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Hereditas(Beijing) ›› 2021, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (9): 910-920.doi: 10.16288/j.yczz.21-171

• Research Article • Previous Articles    

Analysis of transcriptional regulators HpaR1 and Clp regulating the expression of glycoside hydrolase-encoding gene in the Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris

Guofang Liu1(), Peidong Ren2, Wenxin Ye2, Guangtao Lu2()   

  1. 1. Guangxi Key Laboratory for Polysaccharide Materials and Modifications,School of Marine Sciences and Biotechnology, Guangxi University for Nationalities, Nanning 530008, China
    2. College of Life Science and Technology, Guangxi University, Nanning 530004, China
  • Received:2021-05-11 Revised:2021-07-05 Online:2021-09-20 Published:2021-07-14
  • Contact: Lu Guangtao E-mail:lgf8411@126.com;lugt@gxu.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    Supported by Guangxi University for Nationalities Scientific Research Fund No(2019KJQN004);the National Natural Science Foundation of China No(31860021);Guangxi Natural Science Foundation of China No(2020GXNSFBA297140);Science and Technology Major Project of Guangxi No(AA18242026)

Abstract:

Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris (Xcc) is a vascular pathogen that causes black rot in host. It is an important model strain for studying the interaction between the phytopathogen and plants. In Xcc, global transcription regulator HpaR1 that belongs to the GntR family regulates many cellular processes such as the movement and synthesis of extracellular polysaccharides and extracellular enzymes, and is associated with hypersensitive response (HR) and pathogenicity. On the other hand, the global transcriptional regulator Clp regulates the secretion and synthesis of extracellular enzymes and extracellular polysaccharides, and is associated with the pathogenicity of Xanthomonas. Previous studies have shown that both HpaR1 and Clp bind to the promoter region of the glycoside hydrolase encoding gene (named ghy gene). This study investigates the molecular mechanism of the co-regulation of HpaR1 and Clp on the expression of ghy gene. Through electrophoresis mobility shift assay (EMSA), we found that both HpaR1 and Clp bind to the promoter regions of gene ghy in vitro. Both HpaR1 and Clp also bind to the promoter regions of gene ghy in vivo by chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) assays. DNase I footprinting and 5ʹ-RACE assays showed that both HpaR1 and Clp bind to the -35 region upstream of the ghy promoter. The HpaR1 binding site was located upstream of the Clp binding site. RT-qPCR and in vitro transcription assays showed that HpaR1 negatively while Clp positively regulates the transcription of gene ghy. Furthermore, HpaR1 inhibits the activation of Clp on the transcription of gene ghy in vitro. Our findings indicate that HpaR1 and Clp exhibit opposite effect on the transcription of gene ghy. It is speculated that HpaR1 may regulate the expression of gene ghy by inhibiting the activity of RNA polymerase.

Key words: HpaR1, Clp, gene ghy, transcriptional regulation, Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris