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噬菌体编码的群体感应激活型反阻遏物 Qtip 的功能分离。

Separating Functions of the Phage-Encoded Quorum-Sensing-Activated Antirepressor Qtip.

机构信息

Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA.

Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544, USA; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Chevy Chase, MD 20815, USA.

出版信息

Cell Host Microbe. 2020 Apr 8;27(4):629-641.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2020.01.024. Epub 2020 Feb 25.

Abstract

Quorum sensing is a process of chemical communication that bacteria use to track cell density and coordinate gene expression across a population. Bacteria-infecting viruses, called phages, can encode quorum-sensing components that enable them to integrate host cell density information into the lysis-lysogeny decision. Vibriophage VP882 is one such phage, and activation of its quorum-sensing pathway leads to the production of an antirepressor called Qtip. Qtip interferes with the prophage repressor (cI), leading to host-cell lysis. Here, we show that Qtip interacts with the N terminus of cI, inhibiting both cI DNA binding and cI autoproteolysis. Qtip also sequesters cI, localizing it to the poles. Qtip can localize to the poles independently of cI. Alanine-scanning mutagenesis of Qtip shows that its localization and interference with cI activities are separable. Comparison of Qtip to a canonical phage antirepressor reveals that despite both proteins interacting with their partner repressors, only Qtip drives polar localization.

摘要

群体感应是一种细菌用于跟踪细胞密度并在种群中协调基因表达的化学通讯过程。感染细菌的病毒,称为噬菌体,可以编码群体感应成分,使它们能够将宿主细胞密度信息整合到裂解-溶原决定中。噬菌 VP882 就是这样一种噬菌体,其群体感应途径的激活会导致产生一种称为 Qtip 的反阻遏物。Qtip 干扰噬菌体的阻遏物 (cI),导致宿主细胞裂解。在这里,我们表明 Qtip 与 cI 的 N 端相互作用,抑制 cI 的 DNA 结合和 cI 自身切割。Qtip 还将 cI 隔离在极区。Qtip 可以独立于 cI 定位到极区。对 Qtip 的丙氨酸扫描诱变表明,其定位和对 cI 活性的干扰是可分离的。将 Qtip 与典型噬菌体反阻遏物进行比较表明,尽管这两种蛋白都与它们的伴侣阻遏物相互作用,但只有 Qtip 驱动极区定位。

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