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Mycobacterium smegmatis GlnR Regulates the Glyoxylate Cycle and the Methylcitrate Cycle on Fatty Acid Metabolism by Repressing icl Transcription

Mycobacterium smegmatis (Msm), along with its pathogenic counterpart Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), utilizes fatty acids and cholesterol as important carbon and energy sources during the persistence within host cells. As a dual-functional enzyme in the glyoxylate cycle and the methylcitrate cycle...

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Autores principales: Qi, Nan, She, Guo-Lan, Du, Wei, Ye, Bang-Ce
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7886694/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33613477
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2021.603835
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author Qi, Nan
She, Guo-Lan
Du, Wei
Ye, Bang-Ce
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Du, Wei
Ye, Bang-Ce
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description Mycobacterium smegmatis (Msm), along with its pathogenic counterpart Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), utilizes fatty acids and cholesterol as important carbon and energy sources during the persistence within host cells. As a dual-functional enzyme in the glyoxylate cycle and the methylcitrate cycle, isocitrate lyase (ICL, encoded by icl or MSMEG_0911) is indispensable for the growth of Msm and Mtb on short-chain fatty acids. However, regulation of icl in mycobacteria in response to nutrient availability remains largely unknown. Here, we report that the global nitrogen metabolism regulator GlnR represses icl expression by binding to an atypical binding motif in the icl promoter region under nitrogen-limiting conditions. We further show that GlnR competes with PrpR, a transcriptional activator of icl, and dominantly occupies the co-binding motif in the icl promoter region. In the absence of GlnR or in response to the excess nitrogen condition, Msm cells elongate and exhibit robust growth on short-chain fatty acids due to the PrpR-mediated activation of icl, thereby inducing enhanced apoptosis in infected macrophages. Taken together, our findings reveal the GlnR-mediated repression of icl on fatty acid metabolism, which might be a general strategy of nutrient sensing and environmental adaptation employed by mycobacteria.
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spelling pubmed-78866942021-02-18 Mycobacterium smegmatis GlnR Regulates the Glyoxylate Cycle and the Methylcitrate Cycle on Fatty Acid Metabolism by Repressing icl Transcription Qi, Nan She, Guo-Lan Du, Wei Ye, Bang-Ce Front Microbiol Microbiology Mycobacterium smegmatis (Msm), along with its pathogenic counterpart Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), utilizes fatty acids and cholesterol as important carbon and energy sources during the persistence within host cells. As a dual-functional enzyme in the glyoxylate cycle and the methylcitrate cycle, isocitrate lyase (ICL, encoded by icl or MSMEG_0911) is indispensable for the growth of Msm and Mtb on short-chain fatty acids. However, regulation of icl in mycobacteria in response to nutrient availability remains largely unknown. Here, we report that the global nitrogen metabolism regulator GlnR represses icl expression by binding to an atypical binding motif in the icl promoter region under nitrogen-limiting conditions. We further show that GlnR competes with PrpR, a transcriptional activator of icl, and dominantly occupies the co-binding motif in the icl promoter region. In the absence of GlnR or in response to the excess nitrogen condition, Msm cells elongate and exhibit robust growth on short-chain fatty acids due to the PrpR-mediated activation of icl, thereby inducing enhanced apoptosis in infected macrophages. Taken together, our findings reveal the GlnR-mediated repression of icl on fatty acid metabolism, which might be a general strategy of nutrient sensing and environmental adaptation employed by mycobacteria. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-02-03 /pmc/articles/PMC7886694/ /pubmed/33613477 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2021.603835 Text en Copyright © 2021 Qi, She, Du and Ye. 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
Qi, Nan
She, Guo-Lan
Du, Wei
Ye, Bang-Ce
Mycobacterium smegmatis GlnR Regulates the Glyoxylate Cycle and the Methylcitrate Cycle on Fatty Acid Metabolism by Repressing icl Transcription
title Mycobacterium smegmatis GlnR Regulates the Glyoxylate Cycle and the Methylcitrate Cycle on Fatty Acid Metabolism by Repressing icl Transcription
title_full Mycobacterium smegmatis GlnR Regulates the Glyoxylate Cycle and the Methylcitrate Cycle on Fatty Acid Metabolism by Repressing icl Transcription
title_fullStr Mycobacterium smegmatis GlnR Regulates the Glyoxylate Cycle and the Methylcitrate Cycle on Fatty Acid Metabolism by Repressing icl Transcription
title_full_unstemmed Mycobacterium smegmatis GlnR Regulates the Glyoxylate Cycle and the Methylcitrate Cycle on Fatty Acid Metabolism by Repressing icl Transcription
title_short Mycobacterium smegmatis GlnR Regulates the Glyoxylate Cycle and the Methylcitrate Cycle on Fatty Acid Metabolism by Repressing icl Transcription
title_sort mycobacterium smegmatis glnr regulates the glyoxylate cycle and the methylcitrate cycle on fatty acid metabolism by repressing icl transcription
topic Microbiology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7886694/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33613477
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2021.603835
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