RskA Is a Dual Function Activator-Inhibitor That Controls SigK Activity Across Distinct Bacterial Genera

Veyrier, Frédéric ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8574-0547; Nieves, Cécilia; Lefrancois, Louise H; Trigui, Hana; Vincent, Antony T. et Behr, Marcel A. (2020). RskA Is a Dual Function Activator-Inhibitor That Controls SigK Activity Across Distinct Bacterial Genera Frontiers in Microbiology , vol. 11 , nº 558166. pp. 1-16. DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.558166..

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It has been previously shown that RskA, the anti-Sigma factor K of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, inhibits SigK and that mutations in RskA promote high expression of the SigK regulon. The latter observation led us to hypothesize that RskA mutations lead to loss of the anti-Sigma factor function. In this report, we used natural and artificial mutations in RskA to determine the basis of the SigK-RskA partnership. Consistent with predictions, the N-terminal cytoplasmic portion of RskA was sufficient on its own to inhibit SigK. Unexpectedly, RskA also served as an activator of SigK. This activation depended on the same N-terminal region and was enhanced by the membrane-extracellular portion of RskA. Based on this, we engineered similar truncations in a Gram-negative bacterium, namely Yersinia enterocolitica. Again, we observed that, with specific alterations of RskA, we were able to enhance SigK activity. Together these results support an alternative mechanism of anti-Sigma factor function, that we could term modulator (activator-inhibitor) in both Actinobacteria and Gram-negative bacteria, suggesting that Sigma factor activation by anti-Sigma factors could be under-recognized.

Type de document:	Article
Mots-clés libres:	M. bovis; M. orygis; M. tuberculosis; RskA; Sigma factor K; Yersinia; anti-Sigma factor
Centre:	Centre INRS-Institut Armand Frappier
Date de dépôt:	20 juill. 2021 21:42
Dernière modification:	16 févr. 2022 15:48
URI:	https://espace.inrs.ca/id/eprint/11701

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