PAS Domain Residues and Prosthetic Group Involved in BdlA-Dependent Dispersion Response by Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilms
- 1 November 2012
- journal article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Bacteriology
- Vol. 194 (21), 5817-5828
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jb.00780-12
Abstract
Biofilm dispersion by Pseudomonas aeruginosa in response to environmental cues is dependent on the cytoplasmic BdlA protein harboring two sensory PAS domains and a chemoreceptor domain, TarH. The closest known and previously characterized BdlA homolog is the flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD)-binding Aer, the redox potential sensor and aerotaxis transducer in Escherichia coli . Here, we made use of alanine replacement mutagenesis of the BdlA PAS domain residues previously demonstrated to be essential for aerotaxis in Aer to determine whether BdlA is a potential sensory protein. Five substitutions (D14A, N23A, W60A, I109A, and W182A) resulted in a null phenotype for dispersion. One protein, the BdlA protein with the G31A mutation (BdlA-G31A), transmitted a constant signal-on bias as it rendered P. aeruginosa biofilms hyperdispersive. The hyperdispersive phenotype correlated with increased interaction of BdlA-G31A with the phosphodiesterase DipA under biofilm growth conditions, resulting in increased phosphodiesterase activity and reduced biofilm biomass accumulation. We furthermore demonstrate that BdlA is a heme-binding protein. None of the BdlA protein variants analyzed led to a loss of the heme prosthetic group. The N-terminal PASa domain was identified as the heme-binding domain of BdlA, with BdlA-dependent nutrient-induced dispersion requiring the PASa domain. The findings suggest that BdlA plays a role in intracellular sensing of dispersion-inducing conditions and together with DipA forms a regulatory network that modulates an intracellular cyclic d-GMP (c-di-GMP) pool to enable dispersion.Keywords
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