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JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY
卷 195, 期 7, 页码 1446-1455出版社
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01936-12
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- Institutional Development Award (IDeA) from National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health [P20GM103476]
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Escherichia coli has several mechanisms for surviving low-pH stress. We report that oxalic acid, a small-chain organic acid (SCOA), induces a moderate acid tolerance response (ATR) in two ways. Adaptation of E. coli K-12 at pH 5.5 with 50mM oxalate and inclusion of 25mM oxalate in pH 3.0 minimal challenge medium separately conferred protection, with 67% +/- 7% and 87% +/- 17% survival after 2 h, respectively. The combination of oxalate adaptation and oxalate supplementation in the challenge medium resulted in increased survival over adaptation or oxalate in the challenge medium alone. The enzymes YfdW, a formyl coenzyme A (CoA) transferase, and YfdU, an oxalyl-CoA decarboxylase, are required for the adaptation effect but not during challenge. Unlike other SCOAs, this oxalate ATR is not a part of the RpoS regulon but appears to be linked to the signal protein GadE. We theorize that this oxalate ATR could enhance the pathogenesis of virulent E. coli consumed with oxalate-containing foods like spinach.
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