Structural Basis for Virulence Activation of Francisella tularensis.
Structural Basis for Virulence Activation of Francisella tularensis.
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DOI:
10.1016/j.molcel.2020.10.035
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发表时间:
2021-01-07
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影响因子:
16
通讯作者:
Schumacher MA
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作者:
Travis BA;Ramsey KM;Prezioso SM;Tallo T;Wandzilak JM;Hsu A;Borgnia M;Bartesaghi A;Dove SL;Brennan RG;Schumacher MA
The bacterium, Francisella tularensis (Ft), is one of the most infectious agents known. Ft virulence is controlled by a unique combination of transcription regulators: the MglA-SspA heterodimer, PigR, and the stress signal, ppGpp. MglA-SspA assembles with the σ70-associated RNAP holoenzyme (RNAPσ70), forming a virulence-specialized polymerase. These factors activate Francisella pathogenicity island (FPI) gene expression, which is required for virulence, but the mechanism is unknown. Here we report FtRNAPσ70-promoter-DNA, FtRNAPσ70-(MglA-SspA)-promoter-DNA and FtRNAPσ70-(MglA-SspA)-ppGpp-PigR-promoter-DNA cryo-EM structures. Structural and genetic analyses show MglA-SspA facilitates σ70 binding to DNA to regulate virulence and virulence-enhancing genes. Our Escherichia coli RNAPσ70-homodimeric EcSspA structure suggests this is a general SspA-transcription regulation mechanism. Strikingly, our FtRNAPσ70-(MglA-SspA)-ppGpp-PigR-DNA structure reveals ppGpp binding to MglA-SspA tethers PigR to promoters. PigR in turn recruits FtRNAP αCTDs to DNA UP elements. Thus, these studies unveil a unique mechanism for Ft pathogenesis involving a virulence-specialized RNAP that employs two (MglA-SspA)-based strategies to activate virulence genes.
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DOI:
10.1093/bioinformatics/btu638
发表时间:
2015-01-15
期刊:
Bioinformatics (Oxford, England)
影响因子:
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作者:
Anders S;Pyl PT;Huber W
通讯作者:
Huber W
影响因子:
3.7
作者:
Cuthbert BJ;Brennan RG;Schumacher MA
通讯作者:
Schumacher MA
影响因子:
3.2
作者:
Badger, JL;Miller, VL
通讯作者:
Miller, VL
影响因子:
6.7
作者:
Charity JC;Blalock LT;Costante-Hamm MM;Kasper DL;Dove SL
通讯作者:
Dove SL
影响因子:
5.2
作者:
Bröms JE;Sjöstedt A;Lavander M
通讯作者:
Lavander M