Author:
Kuchma S. L.,Delalez N. J.,Filkins L. M.,Snavely E. A.,Armitage J. P.,O'Toole G. A.
Abstract
The second messenger cyclic diguanylate (c-di-GMP) plays a critical role in the regulation of motility. InPseudomonas aeruginosaPA14, c-di-GMP inversely controls biofilm formation and surface swarming motility, with high levels of this dinucleotide signal stimulating biofilm formation and repressing swarming.P. aeruginosaencodes two stator complexes, MotAB and MotCD, that participate in the function of its single polar flagellum. Here we show that the repression of swarming motility requires a functional MotAB stator complex. Mutating themotABgenes restores swarming motility to a strain with artificially elevated levels of c-di-GMP as well as stimulates swarming in the wild-type strain, while overexpression of MotA from a plasmid represses swarming motility. Using point mutations in MotA and the FliG rotor protein of the motor supports the conclusion that MotA-FliG interactions are critical for c-di-GMP-mediated swarming inhibition. Finally, we show that high c-di-GMP levels affect the localization of a green fluorescent protein (GFP)-MotD fusion, indicating a mechanism whereby this second messenger has an impact on MotCD function. We propose that when c-di-GMP level is high, the MotAB stator can displace MotCD from the motor, thereby affecting motor function. Our data suggest a newly identified means of c-di-GMP-mediated control of surface motility, perhaps conserved amongPseudomonas,Xanthomonas, and other organisms that encode two stator systems.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Subject
Molecular Biology,Microbiology
Cited by
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