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Microbiol."],"abstract":"<jats:p><jats:italic>Brucella<\/jats:italic> species cause brucellosis, a worldwide extended zoonosis. The brucellae are related to free-living and plant-associated \u03b12-<jats:italic>Proteobacteria<\/jats:italic> and, since they multiply within host cells, their metabolism probably reflects this adaptation. To investigate this, we used the rodent-associated <jats:italic>Brucella suis<\/jats:italic> biovar 5, which in contrast to the ruminant-associated <jats:italic>Brucella abortus<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>Brucella melitensis<\/jats:italic> and other <jats:italic>B. suis<\/jats:italic> biovars, is fast-growing and conserves the ancestral Entner-Doudoroff pathway (EDP) present in the plant-associated relatives. We constructed mutants in Edd (glucose-6-phosphate dehydratase; first EDP step), PpdK (pyruvate phosphate dikinase; phosphoenolpyruvate \u21cc pyruvate), and Pyk (pyruvate kinase; phosphoenolpyruvate \u2192 pyruvate). In a chemically defined medium with glucose as the only C source, the Edd mutant showed reduced growth rates and the triple Edd-PpdK-Pyk mutant did not grow. Moreover, the triple mutant was also unable to grow on ribose or xylose. Therefore, <jats:italic>B. suis<\/jats:italic> biovar 5 sugar catabolism proceeds through both the Pentose Phosphate shunt and EDP, and EDP absence and exclusive use of the shunt could explain at least in part the comparatively reduced growth rates of <jats:italic>B. melitensis<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>B. abortus<\/jats:italic>. The triple Edd-PpdK-Pyk mutant was not attenuated in mice. Thus, although an anabolic use is likely, this suggests that hexose\/pentose catabolism to pyruvate is not essential for <jats:italic>B. suis<\/jats:italic> biovar 5 multiplication within host cells, a hypothesis consistent with the lack of classical glycolysis in all <jats:italic>Brucella<\/jats:italic> species and of EDP in <jats:italic>B. melitensis<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>B. abortus<\/jats:italic>. These results and those of previous works suggest that within cells, the brucellae use mostly 3 and 4 C substrates fed into anaplerotic pathways and only a limited supply of 5 and 6 C sugars, thus favoring the EDP loss observed in some species.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3389\/fmicb.2020.620049","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,1,14]],"date-time":"2021-01-14T17:57:38Z","timestamp":1610647058000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Glucose Oxidation to Pyruvate Is Not Essential for Brucella suis Biovar 5 Virulence in the Mouse Model"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"11","author":[{"given":"Leticia","family":"L\u00e1zaro-Ant\u00f3n","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Mar\u00eda Jes\u00fas","family":"de Miguel","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Thibault","family":"Barbier","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Raquel","family":"Conde-\u00c1lvarez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Pilar M.","family":"Mu\u00f1oz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jean Jacques","family":"Letesson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Maite","family":"Iriarte","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ignacio","family":"Moriy\u00f3n","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Amaia","family":"Z\u00fa\u00f1iga-Ripa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,1,14]]},"reference":[{"key":"B1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"3862","DOI":"10.1002\/pmic.200800026","article-title":"Quantitative analysis of the intramacrophagic Brucella suis proteome reveals metabolic adaptation to late stage of cellular infection.","volume":"8","author":"Al Dahouk","year":"2008","journal-title":"Proteomics"},{"key":"B2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"65","DOI":"10.1007\/BF02297320","article-title":"Control of Brucella melitensis infection in sheep and goats: a review.","volume":"19","author":"Alton","year":"1987","journal-title":"Trop. 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