Journal of Dental Research, Vol 80, 371-377, Copyright © 2001 by International & American Associations for Dental Research Online Journals

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pH-regulated secretion of a glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase from Streptococcus gordonii FSS2: purification, characterization, and cloning of the gene encoding this enzyme

D. Nelson, J. M. Goldstein, K. Boatright, D. W. Harty, S. L. Cook, P. J. Hickman, J. Potempa, J. Travis and J. A. Mayo
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Georgia, Athens 30602, USA.

Streptococcus gordonii and other viridans streptococci (VS) are primary etiologic agents of infective endocarditis, despite being part of the normal oral microflora. Recently, a surface-bound glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) has been found on the cells of all tested streptococcal species, where it has been implicated as a virulence factor. In contrast, we observed that a soluble extracellular GAPDH was the major secreted protein from S. gordonii FSS2, an endocarditis strain. The biochemical properties and gene sequence of S. gordonii GAPDH are almost identical to those of other streptococcal GAPDHs. Growth at defined pHs showed that secretion of GAPDH is regulated by environmental pH. GAPDH was primarily surface-associated at growth pH 6.5 and shifted to > 90% secreted at growth pH 7.5. Others have identified S. gordonii promoters that are up-regulated by a pH shift similar to that experienced by organisms entering the blood stream (neutral) from the oral cavity (slightly acid). Analysis of our results suggests that secretion of GAPDH may be a similar adaptation by S. gordonii.

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