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Lopez Sanchez, A.

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bioRxiv2025

FimV, ParC and ParP coordinate polar location of the chemosensory arrays in Pseudomonas putida

Motile bacteria rely on chemotaxis to promote directional motion in response to specific environmental signals. The bacterial chemotaxis machinery is typically arranged in highly ordered arrays containing multiple chemoreceptors and signal transduction proteins. Pseudomonas putida is a polarly flagellated soil bacterium displaying chemotaxis towards numerous organic compounds. Here we demonstrate the involvement of the polar landmark proteins FimV, ParC and ParP in the assembly of the flagella-associated chemosensory arrays at the cell poles in P. putida. Our results show that FimV, ParC and ParP are sequentially recruited to the new cell pole during the cell cycle. FimV is located at the new cell pole concurrently with cell division, and is further required for ParC recruitment. FimV and ParC subsequently stimulate polar localization of ParP. Bacterial two-hybrid assays and structural modeling suggest the involvement of direct protein-protein interactions between the three proteins. We also show that ParC and ParP are decisive to the assembly of fully formed polar chemosensory arrays, by recruiting chemosensory proteins to the cell pole, promoting the stable association of the histidine kinase CheA with the cell pole and enabling the assembly of the functional array structure. Polar targeting of both flagella and chemosensory arrays to the new pole in the timespan of a cell cycle is a means to secure correct segregation of the motility apparatus to both daughter cells during cell division. HIGHLIGHTSO_LIFimV, ParC and ParP promote chemosensory array assembly at the new cell pole C_LIO_LIFimV is essential to the normal intracellular distribution of ParC and ParP C_LIO_LIParC and ParP recruit and stabilize the array components at the cell poles C_LIO_LIParP and CheA promote polar clustering of the chemoreceptors C_LIO_LIAssembly in the timespan of the cell cycle endows chemotaxis to both daughter cells C_LI GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT O_FIG O_LINKSMALLFIG WIDTH=120 HEIGHT=200 SRC="FIGDIR/small/684771v3_ufig1.gif" ALT="Figure 1"> View larger version (33K): org.highwire.dtl.DTLVardef@143bbe3org.highwire.dtl.DTLVardef@1e46d26org.highwire.dtl.DTLVardef@1b9fea9org.highwire.dtl.DTLVardef@1fe3d6c_HPS_FORMAT_FIGEXP M_FIG C_FIG

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bioRxiv2021

Transcriptional organization and regulation of the Pseudomonas putida flagellar system

A single region of the Pseudomonas putida genome, designated the flagellar cluster, includes 59 genes potentially involved in the biogenesis and function of the flagellar system. Here we combine bioinformatics and in vivo gene expression analyses to clarify the transcriptional organization and regulation of the flagellar genes in the cluster. We have identified eleven flagellar operons and characterized twenty-two primary and internal promoter regions. Our results indicate that synthesis of the flagellar apparatus and core chemotaxis machinery is regulated by a three-tier cascade in which fleQ is a Class I gene, standing at the top of the transcriptional hierarchy. FleQ- and{sigma} 54-dependent Class II genes encode most components of the flagellar structure, part of the chemotaxis machinery and multiple regulatory elements, including the flagellar{sigma} factor FliA. FliA activation of Class III genes enables synthesis of the filament, one stator complex and completion of the chemotaxis apparatus. Accessory regulatory proteins and an intricate operon architecture add complexity to the regulation by providing feedback and feed-forward loops to the main circuit. Because of the high conservation of the gene arrangement and promoter motifs, we believe that the regulatory circuit presented here may also apply to other environmental pseudomonads. ORIGINALITY-SIGNIFICANCE STATEMENTThis is the first integrative study of the flagellar transcriptional cascade in Pseudomonas putida. Our results provide a new transcriptional organization featuring several operons with a nested architecture, detailed regulatory characterization of twenty-two flagellar promoters and a novel hierarchy for the regulatory circuit of the flagellar transcriptional cascade. The results presented represent a significant departure from previous models for other related bacteria. High conservation of flagellar gene organization and promoter sequences suggest that our observations may be relevant to other pseudomonads.

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