title: A complex regulatory network controls aerobic ethanol oxidation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: indication of four levels of sensor kinases and response regulators.
abstract: In addition to the known response regulator ErbR (former AgmR) and the two-component regulatory system EraSR (former ExaDE), three additional regulatory proteins have been identified as being involved in controlling transcription of the aerobic ethanol oxidation system in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Two putative sensor kinases, ErcS and ErcS', and a response regulator, ErdR, were found, all of which show significant similarity to the two-component flhSR system that controls methanol and formaldehyde metabolism in Paracoccus denitrificans. All three identified response regulators, EraR (formerly ExaE), ErbR (formerly AgmR) and ErdR, are members of the luxR family. The three sensor kinases EraS (formerly ExaD), ErcS and ErcS' do not contain a membrane domain. Apparently, they are localized in the cytoplasm and recognize cytoplasmic signals. Inactivation of gene ercS caused an extended lag phase on ethanol. Inactivation of both genes, ercS and ercS', resulted in no growth at all on ethanol, as did inactivation of erdR. Of the three sensor kinases and three response regulators identified thus far, only the EraSR (formerly ExaDE) system forms a corresponding kinase/regulator pair. Using reporter gene constructs of all identified regulatory genes in different mutants allowed the hierarchy of a hypothetical complex regulatory network to be established. Probably, two additional sensor kinases and two additional response regulators, which are hidden among the numerous regulatory genes annotated in the genome of P. aeruginosa, remain to be identified.
authors.affiliation: Helmholtz-University Group Molecular Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center, Im Neuenheimer Feld 581, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
authors.forename: Demissew S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Mern
authors.affiliation: The Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48201, USA.
authors.forename: Seung-Wook
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Ha
authors.affiliation: Fachgebiet Angewandte Biochemie, Institut für Biotechnologie, Technische Universität Berlin, Seestrasse 13, D-13353 Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Viola
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Khodaverdi
authors.affiliation: BioGenes GmbH, Koepenicker Strasse 325, D-12555 Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Nicole
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gliese
authors.affiliation: Fachgebiet Angewandte Biochemie, Institut für Biotechnologie, Technische Universität Berlin, Seestrasse 13, D-13353 Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Helmut
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Görisch
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D000431:Ethanol / Q000378:metabolism*; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; D053263:Gene Regulatory Networks; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D009876:Operon; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010231:Paracoccus denitrificans / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; D000431:Ethanol; D011494:Protein Kinases