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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-6-13
pubmed:abstractText
The quorum-sensing system Agr is part of a complex regulatory network of gene expression in staphylococci. This study presents the effect of an agr mutation on a biofilm-forming Staphylococcus epidermidis isolate by employing proteome and transcriptome analysis. The agr mutant exhibited a significantly lowered amount of extracellular proteins: amongst others SspA, AtlE, GehD and the phenol soluble modulins PSM1/2. Cytoplasmic proteome analysis and expression profiling indicated that the agr inactivation led to a strongly altered regulation of metabolism and virulence. Most strikingly, expression of CodY, a global regulator of virulence and stationary phase gene expression, was decreased in the agr mutant. In this respect, homologous genes known to be controlled by CodY in Bacillus subtilis and Lactococcus lactis were found to be up-regulated in the S. epidermidis agr mutant. The combined data show that wild-type and agr mutant differ with respect to amino acid biosynthesis and oligopeptide transport, carbohydrate utilization, as well as GMP and IMP interconversion. Due to the varying physiological properties S. epidermidis agr mutants, which often occur spontaneously, might be capable of colonizing alternative ecological niches in the human host and could, therefore, have an advantage in adapting to changing environmental conditions.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
1615-9853
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
6
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
3602-13
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16691552-Amino Acids, pubmed-meshheading:16691552-Bacterial Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:16691552-Biofilms, pubmed-meshheading:16691552-Cytoplasm, pubmed-meshheading:16691552-DNA, Bacterial, pubmed-meshheading:16691552-Electrophoresis, Gel, Two-Dimensional, pubmed-meshheading:16691552-Gene Expression Profiling, pubmed-meshheading:16691552-Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial, pubmed-meshheading:16691552-Genes, Bacterial, pubmed-meshheading:16691552-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:16691552-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:16691552-Nucleic Acid Hybridization, pubmed-meshheading:16691552-Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:16691552-Peptide Fragments, pubmed-meshheading:16691552-Peptide Mapping, pubmed-meshheading:16691552-Proteome, pubmed-meshheading:16691552-Staphylococcus epidermidis, pubmed-meshheading:16691552-Transcription, Genetic
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Impact of the accessory gene regulatory system (Agr) on extracellular proteins, codY expression and amino acid metabolism in Staphylococcus epidermidis.
pubmed:affiliation
Institut für Molekulare Infektionsbiologie, Universität Würzburg, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't