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RsmA3 modulates RpoS through the RetS-Gac-Rsm signalling pathway in response to H2 O2 stress in the phytopathogen
Xun Yu1, Cui Meng1, Xiaocheng Tan1
1State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong Agriculture University, Wuhan, People's Republic of China.
Abstract:
Reactive oxygen species are a fatal challenge to the plant pathogenic bacterium Pseudomonas syringae. In this study, we reveal that the global regulatory protein RsmA3 from the RetS-Gac/Rsm signalling pathway modulates RpoS in the early-log growth phase in the P. syringae wild-type strain MB03, thereby regulating oxidative tolerance to H2 O2 and ultimately affecting pathogenicity to the host plant. Following increased H2 O2 by external addition or endogenous induction by menadione, the resistance of the mutant strain ΔretS to H2 O2 is significantly enhanced due to rapid increases in the transcription of Rsm-related non-coding small RNAs (nc sRNAs), a sigma factor RpoS, and H2 O2 -detoxifying enzymes. Moreover, the ΔretS mutant is significantly less pathogenic in cucumber leaves. Seven Rsm-related nc sRNAs (namely, rsmZ, rsmY and rsmX1-5 ) show functional redundancy in the RetS-Gac-Rsm signalling pathway. External addition of H2 O2 stimulates increases in the transcription of both rsmY and rsmZ. Thus, we propose a regulatory model of the RetS-Gac-Rsm signalling pathway in P. syringae MB03 for the regulation of H2 O2 tolerance and phytopathogenicity in the host plant.
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