Pseudomonas syringae coordinates production of a motility-enabling surfactant with flagellar assembly. Burch, A. Y., Shimada, B. K., Mullin, S. W. A., Dunlap, C. A., Bowman, M. J., & Lindow, S. E. Journal of Bacteriology, 194(6):1287--1298, March, 2012.
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Using a sensitive assay, we observed low levels of an unknown surfactant produced by Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae B728a that was not detected by traditional methods yet enabled swarming motility in a strain that exhibited deficient production of syringafactin, the main characterized surfactant produced by P. syringae. Random mutagenesis of the syringafactin-deficient strain revealed an acyltransferase with homology to rhlA from Pseudomonas aeruginosa that was required for production of this unidentified surfactant, subsequently characterized by mass spectrometry as 3-(3-hydroxyalkanoyloxy) alkanoic acid (HAA). Analysis of other mutants with altered surfactant production revealed that HAA is coordinately regulated with the late-stage flagellar gene encoding flagellin; mutations in genes involved in early flagellar assembly abolish or reduce HAA production, while mutations in flagellin or flagellin glycosylation genes increase its production. When colonizing a hydrated porous surface, the bacterium increases production of both flagellin and HAA. P. syringae was defective in porous-paper colonization without functional flagella and was slightly inhibited in this movement when it lacked surfactant production. Loss of HAA production in a syringafactin-deficient strain had no effect on swimming but abolished swarming motility. In contrast, a strain that lacked HAA but retained syringafactin production exhibited broad swarming tendrils, while a syringafactin-producing strain that overproduced HAA exhibited slender swarming tendrils. On the basis of further analysis of mutants altered in HAA production, we discuss its regulation in Pseudomonas syringae.
@article{burch_pseudomonas_2012,
	title = {Pseudomonas syringae coordinates production of a motility-enabling surfactant with flagellar assembly},
	volume = {194},
	issn = {1098-5530},
	doi = {10.1128/JB.06058-11},
	abstract = {Using a sensitive assay, we observed low levels of an unknown surfactant produced by Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae B728a that was not detected by traditional methods yet enabled swarming motility in a strain that exhibited deficient production of syringafactin, the main characterized surfactant produced by P. syringae. Random mutagenesis of the syringafactin-deficient strain revealed an acyltransferase with homology to rhlA from Pseudomonas aeruginosa that was required for production of this unidentified surfactant, subsequently characterized by mass spectrometry as 3-(3-hydroxyalkanoyloxy) alkanoic acid (HAA). Analysis of other mutants with altered surfactant production revealed that HAA is coordinately regulated with the late-stage flagellar gene encoding flagellin; mutations in genes involved in early flagellar assembly abolish or reduce HAA production, while mutations in flagellin or flagellin glycosylation genes increase its production. When colonizing a hydrated porous surface, the bacterium increases production of both flagellin and HAA. P. syringae was defective in porous-paper colonization without functional flagella and was slightly inhibited in this movement when it lacked surfactant production. Loss of HAA production in a syringafactin-deficient strain had no effect on swimming but abolished swarming motility. In contrast, a strain that lacked HAA but retained syringafactin production exhibited broad swarming tendrils, while a syringafactin-producing strain that overproduced HAA exhibited slender swarming tendrils. On the basis of further analysis of mutants altered in HAA production, we discuss its regulation in Pseudomonas syringae.},
	language = {eng},
	number = {6},
	journal = {Journal of Bacteriology},
	author = {Burch, Adrien Y. and Shimada, Briana K. and Mullin, Sean W. A. and Dunlap, Christopher A. and Bowman, Michael J. and Lindow, Steven E.},
	month = mar,
	year = {2012},
	pmid = {22194459},
	pmcid = {PMC3294827},
	keywords = {Flagella, Flagellin, Gene Deletion, Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial, Locomotion, Mass Spectrometry, Mutagenesis, Insertional, Pseudomonas syringae, Surface-Active Agents},
	pages = {1287--1298}
}

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