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ArticleScientific reports2017

Regulation of ribonucleotide synthesis by the Pseudomonas aeruginosa two-component system AlgR in response to oxidative stress.

Anna Crespo, Lucas Pedraz, Marc Van Der Hofstadt, Gabriel Gomila, Eduard Torrents

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Article in Scientific reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Anna CrespoBacterial Infections: Antimicrobial Therapies, Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Barcelona, Spain.
Lucas PedrazBacterial Infections: Antimicrobial Therapies, Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Barcelona, Spain.
Marc Van Der HofstadtNanoscale Bioelectrical Characterization, Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) and University of Barcelona, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Barcelona, Spain.
Gabriel GomilaNanoscale Bioelectrical Characterization, Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) and University of Barcelona, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Barcelona, Spain.
Eduard TorrentsBacterial Infections: Antimicrobial Therapies, Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Barcelona, Spain. etorrents@ibecbarcelona.eu.ORCID 0000-0002-3010-1609
Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia · ES

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ribonucleotide reductases (RNR) catalyze the last step of deoxyribonucleotide synthesis, and are therefore essential to DNA-based life. Three forms of RNR exist: classes I, II, and III. While eukaryotic cells use only class Ia RNR, bacteria can harbor any combination of classes, granting them adaptability. The opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa surprisingly encodes all three classes, allowing it to thrive in different environments. Here we study an aspect of the complex RNR regulation whose molecular mechanism has never been elucidated, the well-described induction through oxidative stress, and link it to the AlgZR two-component system, the primary regulator of the mucoid phenotype. Through bioinformatics, we identify AlgR binding locations in RNR promoters, which we characterize functionally through EMSA and physically through AFM imaging. Gene reporter assays in different growth models are used to study the AlgZR-mediated control on the RNR network under various environmental conditions and physiological states. Thereby, we show that the two-component system AlgZR, which is crucial for bacterial conversion to the mucoid phenotype associated with chronic disease, controls the RNR network and directs how the DNA synthesis pathway is modulated in mucoid and non-mucoid biofilms, allowing it to respond to oxidative stress.

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Bacterial ProteinsBiofilmsComputational BiologyDNAGene Expression Regulation, BacterialGenes, ReporterOxidative StressPhenotypePromoter Regions, GeneticPseudomonas aeruginosaRibonucleotide ReductasesTranscription, GeneticBacterial ProteinsDNARibonucleotide Reductases

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PMID29263410
PMCPMC5738425
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