Role of a fasciclin domain protein in photooxidative stress and flocculation in Azospirillum brasilense Sp7

Fasciclin domain proteins (FDP) are found in all domains of life, but their biological role and regulation are not clearly understood. While studying the proteome of a mutant (Car1) of Azospirillum brasilense Sp7 with a Tn5 insertion in the gene encoding an anti-sigma factor (ChrR1), we found that F...

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Veröffentlicht in:Research in microbiology 2021-09, Vol.172 (6), p.103875-103875, Article 103875
Hauptverfasser: Dubey, Ashutosh Prakash, Pandey, Parul, Mishra, Shivangi, Gupta, Parikshit, Tripathi, Anil Kumar
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Zusammenfassung:Fasciclin domain proteins (FDP) are found in all domains of life, but their biological role and regulation are not clearly understood. While studying the proteome of a mutant (Car1) of Azospirillum brasilense Sp7 with a Tn5 insertion in the gene encoding an anti-sigma factor (ChrR1), we found that FDP was maximally expressed. To study the biological role of this FDP, we inactivated fdp in A. brasilense Sp7 and in its Car1 mutant, which rendered them sensitive to methylene blue (MB) and toluidine blue (TB) in the presence of light. The transcription of fdp was also strongly upregulated by an ECF sigma factor (RpoE1) and photooxidative stress. The fdp null mutants of A. brasilense Sp7 and its Car1 mutant produced relatively fewer carotenoids and showed reduced flocculation. The reduced ability of fdp null mutants to flocculate was partly due to their reduced ability to produce carotenoids as inhibition of carotenoid synthesis by diphenylamine reduced their flocculation ability by 15–20%. Hence, FDP plays an important role in protecting A. brasilense Sp7 against photo-oxidative stress by supporting carotenoid accumulation and cell aggregation.
ISSN:0923-2508
1769-7123
DOI:10.1016/j.resmic.2021.103875