An ECF41 family σ factor controls motility and biogenesis of lateral flagella in Azospirillum brasilense Sp245.

Journal of Bacteriology
Ashutosh Prakash DubeyAnil Kumar Tripathi

Abstract

ECF41 is a large family of bacterial extra-cytoplasmic function (ECF) σ factors. Their role in bacterial physiology or behavior, however, is not known. One of the 10 ECF σ factors encoded in the genome of Azospirillum brasilense Sp245, RpoE10, exhibits characteristic features of the typical ECF41-type σ factors. Inactivation of rpoE10 in A. brasilense Sp245 led to an increase in motility that could be complemented by the expression of rpoE10 By comparing the number of lateral flagella, transcriptome and proteome of A. brasilense Sp245 with its rpoE10::km mutant, we show here that this ECF41-type σ factor is involved in the negative regulation of swimming motility and biogenesis of lateral flagella of A. brasilense Sp245. The genome of A. brasilense Sp245 also encodes two OmpR-type regulators (LafR1 and LafR2), and three flagellins including Laf1, the major flagellin of lateral flagella. Elevated levels of laf1 transcripts and Laf1 protein in the rpoE10::km mutant indicated that RpoE10 negatively regulates the expression of Laf1. The elevated level of LafR1 in the rpoE10::km mutant indicated that LafR1 is also negatively regulated by RpoE10. The loss of motility and Laf1 in the lafR1::km mutant, complemented by lafR1 expression,...Continue Reading

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