HrrSA orchestrates a systemic response to heme and determines prioritization of terminal cytochrome oxidase expression
Open Access
- 26 May 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Nucleic Acids Research
- Vol. 48 (12), 6547-6562
- https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkaa415
Abstract
Heme is a multifaceted molecule. While serving as a prosthetic group for many important proteins, elevated levels are toxic to cells. The complexity of this stimulus has shaped bacterial network evolution. However, only a small number of targets controlled by heme-responsive regulators have been described to date. Here, we performed chromatin affinity purification and sequencing to provide genome-wide insights into in vivo promoter occupancy of HrrA, the response regulator of the heme-regulated two-component system HrrSA of Corynebacterium glutamicum. Time-resolved profiling revealed dynamic binding of HrrA to more than 200 different genomic targets encoding proteins associated with heme biosynthesis, the respiratory chain, oxidative stress response and cell envelope remodeling. By repression of the extracytoplasmic function sigma factor sigC, which activates the cydABCD operon, HrrA prioritizes the expression of genes encoding the cytochrome bc1-aa3 supercomplex. This is also reflected by a significantly decreased activity of the cytochrome aa3 oxidase in the ΔhrrA mutant. Furthermore, our data reveal that HrrA also integrates the response to heme-induced oxidative stress by activating katA encoding the catalase. These data provide detailed insights in the systemic strategy that bacteria have evolved to respond to the versatile signaling molecule heme.Funding Information
- German Research Foundation (FR 2759/4-1)
- European Research Council (ERC-StG-2017, 757563)
- Helmholtz Association (W2/W3-096)
- Forschungszentrum Jülich
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