CobB regulates Escherichia coli chemotaxis by deacetylating the response regulator CheY. 2010

Ru Li, and Jing Gu, and Yuan-Yuan Chen, and Chuan-Le Xiao, and Li-Wei Wang, and Zhi-Ping Zhang, and Li-Jun Bi, and Hong-Ping Wei, and Xu-De Wang, and Jiao-Yu Deng, and Xian-En Zhang
State Key Laboratory of Virology, Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China.

The silent information regulator (Sir2) family proteins are NAD+-dependent deacetylases. Although a few substrates have been identified, functions of the bacteria Sir2-like protein (CobB) still remain unclear. Here the role of CobB on Escherichia coli chemotaxis was investigated. We used Western blotting and mass spectrometry to show that the response regulator CheY is a substrate of CobB. Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) indicated that acetylation affects the interaction between CheY and the flagellar switch protein FliM. The presence of intact flagella in knockout strains DeltacobB, Deltaacs, Delta(cobB) Delta(acs), Delta(cheA) Delta(cheZ), Delta(cheA) Delta(cheZ) Delta(cobB) and Delta(cheA) Delta(cheZ) Delta(acs) was confirmed by electron microscopy. Genetic analysis of these knockout strains showed that: (i) the DeltacobB mutant exhibited reduced responses to chemotactic stimuli in chemotactic assays, whereas the Deltaacs mutant was indistinguishable from the parental strain, (ii) CheY from the DeltacobB mutant showed a higher level of acetylation, indicating that CobB can mediate the deacetylation of CheY in vivo, and (iii) deletion of cobB reversed the phenotype of Delta(cheA) Delta(cheZ). Our findings suggest that CobB regulates E. coli chemotaxis by deacetylating CheY. Thus a new function of bacterial cobB was identified and also new insights of regulation of bacterial chemotaxis were provided.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008565 Membrane Proteins Proteins which are found in membranes including cellular and intracellular membranes. They consist of two types, peripheral and integral proteins. They include most membrane-associated enzymes, antigenic proteins, transport proteins, and drug, hormone, and lectin receptors. Cell Membrane Protein,Cell Membrane Proteins,Cell Surface Protein,Cell Surface Proteins,Integral Membrane Proteins,Membrane-Associated Protein,Surface Protein,Surface Proteins,Integral Membrane Protein,Membrane Protein,Membrane-Associated Proteins,Membrane Associated Protein,Membrane Associated Proteins,Membrane Protein, Cell,Membrane Protein, Integral,Membrane Proteins, Integral,Protein, Cell Membrane,Protein, Cell Surface,Protein, Integral Membrane,Protein, Membrane,Protein, Membrane-Associated,Protein, Surface,Proteins, Cell Membrane,Proteins, Cell Surface,Proteins, Integral Membrane,Proteins, Membrane,Proteins, Membrane-Associated,Proteins, Surface,Surface Protein, Cell
D008969 Molecular Sequence Data Descriptions of specific amino acid, carbohydrate, or nucleotide sequences which have appeared in the published literature and/or are deposited in and maintained by databanks such as GENBANK, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), National Biomedical Research Foundation (NBRF), or other sequence repositories. Sequence Data, Molecular,Molecular Sequencing Data,Data, Molecular Sequence,Data, Molecular Sequencing,Sequencing Data, Molecular
D009154 Mutation Any detectable and heritable change in the genetic material that causes a change in the GENOTYPE and which is transmitted to daughter cells and to succeeding generations. Mutations
D010766 Phosphorylation The introduction of a phosphoryl group into a compound through the formation of an ester bond between the compound and a phosphorus moiety. Phosphorylations
D011994 Recombinant Proteins Proteins prepared by recombinant DNA technology. Biosynthetic Protein,Biosynthetic Proteins,DNA Recombinant Proteins,Recombinant Protein,Proteins, Biosynthetic,Proteins, Recombinant DNA,DNA Proteins, Recombinant,Protein, Biosynthetic,Protein, Recombinant,Proteins, DNA Recombinant,Proteins, Recombinant,Recombinant DNA Proteins,Recombinant Proteins, DNA
D002633 Chemotaxis The movement of cells or organisms toward or away from a substance in response to its concentration gradient. Haptotaxis
D004926 Escherichia coli A species of gram-negative, facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria (GRAM-NEGATIVE FACULTATIVELY ANAEROBIC RODS) commonly found in the lower part of the intestine of warm-blooded animals. It is usually nonpathogenic, but some strains are known to produce DIARRHEA and pyogenic infections. Pathogenic strains (virotypes) are classified by their specific pathogenic mechanisms such as toxins (ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI), etc. Alkalescens-Dispar Group,Bacillus coli,Bacterium coli,Bacterium coli commune,Diffusely Adherent Escherichia coli,E coli,EAggEC,Enteroaggregative Escherichia coli,Enterococcus coli,Diffusely Adherent E. coli,Enteroaggregative E. coli,Enteroinvasive E. coli,Enteroinvasive Escherichia coli
D000071677 Histidine Kinase A member of the transferase superfamily of proteins. In the activated state, protein-histidine kinase autophosphorylates at a histidine residue, subsequently transferring high-energy phosphoryl groups to an aspartate residue of the response-regulator domain, which results in a conformational shift in the effector domain. Histidine kinases mediate signal transduction in a wide range of processes involving cellular adaptation to environmental stress. Histidine Protein Kinase,Histone H4 Histidine Kinase,Protein Histidine Pros-Kinase,Protein Kinase (Histidine), Pros-Kinase,Protein-Histidine Kinase,Protein-Histidine Pros-Kinase,Protein-Histidine Tele-Kinase,Sensor Histidine Kinase,Histidine Kinase, Sensor,Histidine Pros-Kinase, Protein,Kinase, Histidine,Kinase, Histidine Protein,Kinase, Protein-Histidine,Kinase, Sensor Histidine,Pros-Kinase, Protein Histidine,Pros-Kinase, Protein-Histidine,Protein Histidine Kinase,Protein Histidine Pros Kinase,Protein Histidine Tele Kinase,Protein Kinase, Histidine,Tele-Kinase, Protein-Histidine
D000072236 Methyl-Accepting Chemotaxis Proteins Transmembrane sensor receptor proteins that are central components of the chemotactic systems of a number of motile bacterial species which include ESCHERICHIA COLI and SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM. Methyl-accepting chemotaxis proteins derive their name from a sensory adaptation process which involves methylation at several glutamyl residues in their cytoplasmic domain. Methyl-accepting chemotaxis proteins trigger chemotactic responses across spatial chemical gradients, causing organisms to move either toward favorable stimuli or away from toxic ones. Methyl-Accepting Chemotaxis Protein,MACP-I,MACP-II,Methyl Accepting Chemotaxis Protein 1,Methyl Accepting Chemotaxis Protein 2,Methyl Accepting Chemotaxis Protein 3,Methyl-Accepting Chemotaxis Protein I,Methyl-Accepting Chemotaxis Protein II,Methyl-Accepting Chemotaxis Protein III,Chemotaxis Protein, Methyl-Accepting,Chemotaxis Proteins, Methyl-Accepting,Methyl Accepting Chemotaxis Protein,Methyl Accepting Chemotaxis Protein I,Methyl Accepting Chemotaxis Protein II,Methyl Accepting Chemotaxis Protein III,Methyl Accepting Chemotaxis Proteins,Protein, Methyl-Accepting Chemotaxis,Proteins, Methyl-Accepting Chemotaxis
D000107 Acetylation Formation of an acetyl derivative. (Stedman, 25th ed) Acetylations

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