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Title: Expression and structure of the Chlamydia trachomatis DksA ortholog

Journal Article · · Pathogens and Disease
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  1. Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA (United States)
  2. Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA (United States); Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States). Earth and Biological Sciences Directorate; Seattle Structural Genomics Center for Infectious Disease , WA (United States)
  3. Seattle Structural Genomics Center for Infectious Disease , WA (United States); UCB , Bainbridge Island, WA (United States)
  4. Univ. of Idaho, Moscow, ID (United States)

Chlamydia trachomatis is a bacterial obligate intracellular parasite and a significant cause of human disease, including sexually transmitted infections and trachoma. The bacterial RNA polymerase-binding protein DksA is a transcription factor integral to the multicomponent bacterial stress response pathway known as the stringent response. The genome of C. trachomatis encodes a DksA ortholog (DksACt) that is maximally expressed at 15–20 h post infection, a time frame correlating with the onset of transition between the replicative reticulate body (RB) and infectious elementary body (EB) forms of the pathogen. Ectopic overexpression of DksACt in C. trachomatis prior to RB–EB transitions during infection of HeLa cells resulted in a 39.3% reduction in overall replication (yield) and a 49.6% reduction in recovered EBs. While the overall domain organization of DksACt is similar to the DksA ortholog of Escherichia coli (DksAEc), DksACt did not functionally complement DksAEc. Transcription of dksACt is regulated by tandem promoters, one of which also controls expression of nrdR, encoding a negative regulator of deoxyribonucleotide biosynthesis. The phenotype resulting from ectopic expression of DksACt and the correlation between dksACt and nrdR expression is consistent with a role for DksACt in the C. trachomatis developmental cycle.

Research Organization:
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States); Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Advanced Photon Source (APS)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER); Washington State University; National Institutes of Health (NIH); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Scientific User Facilities Division; Michigan Economic Development Corporation
Grant/Contract Number:
AC05-76RL01830; R21AI115244; R01AI130072; HHSN272201700059C; 5T32AI007025-39; AC02-06CH11357; 085P1000817
OSTI ID:
1886307
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1872592
Report Number(s):
PNNL-SA-149650
Journal Information:
Pathogens and Disease, Vol. 80, Issue 1; ISSN 2049-632X
Publisher:
Oxford University PressCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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