RESEARCH ARTICLE

Gluconate 5-dehydrogenase (Ga5DH) participates in Streptococcus suis cell division

  • Zhongyu Shi 1,2 ,
  • Chunling Xuan 1,2 ,
  • Huiming Han 1 ,
  • Xia Cheng 1,3 ,
  • Jundong Wang 3 ,
  • Youjun Feng 4 ,
  • Swaminath Srinivas 5 ,
  • Guangwen Lu 1 ,
  • George F. Gao , 1,2,6,7
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  • 1. CAS Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
  • 2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • 3. College of Animal Science and Technology, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu 030801, China
  • 4. Department of Microbiology, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
  • 5. Department of Biochemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
  • 6. Laboratory of Protein Engineering and Vaccines, Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tianjin 300308, China
  • 7. Research Network of Immunity and Health (RNIH), Beijing Institutes of Life Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China

Received date: 01 Apr 2014

Accepted date: 04 May 2014

Published date: 24 Oct 2014

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2014 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Abstract

Bacterial cell division is strictly regulated in the formation of equal daughter cells. This process is governed by a series of spatial and temporal regulators, and several new factors of interest to the field have recently been identified. Here, we report the requirement of gluconate 5-dehydrogenase (Ga5DH) in cell division of the zoonotic pathogen Streptococcus suis. Ga5DH catalyzes the reversible reduction of 5-ketogluconate to D-gluconate and was localized to the site of cell division. The deletion of Ga5DH in S. suis resulted in a plump morphology with aberrant septa joining the progeny. A significant increase was also observed in cell length. These defects were determined to be the consequence of Ga5DH deprivation in S. suis causing FtsZ delocalization. In addition, the interaction of FtsZ with Ga5DH in vitro was confirmed by protein interaction assays. These results indicate that Ga5DH may function to prevent the formation of ectopic Z rings during S. suis cell division.

Cite this article

Zhongyu Shi , Chunling Xuan , Huiming Han , Xia Cheng , Jundong Wang , Youjun Feng , Swaminath Srinivas , Guangwen Lu , George F. Gao . Gluconate 5-dehydrogenase (Ga5DH) participates in Streptococcus suis cell division[J]. Protein & Cell, 2014 , 5(10) : 761 -769 . DOI: 10.1007/s13238-014-0074-8

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