title: The disulfide bonding system suppresses CsgD-independent cellulose production in Escherichia coli.
abstract: The bacterial extracellular matrix encases cells and protects them from host-related and environmental insults. The Escherichia coli master biofilm regulator CsgD is required for the production of the matrix components curli and cellulose. CsgD activates the diguanylate cyclase AdrA, which in turn stimulates cellulose production through cyclic di-GMP (c-di-GMP). Here, we identified and characterized a CsgD- and AdrA-independent cellulose production pathway that was maximally active when cultures were grown under reducing conditions or when the disulfide bonding system (DSB) was compromised. The CsgD-independent cellulose activation pathway was dependent on a second diguanylate cyclase, called YfiN. c-di-GMP production by YfiN was repressed by the periplasmic protein YfiR, and deletion of yfiR promoted CsgD-independent cellulose production. Conversely, when YfiR was overexpressed, cellulose production was decreased. Finally, we found that YfiR was oxidized by DsbA and that intraprotein YfiR disulfide bonds stabilized YfiR in the periplasm. Altogether, we showed that reducing conditions and mutations in the DSB system caused hyperactivation of YfiN and subsequent CsgD-independent cellulose production.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Hufnagel
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
authors.forename: William H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: DePas
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA chapmanm@umich.edu.
authors.forename: Matthew R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Chapman
mesh_terms: D018441:Biofilms; D002482:Cellulose / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D004220:Disulfides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000378:metabolism*; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial / Q000502:physiology*; D009154:Mutation; D015534:Trans-Activators / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: C499694:CsgD protein, E coli; D004220:Disulfides; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D015534:Trans-Activators; D002482:Cellulose
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