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Convergence of two global regulators to coordinate expression of essential virulence determinants of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Cyclic AMP (cAMP) is known to function as a global regulator of Mycobacterium tuberculosis gene expression. Sequence-based transcriptomic profiling identified the mycobacterial regulon controlled by the cAMP receptor protein, CRP. In this study, we identified a new subset of CRP-associated genes inc...
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2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9645806/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36350294 http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.80965 |
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author | Khan, Hina Paul, Partha Sevalkar, Ritesh Rajesh Kachhap, Sangita Singh, Balvinder Sarkar, Dibyendu |
author_facet | Khan, Hina Paul, Partha Sevalkar, Ritesh Rajesh Kachhap, Sangita Singh, Balvinder Sarkar, Dibyendu |
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description | Cyclic AMP (cAMP) is known to function as a global regulator of Mycobacterium tuberculosis gene expression. Sequence-based transcriptomic profiling identified the mycobacterial regulon controlled by the cAMP receptor protein, CRP. In this study, we identified a new subset of CRP-associated genes including virulence determinants which are also under the control of a major regulator, PhoP. Our results suggest that PhoP as a DNA binding transcription factor, impacts expression of these genes, and phosphorylated PhoP promotes CRP recruitment at the target promoters. Further, we uncover a distinct regulatory mechanism showing that activation of these genes requires direct recruitment of both PhoP and CRP at their target promoters. The most fundamental biological insight is derived from the inhibition of CRP binding at the regulatory regions in a PhoP-deleted strain owing to CRP-PhoP protein-protein interactions. Based on these results, a model is proposed suggesting how CRP and PhoP function as co-activators of the essential pathogenic determinants. Taken together, these results uncover a novel mode of regulation where a complex of two interacting virulence factors impact expression of virulence determinants. These results have significant implications on TB pathogenesis. |
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spelling | pubmed-96458062022-11-15 Convergence of two global regulators to coordinate expression of essential virulence determinants of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Khan, Hina Paul, Partha Sevalkar, Ritesh Rajesh Kachhap, Sangita Singh, Balvinder Sarkar, Dibyendu eLife Microbiology and Infectious Disease Cyclic AMP (cAMP) is known to function as a global regulator of Mycobacterium tuberculosis gene expression. Sequence-based transcriptomic profiling identified the mycobacterial regulon controlled by the cAMP receptor protein, CRP. In this study, we identified a new subset of CRP-associated genes including virulence determinants which are also under the control of a major regulator, PhoP. Our results suggest that PhoP as a DNA binding transcription factor, impacts expression of these genes, and phosphorylated PhoP promotes CRP recruitment at the target promoters. Further, we uncover a distinct regulatory mechanism showing that activation of these genes requires direct recruitment of both PhoP and CRP at their target promoters. The most fundamental biological insight is derived from the inhibition of CRP binding at the regulatory regions in a PhoP-deleted strain owing to CRP-PhoP protein-protein interactions. Based on these results, a model is proposed suggesting how CRP and PhoP function as co-activators of the essential pathogenic determinants. Taken together, these results uncover a novel mode of regulation where a complex of two interacting virulence factors impact expression of virulence determinants. These results have significant implications on TB pathogenesis. eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd 2022-11-09 /pmc/articles/PMC9645806/ /pubmed/36350294 http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.80965 Text en © 2022, Khan et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use and redistribution provided that the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Microbiology and Infectious Disease Khan, Hina Paul, Partha Sevalkar, Ritesh Rajesh Kachhap, Sangita Singh, Balvinder Sarkar, Dibyendu Convergence of two global regulators to coordinate expression of essential virulence determinants of Mycobacterium tuberculosis |
title | Convergence of two global regulators to coordinate expression of essential virulence determinants of Mycobacterium tuberculosis |
title_full | Convergence of two global regulators to coordinate expression of essential virulence determinants of Mycobacterium tuberculosis |
title_fullStr | Convergence of two global regulators to coordinate expression of essential virulence determinants of Mycobacterium tuberculosis |
title_full_unstemmed | Convergence of two global regulators to coordinate expression of essential virulence determinants of Mycobacterium tuberculosis |
title_short | Convergence of two global regulators to coordinate expression of essential virulence determinants of Mycobacterium tuberculosis |
title_sort | convergence of two global regulators to coordinate expression of essential virulence determinants of mycobacterium tuberculosis |
topic | Microbiology and Infectious Disease |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9645806/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36350294 http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.80965 |
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