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Structural basis of virulence activation in Francisella tularensis

ABSTRACT: The bacterium, Francisella tularensis (Ft), is one of the most infectious agents known and classified as a category A bioweapon. Ft virulence is controlled by a unique set of transcription regulators, the MglA-SspA heterodimer, PigR, and the stress signal, ppGpp. These factors activate Francisella pathogenicity island (FPI) gene expression, which is required for virulence. MglA-SspA is expressed during infection and constitutively associates with the σ70 associated RNAP holoenzyme (RNAPσ70), indicating that RNAPσ70-(MglA-SspA) is a virulence specific polymerase. How virulence activation is mediated by these components, however, is unknown. Here we report cryo-EM structures of FtRNAPσ70, FtRNAPσ70-(MglA-SspA) and RNAPσ70-(MglA-SspA)-ppGpp-PigR complexes with promoter DNA. FtRNAPσ70-DNA and FtRNAPσ70-(MglA-SspA)-DNA structures and RT-PCR analyses show MglA-SspA stabilizes σ70 binding to DNA to regulate FPI-independent, virulence-enhancing genes. Strikingly, an Escherichia coli RNAPσ70 complex with EcSspA suggests this is a general mechanism for SspA-like regulation of bacterial RNAPσ70. Finally, our FtRNAP-σ70-(MglA-SspA)-ppGpp-PigR-DNA structure reveals that ppGpp binds to MglA-SspA to tether the DNA-binding activator, PigR, to FPI promoters. PigR in turn recruits FtRNAP CTDs to two DNA upstream (UP) elements, generating stable FPI transcription complexes. Thus, these studies unveil a novel paradigm for pathogenesis in Ft involving a virulence-specific RNAP that employs two (MglA-SspA)-based strategies to activate virulence genes.

ORGANISM(S): Francisella tularensis

PROVIDER: GSE150932 | GEO | 2020/11/05

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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