Complex Control of a Genomic Island Governing Biofilm and Rugose Colony Development in Vibrio vulnificus

Journal of Bacteriology
Daniel M Chodur, Dean A Rowe-Magnus

Abstract

Vibrio vulnificus is a potent opportunistic human pathogen that contaminates the human food chain by asymptomatically colonizing seafood. The expression of the 9-gene brp exopolysaccharide locus mediates surface adherence and is controlled by the secondary signaling molecule c-di-GMP and the regulator BrpT. Here, we show that c-di-GMP and BrpT also regulate the expression of an adjacent 5-gene cluster that includes the cabABC operon, brpT, and another VpsT-like transcriptional regulator gene, brpS The expression of the 14 genes spanning the region increased with elevated intracellular c-di-GMP levels in a BrpT-dependent manner, save for brpS, which was positively regulated by c-di-GMP and repressed by BrpT. BrpS repressed brpA expression and was required for rugose colony development. The mutation of its consensus WFSA c-di-GMP binding motif blocked these activities, suggesting that BrpS function is dependent on binding c-di-GMP. BrpT specifically bound the cabA, brpT, and brpS promoters, and binding sites homologous to the Vibrio cholerae VpsT binding site were identified upstream of brpA and brpT Transcription was initiated distal to brpA, and a conserved RfaH-recruiting ops element and a potential Rho utilization (rut) termi...Continue Reading

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