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  • Title: FleN and FleQ play a synergistic role in regulating lapA and bcs operons in Pseudomonas putida KT2440.
    Author: Nie H, Xiao Y, Liu H, He J, Chen W, Huang Q.
    Journal: Environ Microbiol Rep; 2017 Oct; 9(5):571-580. PubMed ID: 28517238.
    Abstract:
    FleN generally functions as an antagonist of FleQ in regulating flagellar genes and biofilm matrix related genes in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Here, we found that in Pseudomonas putida KT2440, FleN and FleQ play a synergistic role in regulating two biofilm matrix coding operons, lapA and bcs. FleN deletion decreased the transcription of lapA and increased the transcription of bcs operon, and the same trend was observed in fleQ deletion mutant before. In vitro experiments showed that FleN promoted the binding of FleQ to the lapA/bcs promoter DNA especially in the presence of ATP. Both phenotype observation and transcription analysis showed that, similar to fleQ deletion, fleN deletion significantly weaken the effect of high c-di-GMP level on biofilm formation, surface winkle phenotype and expression of lapA and bcs operons. Mutagenesis of the putative ATP binding motif in FleNK21Q revealed that FleN ATPase activity played an essential role in the regulation of flagellar number and swimming motility but was not critical for biofilm formation. Our results revealed that FleN was not an antagonist of FleQ but a synergistic factor of FleQ in regulating the two biofilm matrix coding operons in P. putida KT2440.
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