Betaine and L-carnitine transport by Listeria monocytogenes scott A in response to osmotic signals

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 22, 1997, Pages 6979-6985

  Verheul, Annette ^a,b,c   Glaasker, Erwin ^b   Poolman, Bert ^b   Abee, Tjakko ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c NIZO FOOD RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAINE; CARNITINE;

ADAPTATION; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; NONHUMAN; OSMOLARITY; OSMOREGULATION; OSMOSIS; OSMOTIC STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 0030776206     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.22.6979-6985.1997     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. Amezaga, M.-R., I. Davidson, D. McLaggan, A. Verbeul, T. Abee, and I. R. Booth. 1995. The role of peptide metabolism in the growth of Listeria monocytogenes ATCC 23074 at high osmolarity. Microbiology 141:41-49.
2. Berrier, C., A. Coulombe, I. Szabo, M. Zoratti, and A. Ghazi. 1992. Gadolinium ion inhibits loss of metabolites induced by osmotic shock and large stretch-activated channels in bacteria. Eur. J. Biochem. 206:559-565.
3. Beumer, R. R., M. C. Te Giffel, L. J. Cox, F. M. Rombouts, and T. Abee. 1994. Effect of exogenous proline, betaine, and carnitine on growth of Listeria monocytogenes in a minimal medium. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 60:1359-1363.
4. Bligh, E. G., and W. J. Dyer. 1959. A rapid method of total lipid extracting and purification. Can. J. Biochem. Physiol. 37:911-917.
5. Booth, I. R., B. Pourkomailian, D. McLaggan, and S.-P. Koo. 1994. Mechanisms controlling compatible solute accumulation: a consideration of the genetics and physiology of bacterial osmoregulation. J. Food Eng. 22:381-397.
6. Csonka, L. N. 1989. Physiological and genetic responses of bacteria to osmotic stress. Microbiol. Rev. 53:121-147.
7. Farber, J. M., and P. I. Peterkin. 1991. Listeria monocytogenes, a food-borne pathogen. Microbiol. Rev. 55:476-511.
8. Galinski, E. A., and R. M. Herzog. 1990. The role of trehalose as a substitute for nitrogen-containing compatible solutes. Arch. Microbiol. 153:607-613.
9. Gerhardt, P. N. M., L. T. Smith, and G. M. Smith. 1996. Sodium-driven, osmotically activated glycine betaine transport in Listeria monocytogenes membrane vesicles. J. Bacteriol. 178:6105-6109.
10. Glaasker, E., W. N. Konings, and B. Poolman. 1996. Glycine betaine fluxes in Lactobacillus plantarum during osmostasis and hyper- and hypo-osmotic shock. J. Biol. Chem. 271:10060-10065.
11. Glaasker, E., W. N. Konings, and B. Poolman. 1996. Osmotic regulation of intracellular solute pools in Lactobacillus plantarum. J. Bacteriol. 178:575-582.
12. Jung, H., K. Jung, and H.-P. Kleber. 1990. L-Carnitine metabolization and osmotic stress response in Escherichia coli. J. Basic Microbiol. 30:409-413.
13. Kaback, H. R. 1971. Bacterial membranes. Methods Enzymol. 22:99-120.
14. Kets, E. P. W., E. A. Galinski, and J. A. M. de Bont. 1994. Carnitine: a novel compatible solute in Lactobacillus plantarum. Arch. Microbiol. 162:243-248.
15. Ko, R., L. T. Smith, and G. M. Smith. 1994. Glycine betaine confers enhanced osmotolefance and cryotolerance on Listeria monocytogenes. J. Bacteriol. 176:426-431.
16. Koo, S.-P., C. F. Higgins, and I. R. Booth. 1991. Regulation of compatible solute accumulation in Salmonella typhimurium: evidence for a glycine betaine efflux system. J. Gen. Microbiol. 137:2617-2625.
17. Lamark, T., O. B. Styrvold, and A. R. Strøm. 1992. Efflux of choline and glycine betaine from osmoregulating cells of Escherichia coli. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 96:149-154.
18. Landfald, B., and A. R. Strøm. 1986. Choline-glycine betaine pathway confers a high level of osmotic tolerance in Escherichia coli. J. Bacteriol. 165: 849-855.
19. Lowry, O. H., N. J. Rosebrough, A. L. Farr, and R. J. Randall. 1951. Protein measurement with the Folin phenol reagent. J. Biol. Chem. 193:265-275.
20. Patchett, R. A., A. F. Kelly, and R. G. Kroll. 1992. Effect of sodium chloride on the intracellular solute pools of Listeria monocytogenes. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 58:3959-3963.
21. Patchett, R. A., A. F. Kelly, and R G. Kroll. 1994. Transport of glycine-betaine by Listeria monocytogenes. Arch. Microbiol. 162:205-210.
22. Pourkomailian, B., and I. R. Booth. 1994. Glycine betaine transport by Staphylococcus aureus: evidence for feedback regulation of the activity of two transport systems. Microbiology 140:3131-3138.
23. Premaratne, R. J., W.-J. Lin, and E. A. Johnson. 1991. Development of an improved chemically defined minimal medium for Listeria monocytogenes. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 57:3046-3048.
24. Schleyer, M., R. Schmid, and E. P. Bakker. 1993. Transient, specific and extremely rapid release of osmolytes from growing cells of Escherichia coli K-12 exposed to hypoosmotic shock. Arch. Microbiol. 160:424-431.
25. Smith, L. T. 1996. Role of osmolytes in adaptation of osmotically stressed and chill-stressed Listeria monocytogenes grown in liquid media and on processed meat surfaces. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 62:3088-3093.
26. Speed, D., and M. Richardson. 1968. Chromatographic methods for isolation and identification of the products of choline oxidation. J. Chromatogr. 35: 497-505.
27. Stimeling, K. W., J. E. Graham, A. Kaenjak, and B. J. Wilkinson. 1994. Evidence for feedback (trans) regulation of, and two systems for, glycine betaine transport by Staphylococcus aureus. Microbiology 140:3139-3144.
28. Tschichholz, I., and H. G. Trüper. 1990. Fate of compatible solutes during dilution stress in Ectothiorhodospira halochloris. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 37: 181-186.
29. Verheul, A., and T. Abee. Unpublished data.
30. Verheul, A., F. M. Rombouts, R. R. Beumer, and T. Abee. 1995. An ATP-dependent L-carnitine transporter in Listeria monocytogenes Scott A is involved in osmoprotection. J. Bacteriol. 177:3205-3212.
31. + in turgor regulation. J. Gen. Microbiol. 136:2521-2526.