Abstract
Bacterial usage of the cyclic dinucleotide c-di-GMP is widespread, governing the transition between motile/sessile and unicellular/multicellular behaviors. There is limited information on c-di-GMP metabolism, particularly on regulatory mechanisms governing control of EAL c-di-GMP phosphodiesterases. Herein, we provide high-resolution structures for an EAL enzyme Bd1971, from the predatory bacterium Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus, which is controlled by a second signaling nucleotide, cAMP. The full-length cAMP-bound form reveals the sensory N-terminus to be a domain-swapped variant of the cNMP/CRP family, which in the cAMP-activated state holds the C-terminal EAL enzyme in a phosphodiesterase-active conformation. Using a truncation mutant, we trap both a half-occupied and inactive apo-form of the protein, demonstrating a series of conformational changes that alter juxtaposition of the sensory domains. We show that Bd1971 interacts with several GGDEF proteins (c-di-GMP producers), but mutants of Bd1971 do not share the discrete phenotypes of GGDEF mutants, instead having an elevated level of c-di-GMP, suggesting that the role of Bd1971 is to moderate these levels, allowing "action potentials" to be generated by each GGDEF protein to effect their specific functions.
Original language | English |
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Article number | e100772 |
Number of pages | 19 |
Journal | The EMBO journal |
Volume | 38 |
Issue number | 15 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 29 Jul 2019 |
Bibliographical note
© 2019 The Authors. Published under the terms of the CC BY 4.0 license.Keywords
- Bdellovibrio
- Cyclic-di-GMP
- EAL domain
- bacterial signaling
- cAMP
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