Environmental and genetic regulation of Streptococcus pneumoniae galactose catabolic pathways.
Nat Commun
; 15(1): 5171, 2024 Jun 17.
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ABSTRACT
Efficient utilization of nutrients is crucial for microbial survival and virulence. The same nutrient may be utilized by multiple catabolic pathways, indicating that the physical and chemical environments for induction as well as their functional roles may differ. Here, we study the tagatose and Leloir pathways for galactose catabolism of the human pathogen Streptococcus pneumoniae. We show that galactose utilization potentiates pneumococcal virulence, the induction of galactose catabolic pathways is influenced differentially by the concentration of galactose and temperature, and sialic acid downregulates galactose catabolism. Furthermore, the genetic regulation and in vivo induction of each pathway differ, and both galactose catabolic pathways can be turned off with a galactose analogue in a substrate-specific manner, indicating that galactose catabolic pathways can be potential drug targets.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Streptococcus pneumoniae
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Regulação Bacteriana da Expressão Gênica
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Galactose
Limite:
Animals
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Female
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Nat Commun
Assunto da revista:
BIOLOGIA
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CIENCIA
Ano de publicação:
2024
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Reino Unido