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The Anti-activator QslA Negatively Regulates Phenazine-1-Carboxylic Acid Biosynthesis by Interacting With the Quorum Sensing Regulator MvfR in the Rhizobacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa Strain PA1201

Two almost identical gene clusters (phz1 and phz2) are responsible for phenazine-1-carboxylic acid (PCA) production in Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) strain MSH (derived from strain PA1201). Here, we showed that the anti-activator QslA negatively regulated PCA biosynthesis and phz1 expressio...

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Autores principales: Fang, Yun-Ling, Chen, Bo, Zhou, Lian, Jin, Zi-Jing, Sun, Shuang, He, Ya-Wen
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Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6068238/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30090088
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.01584
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author Fang, Yun-Ling
Chen, Bo
Zhou, Lian
Jin, Zi-Jing
Sun, Shuang
He, Ya-Wen
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Chen, Bo
Zhou, Lian
Jin, Zi-Jing
Sun, Shuang
He, Ya-Wen
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description Two almost identical gene clusters (phz1 and phz2) are responsible for phenazine-1-carboxylic acid (PCA) production in Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) strain MSH (derived from strain PA1201). Here, we showed that the anti-activator QslA negatively regulated PCA biosynthesis and phz1 expression in strain PA1201 but had little effect on phz2 expression. This downregulation was mediated by a 56-bp region within the 5′-untranslated region (5′-UTR) of the phz1 promoter and was independent of LasR and RsaL signaling. QslA also negatively regulated Pseudomonas quinolone signal (PQS) production. Indeed, QslA controlled the PQS threshold concentration needed for PQS-dependent PCA biosynthesis. The quorum sensing regulator MvfR was required for the QslA-dependent inhibition of PCA production. We identified a direct protein–protein interaction between QslA and MvfR. The ligand-binding domain of MvfR (residues 123–306) was involved in this interaction. Our results suggested that MvfR bound directly to the promoter of the phz1 cluster. QslA interaction with MvfR prevented the binding of MvfR to the phz1 promoter regions. Thus, this study depicted a new mechanism by which QslA controls PCA and PQS biosynthesis in P. aeruginosa.
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spelling pubmed-60682382018-08-08 The Anti-activator QslA Negatively Regulates Phenazine-1-Carboxylic Acid Biosynthesis by Interacting With the Quorum Sensing Regulator MvfR in the Rhizobacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa Strain PA1201 Fang, Yun-Ling Chen, Bo Zhou, Lian Jin, Zi-Jing Sun, Shuang He, Ya-Wen Front Microbiol Microbiology Two almost identical gene clusters (phz1 and phz2) are responsible for phenazine-1-carboxylic acid (PCA) production in Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) strain MSH (derived from strain PA1201). Here, we showed that the anti-activator QslA negatively regulated PCA biosynthesis and phz1 expression in strain PA1201 but had little effect on phz2 expression. This downregulation was mediated by a 56-bp region within the 5′-untranslated region (5′-UTR) of the phz1 promoter and was independent of LasR and RsaL signaling. QslA also negatively regulated Pseudomonas quinolone signal (PQS) production. Indeed, QslA controlled the PQS threshold concentration needed for PQS-dependent PCA biosynthesis. The quorum sensing regulator MvfR was required for the QslA-dependent inhibition of PCA production. We identified a direct protein–protein interaction between QslA and MvfR. The ligand-binding domain of MvfR (residues 123–306) was involved in this interaction. Our results suggested that MvfR bound directly to the promoter of the phz1 cluster. QslA interaction with MvfR prevented the binding of MvfR to the phz1 promoter regions. Thus, this study depicted a new mechanism by which QslA controls PCA and PQS biosynthesis in P. aeruginosa. Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-07-25 /pmc/articles/PMC6068238/ /pubmed/30090088 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.01584 Text en Copyright © 2018 Fang, Chen, Zhou, Jin, Sun and He. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
spellingShingle Microbiology
Fang, Yun-Ling
Chen, Bo
Zhou, Lian
Jin, Zi-Jing
Sun, Shuang
He, Ya-Wen
The Anti-activator QslA Negatively Regulates Phenazine-1-Carboxylic Acid Biosynthesis by Interacting With the Quorum Sensing Regulator MvfR in the Rhizobacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa Strain PA1201
title The Anti-activator QslA Negatively Regulates Phenazine-1-Carboxylic Acid Biosynthesis by Interacting With the Quorum Sensing Regulator MvfR in the Rhizobacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa Strain PA1201
title_full The Anti-activator QslA Negatively Regulates Phenazine-1-Carboxylic Acid Biosynthesis by Interacting With the Quorum Sensing Regulator MvfR in the Rhizobacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa Strain PA1201
title_fullStr The Anti-activator QslA Negatively Regulates Phenazine-1-Carboxylic Acid Biosynthesis by Interacting With the Quorum Sensing Regulator MvfR in the Rhizobacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa Strain PA1201
title_full_unstemmed The Anti-activator QslA Negatively Regulates Phenazine-1-Carboxylic Acid Biosynthesis by Interacting With the Quorum Sensing Regulator MvfR in the Rhizobacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa Strain PA1201
title_short The Anti-activator QslA Negatively Regulates Phenazine-1-Carboxylic Acid Biosynthesis by Interacting With the Quorum Sensing Regulator MvfR in the Rhizobacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa Strain PA1201
title_sort anti-activator qsla negatively regulates phenazine-1-carboxylic acid biosynthesis by interacting with the quorum sensing regulator mvfr in the rhizobacterium pseudomonas aeruginosa strain pa1201
topic Microbiology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6068238/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30090088
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.01584
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