期刊
GENES
卷 10, 期 5, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/genes10050361
关键词
Archaea; Haloferax volcanii; zinc finger protein; small protein; mu-protein; deletion mutant; biofilm; swarming; phenotypic analysis
资金
- German Research Council (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG) [SO 264/26-1, SPP2002]
Zinc finger domains are highly structured and can mediate interactions to DNA, RNA, proteins, lipids, and small molecules. Accordingly, zinc finger proteins are very versatile and involved in many biological functions. Eukaryotes contain a wealth of zinc finger proteins, but zinc finger proteins have also been found in archaea and bacteria. Large zinc finger proteins have been well studied, however, in stark contrast, single domain zinc finger mu-proteins of less than 70 amino acids have not been studied at all, with one single exception. Therefore, 16 zinc finger mu-proteins of the haloarchaeon Haloferax volcanii were chosen and in frame deletion mutants of the cognate genes were generated. The phenotypes of mutants and wild-type were compared under eight different conditions, which were chosen to represent various pathways and involve many genes. None of the mutants differed from the wild-type under optimal or near-optimal conditions. However, 12 of the 16 mutants exhibited a phenotypic difference under at least one of the four following conditions: Growth in synthetic medium with glycerol, growth in the presence of bile acids, biofilm formation, and swarming. In total, 16 loss of function and 11 gain of function phenotypes were observed. Five mutants indicated counter-regulation of a sessile versus a motile life style in H. volcanii. In conclusion, the generation and analysis of a set of deletion mutants demonstrated the high importance of zinc finger mu-proteins for various biological functions, and it will be the basis for future mechanistic insight.
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