The Janthinobacterium sp. HH01 genome encodes a homologue of the V. cholerae CqsA and L. pneumophila LqsA autoinducer synthases

  • Janthinobacteria commonly form biofilms on eukaryotic hosts and are known to synthesize antibacterial and antifungal compounds. Janthinobacterium sp. HH01 was recently isolated from an aquatic environment and its genome sequence was established. The genome consists of a single chromosome and reveals a size of 7.10 Mb, being the largest janthinobacterial genome so far known. Approximately 80% of the 5,980 coding sequences (CDSs) present in the HH01 genome could be assigned putative functions. The genome encodes a wealth of secretory functions and several large clusters for polyketide biosynthesis. HH01 also encodes a remarkable number of proteins involved in resistance to drugs or heavy metals. Interestingly, the genome of HH01 apparently lacks the N-acylhomoserine lactone (AHL)-dependent signaling system and the AI-2-dependent quorum sensing regulatory circuit. Instead it encodes a homologue of the Legionella- and Vibrio-like autoinducer (lqsA/cqsA) synthase gene which we designated jqsA. The jqsA gene is linked to a cognate sensor kinase (jqsS) which is flanked by the response regulator jqsR. Here we show that a jqsA deletion has strong impact on the violacein biosynthesis in Janthinobacterium sp. HH01 and that a jqsA deletion mutant can be functionally complemented with the V. cholerae cqsA and the L. pneumophila lqsA genes.

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Author:Claudia Hornung, Anja Poehlein, Frederike Svenja Haack, Martina Schmidt, Katja Dierking, Andrea Pohlen, Hinrich Schulenburg, Melanie Blokesch, Laure Plener, Kirsten Jung, Andreas Bonge, Ines Krohn-Molt, Christian Utpatel, Gabriele Timmermann, Eva Spieck, Andreas Pommerening-Röser, Edna BodeORCiDGND, Helge Björn BodeORCiDGND, Rolf DanielORCiDGND, Christel Schmeißer, Wolfgang R. Streit
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-288881
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0055045
ISSN:1932-6203
Parent Title (English):PLoS One
Publisher:PLoS
Place of publication:Lawrence, Kan.
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Date of Publication (online):2013/02/06
Date of first Publication:2013/02/06
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2013/02/13
Volume:8
Issue:(2): e55045
Page Number:16
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Copyright: © 2013 Hornung et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
HeBIS-PPN:33154928X
Institutes:Biowissenschaften / Biowissenschaften
Dewey Decimal Classification:5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 57 Biowissenschaften; Biologie / 570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie
Sammlungen:Universitätspublikationen
Sammlung Biologie / Sondersammelgebiets-Volltexte
Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - Namensnennung 3.0