Novel Cyclic di-GMP Effectors of the YajQ Protein Family Control Bacterial Virulence

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Cyclic di-GMP is a bacterial second messenger that acts to regulate a wide range of functions including those that contribute to the virulence of pathogens. Our knowledge of the different actions and receptors for this nucleotide is far from complete. An understanding of the action of these elements may be key to interference with the processes they control. Here we have used an affinity pull-down assay using cyclic di-GMP-coupled magnetic beads to identify cyclic di-GMP binding proteins in the plant pathogen Xanthomonas campestris. This analysis identified XC_3703, a protein of the YajQ family that was able to bind cyclic di-GMP with high affinity. Mutation of XC_3703 led to reduced virulence of X. campestris to plants and alteration in biofilm formation. Genetic and functional analysis of YajQ family members from the human pathogens Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Stenotrophomonas maltophilia showed that they also specifically bound cyclic di-GMP and contributed to virulence in model systems. The findings thus identify a new class of cyclic di-GMP effector that regulates bacterial virulence and raise the possibility that other members of the YajQ family, which occur widely in bacteria, also act in cyclic di-GMP signalling pathways.

Vyšlo v časopise: Novel Cyclic di-GMP Effectors of the YajQ Protein Family Control Bacterial Virulence. PLoS Pathog 10(10): e32767. doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1004429
Kategorie: Research Article
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