H-NS, IHF, and DnaA lead to changes in nucleoid organizations, replication initiation, and cell division
H-NS, IHF, and DnaA lead to changes in nucleoid organizations, replication initiation, and cell division
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H–NS、IHF 和 DnaA 导致类核组织、复制起始和细胞分裂的变化
DOI:
10.1002/jobm.201900497
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发表时间:
2020-02-01
影响因子:
3.1
通讯作者:
Moregen, Morigen
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作者:
Huang, Tingting;Yuan, Hong;Moregen, Morigen
Histone-like nucleoid-structuring protein (H-NS) and integration host factor (IHF) are major nucleoid-associated proteins, and DnaA, a replication initiator, may also be related with nucleoid compaction. It has been shown that protein-dependent DNA compaction is related with many aspects of bacterial physiology, including transcription, DNA replication, and site-speci?c recombination. However, the mechanism of bacterial physiology resulting from nucleoid compaction remains unknown. Here, we show that H-NS is important for correct nucleoid compaction in a medium-independent manner. H-NS-mediated nucleoid compaction is not required for correct cell division, but the latter is dependent on H-NS in rich medium. Further, it is found that the IHF alpha-mediated nucleoid compaction is needed for correct cell division, and the effect is dependent on medium. Also, we show that the effects of H-NS and IHF on nucleoid compaction are cumulative. Interestingly, DnaA also plays an important role in nucleoid compaction, and the effect of DnaA on nucleoid compaction appears to be related to cell division in a medium-dependent manner. The results presented here suggest that scrambled initiation of replication, improper cell division, and slow growth is likely associated with disturbances in nucleoid organization directly or indirectly.