Escherichia coli YmdB regulates biofilm formation independently of its role as an RNase III modulator

BMC Microbiology

Kwang-sun Kim³  Juyeon Lee¹  Taeyeon Kim² 

[1] Department of Molecular Biology, Chonbuk National University, 567 Baekje-daero, Deokjin-gu, Jeonju-si, Jeollabuk-do 561-756, Korea;Superbacteria Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), 125 Gwahak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-806, Korea;Department of Biosystems and Bioengineering, University of Science and Technology, 217 Gajung-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 305-350, Korea

关键词: Escherichia coli;    Trans-acting regulator;    Biofilm;    Microarray;    Ribonuclease III (RNase III);   

Others  :  1142606
DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2180-13-266

 received in 2013-06-01, accepted in 2013-11-21,  发布年份 2013

【 摘 要 】

Background

Ribonuclease III (RNase III) activity modulates hundreds of genes in Escherichia coli (E. coli). YmdB, a member of the macrodomain protein family, is one of known trans-acting regulators of RNase III activity; however, the significance of its regulatory role in specific bacterial cellular processes and related genes has not been determined. YmdB overexpression was used to model YmdB-induced RNase III inhibition in vivo, and microarray analysis identified gene targets and cellular processes related to RNase III inhibition.

Results

The expression of >2,000 E. coli genes was modulated by YmdB induction; 129 genes were strongly regulated, of which 80 have not been reported as RNase III targets. Of these, ten are involved in biofilm formation. Significantly, YmdB overexpression also inhibited biofilm formation via a process that is not uniquely dependent upon RNase III inhibition. Moreover, biofilm formation is interdependently regulated by RpoS, a known stress response regulator and biofilm inhibitor, and by YmdB.

Conclusions

This is the first global profile of target genes modulated by YmdB-induced RNase III inhibition in E. coli, and the data reveal a novel, hitherto unrecognized regulatory role for YmdB in biofilm modulation.

【 授权许可】

   
2013 Kim et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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