ChIP-seq Analysis of the Global Regulator Vfr Reveals Novel Insights Into the Biocontrol Agent FD6

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Journal Front Microbiol

Specialty Microbiology

Date 2021 May 31

PMID 34054776

Citations 2

Authors

Qingxia Zhang

Chenglin Xing

Xiangwei Kong

Cheng Wang

Xijun Chen

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Abstract

Many strains produce the antibiotics pyoluteorin (PLT) and 2,4-diacetylphloroglucinol (2,4-DAPG), both of which have antimicrobial properties. The biosynthesis of these metabolites is typically controlled by multiple regulatory factors. Virulence factor regulator (Vfr) is a multifunctional DNA-binding regulator that modulates 2,4-DAPG biosynthesis in FD6. However, the mechanism by which Vfr regulates this process remains unclear. In the present study, chromatin immunoprecipitation of FLAG-tagged Vfr and nucleotide sequencing analysis were used to identify 847 putative Vfr binding sites in FD6. The consensus Vfr binding site predicted from nucleotide sequence alignment is TCACA. The qPCR data showed that Vfr positively regulates the expression of and , and the expression of these genes was characterized in detail. The purified recombinant Vfr bound to an approximately 240-bp fragment within the and upstream regions that harbor putative Vfr consensus sequences. Using electrophoretic mobility shift assays, we localized Vfr binding to a 25-bp fragment that contains part of the Vfr binding region. Vfr binding was eliminated by mutating the TACG and CACA sequences in and , respectively. Taken together, our results show that Vfr directly regulates the expression of the 2,4-DAPG operon by binding to the upstream regions of both the and genes. However, unlike other Vfr-targeted genes, Vfr binding to FD6 does not require an intact binding consensus motif. Furthermore, we demonstrated that expression is autoregulated in this bacterium. These results provide novel insights into the regulatory role of Vfr in the biocontrol agent .

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