434-442.
5. Ballester, S., Lopez, P., Alonso, J.C., Espinosa, M., and Lacks, S.A. (1986) Selective advantage of deletions enhancing chloramphenicol acetyltransferase gene expression in Streptococcus pneumoniae plasmids. Gene 41: 153-163.
6. Calvo, J.M., and Matthews, R.G. (1994) The leucine-responsive regulatory protein, a global regulator of metabolism in Escherichia coli. Microbiol Rev 58: 466-490.
7. Chandler, M.S., and Morrison, D.A. (1987) Competence for genetic transformation in Streptococcus pneumoniae: molecular cloning of com, a competence control locus. J Bacteriol 169: 2005-2011.
8. Claverys, J.-P., Dintilhac, A., Pestova, E.V., Martin, B., and Morrison, D.A. (1995) Construction and evaluation of new drug-resistance cassettes for gene disruption mutagenesis in Streptococcus pneumoniae, using an ami test platform. Gene 164: 123-128.
9. Clewell, D.B. (1993) Bacterial sex pheromone-induced plasmid transfer. Cell 73: 9-12.
10. Dunny, G.M., Leonard, B.A.B., and Hedberg, P.J. (1995) Pheromone-inducible conjugation in Enterococcus faecalis: interbacterial and host-parasite chemical communication. J Bacteriol 177: 871-876.
11. Falke, J.J., Blair, D.F., Silhavy, T.J., and Schmitt, R. (1995) Blast 1995: international conference on bacterial locomotion and signal transduction. Mol Microbiol 16: 1037-1050.
12. Gilson, E., Alloing, G., Schmidt, T., Claverys, J.-P., Dudler, R., and Hofnung, M. (1988) Evidence for high affinity binding-protein dependent transport systems in Gram positive bacteria and in Mycoplasma. EMBO J 7: 3971-3974.
13. Guangyong, J., Beavis, R.C., and Novick, R.P. (1995) Cell density control of staphylococcal virulence mediated by an octapeptide pheromone. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 92: 1055-1059.
14. Håvarstein, L.S., Coomaraswami, G., and Morrison, D.A. (1995) An unmodified heptadecapeptide pheromone induces competence for genetic transformation in Streptococcus pneumoniae. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 92: 11140-11144.
15. Higgins, C.F. (1992) ABC transporters: from microorganisms to man. Ann Rev Cell Biol 8: 67-113.
16. Higgins, C.F. (1995) The ABC of channel regulation. Cell 82: 693-696.
17. Hui, F.M., Zhou, L., and Morrison, D.A. (1995) Competence for genetic transformation in Streptococcus pneumoniae: organization of a regulatory locus with homology to two lactococcin A secretion genes. Gene 153: 25-31.
18. Jenkinson, H.F., Baker, R.A., and Tannock, G.W. (1996) A binding-lipoprotein-dependent oligopeptide transport system in Streptococcus gordonii essential for uptake of hexa- and heptapeptides. J Bacteriol 178: 68-77.
19. Koide, A., and Hoch, J.A. (1994) Identification of a second oligopeptide transport system in Bacillus subtilis and determination of its role in sporulation. Mol Microbiol 13: 417-426.
20. Lacks, S.A., and Greenberg, B. (1973) Competence for DNA uptake and deoxyribonuclease action external to cells in the genetic transformation of Diplococcus pneumoniae. J Bacteriol 114: 152-163.
21. Leonard, B.A.B., Podbielski, A., Hedberg, P.J., and Dunny, G.M. (1996) Enterococcus faecalis pheromone binding protein, PrgZ, recruits a chromosomal oligopeptide permease system to import sex pheromone cCF10 for induction of conjugation. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 93: 260-264.
22. Magnuson, R., Solomon, J., and Grossman, A.D. (1994) Biochemical and genetic characterization of a competence pheromone from B. subtilis. Cell 77: 207-216.
23. Martin, B., Prats, H., and Claverys, J.-P. (1985) Cloning of the hexA mismatch repair of Streptococcus pneumoniae and identification of the product. Gene 34: 293-303.
24. Martin, B., Garcia, P., Castanié, M.P., and Claverys, J.-P. (1995) The recA gene of Streptococcus pneumoniae is part of a competence-induced operon and controls lysogenic induction. Mol Microbiol 15: 367-379.
25. Miller, J.H. (1972) Experiments in Molecular Genetics. Cold Spring Harbor, New York: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press.
26. Newman, E.B., and Lin, R.T. (1995) Leucine-responsive regulatory protein: a global regulator of gene expression in E. coll. Annu Rev Microbiol 49: 747-775.
27. Pearce, B.J., Naughton, A.M., and Masure, H.R. (1994) Peptide permeases modulate transformation in Streptococcus pneumoniae. Mol Microbiol 12: 881-892.
28. Ravin, A.W. (1959) Reciprocal capsular transformations of pneumococci. J Bacteriol 77: 296-309.
29. Roggiani, M., and Dubnau, D. (1993) ComA, a phosphorylated response regulator protein of Bacillus subtilis, binds to the promoter region of srfA. J Bacteriol 175: 3182-3187.
30. Rudner, D.Z., LeDeaux, J.R., Ireton, K., and Grossman, A.D. (1991) The spo0K locus of Bacillus subtilis is homologous to the oligopeptide permease locus and is required for sporulation and competence. J Bacteriol 173: 1388-1398.
31. Sambrook, J., Fritsch, E.F., Maniatis, T. (1989) Molecular Cloning. A Laboratory Manual. 2nd edn. Cold Spring Harbor, New York: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press.
32. Sicard, A.M., and Ephrussi-Taylor, H. (1965) Genetic recombination in DNA-induced transformation of pneumococcus. II. Mapping the amiA region. Genetics 52: 1207-1227.
33. Solomon, J.M., Magnuson, R., Srivastava, A., and Grossman, A.D. (1995) Convergent sensing pathways mediate response to two extracellular competence factors in Bacillus subtilis. Genes Dev 9: 547-558.
34. Sutcliffe, I.C., and Russell, R.R.B. (1995) Lipoproteins of Gram-positive bacteria. J Bacteriol 177: 1123-1128.
35. Tomasz, A., and Hotchkiss, R.D. (1964) Regulation of the transformability of pneumococcal cultures by macromolecular cell products. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 51: 480-487.
36. Tomasz, A., and Mosser, J.L. (1966) On the nature of the pneumococcal activator substance. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 55: 58-66.
37. Tynkkynen, S., Buist, G., Kunji, E., Kok, J., Poolman, B., Venema, G., and Haandrikman, A. (1993) Genetic and biochemical characterization of the oligopeptide transport system of Lactococcus lactis. J Bacteriol 175: 7523-7532.
38. Wanner, B.L. (1993) Gene regulation by phosphate in enteric bacteria. J Cell Biochem 51: 47-54.
39. Weinrauch, Y., Penchev, R., Dubnau, E., Smith, I., and Dubnau, D. (1990) A Bacillus subtilis regulatory gene product for genetic competence and sporulation resembles sensor protein members of the bacterial two-component signal-transduction systems. Genes Dev 4: 860-872.