title: The phosphoenolpyruvate phosphotransferase system regulates Vibrio cholerae biofilm formation through multiple independent pathways.
abstract: The bacterial phosphoenolpyruvate phosphotransferase system (PTS) is a highly conserved phosphotransfer cascade that participates in the transport and phosphorylation of selected carbohydrates and modulates many cellular functions in response to carbohydrate availability. It plays a role in the virulence of many bacterial pathogens. Components of the carbohydrate-specific PTS include the general cytoplasmic components enzyme I (EI) and histidine protein (HPr), the sugar-specific cytoplasmic components enzymes IIA (EIIA) and IIB (EIIB), and the sugar-specific membrane-associated multisubunit components enzymes IIC (EIIC) and IID (EIID). Many bacterial genomes also encode a parallel PTS pathway that includes the EI homolog EI(Ntr), the HPr homolog NPr, and the EIIA homolog EIIA(Ntr). This pathway is thought to be nitrogen specific because of the proximity of the genes encoding this pathway to the genes encoding the nitrogen-specific sigma factor sigma(54). We previously reported that phosphorylation of HPr and FPr by EI represses Vibrio cholerae biofilm formation in minimal medium supplemented with glucose or pyruvate. Here we report two additional PTS-based biofilm regulatory pathways that are active in LB broth but not in minimal medium. These pathways involve the glucose-specific enzyme EIIA (EIIA(Glc)) and two nitrogen-specific EIIA homologs, EIIA(Ntr1) and EIIA(Ntr2). The presence of multiple, independent biofilm regulatory circuits in the PTS supports the hypothesis that the PTS and PTS-dependent substrates have a central role in sensing environments suitable for a surface-associated existence.
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Disease, Children's Hospital Boston, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
authors.forename: Laetitia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Houot
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Bradley S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Pickering
authors.forename: Cedric
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Absalon
authors.forename: Paula I
authors.initials: PI
authors.lastname: Watnick
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D018441:Biofilms / Q000254:growth & development*; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial / Q000502:physiology*; D009154:Mutation; D010731:Phosphoenolpyruvate Sugar Phosphotransferase System / Q000378:metabolism*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D014734:Vibrio cholerae / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; D010731:Phosphoenolpyruvate Sugar Phosphotransferase System
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