Identification of potential CepR regulated genes using a cep box motif-based search of the Burkholderia cenocepacia genome
| Autor: | Peggy P Y Law, Catherine E. Chambers, Pamela A. Sokol, Erika I. Lutter, Michelle B. Visser |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
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Microbiology (medical)
Burkholderia cenocepacia Transcription Genetic Amino Acid Motifs Molecular Sequence Data lcsh:QR1-502 Burkholderia cepacia Microbiology Genome lcsh:Microbiology 03 medical and health sciences 4-Butyrolactone Bacterial Proteins Consensus sequence Site-directed mutagenesis Promoter Regions Genetic Gene 030304 developmental biology Genetics 0303 health sciences Binding Sites biology Base Sequence 030306 microbiology Computational Biology Quorum Sensing Promoter Gene Expression Regulation Bacterial biology.organism_classification Quorum sensing DNA Transposable Elements Mutagenesis Site-Directed Transposon mutagenesis Research Article Signal Transduction |
| Zdroj: | BMC Microbiology BMC Microbiology, Vol 6, Iss 1, p 104 (2006) |
| ISSN: | 1471-2180 |
| Popis: | Background The Burkholderia cenocepacia CepIR quorum sensing system has been shown to positively and negatively regulate genes involved in siderophore production, protease expression, motility, biofilm formation and virulence. In this study, two approaches were used to identify genes regulated by the CepIR quorum sensing system. Transposon mutagenesis was used to create lacZ promoter fusions in a cepI mutant that were screened for differential expression in the presence of N-acylhomoserine lactones. A bioinformatics approach was used to screen the B. cenocepacia J2315 genome for CepR binding site motifs. Results Four positively regulated and two negatively regulated genes were identified by transposon mutagenesis including genes potentially involved in iron transport and virulence. The promoter regions of selected CepR regulated genes and site directed mutagenesis of the cepI promoter were used to predict a consensus cep box sequence for CepR binding. The first-generation consensus sequence for the cep box was used to identify putative cep boxes in the genome sequence. Eight potential CepR regulated genes were chosen and the expression of their promoters analyzed. Six of the eight were shown to be regulated by CepR. A second generation motif was created from the promoters of these six genes in combination with the promoters of cepI, zmpA, and two of the CepR regulated genes identified by transposon mutagenesis. A search of the B. cenocepacia J2315 genome with the new motif identified 55 cep boxes in 65 promoter regions that may be regulated by CepR. Conclusion Using transposon mutagenesis and bioinformatics expression of twelve new genes have been determined to be regulated by the CepIR quorum sensing system. A cep box consensus sequence has been developed based on the predicted cep boxes of ten CepR regulated genes. This consensus cep box has led to the identification of over 50 new genes potentially regulated by the CepIR quorum sensing system. |
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