BtuB-Dependent Infection of the T5-like <i>Yersinia</i> Phage ϕR2-01

<i>Yersinia enterocolitica</i> is a food-borne Gram-negative pathogen responsible for several gastrointestinal disorders. Host-specific lytic bacteriophages have been increasingly used recently as an alternative or complementary treatment to combat bacterial infections, especially when a...

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Autores principales: Lotta J. Happonen, Maria I. Pajunen, Jin Woo Jun, Mikael Skurnik
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:42814fd83c154b54bf4f546311a93d872021-11-25T19:13:01ZBtuB-Dependent Infection of the T5-like <i>Yersinia</i> Phage ϕR2-0110.3390/v131121711999-4915https://doaj.org/article/42814fd83c154b54bf4f546311a93d872021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/13/11/2171https://doaj.org/toc/1999-4915<i>Yersinia enterocolitica</i> is a food-borne Gram-negative pathogen responsible for several gastrointestinal disorders. Host-specific lytic bacteriophages have been increasingly used recently as an alternative or complementary treatment to combat bacterial infections, especially when antibiotics fail. Here, we describe the proteogenomic characterization and host receptor identification of the siphovirus vB_YenS_ϕR2-01 (in short, ϕR2-01) that infects strains of several <i>Yersinia enterocolitica</i> serotypes. The ϕR2-01 genome contains 154 predicted genes, 117 of which encode products that are homologous to those of <i>Escherichia</i> bacteriophage T5. The ϕR2-01 and T5 genomes are largely syntenic, with the major differences residing in areas encoding hypothetical ϕR2-01 proteins. Label-free mass-spectrometry-based proteomics confirmed the expression of 90 of the ϕR2-01 genes, with 88 of these being either phage particle structural or phage-particle-associated proteins. In vitro transposon-based host mutagenesis and ϕR2-01 adsorption experiments identified the outer membrane vitamin B12 receptor BtuB as the host receptor. This study provides a proteogenomic characterization of a T5-type bacteriophage and identifies specific <i>Y. enterocolitica</i> strains sensitive to infection with possible future applications of ϕR2-01 as a food biocontrol or phage therapy agent.Lotta J. HapponenMaria I. PajunenJin Woo JunMikael SkurnikMDPI AGarticlebacteriophagephage ϕR2-01<i>Yersinia enterocolitica</i><i>Escherichia</i> phage T5BtuBgenomeMicrobiologyQR1-502ENViruses, Vol 13, Iss 2171, p 2171 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic bacteriophage
phage ϕR2-01
<i>Yersinia enterocolitica</i>
<i>Escherichia</i> phage T5
BtuB
genome
Microbiology
QR1-502
spellingShingle bacteriophage
phage ϕR2-01
<i>Yersinia enterocolitica</i>
<i>Escherichia</i> phage T5
BtuB
genome
Microbiology
QR1-502
Lotta J. Happonen
Maria I. Pajunen
Jin Woo Jun
Mikael Skurnik
BtuB-Dependent Infection of the T5-like <i>Yersinia</i> Phage ϕR2-01
description <i>Yersinia enterocolitica</i> is a food-borne Gram-negative pathogen responsible for several gastrointestinal disorders. Host-specific lytic bacteriophages have been increasingly used recently as an alternative or complementary treatment to combat bacterial infections, especially when antibiotics fail. Here, we describe the proteogenomic characterization and host receptor identification of the siphovirus vB_YenS_ϕR2-01 (in short, ϕR2-01) that infects strains of several <i>Yersinia enterocolitica</i> serotypes. The ϕR2-01 genome contains 154 predicted genes, 117 of which encode products that are homologous to those of <i>Escherichia</i> bacteriophage T5. The ϕR2-01 and T5 genomes are largely syntenic, with the major differences residing in areas encoding hypothetical ϕR2-01 proteins. Label-free mass-spectrometry-based proteomics confirmed the expression of 90 of the ϕR2-01 genes, with 88 of these being either phage particle structural or phage-particle-associated proteins. In vitro transposon-based host mutagenesis and ϕR2-01 adsorption experiments identified the outer membrane vitamin B12 receptor BtuB as the host receptor. This study provides a proteogenomic characterization of a T5-type bacteriophage and identifies specific <i>Y. enterocolitica</i> strains sensitive to infection with possible future applications of ϕR2-01 as a food biocontrol or phage therapy agent.
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author Lotta J. Happonen
Maria I. Pajunen
Jin Woo Jun
Mikael Skurnik
author_facet Lotta J. Happonen
Maria I. Pajunen
Jin Woo Jun
Mikael Skurnik
author_sort Lotta J. Happonen
title BtuB-Dependent Infection of the T5-like <i>Yersinia</i> Phage ϕR2-01
title_short BtuB-Dependent Infection of the T5-like <i>Yersinia</i> Phage ϕR2-01
title_full BtuB-Dependent Infection of the T5-like <i>Yersinia</i> Phage ϕR2-01
title_fullStr BtuB-Dependent Infection of the T5-like <i>Yersinia</i> Phage ϕR2-01
title_full_unstemmed BtuB-Dependent Infection of the T5-like <i>Yersinia</i> Phage ϕR2-01
title_sort btub-dependent infection of the t5-like <i>yersinia</i> phage ϕr2-01
publisher MDPI AG
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/42814fd83c154b54bf4f546311a93d87
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