RRC ID 35330
著者 Thao S, Chen CS, Zhu H, Escalante-Semerena JC.
タイトル Nε-lysine acetylation of a bacterial transcription factor inhibits Its DNA-binding activity.
ジャーナル PLoS One
Abstract Evidence suggesting that eukaryotes and archaea use reversible N(ε)-lysine (N(ε)-Lys) acetylation to modulate gene expression has been reported, but evidence for bacterial use of N(ε)-Lys acetylation for this purpose is lacking. Here, we report data in support of the notion that bacteria can control gene expression by modulating the acetylation state of transcription factors (TFs). We screened the E. coli proteome for substrates of the bacterial Gcn5-like protein acetyltransferase (Pat). Pat acetylated four TFs, including the RcsB global regulatory protein, which controls cell division, and capsule and flagellum biosynthesis in many bacteria. Pat acetylated residue Lys180 of RcsB, and the NAD(+)-dependent Sir2 (sirtuin)-like protein deacetylase (CobB) deacetylated acetylated RcsB (RcsB(Ac)), demonstrating that N(ε)-Lys acetylation of RcsB is reversible. Analysis of RcsB(Ac) and variant RcsB proteins carrying substitutions at Lys180 provided biochemical and physiological evidence implicating Lys180 as a critical residue for RcsB DNA-binding activity. These findings further the likelihood that reversible N(ε)-Lys acetylation of transcription factors is a mode of regulation of gene expression used by all cells.
巻・号 5(12)
ページ e15123
公開日 2010-12-31
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0015123
PMID 21217812
PMC PMC3013089
MeSH Acetylation Acetyltransferases / chemistry Bacteria / metabolism* Cell Division DNA / chemistry Escherichia coli / metabolism Escherichia coli Proteins / metabolism Flagella / metabolism Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial* Lysine / chemistry* Plasmids / metabolism Protein Array Analysis Protein Binding Proteome Proteomics / methods Sirtuins / metabolism
IF 2.74
引用数 96
WOS 分野 BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
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