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The Yersinia pseudotuberculosis Cpx envelope stress system contributes to transcriptional activation of rovM.
Thanikkal, Edvin J Gahlot, Dharmender K Liu, Junfa Fredriksson Sundbom, Marcus Gurung, Jyoti M Ruuth, Kristina Francis, Monika K Obi, Ikenna R Thompson, Karl M Chen, Shiyun
Thanikkal, Edvin J
Gahlot, Dharmender K
Liu, Junfa
Fredriksson Sundbom, Marcus
Gurung, Jyoti M
Ruuth, Kristina
Francis, Monika K
Obi, Ikenna R
Thompson, Karl M
Chen, Shiyun
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2018-12-06
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The Gram-negative enteropathogen Yersinia pseudotuberculosis possesses a number of regulatory systems that detect cell envelope damage caused by noxious extracytoplasmic stresses. The CpxA sensor kinase and CpxR response regulator two-component regulatory system is one such pathway. Active Cpx signalling upregulates various factors designed to repair and restore cell envelope integrity. Concomitantly, this pathway also down-regulates key determinants of virulence. In Yersinia, cpxA deletion accumulates high levels of phosphorylated CpxR (CpxR~P). Accumulated CpxR~P directly repressed rovA expression and this limited expression of virulence-associated processes. A second transcriptional regulator, RovM, also negatively regulates rovA expression in response to nutrient stress. Hence, this study aimed to determine if CpxR~P can influence rovA expression through control of RovM levels. We determined that the active CpxR~P isoform bound to the promoter of rovM and directly induced its expression, which naturally associated with a concurrent reduction in rovA expression. Site-directed mutagenesis of the CpxR~P binding sequence in the rovM promoter region desensitised rovM expression to CpxR~P. These data suggest that accumulated CpxR~P inversely manipulates the levels of two global transcriptional regulators, RovA and RovM, and this would be expected to have considerable influence on Yersinia pathophysiology and metabolism.
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