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- Title
The LysR‐type transcriptional regulator LelA co‐regulates various effectors in different Legionella species.
- Authors
Shapira, Naomi; Zusman, Tal; Segal, Gil
- Abstract
The intracellular pathogen Legionella pneumophila translocates more than 300 effector proteins into its host cells. The expression levels of the genes encoding these effectors are orchestrated by an intricate regulatory network. Here, we introduce LelA, the first L. pneumophila LysR‐type transcriptional regulator of effectors. Through bioinformatic and experimental analyses, we identified the LelA target regulatory element and demonstrated that it directly activates the expression of three L. pneumophila effectors (legL7, legL6, and legU1). We further found that the gene encoding LelA is positively regulated by the RpoS sigma factor, thus linking it to the known effector regulatory network. Examination of other species throughout the Legionella genus revealed that this regulatory element is found upstream of 34 genes encoding validated effectors, putative effectors, and hypothetical proteins. Moreover, ten of these genes were examined and found to be activated by the L. pneumophila LelA as well as by their orthologs in the corresponding species. LelA represents a novel type of Legionella effector regulator, which coordinates the expression of both adjacently and distantly located effector‐encoding genes, thus forming small groups of co‐regulated effectors.
- Subjects
LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA pneumophila; GENE expression; SPECIES; INTRACELLULAR pathogens
- Publication
Molecular Microbiology, 2024, Vol 121, Issue 2, p243
- ISSN
0950-382X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/mmi.15214