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ArticleMolecular microbiology2022

Carbon catabolite repression on the Rgg2/3 quorum sensing system in Streptococcus pyogenes is mediated by PTS

Jerry K K Woo, Kevin S McIver, Michael J Federle

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Article in Molecular microbiology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jerry K K WooDepartment of Biopharmaceutical Sciences, Center for Biomolecular Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2380-4357
Kevin S McIverDepartment of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, Maryland Pathogen Research Institute, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4769-4463
Michael J FederleDepartment of Biopharmaceutical Sciences, Center for Biomolecular Sciences, College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4554-543X
University of Illinois Chicago · USUniversity of Maryland, College Park · US

Funding

PRD-Containing Virulence Regulators of Pathogenic StreptococciR01AI047928 · NIAID · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI MCIVER, KEVIN S. · 2001 to 2023
$6.5M
Mechanistic Dissection of Pheromone-Dependent Regulation of Group A StreptococcalR01AI091779 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI FEDERLE, MICHAEL J · 2011 to 2021
$3.9M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI047928NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI091779
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Streptococcus pyogenes, also known as group A Streptococcus or GAS, is a human-restricted pathogen causing a diverse array of infections. The ability to adapt to different niches requires GAS to adjust gene expression in response to environmental cues. We previously identified the abundance of biometals and carbohydrates led to natural induction of the Rgg2/3 cell-cell communication system (quorum sensing, QS). Here we determined the mechanism by which the Rgg2/3 QS system is stimulated exclusively by mannose and repressed by glucose, a phenomenon known as carbon catabolite repression (CCR). Instead of carbon catabolite protein A, the primary mediator of CCR in Gram-positive bacteria; CCR of Rgg2/3 requires the PTS regulatory domain (PRD)-containing transcriptional regulator Mga. Deletion of Mga led to carbohydrate-independent activation of Rgg2/3 by down-regulating rgg3, the QS repressor. Through phosphoablative and phosphomimetic substitutions within Mga PRDs, we demonstrated that selective phosphorylation of PRD1 conferred repression of the Rgg2/3 system. Moreover, given the carbohydrate specificity mediating Mga-dependent governance over Rgg2/3, we tested mannose-specific PTS components and found the EIIA/B subunit ManL was required for Mga-dependent repression. These findings provide newfound connections between PTS

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Catabolite RepressionStreptococcus pyogenesBacterial ProteinsGene Expression Regulation, BacterialHumansQuorum SensingBacterial Proteinscarbon catabolismmannose PTSMgaquorum sensing

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PMID34923680
PMCPMC8844239
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