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ArticleMolecular oral microbiology2016

Studies of the extracytoplasmic function sigma factor PG0162 in Porphyromonas gingivalis.

Y Dou, W Aruni, A Muthiah, F Roy, C Wang, H M Fletcher

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Article in Molecular oral microbiology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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12 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Y DouDivision of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Department of Basic Sciences, School of Medicine, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA, USA.
W AruniDivision of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Department of Basic Sciences, School of Medicine, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA, USA.
A MuthiahDivision of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Department of Basic Sciences, School of Medicine, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA, USA.
F RoyDivision of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Department of Basic Sciences, School of Medicine, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA, USA.
C WangDivision of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Department of Basic Sciences, School of Medicine, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA, USA.
H M FletcherDivision of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Department of Basic Sciences, School of Medicine, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA, USA.
Loma Linda University · US

Funding

Studies on virulence regulation in PorphyromonasR01DE013664 · NIDCR · LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY · PI FLETCHER, HANSEL M. · 2002 to 2011
$3.3M
Mechanisms for adaptation to oxidative stress in Porphyromonas gingivalisR01DE019730 · NIDCR · LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY · PI FLETCHER, HANSEL M. · 2009 to 2013
$2.0M
ECF sigma factors in adaptation and virulence of Porphyromonas gingivalisR01DE022508 · NIDCR · LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY · PI FLETCHER, HANSEL M. · 2012 to 2016
$1.8M
Studies on the virulence of Fillifactor alocisR21DE022724 · NIDCR · LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY · PI FLETCHER, HANSEL M. · 2012 to 2013
$427k
Studies on the virulence regulation in PorphyromonasR56DE013664 · NIDCR · LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY · PI FLETCHER, HANSEL M. · 2014 to 2014
$291k
NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE013664NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE019730NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE022508NIDCR NIH HHS R21 DE022724NIDCR NIH HHS R56 DE013664
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PG0162, annotated as an extracytoplasmic function (ECF) sigma factor in Porphyromonas gingivalis, is composed of 193 amino acids. As previously reported, the PG0162-deficient mutant, P. gingivalis FLL350 showed significant reduction in gingipain activity compared with the parental strain. Because this ECF sigma factor could be involved in the virulence regulation in P. gingivalis, its genetic properties were further characterized. A 5'-RACE analysis showed that the start of transcription of the PG0162 gene occurred from a guanine (G) residue 69 nucleotides upstream of the ATG translation initiation codon. The function of PG0162 as a sigma factor was confirmed in a run-off in vitro transcription assay using the purified rPG0162 and RNAP core enzyme from Escherichia coli with the PG0162 promoter as template. As an appropriate PG0162 inducing environmental signal is unknown, a strain overexpressing the PG0162 gene designated P. gingivalis FLL391 was created. Compared with the wild-type strain, transcriptome analysis of P. gingivalis FLL391 showed that approximately 24% of the genome displayed altered gene expression (260 upregulated genes; 286 downregulated genes). Two other ECF sigma factors (PG0985 and PG1660) were upregulated more than two-fold. The autoregulation of PG0162 was confirmed with the binding of the rPG0162 protein to the PG0162 promoter in electrophoretic mobility shift assay. In addition, the rPG0162 protein also showed the ability to bind to the promoter region of two genes (PG0521 and PG1167) that were most upregulated in P. gingivalis FLL391. Taken together, our data suggest that PG0162 is a sigma factor that may play an important role in the virulence regulatory network in P. gingivalis.

Indexed as

Gene Expression Regulation, BacterialTranscription, GeneticDNA-Binding ProteinsEscherichia coliGene Expression ProfilingGenome, BacterialPorphyromonas gingivalisPromoter Regions, GeneticSigma FactorUp-RegulationVirulenceDNA-Binding ProteinsSigma Factorextracytoplasmic function sigma factorperiodontitissigma 24virulence

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PMID26216199
PMCPMC4729660
OpenAlexW1901586273

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