PipY, a Member of the Conserved COG0325 Family of PLP-Binding Proteins, Expands the Cyanobacterial Nitrogen Regulatory Network
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Título: | PipY, a Member of the Conserved COG0325 Family of PLP-Binding Proteins, Expands the Cyanobacterial Nitrogen Regulatory Network |
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Autor/es: | Labella, Jose I. | Cantos, Raquel | Espinosa, Javier | Forcada-Nadal, Alicia | Rubio, Vicente | Contreras, Asunción |
Grupo/s de investigación o GITE: | Transducción de Señales en Bacterias |
Centro, Departamento o Servicio: | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Fisiología, Genética y Microbiología |
Palabras clave: | Cyanobacteria | PipX | COG0325 | PipY | Nitrogen regulation |
Área/s de conocimiento: | Genética |
Fecha de publicación: | 11-jul-2017 |
Editor: | Frontiers Media |
Cita bibliográfica: | Labella JI, Cantos R, Espinosa J, Forcada-Nadal A, Rubio V and Contreras A (2017) PipY, a Member of the Conserved COG0325 Family of PLP-Binding Proteins, Expands the Cyanobacterial Nitrogen Regulatory Network. Front. Microbiol. 8:1244. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.01244 |
Resumen: | Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942 is a paradigmatic model organism for nitrogen regulation in cyanobacteria. Expression of genes involved in nitrogen assimilation is positively regulated by the 2-oxoglutarate receptor and global transcriptional regulator NtcA. Maximal activation requires the subsequent binding of the co-activator PipX. PII, a protein found in all three domains of life as an integrator of signals of the nitrogen and carbon balance, binds to PipX to counteract NtcA activity at low 2-oxoglutarate levels. PII-PipX complexes can also bind to the transcriptional regulator PlmA, whose regulon remains unknown. Here we expand the nitrogen regulatory network to PipY, encoded by the bicistronic operon pipXY in S. elongatus. Work with PipY, the cyanobacterial member of the widespread family of COG0325 proteins, confirms the conserved roles in vitamin B6 and amino/keto acid homeostasis and reveals new PLP-related phenotypes, including sensitivity to antibiotics targeting essential PLP-holoenzymes or synthetic lethality with cysK. In addition, the related phenotypes of pipY and pipX mutants are consistent with genetic interactions in the contexts of survival to PLP-targeting antibiotics and transcriptional regulation. We also showed that PipY overexpression increased the length of S. elongatus cells. Taken together, our results support a universal regulatory role for COG0325 proteins, paving the way to a better understanding of these proteins and of their connections with other biological processes. |
Patrocinador/es: | This work was supported by grants from the Valencian (Gerónimo Forteza contract FPA/2015/052 to JL; PrometeoII/2014/029 to VR) and Spanish Governments (BFU2012-33364 and BFU2015-66360-P to AC; BFU2014-58229-P to VR). |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10045/68176 |
ISSN: | 1664-302X |
DOI: | 10.3389/fmicb.2017.01244 |
Idioma: | eng |
Tipo: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Derechos: | © 2017 Labella, Cantos, Espinosa, Forcada-Nadal, Rubio and Contreras. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
Revisión científica: | si |
Versión del editor: | http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2017.01244 |
Aparece en las colecciones: | INV - TSB - Artículos de Revistas |
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