Characterization of the α- and β-mannosidases of Porphyromonas gingivalis.

ABSTRACT: Mannose is an important sugar in the biology of the Gram-negative bacterium Porphyromonas gingivalis. It is a major component of the oligosaccharides attached to the Arg-gingipain cysteine proteases, the repeating units of an acidic lipopolysaccharide (A-LPS), and the core regions of both types of LPS produced by the organism (O-LPS and A-LPS) and a reported extracellular polysaccharide (EPS) isolated from spent culture medium. The organism occurs at inflamed sites in periodontal tissues, where it is exposed to host glycoproteins rich in mannose, which may be substrates for the acquisition of mannose by P. gingivalis. Five potential mannosidases were identified in the P. gingivalis W83 genome that may play a role in mannose acquisition. Four mannosidases were characterized in this study: P

SUBMITTER: Rangarajan M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3837954 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature