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Publication : Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Biosynthesis of mycobacterial lipoarabinomannan: role of a branching mannosyltransferase

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Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 31 Aug 2006

Kaur D, Berg S, Dinadayala P, Gicquel B, Chatterjee D, McNeil MR, Vissa VD, Crick DC, Jackson M, Brennan PJ

Link to Pubmed [PMID] – 16945913

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2006 Sep;103(37):13664-9

Lipoarabinomannan (LAM), one of the few known bacterial glycosylphosphoinositides (GPIs), occurs in various structural forms in Mycobacterium species. It has been implicated in key aspects of the physiology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and the immunology and pathogenesis of tuberculosis. Yet, little is known of the biosynthesis of LAM. A bioinformatics approach identified putative integral membrane proteins, MSMEG4250 in Mycobacterium smegmatis and Rv2181 in M. tuberculosis, with 10 predicted transmembrane domains and a glycosyltransferase (GT) motif (DID), features that are common to eukaryotic mannosyltransferases (ManTs) of the GT-C superfamily that rely on polyprenyl-linked rather than nucleotide-linked sugar donors. Inactivation of M. smegmatis MSMEG4250 by allelic exchange resulted in altered growth and inability to synthesize lipomannan (LM) but accumulation of a previously uncharacterized, truncated LAM. MALDI-TOF/MS and NMR indicated a structure lower in molecular weight than the native molecule, a preponderance of 6-linked Manp residues, and the absence of 2,6-linked and terminal Manp. Complementation of the mutant with the corresponding ortholog of M. tuberculosis H37Rv restored normal LM/LAM synthesis. The data suggest that MSMEG4250 and Rv2181 are ManTs that are responsible for the addition of alpha(1–>2) branches to the mannan core of LM/LAM and that arrest of this branching in the mutant deters formation of native LAM. The results allow for the presentation of a unique model of LM and LAM biosynthesis. The generation of mutants defective in the synthesis of LM/LAM will help define the role of these GPIs in the immunology and pathogenesis of mycobacterial infections and physiology of the organism.