RESUMEN
Chemosensory systems are complex, highly modified two-component systems (TCS) used by bacteria to control various biological functions ranging from motility to sporulation. Chemosensory systems and TCS both modulate phosphorelays comprised of histidine kinases and response regulators, some of which are single-domain response regulators (SD-RRs) such as CheY. In this study, we have identified and characterized the Che7 chemosensory system of Myxococcus xanthus, a common soil bacterium which displays multicellular development in response to stress. Both genetic and biochemical analyses indicate that the Che7 system regulates development via a direct interaction between the SD-RR CheY7 and a HEAT repeat domain-containing protein, Cpc7. Phosphorylation of the SD-RR affects the interaction with its target, and residues within the α4-ß5-α5 fold of the REC domain govern this interaction. The identification of the Cpc7 interaction with CheY7 extends the diversity of known targets for SD-RRs in biological systems.
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Proteínas Bacterianas/metabolismo , Regulación Bacteriana de la Expresión Génica/fisiología , Myxococcus xanthus/fisiología , Secuencia de Aminoácidos , Proteínas Bacterianas/genética , Datos de Secuencia Molecular , Familia de Multigenes , Myxococcus xanthus/genética , Myxococcus xanthus/metabolismo , Filogenia , Unión Proteica , Conformación Proteica , Esporas Bacterianas/genética , Esporas Bacterianas/fisiologíaRESUMEN
Myxococcus xanthus is a member of the Myxococcales order within the deltaproteobacterial subdivision. Here, we report the whole-genome shotgun sequence of the type IV pilus (T4P) defective strain DZF1, which includes many genes found in strain DZ2 but absent from strain DK1622.