Jansari Vibhuti H, Potharla Vishwakanth Y, Riddell Geoff T, Bardy Sonia L
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53211, USA.
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53211, USA
FEMS Microbiol Lett. 2016 Jun;363(12). doi: 10.1093/femsle/fnw119. Epub 2016 May 1.
The Pseudomonas aeruginosa Chp chemosensory system regulates twitching motility, intracellular adenosine 3('') 5(')-cyclic monophosphate (cAMP) levels and is postulated to be involved in directional twitching towards phosphatidylethanolamine (PE). Because PilJ is the only methyl-accepting chemotaxis protein (MCP) identified in the Chp system, we determined the role of PilJ in mediating signal transduction for the distinct outputs of this system. Mutants that lack the periplasmic domain of PilJ (pilJΔ74-273) showed lower levels of cAMP but retained directional twitching towards PE. While initial studies revealed reduced twitching motility by PilJΔ74-273, this was due to decreased cAMP levels. Our data illustrate the importance of the periplasmic domain of PilJ in regulating cAMP. This is the first time a defined domain within PilJ has been identified as having a distinct role in signal transduction.
铜绿假单胞菌Chp化学感应系统调节颤动运动性、细胞内3('') 5(')-环磷酸腺苷(cAMP)水平,并据推测参与向磷脂酰乙醇胺(PE)的定向颤动。由于PilJ是在Chp系统中鉴定出的唯一甲基接受趋化蛋白(MCP),我们确定了PilJ在介导该系统不同输出的信号转导中的作用。缺乏PilJ周质结构域的突变体(pilJΔ74-273)显示cAMP水平较低,但仍保留对PE的定向颤动。虽然初步研究表明PilJΔ74-273的颤动运动性降低,但这是由于cAMP水平降低所致。我们的数据说明了PilJ周质结构域在调节cAMP中的重要性。这是首次确定PilJ内的一个特定结构域在信号转导中具有独特作用。