%0 Journal Article %A Kenyon, William J %A Nicholson, Kristy L %A Rezuchova, Bronislava %A Homerova, Dagmar %A Garcia-del Portillo, Francisco %A Finlay, B. Brett %A Pallen, Mark J %A Kormanec, Jan %A Spector, Michael P %T σs-Dependent carbon-starvation induction of pbpG (PBP 7) is required for the starvation-stress response in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium %D 2007 %J Microbiology, %V 153 %N 7 %P 2148-2158 %@ 1465-2080 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.2007/005199-0 %K CSI, carbon-starvation-inducible %K PBP, penicillin-binding protein %K SSR, starvation-stress response %K SP-PCR, single-primer PCR %K TSP, transcriptional start point %K LT-CSS, long-term carbon-source starvation survival %I Microbiology Society, %X Carbon-energy source starvation is a commonly encountered stress that can influence the epidemiology and virulence of Salmonella enterica serovars. Salmonella responds to C-starvation by eliciting the starvation-stress response (SSR), which allows for long-term C-starvation survival and cross-resistance to other stresses. The stiC locus was identified as a C-starvation-inducible, σ S-dependent locus required for a maximal SSR. We report here that the stiC locus is an operon composed of the yohC (putative transport protein) and pbpG (penicillin-binding protein-7/8) genes. yohC pbpG transcription is initiated from a σ S–dependent C-starvation-inducible promoter upstream of yohC. Another (σ S-independent) promoter, upstream of pbpG, drives lower constitutive pbpG transcription, primarily during exponential phase. C-starvation-inducible pbpG expression was required for development of the SSR in 5 h, but not 24 h, C-starved cells; yohC was dispensable for the SSR. Furthermore, the yohC pbpG operon is induced within MDCK epithelial cells, but was not essential for oral virulence in BALB/c mice. Thus, PBP 7 is required for physiological changes, occurring within the first few hours of C-starvation, essential for the development of the SSR. Lack of PBP 7, however, can be compensated for by further physiological changes developed in 24 h C-starved cells. This supports the dynamic overlapping and distinct nature of resistance pathways within the Salmonella SSR. %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/micro/10.1099/mic.0.2007/005199-0