PBP1A Directly Interacts with the Divisome Complex to Promote Septal Peptidoglycan Synthesis in Acinetobacter baumannii.
PBP1A Directly Interacts with the Divisome Complex to Promote Septal Peptidoglycan Synthesis in Acinetobacter baumannii.
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10.1128/jb.00239-22
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发表时间:
2022-12-20
影响因子:
3.2
通讯作者:
Boll, Joseph M.
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作者:
Kang, Katie N.;Boll, Joseph M.
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The class A penicillin-binding proteins (aPBPs), PBP1A and PBP1B, are major peptidoglycan synthases that synthesize more than half of the peptidoglycan per generation in Escherichia coli. Whereas aPBPs have distinct roles in peptidoglycan biosynthesis during growth (i.e., elongation and division), they are semiredundant; disruption of either is rescued by the other to maintain envelope homeostasis and promote proper growth. Acinetobacter baumannii is a nosocomial pathogen that has a high propensity to overcome antimicrobial treatment. A. baumannii contains both PBP1A and PBP1B (encoded by mrcA and mrcB, respectively), but only mrcA deletion decreased fitness and contributed to colistin resistance through inactivation of lipooligosaccharide biosynthesis, indicating that PBP1B was not functionally redundant with the PBP1A activity. While previous studies suggested a distinct role for PBP1A in division, it was unknown whether its role in septal peptidoglycan biosynthesis was direct. Here, we show that A. baumannii PBP1A has a direct role in division through interactions with divisome components. PBP1A localizes to septal sites during growth, where it interacts with the transpeptidase PBP3, an essential division component that regulates daughter cell formation. PBP3 overexpression was sufficient to rescue the division defect in ΔmrcA A. baumannii; however, PBP1A overexpression was not sufficient to rescue the septal defect when PBP3 was inhibited, suggesting that their activity is not redundant. Overexpression of a major dd-carboxypeptidase, PBP5, also restored the canonical A. baumannii coccobacilli morphology in ΔmrcA cells. Together, these data support a direct role for PBP1A in A. baumannii division and highlights its role as a septal peptidoglycan synthase. IMPORTANCE Peptidoglycan biosynthesis is a validated target of β-lactam antibiotics, and it is critical that we understand essential processes in multidrug-resistant pathogens such as Acinetobacter baumannii. While model systems such as Escherichia coli have shown that PBP1A is associated with side wall peptidoglycan synthesis, we show herein that A. baumannii PBP1A directly interacts with the divisome component PBP3 to promote division, suggesting a unique role for the enzyme in this highly drug-resistant nosocomial pathogen. A. baumannii demonstrated unanticipated resistance and tolerance to envelope-targeting antibiotics, which may be driven by rewired peptidoglycan machinery and may underlie therapeutic failure during antibiotic treatment.
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