在Caulobacter和φCbK中保存的XRE转录因子调节粘合素发育和菌体生产
Maeve McLaughlin1, Aretha Fiebig1, Sean Crosson1
1Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.
bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology
|August 30, 2023
概括
在Caulobacter细菌及其菌体之间,共享的异生反应元素 (XRE) 转录因子 (TF) 的基因群调节粘附并影响感染动态. 这些XRETFs影响宿主-菌体相互作用和细菌健康.
科学领域:
- 微生物学 微生物学
- 分子生物学分子生物学
- 遗传学 遗传学 是一个
背景情况:
- 通过异生反应元 (XRE) 转录因子 (TFs) 的转录调节对于感染期间的细菌和菌体适应性至关重要.
- XRE TFs参与多种细菌细胞生理和菌体感染动力学,其中一些已知可以调节*Caulobacter crescentus*中的坚固粘合蛋白发育和生物膜形成.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究 XRE TFs 在 *Caulobacter crescentus* 和 φCbK 菌体之间共享的作用.
- 确定这些XRETFs如何影响宿主-菌体动态,包括坚固的发展和病毒的产生.
主要方法:
- 对 *Caulobacter* 种类的泛基因组分析.
- 研究XRE蛋白质异构组的关联和转录控制.
- 在 *C. crescentus* 和 φCbK 感染中进行基因删除和过度表达研究.
主要成果:
- 共享的XRETFs形成异构组合,并调节参与持久性发育和φCbK病毒生成的共同基因.
- 该 φCbK XRE 对应物, *tgrL*,抑制 *hfiA* (持久性抑制剂) 和 *gafYZ* (基因转移剂激活剂).
- 主体XRE TFs还抑制*gafYZ*,表明功能冗余以防止溶解. 删除宿主XRE减少了φCbK爆发大小,而过度表达则挽救了这个缺陷.
结论:
- 在 *C. crescentus* 和 φCbK 之间共享的 XRE TF 基因集群对于非传染条件下的粘附调节至关重要.
- 这些XRETF在感染期间显著影响宿主-菌体动态,影响细菌健康和菌体传播.
- 这些发现揭示了Alphaproteobacteria*内的宿主菌相互作用中XRE介导调节的保存机制.
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