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Phosphate Deficiency Stress Response Mediated by Pho Regulon in Bacillus subtilis

Bacillus subtilis의 Pho Regulon을 통한 인산 결핍 스트레스 반응

  • Park, Jae-Yong (Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Catholic University of Daegue)
  • 박재용 (대구가톨릭대학교 식품영양학과)
  • Received : 2010.06.03
  • Accepted : 2010.06.16
  • Published : 2010.06.30
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Abstract

Bacillus subtilis PhoP-PhoR two-component system (TCS) senses phosphate deficiency conditions, and then controls expression of the Pho regulon to prolong survival. The sensor histidine kinase, PhoR, is autophosphorylated and transfers the phosphate to the response regulator, PhoP. Phosphorylated PhoP (PhoP~P) binds to repeated 6-bp consensus PhoP binding sequences of Pho regulon promoters and activates or represses gene expression. Pho signal transduction systems are part of interconnected signal transduction network involving at least three TCSs (PhoP-PhoR, ResD-ResE TCS, SpoOA phosphorelay), a global carbon metabolism regulator (CcpA), and transition state regulators (AbrB, ScoC). In addition, PhoP-PhoR TCS is cross related with YycF-YycG TCS by cross-regulation. While indescribable progress has been made in understanding phosphate deficiency stress response through refined expression of the Pho regulon in the recent past years, many important questions still remain. Solving these questions may provide important information for application study using B. subtilis.

인산 결핍기에 직면한 Bacillus subtilis는 PhoP-PhoR twocomponent system (TCS)를 통해 이러한 상황을 인식하고 생존을 유지하기 위해 Pho regulon으로 불리는 일련의 유전자들의 발현을 조절한다. 이때 histidine kinase인 PhoR은 자동 인산화되어, 인산을 response regulator인 PhoP에 전달한다. 인산화된 PhoP (PhoP~P)는 Pho regulon 유전자의 프로모터(promoter) 부위에 존재하는 반복되는 6 bp의 잘 보존된 PhoP 결합서열에 결합하여 해당 유전자의 발현을 활성화시키거나 억제한다. 이러한 Pho regulon 신호전달 시스템은 최소한 세 개의 TCS (PhoP-PhoR, ResD-ResE TCS, SpoOA phosphorelay), 광범위한 탄소대사 조절자(CcpA), 전위기 조절자(AbrB, ScoC) 등을 포함하는 신호전달 시스템과 밀접하게 상호 연결되어 있을 뿐만 아니라, 생육에 필수적인 YycF-YycG TCS와 상호조절을 통한 밀접한 관련을 가지고 있다. Pho regulon에 의한 인산결핍 스트레스 반응을 이해하는데 많은 진척이 있었으나, 많은 의문들은 여전히 남아있다. 이러한 의문들을 푸는 일은 B.subtilis의 응용연구에 중요한 정보를 제공할 것이다.

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