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- Title
Sugar-mediated regulation of a c-di-GMP phosphodiesterase in Vibrio cholerae.
- Authors
Heo, Kyoo; Park, Young-Ha; Lee, Kyung-Ah; Kim, Joonwon; Ham, Hyeong-In; Kim, Byung-Gee; Lee, Won-Jae; Seok, Yeong-Jae
- Abstract
Biofilm formation protects bacteria from stresses including antibiotics and host immune responses. Carbon sources can modulate biofilm formation and host colonization in Vibrio cholerae, but the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. Here, we show that EIIAGlc, a component of the phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP):carbohydrate phosphotransferase system (PTS), regulates the intracellular concentration of the cyclic dinucleotide c-di-GMP, and thus biofilm formation. The availability of preferred sugars such as glucose affects EIIAGlc phosphorylation state, which in turn modulates the interaction of EIIAGlc with a c-di-GMP phosphodiesterase (hereafter referred to as PdeS). In a Drosophila model of V. cholerae infection, sugars in the host diet regulate gut colonization in a manner dependent on the PdeS-EIIAGlc interaction. Our results shed light into the mechanisms by which some nutrients regulate biofilm formation and host colonization. Carbon sources can modulate biofilm formation and host colonization in Vibrio cholerae. Here, Heo et al. show that this process is mediated by a component of the PEP:carbohydrate phosphotransferase system (PTS), which regulates c-di-GMP hydrolysis by interacting with a c-di-GMP phosphodiesterase.
- Subjects
PHOSPHODIESTERASES; VIBRIO cholerae; IMMUNE response; PYRUVATE kinase; DINUCLEOTIDES
- Publication
Nature Communications, 2019, Vol 10, Issue 1, pN.PAG
- ISSN
2041-1723
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/s41467-019-13353-5