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ArticleMolecular microbiology2022

FoxR is an AraC-like transcriptional regulator of ferrioxamine uptake in Salmonella enterica.

Zeus Saldaña-Ahuactzi, Leigh A Knodler

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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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Zeus Saldaña-AhuactziPaul G. Allen School for Global Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2710-2846
Leigh A KnodlerPaul G. Allen School for Global Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3028-2198
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Salmonella enterica spp. produce siderophores to bind iron with high affinity and can also use three xenosiderophores secreted by other microorganisms, ferrichrome, coprogen, and ferrioxamine. Here we focused on FoxA, a TonB-dependent transporter of ferrioxamines. Adjacent to foxA is a gene annotated as a helix-turn-helix (HTH) domain-containing protein, SL0358 (foxR), in the Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium SL1344 genome. FoxR shares homology with transcriptional regulators belonging to the AraC/XylS family. foxR is syntenic with foxA in the Enterobacteriaceae family, suggesting their functional relatedness. Both foxA and foxR are repressed by the ferric uptake regulator (Fur) under iron-rich growth conditions. When iron is scarce, FoxR acts as a transcriptional activator of foxA by directly binding to its upstream regulatory region. A point mutation in the HTH domain of FoxR abolished this binding, as did mutation of a direct repeat motif in the foxA upstream regulatory region. Desferrioxamine (DFOE) enhanced FoxR protein stability and foxA transcription but did not affect the affinity of FoxR binding to the foxA regulatory region. In summary, we have identified FoxR as a new member of the AraC/XylS family that regulates xenosiderophore-mediated iron uptake by S. Typhimurium and likely other Enterobacteriaceae members.

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DeferoxamineSalmonella entericaBacterial Outer Membrane ProteinsBacterial ProteinsCytarabineFerric CompoundsFerrichromeGene Expression Regulation, BacterialIronSiderophoresTranscription FactorsBacterial Outer Membrane ProteinsBacterial ProteinsCytarabineDeferoxamineFerric CompoundsFerrichromeferrioxamine BIronSiderophoresTranscription FactorsAraC/XylS familyDNA-binding proteinferric uptake regulatorferrioxaminetranscriptional activatorxenosiderophore

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