The response regulator PhoP4 is required for late developmental events in Myxococcus xanthus

Vinh D Pham, Conrad W Shebelut, Ivy R Jose, David A Hodgson, David E Whitworth, Mitchell Singer

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Phosphate regulation is complex in the developmental prokaryote Myxococcus xanthus, and requires at least four two-component systems (TCSs). Here, the identification and characterization of a member of one TCS, designated PhoP4, is reported. phoP4 insertion and in-frame deletion strains caused spore viability to be decreased by nearly two orders of magnitude, and reduced all three development-specific phosphatase activities by 80-90 % under phosphate-limiting conditions. Microarray and quantitative PCR analyses demonstrated that PhoP4 is also required for appropriate expression of the predicted pstSCAB-phoU operon of inorganic phosphate assimilation genes. Unlike the case for the other three M. xanthus Pho TCSs, the chromosomal region around phoP4 does not contain a partner histidine kinase gene. Yeast two-hybrid analyses reveal that PhoP4 interacts reciprocally with PhoR2, the histidine kinase of the Pho2 TCS; however, the existence of certain phenotypic differences between phoP4 and phoR2 mutants suggests that PhoP4 interacts with another, as-yet unidentified, histidine kinase.
Iaith wreiddiolSaesneg
Tudalennau (o-i)1609-1620
Nifer y tudalennau12
CyfnodolynMicrobiology
Cyfrol152
Rhif cyhoeddi6
Dynodwyr Gwrthrych Digidol (DOIs)
StatwsCyhoeddwyd - Meh 2006

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