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MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 111, Issue 5, Pages 1182-1194Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.14196
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- Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India [SR/S2/JCB-73/2011]
- ICMR, Government of India
- Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB)-DST, Government of India [YS/000562/2015]
- ICMR
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The DevRS/DosT two-component system is essential for mycobacterial survival under hypoxia, a prevailing stress within granulomas. DevR (also known as DosR) is activated by an inducing stimulus, such as hypoxia, through conventional phosphorylation by its cognate sensor kinases, DevS (also known as DosS) and DosT. Here, we show that the DevR regulon is activated by acetyl phosphate under 'non-inducing' aerobic conditions when Mycobacterium tuberculosis devS and dosT double deletion strain is cultured on acetate. Overexpression of phosphotransacetylase caused a perturbation of the acetate kinase-phosphotransacetylase pathway, a decrease in the concentration of acetyl phosphate and dampened the aerobic induction response in acetate-grown bacteria. The operation of two pathways of DevR activation, one through sensor kinases and the other by acetyl phosphate, was established by an analysis of wild-type DevS and phosphorylation-defective DevSH395Q mutant strains under conditions partially mimicking a granulomatous-like environment of acetate and hypoxia. Our findings reveal that DevR can be phosphorylated in vivo by acetyl phosphate. Importantly, we demonstrate that acetyl phosphate-dependent phosphorylation can occur in the absence of DevR's cognate kinases. Based on our findings, we conclude that anti-mycobacterial therapy should be targeted to DevR itself and not to DevS/DosT kinases.
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