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- Title
BipA exerts temperature-dependent translational control of biofilm-associated colony morphology in Vibrio cholerae.
- Authors
del Peso Santos, Teresa; Alvarez, Laura; Sit, Brandon; Irazoki, Oihane; Blake, Jonathon; Warner, Benjamin R.; Warr, Alyson R.; Bala, Anju; Benes, Vladimir; Waldor, Matthew K.; Fredrick, Kurt; Cava, Felipe
- Abstract
Adaptation to shifting temperatures is crucial for the survival of the bacterial pathogen Vibrio cholerae. Here, we show that colony rugosity, a biofilm-associated phenotype, is regulated by temperature in V. cholerae strains that naturally lack the master biofilm transcriptional regulator HapR. Using transposon-insertion mutagenesis, we found the V. cholerae ortholog of BipA, a conserved ribosome-associated GTPase, is critical for this temperature-dependent phenomenon. Proteomic analyses revealed that loss of BipA alters the synthesis of >300 proteins in V. cholerae at 22°C, increasing the production of biofilm-related proteins including the key transcriptional activators VpsR and VpsT, as well as proteins important for diverse cellular processes. At low temperatures, BipA protein levels increase and are required for optimal ribosome assembly in V. cholerae, suggesting that control of BipA abundance is a mechanism by which bacteria can remodel their proteomes. Our study reveals a remarkable new facet of V. cholerae's complex biofilm regulatory network.
- Subjects
VIBRIO cholerae; RIBOSOMES; MORPHOLOGY; GENETIC translation; PROTEIN synthesis; LOW temperatures; BODY temperature regulation
- Publication
eLife, 2021, p1
- ISSN
2050-084X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.7554/eLife.60607