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SUBMITTER: Ling X
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10808224 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

Ling Xiaocui X Liu Xiao X Wang Kun K Guo Minhao M Ou Yanzhe Y Li Danting D Xiang Yulin Y Zheng Jiachen J Hu Lihua L Zhang Hongyun H Li Weihui W
Nature communications 20240124 1
Cyclic di-GMP (c-di-GMP) is a second messenger that promotes biofilm formation in several bacterial species, but the mechanisms are often unclear. Here, we report that c-di-GMP promotes biofilm formation in mycobacteria in a manner dependent on the nucleoid-associated protein Lsr2. We show that c-di-GMP specifically binds to Lsr2 at a ratio of 1:1. Lsr2 upregulates the expression of HadD, a (3R)-hydroxyacyl-ACP dehydratase, thus promoting the synthesis of keto-mycolic acid and biofilm formation. ...[more]