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低亲和度的DNA结合促进了Vibrio cholerae中自然转化的合作激活

Allison C Hullinger, Virginia E Callahan, Ankur B Dalia

bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology

|February 6, 2026

概括

跨膜转录调节器 (TTRs) 协调基因表达. 这项研究表明,TTRs之间的相对DNA结合亲和力,如TfoS和ChiS,驱动它们的协调用于细菌的自然转化.

科学领域:

微生物学微生物学
分子生物学分子生物学
遗传学是一个遗传学.

背景情况:

结合DNA的转录调节器 (TTRs) 控制基因表达,以响应环境信号.
跨膜转录调节器 (TTRs) 是一种直接结合DNA的膜定蛋白质.
TTR对协调基因表达,影响细菌的行为,如毒性和水平基因转移.

研究的目的:

阐明TTR协调背后的分子机制.
调查DNA结合亲和力在TTR介导基因调节中的作用.
了解TfoS和ChiS如何协调,以调节*Vibrio cholerae*中的自然转变.

主要方法:

研究了TfoS和ChiS与P*tfoR*促进体的DNA结合亲缘关系.
生成并分析了一种具有增强DNA结合亲和力的TfoS突变体.
评估了改变TfoS结合亲和力对P*tfoR*激活和ChiS依赖性的影响.

主要成果:

ChiS对P*tfoR*的DNA结合亲和力比TfoS的亲和力更高.
升高的TfoS蛋白水平绕过了促进体激活中ChiS的需要.
一个高亲和度的TfoS突变体会独立于ChiS激活P*tfoR*.
相对的DNA结合亲和力是TTR协调的关键决定因素.

结论:

TTRs的差异性DNA结合亲缘关系对于它们的协调功能至关重要.
由于TfoS亲属性较低,ChiS在本地条件下需要用于TfoS介导的P*tfoR*激活.
这项研究揭示了驱动细菌基因调节中TTR协调的关键分子机制.

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