Functional characterization of the flagellar glycosylation locus in Campylobacter jejuni 81-176 using a focused metabolomics approach

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DOI	Resolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M603777200
Author	Search for: McNally, David J.¹; Search for: Hui, Joseph P. M.; Search for: Aubry, Annie J.²; Search for: Mui, Kenneth K. K.; Search for: Guerry, Patricia; Search for: Brisson, Jean-Robert²; Search for: Logan, Susan M.²; Search for: Soo, Evelyn C.
Name affiliation	National Research Council of Canada. NRC Institute for Biological Sciences National Research Council of Canada. Human Health Therapeutics
Format	Text, Article
Subject	Campylobacter jejuni; genetics; fagellin; metabolism; gene expression regulation; bacterial; genes
Abstract	Bacterial genome sequencing has provided a wealth of genetic data. However, the definitive functional characterization of hypothetical open reading frames and novel biosynthetic genes remains challenging. This is particularly true for genes involved in protein glycosylation because the isolation of their glycan moieties is often problematic. We have developed a focused metabolomics approach to define the function of flagellin glycosylation genes in Campylobacter jejuni 81–176. A capillary electrophoresis-electrospray mass spectrometry and precursor ion scanning method was used to examine cell lysates of C. jejuni 81–176 for sugar nucleotides. Novel nucleotide-activated intermediates of the pseudaminic acid (Pse5NAc7NAc) pathway and its acetamidino derivative (PseAm) were found to accumulate within select isogenic mutants, and use of a hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry method permitted large scale purifications of the intermediates. NMR with cryo probe (cold probe) technology was utilized to complete the structural characterization of microgram quantities of CMP-5-acetamido-7-acetamidino-3,5,7,9-tetradeoxy-L-glycero--L-manno-nonulosonic acid (CMP-Pse5NAc7Am), which is the first report of Pse modified at C7 with an acetamidino group in Campylobacter, and UDP-2,4-diacetamido-2,4,6-trideoxy--D-glucopyranose, which is a bacillosamine derivative found in the N-linked proteinglycan. Using this focused metabolomics approach, pseB, pseC, pseF, pseI, and for the first time pseA, pseG, and pseH were found to be directly involved in either the biosynthesis of CMP-Pse5NAc7NAc or CMP-Pse5NAc7Am. In contrast, it was shown that pseD, pseE, Cj1314c, Cj1315c, Cjb1301, Cj1334, Cj1341c, and Cj1342c have no role in the CMP-Pse5NAc7NAc or CMP-Pse5NAc7Am pathways. These results demonstrate the usefulness of this approach for targeting compounds within the bacterial metabolome to assign function to genes, identify metabolic intermediates, and elucidate novel biosynthetic pathways.
Publication date	2006-07-07
Publisher	American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Terms of use	Copyright © 2006 by the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
In	The Journal of Biological Chemistry 281, no. 27: 18489–18498.
Language	English
Peer reviewed	Yes
NRC number	NRCC 42629 1571
NPARC number	3538073
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