A pGpG-specific phosphodiesterase regulates cyclic di-GMP signaling in Vibrio cholerae.

ABSTRACT: The bacterial second messenger bis-(3'-5')-cyclic diguanylate monophosphate (c-di-GMP) controls various cellular processes, including motility, toxin production, and biofilm formation. c-di-GMP is enzymatically synthesized by GGDEF domain-containing diguanylate cyclases and degraded by HD-GYP domain-containing phosphodiesterases (PDEs) to 2 GMP or by EAL domain-containing PDE-As to 5'-phosphoguanylyl-(3',5')-guanosine (pGpG). Since excess pGpG feedback inhibits PDE-A activity and thereby can lead to the uncontrolled accumulation of c-di-GMP, a PDE that degrades pGpG to 2 GMP (PDE-B) has been presumed to exist. To date, the only enzyme known to hydrolyze pGpG is oligoribonuclease Orn, which degrades all kinds of oligoribonucleotides. Here, we identified a pGpG-specific PDE, which we named P

SUBMITTER: Heo K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8861645 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature