Binding of GTP to BifA is required for the production of Pel-dependent biofilms in Pseudomonas aeruginosa .

Autor:	Van Loon JC; Program in Molecular Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.; Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada., Whitfield GB; Program in Molecular Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.; Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada., Wong N; Program in Molecular Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.; Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada., O'Neal L; Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA., Henrickson A; Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada., Demeler B; Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada., O'Toole GA; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA., Parsek MR; Department of Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA., Howell PL; Program in Molecular Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.; Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Journal of bacteriology [J Bacteriol] 2024 Feb 22; Vol. 206 (2), pp. e0033123. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jan 10.
DOI:	10.1128/jb.00331-23
Abstrakt:	The Pel exopolysaccharide is one of the most mechanistically conserved and phylogenetically diverse bacterial biofilm matrix determinants. Pel is a major contributor to the structural integrity of Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms, and its biosynthesis is regulated by the binding of cyclic-3',5'-dimeric guanosine monophosphate (c-di-GMP) to the PelD receptor. c-di-GMP is synthesized from two molecules of guanosine triphosphate (GTP) by diguanylate cyclases with GGDEF domains and degraded by phosphodiesterases with EAL or HD-GYP domains. As the P. aeruginosa genome encodes 43 c-di-GMP metabolic enzymes, one way signaling specificity can be achieved is through direct interaction between specific enzyme-receptor pairs. Here, we show that the inner membrane hybrid GGDEF-EAL enzyme, BifA, directly interacts with PelD via its cytoplasmic HAMP, GGDEF, and EAL domains. Despite having no catalytic function, the degenerate active site motif of the BifA GGDEF domain (GGDQF) has retained the ability to bind GTP with micromolar affinity. Mutations that abolish GTP binding result in increased biofilm formation but stable global c-di-GMP levels. Our data suggest that BifA forms a dimer in solution and that GTP binding induces conformational changes in dimeric BifA that enhance the BifA-PelD interaction and stimulate its phosphodiesterase activity, thus reducing c-di-GMP levels and downregulating Pel biosynthesis. Structural comparisons between the dimeric AlphaFold2 model of BifA and the structures of other hybrid GGDEF-EAL proteins suggest that the regulation of BifA by GTP may occur through a novel mechanism.IMPORTANCEc-di-GMP is the most common cyclic dinucleotide used by bacteria to regulate phenotypes such as motility, biofilm formation, virulence factor production, cell cycle progression, and cell differentiation. While the identification and initial characterization of c-di-GMP metabolic enzymes are well established, our understanding of how these enzymes are regulated to provide signaling specificity remains understudied. Here we demonstrate that the inactive GGDEF domain of BifA binds GTP and regulates the adjacent phosphodiesterase EAL domain, ultimately downregulating Pel-dependent P. aeruginosa biofilm formation through an interaction with PelD. This discovery adds to the growing body of literature regarding how hybrid GGDEF-EAL enzymes are regulated and provides additional precedence for studying how direct interactions between c-di-GMP metabolic enzymes and effectors result in signaling specificity. Competing Interests: The authors declare no conflict of interest.
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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