Medizinische Universität Graz Austria/Österreich - Forschungsportal - Medical University of Graz
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Fengler, VH; Boritsch, EC; Tutz, S; Seper, A; Ebner, H; Roier, S; Schild, S; Reidl, J.
Disulfide bond formation and ToxR activity in Vibrio cholerae.
PLoS One. 2012; 7(10):e47756-e47756
Doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047756
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- Virulence factor production in Vibrio cholerae is complex, with ToxRS being an important part of the regulatory cascade. Additionally, ToxR is the transcriptional regulator for the genes encoding the major outer membrane porins OmpU and OmpT. ToxR is a transmembrane protein and contains two cysteine residues in the periplasmic domain. This study addresses the influence of the thiol-disulfide oxidoreductase system DsbAB, ToxR cysteine residues and ToxR/ToxS interaction on ToxR activity. The results show that porin production correlates with ToxR intrachain disulfide bond formation, which depends on DsbAB. In contrast, formation of ToxR intrachain or interchain disulfide bonds is dispensable for virulence factor production and in vivo colonization. This study further reveals that in the absence of ToxS, ToxR interchain disulfide bond formation is facilitated, whereat cysteinyl dependent homo- and oligomerization of ToxR is suppressed if ToxS is coexpressed. In summary, new insights into gene regulation by ToxR are presented, demonstrating a mechanism by which ToxR activity is linked to a DsbAB dependent intrachain disulfide bond formation.
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- Animals -
- Bacterial Proteins - chemistry
- Cholera - genetics
- Cysteine - chemistry
- DNA-Binding Proteins - chemistry
- Disulfides - chemistry
- Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial -
- Immunoblotting -
- Membrane Proteins - genetics
- Mice -
- Mice, Inbred C57BL -
- Mutation -
- Periplasm - metabolism
- Porins - genetics
- Protein Disulfide-Isomerases - genetics
- Protein Multimerization -
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction -
- Transcription Factors - chemistry
- Vibrio cholerae - genetics
- Virulence - genetics