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Lee JH, Lee U, Yoo JH, Lee TS, Jung JH, Kim HS. AraDQ: an automated digital phenotyping software for quantifying disease symptoms of flood-inoculated Arabidopsis seedlings. PLANT METHODS 2024; 20:44. [PMID: 38493119 PMCID: PMC10943777 DOI: 10.1186/s13007-024-01171-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2023] [Accepted: 03/09/2024] [Indexed: 03/18/2024]
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BACKGROUND Plant scientists have largely relied on pathogen growth assays and/or transcript analysis of stress-responsive genes for quantification of disease severity and susceptibility. These methods are destructive to plants, labor-intensive, and time-consuming, thereby limiting their application in real-time, large-scale studies. Image-based plant phenotyping is an alternative approach that enables automated measurement of various symptoms. However, most of the currently available plant image analysis tools require specific hardware platform and vendor specific software packages, and thus, are not suited for researchers who are not primarily focused on plant phenotyping. In this study, we aimed to develop a digital phenotyping tool to enhance the speed, accuracy, and reliability of disease quantification in Arabidopsis. RESULTS Here, we present the Arabidopsis Disease Quantification (AraDQ) image analysis tool for examination of flood-inoculated Arabidopsis seedlings grown on plates containing plant growth media. It is a cross-platform application program with a user-friendly graphical interface that contains highly accurate deep neural networks for object detection and segmentation. The only prerequisite is that the input image should contain a fixed-sized 24-color balance card placed next to the objects of interest on a white background to ensure reliable and reproducible results, regardless of the image acquisition method. The image processing pipeline automatically calculates 10 different colors and morphological parameters for individual seedlings in the given image, and disease-associated phenotypic changes can be easily assessed by comparing plant images captured before and after infection. We conducted two case studies involving bacterial and plant mutants with reduced virulence and disease resistance capabilities, respectively, and thereby demonstrated that AraDQ can capture subtle changes in plant color and morphology with a high level of sensitivity. CONCLUSIONS AraDQ offers a simple, fast, and accurate approach for image-based quantification of plant disease symptoms using various parameters. Its fully automated pipeline neither requires prior image processing nor costly hardware setups, allowing easy implementation of the software by researchers interested in digital phenotyping of diseased plants.
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Grants
- Grant No. 2022R1C1C1012137 The National Research Foundation of Korea
- Grant No. 421002-04) The Korea Institute of Planning and Evaluation for Technology in Food, Agriculture, and Forestry (IPET) and Korea Smart Farm R&D (KosFarm) through the Smart Farm Innovation Technology Development Program, funded by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA) and Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT), Rural Development Administration (RDA)
- The Korea Institute of Planning and Evaluation for Technology in Food, Agriculture, and Forestry (IPET) and Korea Smart Farm R&D (KosFarm) through the Smart Farm Innovation Technology Development Program, funded by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA) and Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT), Rural Development Administration (RDA)
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- Jae Hoon Lee
- Department of Agricultural Biotechnology, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
- Research Institute of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, 08826, Republic of Korea
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- Smart Farm Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Gangneung, 25451, Republic of Korea
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- Smart Farm Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Gangneung, 25451, Republic of Korea
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- Smart Farm Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Gangneung, 25451, Republic of Korea
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- Smart Farm Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Gangneung, 25451, Republic of Korea
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- Smart Farm Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Gangneung, 25451, Republic of Korea.
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O’Malley MR, Anderson JC. Regulation of the Pseudomonas syringae Type III Secretion System by Host Environment Signals. Microorganisms 2021; 9:microorganisms9061227. [PMID: 34198761 PMCID: PMC8228185 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms9061227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2021] [Revised: 05/30/2021] [Accepted: 06/01/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Pseudomonas syringae are Gram-negative, plant pathogenic bacteria that use a type III secretion system (T3SS) to disarm host immune responses and promote bacterial growth within plant tissues. Despite the critical role for type III secretion in promoting virulence, T3SS-encoding genes are not constitutively expressed by P. syringae and must instead be induced during infection. While it has been known for many years that culturing P. syringae in synthetic minimal media can induce the T3SS, relatively little is known about host signals that regulate the deployment of the T3SS during infection. The recent identification of specific plant-derived amino acids and organic acids that induce T3SS-inducing genes in P. syringae has provided new insights into host sensing mechanisms. This review summarizes current knowledge of the regulatory machinery governing T3SS deployment in P. syringae, including master regulators HrpRS and HrpL encoded within the T3SS pathogenicity island, and the environmental factors that modulate the abundance and/or activity of these key regulators. We highlight putative receptors and regulatory networks involved in linking the perception of host signals to the regulation of the core HrpRS–HrpL pathway. Positive and negative regulation of T3SS deployment is also discussed within the context of P. syringae infection, where contributions from distinct host signals and regulatory networks likely enable the fine-tuning of T3SS deployment within host tissues. Last, we propose future research directions necessary to construct a comprehensive model that (a) links the perception of host metabolite signals to T3SS deployment and (b) places these host–pathogen signaling events in the overall context of P. syringae infection.
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Two Homologues of the Global Regulator Csr/Rsm Redundantly Control Phaseolotoxin Biosynthesis and Virulence in the Plant Pathogen Pseudomonas amygdali pv. phaseolicola 1448A. Microorganisms 2020; 8:microorganisms8101536. [PMID: 33036191 PMCID: PMC7600136 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms8101536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2020] [Revised: 10/02/2020] [Accepted: 10/05/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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The widely conserved Csr/Rsm (carbon storage regulator/repressor of stationary-phase metabolites) post-transcriptional regulatory system controls diverse phenotypes involved in bacterial pathogenicity and virulence. Here we show that Pseudomonas amygdali pv. phaseolicola 1448A contains seven rsm genes, four of which are chromosomal. In RNAseq analyses, only rsmE was thermoregulated, with increased expression at 18 °C, whereas the antagonistic sRNAs rsmX1, rsmX4, rsmX5 and rsmZ showed increased levels at 28 °C. Only double rsmA-rsmE mutants showed significantly altered phenotypes in functional analyses, being impaired for symptom elicitation in bean, including in planta growth, and for induction of the hypersensitive response in tobacco. Double mutants were also non-motile and were compromised for the utilization of different carbon sources. These phenotypes were accompanied by reduced mRNA levels of the type III secretion system regulatory genes hrpL and hrpA, and the flagellin gene, fliC. Biosynthesis of the phytotoxin phaseolotoxin by mutants in rsmA and rsmE was delayed, occurring only in older cultures, indicating that these rsm homologues act as inductors of toxin synthesis. Therefore, genes rsmA and rsmE act redundantly, although with a degree of specialization, to positively regulate diverse phenotypes involved in niche colonization. Additionally, our results suggest the existence of a regulatory molecule different from the Rsm proteins and dependent on the GacS/GacA (global activator of antibiotic and cyanide production) system, which causes the repression of phaseolotoxin biosynthesis at high temperatures.
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Ferreiro MD, Nogales J, Farias GA, Olmedilla A, Sanjuán J, Gallegos MT. Multiple CsrA Proteins Control Key Virulence Traits in Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2018; 31:525-536. [PMID: 29261011 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-09-17-0232-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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The phytopathogenic bacterium Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000 has a complex Gac-rsm global regulatory pathway that controls virulence, motility, production of secondary metabolites, carbon metabolism, and quorum sensing. However, despite the fact that components of this pathway are known, their physiological roles have not yet been established. Regarding the CsrA/RsmA type proteins, five paralogs, three of which are well conserved within the Pseudomonas genus (csrA1, csrA2, and csrA3), have been found in the DC3000 genome. To decipher their function, mutants lacking the three most conserved CsrA proteins have been constructed and their physiological outcomes examined. We show that they exert nonredundant functions and demonstrate that CsrA3 and, to a lesser extent, CsrA2 but not CsrA1 alter the expression of genes involved in a variety of pathways and systems important for motility, exopolysaccharide synthesis, growth, and virulence. Particularly, alginate synthesis, syringafactin production, and virulence are considerably de-repressed in a csrA3 mutant, whereas growth in planta is impaired. We propose that the linkage of growth and symptom development is under the control of CsrA3, which functions as a pivotal regulator of the DC3000 life cycle, repressing virulence traits and promoting cell division in response to environmental cues.
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- María-Dolores Ferreiro
- 1 Department of Soil Microbiology and Symbiotic Systems, Estación Experimental del Zaidín (EEZ-CSIC), Granada, Spain; and
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- 1 Department of Soil Microbiology and Symbiotic Systems, Estación Experimental del Zaidín (EEZ-CSIC), Granada, Spain; and
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- 1 Department of Soil Microbiology and Symbiotic Systems, Estación Experimental del Zaidín (EEZ-CSIC), Granada, Spain; and
- 2 Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology of Plants, Estación Experimental del Zaidín (EEZ-CSIC), Granada, Spain
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- 2 Department of Biochemistry, Cell and Molecular Biology of Plants, Estación Experimental del Zaidín (EEZ-CSIC), Granada, Spain
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- 1 Department of Soil Microbiology and Symbiotic Systems, Estación Experimental del Zaidín (EEZ-CSIC), Granada, Spain; and
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- 1 Department of Soil Microbiology and Symbiotic Systems, Estación Experimental del Zaidín (EEZ-CSIC), Granada, Spain; and
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Global Analysis of Type Three Secretion System and Quorum Sensing Inhibition of Pseudomonas savastanoi by Polyphenols Extracts from Vegetable Residues. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0163357. [PMID: 27668874 PMCID: PMC5036890 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0163357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2016] [Accepted: 09/06/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Protection of plants against bacterial diseases still mainly relies on the use of chemical pesticides, which in Europe correspond essentially to copper-based compounds. However, recently plant diseases control is oriented towards a rational use of molecules and extracts, generally with natural origin, with lower intrinsic toxicity and a reduced negative environmental impact. In this work, polyphenolic extracts from vegetable no food/feed residues of typical Mediterranean crops, as Olea europaea, Cynara scolymus, and Vitis vinifera were obtained and their inhibitory activity on the Type Three Secretion System (TTSS) and the Quorum Sensing (QS) of the Gram-negative phytopathogenic bacterium Pseudomonas savastanoi pv. nerii strain Psn23 was assessed. Extract from green tea (Camellia sinensis) was used as a positive control. Collectively, the data obtained through gfp-promoter fusion system and real-time PCR show that all the polyphenolic extracts here studied have a high inhibitory activity on both the TTSS and QS of Psn23, without any depressing effect on bacterial viability. Extracts from green tea and grape seeds were shown to be the most active. Such activity was confirmed in planta by a strong reduction in the ability of Psn23 to develop hyperplastic galls on explants from adult oleander plants, as well as to elicit hypersensitive response on tobacco. By using a newly developed Congo red assay and an ELISA test, we demonstrated that the TTSS-targeted activity of these polyphenolic extracts also affects the TTSS pilus assembly. In consideration of the potential application of polyphenolic extracts in plant protection, the absence of any toxicity of these polyphenolic compounds was also assessed. A widely and evolutionary conserved molecular target such as Ca2+-ATPase, essential for the survival of any living organism, was used for the toxicity assessment.
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Schumacher J, Waite CJ, Bennett MH, Perez MF, Shethi K, Buck M. Differential secretome analysis of Pseudomonas syringae pv tomato using gel-free MS proteomics. FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 2014; 5:242. [PMID: 25071788 PMCID: PMC4082315 DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2014] [Accepted: 05/12/2014] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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The plant pathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv.tomato (DC3000) causes virulence by delivering effector proteins into host plant cells through its type three secretion system (T3SS). In response to the plant environment DC3000 expresses hypersensitive response and pathogenicity genes (hrp). Pathogenesis depends on the ability of the pathogen to manipulate the plant metabolism and to inhibit plant immunity, which depends to a large degree on the plant's capacity to recognize both pathogen and microbial determinants (PAMP/MAMP-triggered immunity). We have developed and employed MS-based shotgun and targeted proteomics to (i) elucidate the extracellular and secretome composition of DC3000 and (ii) evaluate temporal features of the assembly of the T3SS and the secretion process together with its dependence of pH. The proteomic screen, under hrp inducing in vitro conditions, of extracellular and cytoplasmatic fractions indicated the segregated presence of not only T3SS implicated proteins such as HopP1, HrpK1, HrpA1 and AvrPto1, but also of proteins not usually associated with the T3SS or with pathogenicity. Using multiple reaction monitoring MS (MRM-MS) to quantify HrpA1 and AvrPto1, we found that HrpA1 is rapidly expressed, at a strict pH-dependent rate and is post-translationally processed extracellularly. These features appear to not interfere with rapid AvrPto1 expression and secretion but may suggest some temporal post-translational regulatory mechanism of the T3SS assembly. The high specificity and sensitivity of the MRM-MS approach should provide a powerful tool to measure secretion and translocation in infected tissues.
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- Jörg Schumacher
- *Correspondence: Jörg Schumacher and Martin Buck, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Sir Alexander Fleming Building, London, SW7 2AZ, UK e-mail: ;
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- *Correspondence: Jörg Schumacher and Martin Buck, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Sir Alexander Fleming Building, London, SW7 2AZ, UK e-mail: ;
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Vargas P, Farias GA, Nogales J, Prada H, Carvajal V, Barón M, Rivilla R, Martín M, Olmedilla A, Gallegos MT. Plant flavonoids target Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000 flagella and type III secretion system. ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY REPORTS 2013; 5:841-50. [PMID: 24249293 DOI: 10.1111/1758-2229.12086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2013] [Accepted: 07/10/2013] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Flavonoids are among the most abundant plant secondary metabolites involved in plant protection against pathogens, but micro-organisms have developed resistance mechanisms to those compounds. We previously demonstrated that the MexAB-OprM efflux pump mediates resistance of Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato (Pto) DC3000 to flavonoids, facilitating its survival and the colonization of the host. Here, we have shown that tomato plants respond to Pto infection producing flavonoids and other phenolic compounds. The effects of flavonoids on key traits of this model plant-pathogen bacterium have also been investigated observing that they reduce Pto swimming and swarming because of the loss of flagella, and also inhibited the expression and assembly of a functional type III secretion system. Those effects were more severe in a mutant lacking the MexAB-OprM pump. Our results suggest that flavonoids inhibit the function of the GacS/GacA two-component system, causing a depletion of rsmY RNA, therefore affecting the synthesis of two important virulence factors in Pto DC3000, flagella and the type III secretion system. These data provide new insights into the flavonoid role in the molecular dialog between host and pathogen.
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- Paola Vargas
- Department of Soil Microbiology and Symbiotic Systems, Estación Experimental del Zaidín (EEZ-CSIC), Granada, Spain
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Tegli S, Gori A, Cerboneschi M, Cipriani MG, Sisto A. Type Three Secretion System in Pseudomonas savastanoi Pathovars: Does Timing Matter? Genes (Basel) 2011; 2:957-79. [PMID: 24710300 PMCID: PMC3927595 DOI: 10.3390/genes2040957] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2011] [Revised: 11/03/2011] [Accepted: 11/04/2011] [Indexed: 01/24/2023] Open
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Pseudomonas savastanoi pv. savastanoi is the causal agent of Olive knot disease, relying on the Type Three Secretion System (TTSS) for its pathogenicity. In this regard, nothing was known about the two other pathovars belonging to this species, pv. nerii and pv. fraxini, characterized by a different host range. Here we report on the organization of the entire TTSS cluster on the three pathovars, and a phylogenetic analysis including the TTSS of those bacteria belonging to the P. syringae complex sequenced so far, highlighting the evolution of each operon (hrpC, hrpJ, hrpRS, hrpU and hrpZ). Moreover, by Real-Time PCR we analyzed the in vitro expression of four main TTSS genes, revealing different activation patterns in the three pathovars, hypothetically related to their diverse virulence behaviors.
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- Stefania Tegli
- Laboratorio di Patologia Vegetale Molecolare, Dipartimento di Biotecnologie Agrarie, Universitá degli Studi di Firenze, Via della Lastruccia 10, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy; E-Mails: (A.G.); (M.C.)
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- Laboratorio di Patologia Vegetale Molecolare, Dipartimento di Biotecnologie Agrarie, Universitá degli Studi di Firenze, Via della Lastruccia 10, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy; E-Mails: (A.G.); (M.C.)
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- Laboratorio di Patologia Vegetale Molecolare, Dipartimento di Biotecnologie Agrarie, Universitá degli Studi di Firenze, Via della Lastruccia 10, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Firenze, Italy; E-Mails: (A.G.); (M.C.)
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- Plant Protection Institute, Section of Bari, National Research Council (CNR), Via Amendola 122/D, 70126 Bari, Italy; E-Mail:
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- Institute of Sciences of Food Production (ISPA), National Research Council (CNR), Via Amendola 122/O, 70126 Bari, Italy; E-Mail:
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Yamazaki A, Li J, Hutchins WC, Wang L, Ma J, Ibekwe AM, Yang CH. Commensal effect of pectate lyases secreted from Dickeya dadantii on proliferation of Escherichia coli O157:H7 EDL933 on lettuce leaves. Appl Environ Microbiol 2011; 77:156-62. [PMID: 21075884 PMCID: PMC3019694 DOI: 10.1128/aem.01079-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2010] [Accepted: 10/31/2010] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The outbreaks caused by enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 on leafy greens have raised serious and immediate food safety concerns. It has been suggested that several phytopathogens aid in the persistence and proliferation of the human enteropathogens in the phyllosphere. In this work, we examined the influence of virulence mechanisms of Dickeya dadantii 3937, a broad-host-range phytopathogen, on the proliferation of the human pathogen E. coli O157:H7 EDL933 (EDL933) on postharvest lettuce by coinoculation of EDL933 with D. dadantii 3937 derivatives that have mutations in virulence-related genes. A type II secretion system (T2SS)-deficient mutant of D. dadantii 3937, A1919 (ΔoutC), lost the capability to promote the multiplication of EDL933, whereas Ech159 (ΔrpoS), a stress-responsive σ factor RpoS-deficient mutant, increased EDL933 proliferation on lettuce leaves. A spectrophotometric enzyme activity assay revealed that A1919 (ΔoutC) was completely deficient in the secretion of pectate lyases (Pels), which play a major role in plant tissue maceration. In contrast to A1919 (ΔoutC), Ech159 (ΔrpoS) showed more than 2-fold-greater Pel activity than the wild-type D. dadantii 3937. Increased expression of pelD (encodes an endo-pectate lyase) was observed in Ech159 (ΔrpoS) in planta. These results suggest that the pectinolytic activity of D. dadantii 3937 is the dominant determinant of enhanced EDL933 proliferation on the lettuce leaves. In addition, RpoS, the general stress response σ factor involved in cell survival in suboptimal conditions, plays a role in EDL933 proliferation by controlling the production of pectate lyases in D. dadantii 3937.
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- Akihiro Yamazaki
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53211, Department of Civil Engineering and Mechanics, University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53211, USDA-ARS U.S. Salinity Laboratory, Riverside, California 92507
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53211, Department of Civil Engineering and Mechanics, University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53211, USDA-ARS U.S. Salinity Laboratory, Riverside, California 92507
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53211, Department of Civil Engineering and Mechanics, University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53211, USDA-ARS U.S. Salinity Laboratory, Riverside, California 92507
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53211, Department of Civil Engineering and Mechanics, University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53211, USDA-ARS U.S. Salinity Laboratory, Riverside, California 92507
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53211, Department of Civil Engineering and Mechanics, University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53211, USDA-ARS U.S. Salinity Laboratory, Riverside, California 92507
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53211, Department of Civil Engineering and Mechanics, University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53211, USDA-ARS U.S. Salinity Laboratory, Riverside, California 92507
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53211, Department of Civil Engineering and Mechanics, University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53211, USDA-ARS U.S. Salinity Laboratory, Riverside, California 92507
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Anton L, Majander K, Savilahti H, Laakkonen L, Westerlund-Wikström B. Two distinct regions in the model protein Peb1 are critical for its heterologous transport out of Escherichia coli. Microb Cell Fact 2010; 9:97. [PMID: 21122159 PMCID: PMC3016274 DOI: 10.1186/1475-2859-9-97] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2010] [Accepted: 12/02/2010] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Background Escherichia coli is frequently the first-choice host organism in expression of heterologous recombinant proteins in basic research as well as in production of commercial, therapeutic polypeptides. Especially the secretion of proteins into the culture medium of E. coli is advantageous compared to intracellular production due to the ease in recovery of the recombinant protein. Since E. coli naturally is a poor secretor of proteins, a few strategies for optimization of extracellular secretion have been described. We have previously reported efficient secretion of the diagnostically interesting model protein Peb1 of Campylobacter jejuni into the growth medium of Escherichia coli strain MKS12 (ΔfliCfliD). To generate a more detailed understanding of the molecular mechanisms behind this interesting heterologous secretion system with biotechnological implications, we here analyzed further the transport of Peb1 in the E. coli host. Results When mature Peb1 was expressed without its SecA-YEG -dependent signal sequence and without the putative signal peptidase II recognition sequence in E. coli MKS111ΔHBB lacking the flagellar secretion complex, the protein was found in the periplasm and growth medium which indicated a flagellum-independent translocation. We assessed the Peb1 secretion proficiency by an exhaustive search for transport-affecting regions using a transposition-based scanning mutagenesis strategy. Strikingly, insertion mutagenesis of only two segments, called TAR1 (residues 42 and 43) and TAR2 (residues 173 to 180), prevented Peb1 secretion individually. We confirmed the importance of TAR regions by subsequent site-specific mutagenesis and verified that the secretion deficiency of Peb1 mutants was not due to insolubility or aggregation of the proteins in the cytoplasm. We found by cell fractionation that the mutant proteins were present in the periplasm as well as in the cytoplasm of MKS12. Hence, mutagenesis of TAR regions did not affect export of Peb1 across the cytoplasmic membrane, whereas its export over the outer membrane was markedly impaired. Conclusions We propose that the localization of the model protein Peb1 in the growth medium of E. coli is due to active secretion by a still unknown pathway of E. coli. The secretion apparently is a two-step process involving a periplasmic step and the TAR regions.
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- Lena Anton
- Division of General Microbiology, Department of Biosciences, PO Box 56, FIN-00014 University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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Pérez-Martínez I, Rodríguez-Moreno L, Lambertsen L, Matas IM, Murillo J, Tegli S, Jiménez AJ, Ramos C. Fate of a Pseudomonas savastanoi pv. savastanoi type III secretion system mutant in olive plants (Olea europaea L.). Appl Environ Microbiol 2010; 76:3611-9. [PMID: 20363790 PMCID: PMC2876471 DOI: 10.1128/aem.00133-10] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2010] [Accepted: 03/26/2010] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Pseudomonas savastanoi pv. savastanoi strain NCPPB 3335 is a model bacterial pathogen for studying the molecular basis of disease production in woody hosts. We report the sequencing of the hrpS-to-hrpZ region of NCPPB 3335, which has allowed us to determine the phylogenetic position of this pathogen with respect to previously sequenced Pseudomonas syringae hrp clusters. In addition, we constructed a mutant of NCPPB 3335, termed T3, which carries a deletion from the 3' end of the hrpS gene to the 5' end of the hrpZ operon. Despite its inability to multiply in olive tissues and to induce tumor formation in woody olive plants, P. savastanoi pv. savastanoi T3 can induce knot formation on young micropropagated olive plants. However, the necrosis and formation of internal open cavities previously reported in knots induced by the wild-type strain were not observed in those induced by P. savastanoi pv. savastanoi T3. Tagging of P. savastanoi pv. savastanoi T3 with green fluorescent protein (GFP) allowed real-time monitoring of its behavior on olive plants. In olive plant tissues, the wild-type strain formed aggregates that colonized the intercellular spaces and internal cavities of the hypertrophic knots, while the mutant T3 strain showed a disorganized distribution within the parenchyma of the knot. Ultrastructural analysis of knot sections revealed the release of extensive outer membrane vesicles from the bacterial cell surface of the P. savastanoi pv. savastanoi T3 mutant, while the wild-type strain exhibited very few vesicles. This phenomenon has not been described before for any other bacterial phytopathogen during host infection.
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- Isabel Pérez-Martínez
- Departamento de Biología Celular, Genética y Fisiología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Málaga, Campus de Teatinos s/n, E-29071 Málaga, Spain, Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea “La Mayora,” Universidad de Málaga-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Área de Genética, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Málaga, Campus Teatinos s/n, E-29010 Málaga, Spain, Departamento de Producción Agraria, Universidad Pública de Navarra, Campus de Arrosadía, E-31006 Pamplona, Spain, Dipartimento di Biotecnologie Agrarie, Universitá degli Studi di Firenze, Sez. Patologia Vegetale, Laboratorio di Patologia Vegetale Molecolare, Via della Lastruccia 10, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- Departamento de Biología Celular, Genética y Fisiología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Málaga, Campus de Teatinos s/n, E-29071 Málaga, Spain, Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea “La Mayora,” Universidad de Málaga-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Área de Genética, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Málaga, Campus Teatinos s/n, E-29010 Málaga, Spain, Departamento de Producción Agraria, Universidad Pública de Navarra, Campus de Arrosadía, E-31006 Pamplona, Spain, Dipartimento di Biotecnologie Agrarie, Universitá degli Studi di Firenze, Sez. Patologia Vegetale, Laboratorio di Patologia Vegetale Molecolare, Via della Lastruccia 10, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- Departamento de Biología Celular, Genética y Fisiología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Málaga, Campus de Teatinos s/n, E-29071 Málaga, Spain, Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea “La Mayora,” Universidad de Málaga-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Área de Genética, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Málaga, Campus Teatinos s/n, E-29010 Málaga, Spain, Departamento de Producción Agraria, Universidad Pública de Navarra, Campus de Arrosadía, E-31006 Pamplona, Spain, Dipartimento di Biotecnologie Agrarie, Universitá degli Studi di Firenze, Sez. Patologia Vegetale, Laboratorio di Patologia Vegetale Molecolare, Via della Lastruccia 10, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- Departamento de Biología Celular, Genética y Fisiología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Málaga, Campus de Teatinos s/n, E-29071 Málaga, Spain, Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea “La Mayora,” Universidad de Málaga-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Área de Genética, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Málaga, Campus Teatinos s/n, E-29010 Málaga, Spain, Departamento de Producción Agraria, Universidad Pública de Navarra, Campus de Arrosadía, E-31006 Pamplona, Spain, Dipartimento di Biotecnologie Agrarie, Universitá degli Studi di Firenze, Sez. Patologia Vegetale, Laboratorio di Patologia Vegetale Molecolare, Via della Lastruccia 10, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- Departamento de Biología Celular, Genética y Fisiología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Málaga, Campus de Teatinos s/n, E-29071 Málaga, Spain, Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea “La Mayora,” Universidad de Málaga-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Área de Genética, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Málaga, Campus Teatinos s/n, E-29010 Málaga, Spain, Departamento de Producción Agraria, Universidad Pública de Navarra, Campus de Arrosadía, E-31006 Pamplona, Spain, Dipartimento di Biotecnologie Agrarie, Universitá degli Studi di Firenze, Sez. Patologia Vegetale, Laboratorio di Patologia Vegetale Molecolare, Via della Lastruccia 10, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- Departamento de Biología Celular, Genética y Fisiología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Málaga, Campus de Teatinos s/n, E-29071 Málaga, Spain, Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea “La Mayora,” Universidad de Málaga-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Área de Genética, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Málaga, Campus Teatinos s/n, E-29010 Málaga, Spain, Departamento de Producción Agraria, Universidad Pública de Navarra, Campus de Arrosadía, E-31006 Pamplona, Spain, Dipartimento di Biotecnologie Agrarie, Universitá degli Studi di Firenze, Sez. Patologia Vegetale, Laboratorio di Patologia Vegetale Molecolare, Via della Lastruccia 10, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- Departamento de Biología Celular, Genética y Fisiología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Málaga, Campus de Teatinos s/n, E-29071 Málaga, Spain, Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea “La Mayora,” Universidad de Málaga-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Área de Genética, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Málaga, Campus Teatinos s/n, E-29010 Málaga, Spain, Departamento de Producción Agraria, Universidad Pública de Navarra, Campus de Arrosadía, E-31006 Pamplona, Spain, Dipartimento di Biotecnologie Agrarie, Universitá degli Studi di Firenze, Sez. Patologia Vegetale, Laboratorio di Patologia Vegetale Molecolare, Via della Lastruccia 10, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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- Departamento de Biología Celular, Genética y Fisiología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Málaga, Campus de Teatinos s/n, E-29071 Málaga, Spain, Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterránea “La Mayora,” Universidad de Málaga-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Área de Genética, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Málaga, Campus Teatinos s/n, E-29010 Málaga, Spain, Departamento de Producción Agraria, Universidad Pública de Navarra, Campus de Arrosadía, E-31006 Pamplona, Spain, Dipartimento di Biotecnologie Agrarie, Universitá degli Studi di Firenze, Sez. Patologia Vegetale, Laboratorio di Patologia Vegetale Molecolare, Via della Lastruccia 10, 50019 Sesto Fiorentino, Italy
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Ortiz-Martín I, Thwaites R, Mansfield JW, Beuzón CR. Negative regulation of the Hrp type III secretion system in Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2010; 23:682-701. [PMID: 20367475 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-23-5-0682] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Many plant-pathogenic bacteria require type III secretion systems (T3SS) to cause disease in compatible hosts and to induce the hypersensitive response in resistant plants. T3SS gene expression is induced within the plant and responds to host and environmental factors. In Pseudomonas syringae, expression is downregulated by the Lon protease in rich medium and by HrpV under inducing conditions. HrpV acts as an anti-activator by binding HrpS. HrpG, which can also bind HrpV, has been reported to act as an anti-anti-activator. Previous studies have used mostly in vitro inducing conditions, different pathovars, and methodology. We have used single and double lon and hrpV mutants of P. syringae pv. phaseolicola 1448a, as well as strains ectopically expressing the regulators, to examine their role in coordinating expression of the T3SS. We applied real-time polymerase chain reaction to analyze gene expression both in vitro and in planta, and assessed bacterial fitness using competitive indices. Our results indicate that i) Lon downregulates expression of the hrp/hrc genes in all conditions, probably by constitutively degrading naturally unstable HrpR; ii) HrpV and HrpT downregulate expression of the hrp/hrc genes in all conditions; and iii) HrpG has an additional, HrpV-independent role, regulating expression of the hrpC operon.
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- Inmaculada Ortiz-Martín
- Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterranea, Universidad de Málaga-Consejo Superior De Investigaciones Científicas, Depto. Biología Celular, Genética y Fisiología, Spain
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Ortiz-Martín I, Thwaites R, Macho AP, Mansfield JW, Beuzón CR. Positive regulation of the Hrp type III secretion system in Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2010; 23:665-81. [PMID: 20367474 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi-23-5-0665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Disease in compatible hosts and induction of the hypersensitive response in resistant plants by most plant-pathogenic bacteria require a functional type III secretion system (T3SS). Expression of T3SS genes responds to host and environmental factors and is induced within the plant. In Pseudomonas syringae, expression of the T3SS requires HrpL, which is transcriptionally upregulated by HrpR and HrpS. In some pathovars, expression of the hrpRS genes is upregulated by the GacA/S two-component system. Additionally, HrpA, the major component of the T3SS pilus, has also been linked to the regulation of the hrpRS gene expression. Previous studies concerning regulation of hypersensitive response and pathogenesis/hypersensitive response conserved (hrp/hrc) gene expression have used mostly in vitro inducing conditions, different pathovars, and methodology. Here, we analyze the roles of HrpL, GacA, and HrpA in the bean pathogen, using single, double, and triple mutants as well as strains ectopically expressing the regulators. We use real-time polymerase chain reaction analysis in vitro and in planta to quantify gene expression and competitive indices and other assays to assess bacterial fitness. Our results indicate that i) HrpL acts as a general virulence regulator that upregulates non-T3SS virulence determinants and downregulates flagellar function; ii) GacA modulates the expression of hrpL, and its contribution to virulence is entirely HrpL dependent; iii) there is a basal HrpL-independent expression of the T3SS genes in rich medium that is important for full activation of the system, maybe by keeping the system primed for rapid activation upon contact with the plant; and iv) HrpA upregulates expression of the T3SS genes and is essential to activate expression of the hrpZ operon upon contact with the plant.
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- Inmaculada Ortiz-Martín
- Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterranea, Universidad de Málaga-Consejo Superior de Inverstigaciones Cientificas, Depto. Biología cellular, Genética y Fisiología, Spain.
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Weber M, Chernov K, Turakainen H, Wohlfahrt G, Pajunen M, Savilahti H, Jäntti J. Mso1p regulates membrane fusion through interactions with the putative N-peptide-binding area in Sec1p domain 1. Mol Biol Cell 2010; 21:1362-74. [PMID: 20181830 PMCID: PMC2854094 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e09-07-0546] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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We show that the putative N-peptide binding area in Sec1p domain 1 is important for Mso1p binding and that Mso1p can interact with Sso1p and Sso2p. Our results suggest that Mso1p mimics N-peptide binding to facilitate membrane fusion. Sec1p/Munc18 (SM) family proteins regulate SNARE complex function in membrane fusion through their interactions with syntaxins. In addition to syntaxins, only a few SM protein interacting proteins are known and typically, their binding modes with SM proteins are poorly characterized. We previously identified Mso1p as a Sec1p-binding protein and showed that it is involved in membrane fusion regulation. Here we demonstrate that Mso1p and Sec1p interact at sites of exocytosis and that the Mso1p–Sec1p interaction site depends on a functional Rab GTPase Sec4p and its GEF Sec2p. Random and targeted mutagenesis of Sec1p, followed by analysis of protein interactions, indicates that Mso1p interacts with Sec1p domain 1 and that this interaction is important for membrane fusion. In many SM family proteins, domain 1 binds to a N-terminal peptide of a syntaxin family protein. The Sec1p-interacting syntaxins Sso1p and Sso2p lack the N-terminal peptide. We show that the putative N-peptide binding area in Sec1p domain 1 is important for Mso1p binding, and that Mso1p can interact with Sso1p and Sso2p. Our results suggest that Mso1p mimics N-peptide binding to facilitate membrane fusion.
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- Marion Weber
- Research Program in Cell and Molecular Biology, Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
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Turakainen H, Saarimäki-Vire J, Sinjushina N, Partanen J, Savilahti H. Transposition-based method for the rapid generation of gene-targeting vectors to produce Cre/Flp-modifiable conditional knock-out mice. PLoS One 2009; 4:e4341. [PMID: 19194496 PMCID: PMC2632748 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2008] [Accepted: 12/24/2008] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Conditional gene targeting strategies are progressively used to study gene function tissue-specifically and/or at a defined time period. Instrumental to all of these strategies is the generation of targeting vectors, and any methodology that would streamline the procedure would be highly beneficial. We describe a comprehensive transposition-based strategy to produce gene-targeting vectors for the generation of mouse conditional alleles. The system employs a universal cloning vector and two custom-designed mini-Mu transposons. It produces targeting constructions directly from BAC clones, and the alleles generated are modifiable by Cre and Flp recombinases. We demonstrate the applicability of the methodology by modifying two mouse genes, Chd22 and Drapc1. This straightforward strategy should be readily suitable for high-throughput targeting vector production.
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- Hilkka Turakainen
- Program in Cellular Biotechnology, Institute of Biotechnology, Viikki Biocenter, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Program in Developmental Biology, Institute of Biotechnology, Viikki Biocenter, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Program in Developmental Biology, Institute of Biotechnology, Viikki Biocenter, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Program in Developmental Biology, Institute of Biotechnology, Viikki Biocenter, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Program in Cellular Biotechnology, Institute of Biotechnology, Viikki Biocenter, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Division of Genetics and Physiology, Department of Biology, University of Turku, Turku, Finland
- * E-mail:
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Wu Z, Xuanyuan Z, Li R, Jiang D, Li C, Xu H, Bai Y, Zhang X, Turakainen H, Saris P, Savilahti H, Qiao M. Mu transposition complex mutagenesis inLactococcus lactis- identification of genes affecting nisin production. J Appl Microbiol 2009; 106:41-8. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2008.03962.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Paatero AO, Turakainen H, Happonen LJ, Olsson C, Palomäki T, Pajunen MI, Meng X, Otonkoski T, Tuuri T, Berry C, Malani N, Frilander MJ, Bushman FD, Savilahti H. Bacteriophage Mu integration in yeast and mammalian genomes. Nucleic Acids Res 2008; 36:e148. [PMID: 18953026 PMCID: PMC2602771 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkn801] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2008] [Revised: 10/09/2008] [Accepted: 10/10/2008] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Genomic parasites have evolved distinctive lifestyles to optimize replication in the context of the genomes they inhabit. Here, we introduced new DNA into eukaryotic cells using bacteriophage Mu DNA transposition complexes, termed 'transpososomes'. Following electroporation of transpososomes and selection for marker gene expression, efficient integration was verified in yeast, mouse and human genomes. Although Mu has evolved in prokaryotes, strong biases were seen in the target site distributions in eukaryotic genomes, and these biases differed between yeast and mammals. In Saccharomyces cerevisiae transposons accumulated outside of genes, consistent with selection against gene disruption. In mouse and human cells, transposons accumulated within genes, which previous work suggests is a favorable location for efficient expression of selectable markers. Naturally occurring transposons and viruses in yeast and mammals show related, but more extreme, targeting biases, suggesting that they are responding to the same pressures. These data help clarify the constraints exerted by genome structure on genomic parasites, and illustrate the wide utility of the Mu transpososome technology for gene transfer in eukaryotic cells.
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- Anja O. Paatero
- Program in Cellular Biotechnology, Institute of Biotechnology, Viikki Biocenter, Biomedicum Stem Cell Center, Biomedicum Helsinki, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Division of Genetics and Physiology, Department of Biology, University of Turku, Turku, Program in Developmental Biology, Institute of Biotechnology, Viikki Biocenter, University of Helsinki, Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Helsinki, Family Federation of Finland, Helsinki, Finland and Department of Microbiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Program in Cellular Biotechnology, Institute of Biotechnology, Viikki Biocenter, Biomedicum Stem Cell Center, Biomedicum Helsinki, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Division of Genetics and Physiology, Department of Biology, University of Turku, Turku, Program in Developmental Biology, Institute of Biotechnology, Viikki Biocenter, University of Helsinki, Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Helsinki, Family Federation of Finland, Helsinki, Finland and Department of Microbiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Program in Cellular Biotechnology, Institute of Biotechnology, Viikki Biocenter, Biomedicum Stem Cell Center, Biomedicum Helsinki, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Division of Genetics and Physiology, Department of Biology, University of Turku, Turku, Program in Developmental Biology, Institute of Biotechnology, Viikki Biocenter, University of Helsinki, Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Helsinki, Family Federation of Finland, Helsinki, Finland and Department of Microbiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Program in Cellular Biotechnology, Institute of Biotechnology, Viikki Biocenter, Biomedicum Stem Cell Center, Biomedicum Helsinki, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Division of Genetics and Physiology, Department of Biology, University of Turku, Turku, Program in Developmental Biology, Institute of Biotechnology, Viikki Biocenter, University of Helsinki, Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Helsinki, Family Federation of Finland, Helsinki, Finland and Department of Microbiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Program in Cellular Biotechnology, Institute of Biotechnology, Viikki Biocenter, Biomedicum Stem Cell Center, Biomedicum Helsinki, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Division of Genetics and Physiology, Department of Biology, University of Turku, Turku, Program in Developmental Biology, Institute of Biotechnology, Viikki Biocenter, University of Helsinki, Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Helsinki, Family Federation of Finland, Helsinki, Finland and Department of Microbiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Program in Cellular Biotechnology, Institute of Biotechnology, Viikki Biocenter, Biomedicum Stem Cell Center, Biomedicum Helsinki, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Division of Genetics and Physiology, Department of Biology, University of Turku, Turku, Program in Developmental Biology, Institute of Biotechnology, Viikki Biocenter, University of Helsinki, Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Helsinki, Family Federation of Finland, Helsinki, Finland and Department of Microbiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Program in Cellular Biotechnology, Institute of Biotechnology, Viikki Biocenter, Biomedicum Stem Cell Center, Biomedicum Helsinki, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Division of Genetics and Physiology, Department of Biology, University of Turku, Turku, Program in Developmental Biology, Institute of Biotechnology, Viikki Biocenter, University of Helsinki, Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Helsinki, Family Federation of Finland, Helsinki, Finland and Department of Microbiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Program in Cellular Biotechnology, Institute of Biotechnology, Viikki Biocenter, Biomedicum Stem Cell Center, Biomedicum Helsinki, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Division of Genetics and Physiology, Department of Biology, University of Turku, Turku, Program in Developmental Biology, Institute of Biotechnology, Viikki Biocenter, University of Helsinki, Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Helsinki, Family Federation of Finland, Helsinki, Finland and Department of Microbiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Program in Cellular Biotechnology, Institute of Biotechnology, Viikki Biocenter, Biomedicum Stem Cell Center, Biomedicum Helsinki, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Division of Genetics and Physiology, Department of Biology, University of Turku, Turku, Program in Developmental Biology, Institute of Biotechnology, Viikki Biocenter, University of Helsinki, Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Helsinki, Family Federation of Finland, Helsinki, Finland and Department of Microbiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Program in Cellular Biotechnology, Institute of Biotechnology, Viikki Biocenter, Biomedicum Stem Cell Center, Biomedicum Helsinki, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Division of Genetics and Physiology, Department of Biology, University of Turku, Turku, Program in Developmental Biology, Institute of Biotechnology, Viikki Biocenter, University of Helsinki, Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Helsinki, Family Federation of Finland, Helsinki, Finland and Department of Microbiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Program in Cellular Biotechnology, Institute of Biotechnology, Viikki Biocenter, Biomedicum Stem Cell Center, Biomedicum Helsinki, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Division of Genetics and Physiology, Department of Biology, University of Turku, Turku, Program in Developmental Biology, Institute of Biotechnology, Viikki Biocenter, University of Helsinki, Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Helsinki, Family Federation of Finland, Helsinki, Finland and Department of Microbiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Program in Cellular Biotechnology, Institute of Biotechnology, Viikki Biocenter, Biomedicum Stem Cell Center, Biomedicum Helsinki, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Division of Genetics and Physiology, Department of Biology, University of Turku, Turku, Program in Developmental Biology, Institute of Biotechnology, Viikki Biocenter, University of Helsinki, Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Helsinki, Family Federation of Finland, Helsinki, Finland and Department of Microbiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Program in Cellular Biotechnology, Institute of Biotechnology, Viikki Biocenter, Biomedicum Stem Cell Center, Biomedicum Helsinki, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Division of Genetics and Physiology, Department of Biology, University of Turku, Turku, Program in Developmental Biology, Institute of Biotechnology, Viikki Biocenter, University of Helsinki, Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Helsinki, Family Federation of Finland, Helsinki, Finland and Department of Microbiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Program in Cellular Biotechnology, Institute of Biotechnology, Viikki Biocenter, Biomedicum Stem Cell Center, Biomedicum Helsinki, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Division of Genetics and Physiology, Department of Biology, University of Turku, Turku, Program in Developmental Biology, Institute of Biotechnology, Viikki Biocenter, University of Helsinki, Hospital for Children and Adolescents, University of Helsinki, Family Federation of Finland, Helsinki, Finland and Department of Microbiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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Pajunen M, Turakainen H, Poussu E, Peränen J, Vihinen M, Savilahti H. High-precision mapping of protein protein interfaces: an integrated genetic strategy combining en masse mutagenesis and DNA-level parallel analysis on a yeast two-hybrid platform. Nucleic Acids Res 2007; 35:e103. [PMID: 17702760 PMCID: PMC2018616 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkm563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Understanding networks of protein–protein interactions constitutes an essential component on a path towards comprehensive description of cell function. Whereas efficient techniques are readily available for the initial identification of interacting protein partners, practical strategies are lacking for the subsequent high-resolution mapping of regions involved in protein–protein interfaces. We present here a genetic strategy to accurately map interacting protein regions at amino acid precision. The system is based on parallel construction, sampling and analysis of a comprehensive insertion mutant library. The methodology integrates Mu in vitro transposition-based random pentapeptide mutagenesis of proteins, yeast two-hybrid screening and high-resolution genetic footprinting. The strategy is general and applicable to any interacting protein pair. We demonstrate the feasibility of the methodology by mapping the region in human JFC1 that interacts with Rab8A, and we show that the association is mediated by the Slp homology domain 1.
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- Maria Pajunen
- Program in Cellular Biotechnology, Institute of Biotechnology, Viikki Biocenter, University of Helsinki, Institute of Medical Technology, University of Tampere, Research Unit, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere and Division of Genetics and Physiology, Department of Biology, University of Turku, Finland
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- Program in Cellular Biotechnology, Institute of Biotechnology, Viikki Biocenter, University of Helsinki, Institute of Medical Technology, University of Tampere, Research Unit, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere and Division of Genetics and Physiology, Department of Biology, University of Turku, Finland
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- Program in Cellular Biotechnology, Institute of Biotechnology, Viikki Biocenter, University of Helsinki, Institute of Medical Technology, University of Tampere, Research Unit, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere and Division of Genetics and Physiology, Department of Biology, University of Turku, Finland
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- Program in Cellular Biotechnology, Institute of Biotechnology, Viikki Biocenter, University of Helsinki, Institute of Medical Technology, University of Tampere, Research Unit, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere and Division of Genetics and Physiology, Department of Biology, University of Turku, Finland
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- Program in Cellular Biotechnology, Institute of Biotechnology, Viikki Biocenter, University of Helsinki, Institute of Medical Technology, University of Tampere, Research Unit, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere and Division of Genetics and Physiology, Department of Biology, University of Turku, Finland
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- Program in Cellular Biotechnology, Institute of Biotechnology, Viikki Biocenter, University of Helsinki, Institute of Medical Technology, University of Tampere, Research Unit, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere and Division of Genetics and Physiology, Department of Biology, University of Turku, Finland
- *To whom correspondence should be addressed. +358 9 191 59516+358 9 191 59366
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Weber E, Koebnik R. Domain structure of HrpE, the Hrp pilus subunit of Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria. J Bacteriol 2005; 187:6175-86. [PMID: 16109959 PMCID: PMC1196163 DOI: 10.1128/jb.187.17.6175-6186.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The plant-pathogenic bacterium Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria possesses a type III secretion (TTS) system necessary for pathogenicity in susceptible hosts and induction of the hypersensitive response in resistant plants. This specialized protein transport system is encoded by a 23-kb hrp (hypersensitive response and pathogenicity) gene cluster. X. campestris pv. vesicatoria produces filamentous structures, Hrp pili, at the cell surface under hrp-inducing conditions. The Hrp pilus acts as a cell surface appendage of the TTS system and serves as a conduit for the transfer of bacterial effector proteins into the plant cell cytosol. The major pilus component, the HrpE pilin, is unique to xanthomonads and is encoded within the hrp gene cluster. In this study, functional domains of HrpE were mapped by linker-scanning mutagenesis and by reporter protein fusions to an N-terminally truncated avirulence protein (AvrBs3Delta2). Thirteen five-amino-acid peptide insertion mutants were obtained and could be grouped into six phenotypic classes. Three permissive mutations were mapped in the N-terminal half of HrpE, which is weakly conserved within the HrpE protein family. Four dominant-negative peptide insertions in the strongly conserved C-terminal region suggest that this domain is critical for oligomerization of the pilus subunits. Reporter protein fusions revealed that the N-terminal 17 amino acid residues act as an efficient TTS signal. From these results, we postulate a three-domain structure of HrpE with an N-terminal secretion signal, a surface-exposed variable region of the N-terminal half, and a C-terminal polymerization domain. Comparisons with a mutant study of HrpA, the Hrp pilin from Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000, and hydrophobicity plot analyses of several nonhomologous Hrp pilins suggest a common architecture of Hrp pilins of different plant-pathogenic bacteria.
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- Ernst Weber
- Institute of Genetics, Martin Luther University, D-06120 Halle, Germany
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Lee YH, Kolade OO, Nomura K, Arvidson DN, He SY. Use of Dominant-negative HrpA Mutants to Dissect Hrp Pilus Assembly and Type III Secretion in Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:21409-17. [PMID: 15797867 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m500972200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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The Hrp pilus plays an essential role in the long-distance type III translocation of effector proteins from bacteria into plant cells. HrpA is the structural subunit of the Hrp pilus in Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato (Pst) DC3000. Little is known about the molecular features in the HrpA protein for pilus assembly or for transporting effector proteins. From previous collections of nonfunctional HrpA derivatives that carry random pentapeptide insertions or single amino acid mutations, we identified several dominant-negative mutants that blocked the ability of wild-type Pst DC3000 to elicit host responses. The dominant-negative phenotype was correlated with the disappearance of the Hrp pilus in culture and inhibition of wild-type HrpA protein self-assembly in vitro. Dominant-negative HrpA mutants can be grouped into two functional classes: one class exerted a strong dominant-negative effect on the secretion of effector proteins AvrPto and HopPtoM in culture, and the other did not. The two classes of mutant HrpA proteins carry pentapeptide insertions in discrete regions, which are interrupted by insertions without a dominant-negative effect. These results enable prediction of possible subunit-subunit interaction sites in the assembly of the Hrp pilus and suggest the usefulness of dominant-negative mutants in dissection of the role of the wild-type HrpA protein in various stages of type III translocation: protein exit across the bacterial cell wall, the assembly and/or stabilization of the Hrp pilus in the extracellular space, and Hrp pilus-mediated long-distance transport beyond the bacterial cell wall.
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- Yong Hoon Lee
- Department of Energy Plant Research Laboratory, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48824, USA
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Type III protein secretion mechanism in mammalian and plant pathogens. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2005; 1694:181-206. [PMID: 15546666 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2004.03.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 205] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2003] [Revised: 03/26/2004] [Accepted: 03/26/2004] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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The type III protein secretion system (TTSS) is a complex organelle in the envelope of many Gram-negative bacteria; it delivers potentially hundreds of structurally diverse bacterial virulence proteins into plant and animal cells to modulate host cellular functions. Recent studies have revealed several basic features of this secretion system, including assembly of needle/pilus-like secretion structures, formation of putative translocation pores in the host membrane, recognition of N-terminal/5' mRNA-based secretion signals, and requirement of small chaperone proteins for optimal delivery and/or expression of effector proteins. Although most of our knowledge about the TTSS is derived from studies of mammalian pathogenic bacteria, similar and unique features are learned from studies of plant pathogenic bacteria. Here, we summarize the most salient aspects of the TTSS, with special emphasis on recent findings.
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Yap MN, Yang CH, Barak JD, Jahn CE, Charkowski AO. The Erwinia chrysanthemi type III secretion system is required for multicellular behavior. J Bacteriol 2005; 187:639-48. [PMID: 15629935 PMCID: PMC543537 DOI: 10.1128/jb.187.2.639-648.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Enterobacterial animal pathogens exhibit aggregative multicellular behavior, which is manifested as pellicles on the culture surface and biofilms at the surface-liquid-air interface. Pellicle formation behavior requires production of extracellular polysaccharide, cellulose, and protein filaments, known as curli. Protein filaments analogous to curli are formed by many protein secretion systems, including the type III secretion system (TTSS). Here, we demonstrate that Erwinia chrysanthemi, which does not carry curli genes, requires the TTSS for pellicle formation. These data support a model where cellulose and generic protein filaments, which consist of either curli or TTSS-secreted proteins, are required for enterobacterial aggregative multicellular behavior. Using this assay, we found that hrpY, which encodes a two-component system response regulator homolog, is required for activity of hrpS, which encodes a sigma54-dependent enhancer-binding protein homolog. In turn, hrpS is required for activity of the sigma factor homolog hrpL, which activates genes encoding TTSS structural and secreted proteins. Pellicle formation was temperature dependent and pellicles did not form at 36 degrees C, even though TTSS genes were expressed at this temperature. We found that cellulose is a component of the E. chrysanthemi pellicle but that pellicle formation still occurs in a strain with an insertion in a cellulose synthase subunit homolog. Since the TTSS, but not the cellulose synthase subunit, is required for E. chrysanthemi pellicle formation, this inexpensive assay can be used as a high throughput screen for TTSS mutants or inhibitors.
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- Mee-Ngan Yap
- Department of Plant Pathology, 1630 Linden Dr., University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
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Hienonen E, Rantakari A, Romantschuk M, Taira S. The bacterial type III secretion system-associated pilin HrpA has an unusually long mRNA half-life. FEBS Lett 2004; 571:217-20. [PMID: 15280045 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2004.06.072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2004] [Revised: 06/22/2004] [Accepted: 06/29/2004] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Secondary structures affect mRNA stability and may play a role in protein secretion. We have studied the mRNA of hrpA, which codes for the major structural unit of the type III secretion system-associated pilus of Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato, Erwinia carotovora and Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola. We show that hrpA mRNA has an unusually long half-life, approximately 33-47 min. We mapped regions in the transcript that affected hrpA mRNA accumulation. Apparently, sequences at both 5' and 3' ends affect accumulation. Altering the hypothetical, stable GC rich loop structure in the 3' end of the transcript decreased transcript levels.
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- Elina Hienonen
- Division of General Microbiology, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Viikki Biocenter, P.O. Box 56, FIN-00014 Helsinki, Finland
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Transposons are mobile genetic elements that can relocate from one genomic location to another. As well as modulating gene expression and contributing to genome plasticity and evolution, transposons are remarkably diverse molecular tools for both whole-genome and single-gene studies in bacteria, yeast, and other microorganisms. Efficient but simple in vitro transposition reactions now allow the mutational analysis of previously recalcitrant microorganisms. Transposon-based signature-tagged mutagenesis and genetic footprinting strategies have pinpointed essential genes and genes that are crucial for the infectivity of a variety of human and other pathogens. Individual proteins and protein complexes can be dissected by transposon-mediated scanning linker mutagenesis. These and other transposon-based approaches have reaffirmed the usefulness of these elements as simple yet highly effective mutagens for both functional genomic and proteomic studies of microorganisms.
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- Finbarr Hayes
- Department of Biomolecular Sciences, University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, PO Box 88, Manchester M60 1QD, England.
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Poussu E, Vihinen M, Paulin L, Savilahti H. Probing the α-complementing domain of E. coli
β-galactosidase with use of an insertional pentapeptide mutagenesis strategy based on Mu in vitro DNA transposition. Proteins 2004; 54:681-92. [PMID: 14997564 DOI: 10.1002/prot.10467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Protein structure-function relationships can be studied by using linker insertion mutagenesis, which efficiently identifies essential regions in target proteins. Bacteriophage Mu in vitro DNA transposition was used to generate an extensive library of pentapeptide insertion mutants within the alpha-complementing domain 1 of Escherichia coli beta-galactosidase, yielding mutants at 100% efficiency. Each mutant contained an accurate 15-bp insertion that translated to five additional amino acids within the protein, and the insertions were distributed essentially randomly along the target sequence. Individual mutants (alpha-donors) were analyzed for their ability to restore (by alpha-complementation) beta-galactosidase activity of the M15 deletion mutant (alpha-acceptor), and the data were correlated to the structure of the beta-galactosidase tetramer. Most of the insertions were well tolerated, including many of those disrupting secondary structural elements even within the protein's interior. Nevertheless, certain sites were sensitive to mutations, indicating both known and previously unknown regions of functional importance. Inhibitory insertions within the N-terminus and loop regions most likely influenced protein tetramerization via direct local effects on protein-protein interactions. Within the domain 1 core, the insertions probably caused either lateral shifting of the polypeptide chain toward the protein's exterior or produced more pronounced structural distortions. Six percent of the mutant proteins exhibited temperature sensitivity, in general suggesting the method's usefulness for generation of conditional phenotypes. The method should be applicable to any cloned protein-encoding gene.
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- Eini Poussu
- Program in Cellular Biotechnology, Institute of Biotechnology, Viikki Biocenter, University of Helsinki, Finland
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Petänen T, Romantschuk M. Toxicity and bioavailability to bacteria of particle-associated arsenite and mercury. CHEMOSPHERE 2003; 50:409-413. [PMID: 12656262 DOI: 10.1016/s0045-6535(02)00505-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The overall toxicity of soil, and the bioavailability and arsenite from soil were measured with the constructed constitutively luminescent strain Pseudomonas fluorescens OS8 (pNEP01) and with earlier published biosensor strains P. fluorescens OS8 (pTPT11) for mercury and P. fluorescens OS8 (pTPT31) for arsenite, respectively. Both spiked and authentic samples were studied. By combining bacterial assays enabled partial analysis of reasons for toxicity of environmental samples, some of which were highly toxic despite containing little or no heavy metals. The spiked soils were not toxic overall but the method of measuring concentration from water-extractable fraction or from soil-water slurry affected the results significantly. Mercury that was bound to clay even after water extraction was nevertheless found to be bioavailable to a high degree to the biosensor bacteria. Since induction of the luminescence genes takes place intracellularly the bacteria may able to apparently release mercury when in direct contact with clay particle. This type of biomobilisation was not observed with arsenite spiked soils. The same phenomenon was detected in one of the environmental samples.
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- Tiina Petänen
- Department of Biosciences, Division of General Microbiology, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 56, FIN-00014, Finland.
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Boureau T, Routtu J, Roine E, Taira S, Romantschuk M. Localization of hrpA-induced Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000 in infected tomato leaves. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2002; 3:451-460. [PMID: 20569352 DOI: 10.1046/j.1364-3703.2002.00139.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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SUMMARY Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato is the causative agent of bacterial speck of tomato. The key virulence determinant of P. syringae is the hrp gene cluster, which encodes a type III secretion system. The type III system is used by a wide variety of pathogenic bacteria for transporting virulence proteins from the bacteria directly into the eukaryotic host cell. Hrp pilus, which is composed of HrpA pilin subunits, is an indispensable component of the type III secretion system in P. syringae. Here we have determined the spatial and temporal expression pattern of hrpA of P. syringae DC3000 in intact leaves, using a HrpA-GFP protein fusion and confocal microscopy. The hrpA gene was strongly and rapidly induced inside the leaf tissues after infiltration of the bacteria. After spray-inoculation, hrpA-induced bacteria were detected endophytically 72 h post-inoculation, and 96 h after spray-inoculation, disease symptoms appeared and GFP-expressing bacteria were observed at symptom sites, both endo- and epiphytically. Live/dead staining of the bacteria showed that Pst DC3000 does not survive well on leaf surfaces. Apoplastic populations were apparently bursting on to the leaf surface through stomata. Kinetics of population sizes of wild-type DC3000 and hrpA(-) showed significant differences, initially endophytically and only later epiphytically. Our results suggest that the Hrp pilus is first induced in the apoplast and apparently functions mainly inside the leaf tissues. These results suggest that P. syringae DC3000 mainly multiplies endophytically.
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- Tristan Boureau
- Biocentre Helsinki, Department of Biosciences, Division of General Microbiology, PO Box 56, FIN-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland
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Rojas CM, Ham JH, Deng WL, Doyle JJ, Collmer A. HecA, a member of a class of adhesins produced by diverse pathogenic bacteria, contributes to the attachment, aggregation, epidermal cell killing, and virulence phenotypes of Erwinia chrysanthemi EC16 on Nicotiana clevelandii seedlings. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2002; 99:13142-7. [PMID: 12271135 PMCID: PMC130600 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.202358699] [Citation(s) in RCA: 168] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2002] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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Erwinia chrysanthemi is representative of a broad class of bacterial pathogens that are capable of inducing necrosis in plants. The E. chrysanthemi EC16 hecA gene predicts a 3,850-aa member of the Bordetella pertussis filamentous hemagglutinin family of adhesins. A hecATn7 mutant was reduced in virulence on Nicotiana clevelandii seedlings after inoculation without wounding. Epifluorescence and confocal laser-scanning microscopy observations of hecA and wild-type cells expressing the green fluorescent protein revealed that the mutant is reduced in its ability to attach and then form aggregates on leaves and to cause an aggregate-associated killing of epidermal cells. Cell killing also depended on production of the major pectate lyase isozymes and the type II, but not the type III, secretion pathway in E. chrysanthemi. HecA homologs were found in bacterial pathogens of plants and animals and appear to be unique to pathogens and universal in necrogenic plant pathogens. Phylogenetic comparison of the conserved two-partner secretion domains in the proteins and the 16S rRNA sequences in respective bacteria revealed the two datasets to be fundamentally incongruent, suggesting horizontal acquisition of these genes. Furthermore, hecA and its two homologs in Yersinia pestis had a G+C content that was 10% higher than that of their genomes and similar to that of plant pathogenic Ralstonia, Xylella, and Pseudomonas spp. Our data suggest that filamentous hemagglutinin-like adhesins are broadly important virulence factors in both plant and animal pathogens.
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- Clemencia M Rojas
- Department of Plant Pathology and L. H. Bailey Hortorium, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
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Li CM, Brown I, Mansfield J, Stevens C, Boureau T, Romantschuk M, Taira S. The Hrp pilus of Pseudomonas syringae elongates from its tip and acts as a conduit for translocation of the effector protein HrpZ. EMBO J 2002; 21:1909-15. [PMID: 11953310 PMCID: PMC125372 DOI: 10.1093/emboj/21.8.1909] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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The type III secretion system (TTSS) is an essential requirement for the virulence of many Gram-negative bacteria infecting plants, animals and man. Pathogens use the TTSS to deliver effector proteins from the bacterial cytoplasm to the eukaryotic host cell, where the effectors subvert host defences. Plant pathogens have to translocate their effector proteins through the plant cell wall barrier. The best candidates for directing effector protein traffic are bacterial appendages attached to the membrane-bound components of the TTSS. We have investigated the protein secretion route in relation to the TTSS appendage, termed the Hrp pilus, of the plant pathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato. By pulse expression of proteins combined with immunoelectron microscopy, we show that the Hrp pilus elongates by the addition of HrpA pilin subunits at the distal end, and that the effector protein HrpZ is secreted only from the pilus tip. Our results indicate that both HrpA and HrpZ travel through the Hrp pilus, which functions as a conduit for the long-distance translocation of effector proteins.
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- Department of Biosciences, Division of General Microbiology, University of Helsinki, PO Box 56, FI-00014, University of Helsinki, Finland and
Department of Agricultural Sciences, Imperial College at Wye, University of London, Ashford, Kent TN25 5AH, UK Corresponding author e-mail: C.-M.Li and I.Brown contributed equally to this work
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- Department of Biosciences, Division of General Microbiology, University of Helsinki, PO Box 56, FI-00014, University of Helsinki, Finland and
Department of Agricultural Sciences, Imperial College at Wye, University of London, Ashford, Kent TN25 5AH, UK Corresponding author e-mail: C.-M.Li and I.Brown contributed equally to this work
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- Department of Biosciences, Division of General Microbiology, University of Helsinki, PO Box 56, FI-00014, University of Helsinki, Finland and
Department of Agricultural Sciences, Imperial College at Wye, University of London, Ashford, Kent TN25 5AH, UK Corresponding author e-mail: C.-M.Li and I.Brown contributed equally to this work
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- Department of Biosciences, Division of General Microbiology, University of Helsinki, PO Box 56, FI-00014, University of Helsinki, Finland and
Department of Agricultural Sciences, Imperial College at Wye, University of London, Ashford, Kent TN25 5AH, UK Corresponding author e-mail: C.-M.Li and I.Brown contributed equally to this work
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Lamberg A, Nieminen S, Qiao M, Savilahti H. Efficient insertion mutagenesis strategy for bacterial genomes involving electroporation of in vitro-assembled DNA transposition complexes of bacteriophage mu. Appl Environ Microbiol 2002; 68:705-12. [PMID: 11823210 PMCID: PMC126711 DOI: 10.1128/aem.68.2.705-712.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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An efficient insertion mutagenesis strategy for bacterial genomes based on the phage Mu DNA transposition reaction was developed. Incubation of MuA transposase protein with artificial mini-Mu transposon DNA in the absence of divalent cations in vitro resulted in stable but inactive Mu DNA transposition complexes, or transpososomes. Following delivery into bacterial cells by electroporation, the complexes were activated for DNA transposition chemistry after encountering divalent metal ions within the cells. Mini-Mu transposons were integrated into bacterial chromosomes with efficiencies ranging from 10(4) to 10(6) CFU/microg of input transposon DNA in the four species tested, i.e., Escherichia coli, Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium, Erwinia carotovora, and Yersinia enterocolitica. Efficiency of integration was influenced mostly by the competence status of a given strain or batch of bacteria. An accurate 5-bp target site duplication flanking the transposon, a hallmark of Mu transposition, was generated upon mini-Mu integration into the genome, indicating that a genuine DNA transposition reaction was reproduced within the cells of the bacteria studied. This insertion mutagenesis strategy for microbial genomes may be applicable to a variety of organisms provided that a means to introduce DNA into their cells is available.
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- Arja Lamberg
- Program in Cellular Biotechnology, Institute of Biotechnology, Viikki Biocenter, University of Helsinki, Viikinkaari 9, 00014 Helsinki, Finland
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Gram-negative bacteria have surface appendages that assemble via different secretion machineries. Recently, new experimental approaches have contributed to a better understanding of the molecular mechanisms of flagellar and pilus assembly, and protein secretion. These findings can be applied to plant pathogenic bacteria, which probably transfer effector proteins directly into their eukaryotic host cells. Here, it is suggested that assembly of Hrp pili occurs in the periplasm and that unfolded effector proteins attach to pilins within the pili, thus effecting protein translocation. A two-domain structure for the HrpA pilin from Pseudomonas syringae is also predicted.
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- R Koebnik
- Martin-Luther-Universität, Institut für Genetik, Weinbergweg 10, D-06120, Halle (Saale), Germany.
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Vivian A, Murillo J, Jackson RW. The roles of plasmids in phytopathogenic bacteria: mobile arsenals? MICROBIOLOGY (READING, ENGLAND) 2001; 147:763-780. [PMID: 11283273 DOI: 10.1099/00221287-147-4-763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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- Alan Vivian
- Centre for Research in Plant Science, Faculty of Applied Sciences, UWE-Bristol, Coldharbour Lane, Bristol BS16 1QY, UK1
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- Centre for Research in Plant Science, Faculty of Applied Sciences, UWE-Bristol, Coldharbour Lane, Bristol BS16 1QY, UK1
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- Centre for Research in Plant Science, Faculty of Applied Sciences, UWE-Bristol, Coldharbour Lane, Bristol BS16 1QY, UK1
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Brown IR, Mansfield JW, Taira S, Roine E, Romantschuk M. Immunocytochemical localization of HrpA and HrpZ supports a role for the Hrp pilus in the transfer of effector proteins from Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato across the host plant cell wall. MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS : MPMI 2001; 14:394-404. [PMID: 11277437 DOI: 10.1094/mpmi.2001.14.3.394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The Hrp pilus, composed of HrpA subunits, is an essential component of the type III secretion system in Pseudomonas syringae. We used electron microscopy (EM) and immunocytochemistry to examine production of the pilus in vitro from P. syringae pv. tomato strain DC3000 grown under hrp-inducing conditions on EM grids. Pili, when labeled with antibodies to HrpA, developed rapidly in a nonpolar manner shortly after the detection of the hrpA transcript and extended up to 5 microm into surrounding media. Structures at the base of the pilus were clearly differentiated from the basal bodies of flagella. The HrpZ protein, also secreted via the type III system, was found by immunogold labeling to be associated with the pilus in vitro. Accumulation and secretion of HrpA and HrpZ were also examined quantitatively after the inoculation of wild-type DC3000 and hrpA and hrpZ mutants into leaves of Arabidopsis thaliana. The functional pilus crossed the plant cell wall to generate tracks of immunogold labeling for HrpA and HrpZ. Mutants that produced HrpA but did not assemble pili were nonpathogenic, did not secrete HrpA protein, and were compromised for the accumulation of HrpZ. A model is proposed in which the rapidly elongating Hrp pilus acts as a moving conveyor, facilitating transfer of effector proteins from bacteria to the plant cytoplasm across the formidable barrier of the plant cell wall.
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- I R Brown
- Department of Biological Sciences, Imperial College at Wye, University of London, Ashford, Kent, UK
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Vilen H, Eerikäinen S, Tornberg J, Airaksinen MS, Savilahti H. Construction of gene-targeting vectors: a rapid Mu in vitro DNA transposition-based strategy generating null, potentially hypomorphic, and conditional alleles. Transgenic Res 2001; 10:69-80. [PMID: 11252384 DOI: 10.1023/a:1008959231644] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Gene targeting into mammalian genomes by means of homologous recombination is a powerful technique for analyzing gene function through generation of transgenic animals. Hundreds of mouse strains carrying targeted alleles have already been created and recent modifications of the technology, in particular generation of conditional alleles, have extended the usefulness of the methodology for a variety of special purposes. Even though the standard protocols, including the construction of gene-targeting vector plasmids, are relatively straightforward, they typically involve time-consuming and laborious gene mapping and/or sequencing steps. To produce various types of gene-targeting constructions rapidly and with minimum effort, we developed a strategy, that utilizes a highly efficient in vitro transposition reaction of phage Mu, and tested it in a targeting of the mouse Kcc2 gene locus. A vast number and different types of targeting constructions can be generated simultaneously with little or no prior sequence knowledge of the gene locus of interest. This quick and efficient general strategy will facilitate easy generation of null, potentially hypomorphic, and conditional alleles. Especially useful it will be in the cases when effects of several exons within a given gene are to be studied, a task that necessarily will involve generation of multiple constructions. The strategy extends the use of diverse recombination reactions for advanced genome engineering and complements existing recombination-based approaches for generation of gene-targeting constructions.
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- H Vilen
- Institute of Biotechnology, Viikki Biocenter, University of Helsinki, Finland
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Hayes F, Hallet B. Pentapeptide scanning mutagenesis: encouraging old proteins to execute unusual tricks. Trends Microbiol 2000; 8:571-7. [PMID: 11115754 DOI: 10.1016/s0966-842x(00)01857-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Pentapeptide scanning mutagenesis is a facile transposon-based procedure for the random insertion of a variable five amino acid cassette into a target protein. The analysis of a library of proteins harbouring pentapeptide insertions can provide invaluable information on the essential and inessential regions of a target protein, as well as revealing surprising aspects of target protein function and activity.
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- F Hayes
- Dept of Biomolecular Sciences, University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST), PO Box 88, M60 1QD, Manchester, UK.
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Preston GM. Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato: the right pathogen, of the right plant, at the right time. MOLECULAR PLANT PATHOLOGY 2000; 1:263-75. [PMID: 20572973 DOI: 10.1046/j.1364-3703.2000.00036.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
Abstract
UNLABELLED Abstract Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato and the closely related pathovar P. s. pv. maculicola have been the focus of intensive research in recent years, not only because of the diseases they cause on tomato and crucifers, but because strains such as P. s. pv. tomato DC3000 and P. s. pv. maculicola ES4326 are pathogens of the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana. Consequently, both P. s. pv. tomato and P. s. pv. maculicola have been widely used to study the molecular mechanisms of host responses to infection. Analyses of the molecular basis of pathogenesis in P. s. pv. tomato reveal a complex and intimate interaction between bacteria and plant cells that depends on the coordinated expression of multiple pathogenicity and virulence factors. These include toxins, extracellular proteins and polysaccharides, and the translocation of proteins into plant cells by the type III (Hrp) secretion system. The contribution of individual virulence factors to parasitism and disease development varies significantly between strains. Application of functional genomics and cell biology to both pathogen and host within the P. s. pv. tomato/A. thaliana pathosystem provides a unique opportunity to unravel the molecular interactions underlying plant pathogenesis. Taxonomic relationship: Bacteria; Proteobacteria; gamma subdivision; Pseudomonadaceae/Moraxellaceae group; Pseudomonadaceae family; Pseudomonas genus; Pseudomonas syringae species; tomato pathovar. Microbiological properties: Gram-negative, aerobic, motile, rod-shaped, polar flagella, oxidase negative, arginine dihydrolase negative, DNA 58-60 mol% GC, elicits the hypersensitive response on tobacco. HOST RANGE Primarily studied as the causal agent of bacterial speck of tomato and as a model pathogen of A. thaliana, although it has been isolated from a wide range of crop and weed species. Disease symptoms: Tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum): Brown-black leaf spots sometimes surrounded by chlorotic margin; dark superficial specks on green fruit; specks on ripe fruit may become sunken, and are surrounded by a zone of delayed ripening. Stunting and yield loss, particularly if young plants are infected. Reduced market value of speckled fruit. A. thaliana: Water-soaked, spreading lesions, sometimes surrounded by chlorotic margin. EPIDEMIOLOGY Seed borne. Survives as a saprophyte in plant debris, soil and on leaf surfaces. Dispersed by aerosols and rain splash. Development of disease symptoms favoured by leaf wetness and cool temperatures (55-77 degrees F/13-25 degrees C). Disease control: Pathogen-free seed and transplants. Resistant and tolerant cultivars. Sanitation, rotation, and drip irrigation to reduce leaf wetness. Some measure of control with bactericides (copper, streptomycin).
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Affiliation(s)
- G M Preston
- Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3RB, UK
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