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JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY
Volume 183, Issue 9, Pages 2910-2917Publisher
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/JB.183.9.2910-2917.2001
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A new gene from Bordetella bronchiseptica, bfrZ encoding a putative siderophore receptor, was identified in a Fur-repressor titration assay. A bfrZ null mutant was constructed by allelic exchange, The protein profile of this mutant is similar to that of the wild-type parent strain. The BfrZ(-).BfrZ(+) isogenic pair was tested for utilization of 132 different siderophores as iron sources. None of these iron sources acted as a ligand for BfrZ. Translational bfrZ:phoA and transcriptional bfrZ::lacZ fusions mere introduced into the B. bronchiseptica bfrZ locus. No alkaline phosphatase or beta -galactosidase activity was detected. Sequence analysis of the bfrZ upstream region revealed the presence of two tightly linked genes, bup1 and bupR. Both of these genes are located downstream from a Fur-binding sequence. BupI is homologous to Escherichia coli FecI and Pseudomonas putida PupI and belongs to the family of extracytoplasmic-function sigma factors invoiced in transcription of genes with extracytoplasmic functions. BupR is homologous to the FecR and PupR antisigma factors and is predicted to be localized in the inner membrane. Similar to the surface signaling receptors FecA and PupB, BfrZ bears an N-terminal extension. We found that bfrZ is not transcribed when bupI and bupR are expressed at the same level. However, overexpression of bupI from a multicopy plasmid triggers bfrZ transcription, and under these conditions BfrZ was detected in membrane fractions. By analogy with the FecI-FecR-FecA and PupI-PupR-PupB systems, our data suggest that bfrZ expression is inducible by binding of the cognate ligand to BfrZ and transduction of a signal through the envelope.
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