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The antiactivator FleN uses an allosteric mechanism to regulate σ⁵⁴-dependent expression of flagellar genes in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

ABSTRACT: Diverse sigma factors associate with the RNA polymerase (RNAP) core enzyme to initiate transcription of specific target genes in bacteria. σ⁵⁴-Mediated transcription uses AAA+ activators that utilize their ATPase activity for transcription initiation. FleQ is a σ⁵⁴-dependent master transcriptional regulator of flagellar genes in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The ATPase activity of FleQ is regulated via a P-loop ATPase, FleN, through protein-protein interaction. We report a high-resolution crystal structure of the AAA+ domain of FleQ in complex with antiactivator FleN. The data reveal that FleN allosterically prevents ATP binding to FleQ. Furthermore, FleN remodels the region of FleQ essential for engagement with σ⁵⁴ for transcription initiation. Disruption of the conserved protein-protein interface, by mutation, shows motility and transcription defects in vivo and multiflagellate phenotype. Our study provides a detailed mechanism used by monoflagellate bacteria to fine-tune the expression of flagellar genes to form and maintain a single flagellum.

SUBMITTER: Chanchal

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8528422 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The antiactivator FleN uses an allosteric mechanism to regulate σ54-dependent expression of flagellar genes in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

Chanchal Banerjee Priyajit P Raghav Shikha S Goswami Hemant N HN Jain Deepti D

Science advances 20211020 43

Diverse sigma factors associate with the RNA polymerase (RNAP) core enzyme to initiate transcription of specific target genes in bacteria. σ54-Mediated transcription uses AAA+ activators that utilize their ATPase activity for transcription initiation. FleQ is a σ54-dependent master transcriptional regulator of flagellar genes in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The ATPase activity of FleQ is regulated via a P-loop ATPase, FleN, through protein-protein interaction. We report a ...[more]

PMID: 34669473

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The antiactivator FleN uses an allosteric mechanism to regulate σ⁵⁴-dependent expression of flagellar genes in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

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The antiactivator FleN uses an allosteric mechanism to regulate σ<sup>54</sup>-dependent expression of flagellar genes in <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i>.

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