A1S_2811, a CheA/Y‐like hybrid two‐component regulator from Acinetobacter baumannii ATCC 17978, is involved in surface motility and biofilm formation in this bacterium

作者：Rong Chen, Ruichen Lv, Lisheng Xiao, Min Wang, Zongmin Du, Yafang Tan, Yujun Cui, Yanfeng Yan, Yanping Luo, Ruifu Yang, Yajun Song · 发表于：MicrobiologyOpen · 年份：2017 · DOI：10.1002/mbo3.510 · 被引用次数：43 · 研究领域：Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing、Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology、Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria

, a genetic engineering method, to investigate the function of A1S_2811 in A. baumannii strain ATCC17978. A1S_2811, a hypothetical hybrid sensor histidine kinase/response regulator, has four histidine-containing phosphotransfer domains, a CheA-like regulatory domain, and a CheY-like receiver domain at its C terminus. Compared with the ATCC17978 strain, both surface motility and biofilm formation at the gas-liquid interface decreased significantly in the A1S_2811 knock-out strain. The number of pilus-like structures and the amount of extrapolymeric substances on the cell surface also decreased in the A1S_2811 null strain. Transcription of abaI, which encodes an N-acylhomoserine lactone synthase in A. baumannii , decreased significantly in the A1S_2811 null strain, and supplementation with synthetic N-(3-oxodecanoyl) homoserine-l-lactone rescued the surface motility and biofilm formation phenotype in the null mutant. We speculate that A1S_2811 regulates surface motility and biofilm formation, not by regulating type IV pili-associated genes expression, but by regulating the chaperone/usher pili-associated csuA/ABCDE operon and the AbaI-dependent quorum-sensing pathway-associated A1S_0112-0119 operon instead.