Evidence of Multiple Regulatory Functions for the PtsN (IIANtr) Protein of Pseudomonas putida
AUTOR(ES)
Cases, Ildefonso
FONTE
American Society for Microbiology
RESUMO
The ptsN gene of Pseudomonas putida encodes IIANtr, a protein of the phosphoenol pyruvate:sugar phosphotransferase (PTS) system which is required for the C source inhibition of the ς54-dependent promoter Pu of the TOL (toluate degradation) plasmid pWW0. Using two-dimensional gel electrophoresis, we have examined the effect of ptsN disruption on the general expression pattern of P. putida. To this end, cells were grown in the presence or absence of glucose, and a 1,117-spot subset of the P. putida proteome was used as a reference for comparisons. Among all gene products whose expression was lowered by this carbon source (247 spots [about 22%]), only 6 behaved as Pu (i.e., were depressed in the ptsN background). This evidenced only a minor role for IIANtr in the extensive inhibition of gene expression in P. putida caused by glucose. However, the same experiments revealed a large incidence of glucose-independent effects brought about by the ptsN mutation. As many as 108 spots (ca. 9% of the cell products analyzed) were influenced, positively or negatively, by the loss of IIANtr. By matching this pattern with that of an rpoN::ΩKm strain of P. putida, which lacks the ς54 protein, we judge that most proteins whose expression was affected by ptsN were unrelated to the alternative sigma factor. These data suggest a role of IIANtr as a general regulator, independent of the presence of repressive carbon sources and not limited to ς54-dependent genes.
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