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Involvement of the global Crp regulator in cyclic AMP-dependent utilization of aromatic amino acids by Pseudomonas putida.

ABSTRACT: The phhAB operon encodes a phenylalanine hydroxylase involved in the conversion of L-phenylalanine into L-tyrosine in Pseudomonas putida. The phhAB promoter is transcribed by RNA polymerase sigma-70 and is unusual in that the specific regulator PhhR acts as an enhancer protein that binds to two distant upstream sites (-75 to -92 and -132 to -149). There is an integration host factor (IHF) binding site that overlaps the proximal PhhR box, and, consequently, IHF acts as an inhibitor of transcription. Use of L-phenylalanine is compromised in a crp-deficient background due to reduced expression from the phhAB promoter. Electrophoretic mobility shift assays and DNase I footprinting assays reveal that Crp binds at a site centered at -109 only in the presence of cyclic AMP (cAMP). We show, using circular permutation analysis, that the simultaneous binding of Crp/cAMP and PhhR bends DNA to bring positive regulators and RNA polymerase into close proximity. This nucleoprotein complex promotes transcription from phhA only in response to L-phenylalanine.

SUBMITTER: Herrera MC

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3256677 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Involvement of the global Crp regulator in cyclic AMP-dependent utilization of aromatic amino acids by Pseudomonas putida.

Herrera M Carmen MC Daddaoua Abdelali A Fernández-Escamilla Ana A Ramos Juan-Luis JL

Journal of bacteriology 20111111 2

The phhAB operon encodes a phenylalanine hydroxylase involved in the conversion of L-phenylalanine into L-tyrosine in Pseudomonas putida. The phhAB promoter is transcribed by RNA polymerase sigma-70 and is unusual in that the specific regulator PhhR acts as an enhancer protein that binds to two distant upstream sites (-75 to -92 and -132 to -149). There is an integration host factor (IHF) binding site that overlaps the proximal PhhR box, and, consequently, IHF acts as an inhibitor of transcripti ...[more]

PMID: 22081386

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Project description:Klebsiella pneumoniae is the predominant pathogen isolated from liver abscesses of diabetic patients in Asian countries. However, the effects of elevated blood glucose levels on the virulence of this pathogen remain largely unknown. Type 3 fimbriae, encoded by the mrkABCDF genes, are important virulence factors in K. pneumoniae pathogenesis. In this study, the effects of exogenous glucose and the intracellular cyclic AMP (cAMP) signaling pathway on type 3 fimbriae expression regulation were investigated. The production of MrkA, the major subunit of type 3 fimbriae, was increased in glucose-rich medium, whereas cAMP supplementation reversed the effect. MrkA production was markedly increased by cyaA or crp deletion, but slightly decreased by cpdA deletion. In addition, the mRNA levels of mrkABCDF genes and the activity of PmrkA were increased in ?crp strain, as well as the mRNA levels of mrkHIJ genes that encode cyclic di-GMP (c-di-GMP)-related regulatory proteins that influence type 3 fimbriae expression. Moreover, the activities of PmrkHI and PmrkJ were decreased in ?lacZ?crp strain. These results indicate that CRP-cAMP down-regulates mrkABCDF and mrkHIJ at the transcriptional level. Further deletion of mrkH or mrkI in ?crp strain diminished the production of MrkA, indicating that MrkH and MrkI are required for the CRP regulation of type 3 fimbriae expression. Furthermore, the high activity of PmrkHI in the ?lacZ?crp strain was diminished in ?lacZ?crp?mrkHI, but increased in the ?lacZ?crp?mrkJ strain. Deletion of crp increased the intracellular c-di-GMP concentration and reduced the phosphodiesterase activity. Moreover, we found that the mRNA levels of multiple genes related to c-di-GMP metabolism were altered in ?crp strain. These indicate that CRP regulates type 3 fimbriae expression indirectly via the c-di-GMP signaling pathway. In conclusion, we found evidence of a coordinated regulation of type 3 fimbriae expression by the CRP-cAMP and c-di-GMP signaling pathways in K. pneumoniae.

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Involvement of the global Crp regulator in cyclic AMP-dependent utilization of aromatic amino acids by Pseudomonas putida.

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Involvement of the global Crp regulator in cyclic AMP-dependent utilization of aromatic amino acids by Pseudomonas putida.

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