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The YufLM two-component system regulates the expression of the malate transporters MaeN (YufR) and YflS, and is essential for utilization of malate in minimal medium Free

Abstract

The Gram-positive bacterium has a complete set of enzymes for the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle and can grow aerobically using most of the TCA cycle intermediates (malate, fumarate, succinate and citrate) as a sole carbon source. The genome sequence contains three paralogous two-component regulatory systems, CitST, DctSR and YufLM. CitST and DctSR activate the expression of a transporter of the Mg–citrate complex (CitM) and a fumarate and succinate transporter (DctP), respectively. These findings prompted an investigation of whether the YufL sensor and its cognate regulator, YufM, play a role in malate uptake. This paper reports that the YufM regulator shows binding to the promoter region of two malate transporter genes, and , and is responsible for inducing their expression . It was also found that inactivation of the or genes resulted in bacteria that could not grow in a minimal salts medium containing malate as a sole carbon source, indicating that the induction of the MaeN transporter by the YufM regulator is essential for the utilization of malate as a carbon source. Inactivation of the gene resulted in the constitutive expression of MaeN. This expression was suppressed by reintroduction of the kinase domain of YufL, indicating that the YufL sensor is required for proper signal detection and signalling specificity. The authors propose that a phosphatase activity of YufL plays an important role in the YufLM two-component regulatory system. The studies reported here have revealed that members of a set of paralogous two-component regulatory systems in , CitST, DctSR and YufLM, are involved in a related function – uptake (and metabolism) of the TCA cycle intermediates – but with distinct substrate specificities.

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Keyword(s): TCA, tricarboxylic acid
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The Bacillus subtilis YufLM two-component system regulates the expression of the malate transporters MaeN (YufR) and YflS, and is essential for utilization of malate in minimal medium
Microbiology 149, 2317 (2003); https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.26257-0
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