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The Journal of Medical Microbiology, Vol 44, Issue 6 409-417, Copyright © 1996 by Society for General Microbiology

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Effect of mucin and glucose on proteolytic and glycosidic activities of Streptococcus oralis

A. M. Rafay, K. A. Homer and D. Beighton
Department of Medical Microbiology, London Hospital Medical College, UK.

The production of glycosidase and protease activities, which may play a role in the degradation of human glycoproteins, by Streptococcus oralis strains isolated from endocarditis, septicaemia or the oral cavity was investigated with a range of fluorogenic substrates. The pH optima of the proteases ranged from 6.0 to 9.3 and the pH optima for the glycosidases were lower (4.5-6.0), although the pH range over which both groups of enzymes acted was broad. Growth in a minimal medium supplemented with glucose resulted in repression of glycosidase activities and elevated proteolytic activity. Bacteria from cultures supplemented with porcine gastric mucin (PGM), a model glycoprotein, exhibited higher levels of glycosidase activity, while proteolytic activity was suppressed and glycoprotein-derived monosaccharides were transported at significantly higher rates than those observed for cells grown in media with glucose. PGM-derived cells also exhibited high levels of N-acetylneuraminate pyruvate-lyase, the first intracellular enzyme in the pathway of sialic acid catabolism. Taken together, these data indicate that S. oralis strains produce a range of proteolytic and glycosidic enzymes that may play a role in the degradation of host-derived glycoproteins.


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