Evolutionary diversification of the RomR protein of the invasive deltaproteobacterium, Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus.
Evolutionary diversification of the RomR protein of the invasive deltaproteobacterium, Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus.
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入侵性δ变形菌、噬菌蛭弧菌的 RomR 蛋白的进化多样化。
DOI:
10.1038/s41598-019-41263-5
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发表时间:
2019
影响因子:
4.6
通讯作者:
Lowry RC
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Lowry RC
Bdellovibrio bacteriovorusis a predatory deltaproteobacterium that encounters individual Gram-negative prey bacteria with gliding or swimming motility, and then is able to invade such prey cells via type IVa pilus-dependent mechanisms. Movement control (pili or gliding) in other deltaproteobacteria, such as the pack huntingMyxococcus xanthus, uses a response regulator protein, RomRMx(which dynamically relocalises between the cell poles) and a GTPase, MglAMx, previously postulated as an interface between the FrzMxchemosensory system and gliding or pilus-motility apparatus, to produce regulated bidirectional motility. In contrast,B. bacteriovoruspredation is a more singular encounter between a lone predator and prey; contact is always via the piliated, non-flagellar pole of the predator, involving MglABd, but no Frz system. In this new study, tracking fluorescent RomRBdmicroscopically during predatory growth shows that it does not dynamically relocalise, in contrast to theM. xanthusprotein; instead having possible roles in growth events. Furthermore, transcriptional start analysis, site-directed mutagenesis and bacterial two-hybrid interaction studies, indicate an evolutionary loss of RomRBdactivation (via receiver domain phosphorylation) in this lone hunting bacterium, demonstrating divergence from its bipolar role in motility in pack-huntingM. xanthusand further evolution that may differentiate lone from pack predators.