RcsAB and Fur Coregulate the Iron-Acquisition System Via in NTUH-K2044 in Response to Iron Availability

Overview

Journal Front Cell Infect Microbiol

Specialties Cell Biology
Infectious Diseases
Microbiology

Date 2020 Jun 27

PMID 32587833

Citations 3

Authors

Lingyue Yuan

Xuan Li

Ling Du

Kewen Su

Jiaxue Zhang

Pin Liu

Qiang He

Zhongshuang Zhang

Dan Peng

Lifei Shen

Jingfu Qiu

Yingli Li

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Abstract

The iron acquisition system is an essential virulence factor for human infection and is under tight regulatory control in a variety of pathogens. Ferric-uptake regulator (Fur) is one of Fe-responsive transcription factor that maintains iron homeostasis, and the regulator of capsule synthesis (Rcs) is known to regulate exopolysaccharide biosynthesis. We speculate the Rcs may involve in iron-acquisition given the identified regulator box in the upstream of that participated in the biosynthesis of enterobactin. To study the coregulation by RcsAB and Fur of , we measured the β-galactosidase activity and relative mRNA expression of in WT and mutant strains. The RcsAB- and Fur-protected regions were identified by an electrophoretic mobility shift assay (EMSA) and a DNase I footprinting assay. A regulatory cascade was identified with which Fur repressed expression and reduced RcsAB and expression. Our study demonstrated that was coregulated by two different transcriptional regulators, namely, RcsAB and Fur, in response to iron availability in .

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