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Cell-cell signal-dependent dynamic interactions between HD-GYP and GGDEF domain proteins mediate virulence in Xanthomonas campestris.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20231439     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
RpfG is a paradigm for a class of widespread bacterial two-component regulators with a CheY-like receiver domain attached to a histidine-aspartic acid-glycine-tyrosine-proline (HD-GYP) cyclic di-GMP phosphodiesterase domain. In the plant pathogen Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris (Xcc), a two-component system comprising RpfG and the complex sensor kinase RpfC is implicated in sensing and responding to the diffusible signaling factor (DSF), which is essential for cell-cell signaling. RpfF is involved in synthesizing DSF, and mutations of rpfF, rpfG, or rpfC lead to a coordinate reduction in the synthesis of virulence factors such as extracellular enzymes, biofilm structure, and motility. Using yeast two-hybrid analysis and fluorescence resonance energy transfer experiments in Xcc, we show that the physical interaction of RpfG with two proteins with diguanylate cyclase (GGDEF) domains controls a subset of RpfG-regulated virulence functions. RpfG interactions were abolished by alanine substitutions of the three residues of the conserved GYP motif in the HD-GYP domain. Changing the GYP motif or deletion of the two GGDEF-domain proteins reduced Xcc motility but not the synthesis of extracellular enzymes or biofilm formation. RpfG-GGDEF interactions are dynamic and depend on DSF signaling, being reduced in the rpfF mutant but restored by DSF addition. The results are consistent with a model in which DSF signal transduction controlling motility depends on a highly regulated, dynamic interaction of proteins that influence the localized expression of cyclic di-GMP.
Authors:
Robert P Ryan; Yvonne McCarthy; Maxuel Andrade; Chuck S Farah; Judith P Armitage; J Maxwell Dow
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't     Date:  2010-03-15
Journal Detail:
Title:  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America     Volume:  107     ISSN:  1091-6490     ISO Abbreviation:  Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.     Publication Date:  2010 Mar 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-04-01     Completed Date:  2010-04-28     Revised Date:  2010-10-01    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7505876     Medline TA:  Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  5989-94     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Microbiology, BIOMERIT Research Centre, BioSciences Institute, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Amino Acid Substitution
Bacterial Proteins / chemistry,  genetics,  physiology
Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer
Microbial Interactions
Mutagenesis, Site-Directed
Plants / microbiology
Protein Interaction Domains and Motifs
Protein Structure, Tertiary
Recombinant Proteins / chemistry,  genetics,  metabolism
Signal Transduction
Two-Hybrid System Techniques
Virulence / genetics,  physiology
Xanthomonas campestris / genetics,  pathogenicity*,  physiology*
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
//Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Bacterial Proteins; 0/Recombinant Proteins; 0/RpfG protein, Xanthomonas campestris

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