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KMID : 0613820030130020184
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Journal of Life Science
2003 Volume.13 No. 2 p.184 ~ p.190
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Myxococcus xanthus socD500 mutation causes Sporulation and Induction of two C-signal Specific Genes
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Lee Bheong-Uk
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Abstract
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Myxococcus xanthus is a Gram negative, rod-shaped, soil bacterium that displays a social behaviors, and multicellular development upon nutrient deprivation. The csgA gene encoding a cell surface protein is essential for developmental behaviors including rippling, aggregation, fruiting body formation and sporulation. csgA mutants show normal vegetative growth, but lack all these developmental phenotypes. Expression of the CsgA (C-signal) specific genes are eliminated or dramatically reduced in csgA mutants. In order to identify components of C-signal transduction pathway, second site mutations were introduced into csgA mutants and were identified which can fully or partially restore development of csgA mutants (Rhie, H. G. et. al. 1989. J. Bacteriol. 171, 3268-3276). One of such csgA suppressor mutations, socD500 restores only sporulation to csgA mutants at 15℃. The socD500 mutaion however eliminates the three basic developmental requirements, starvation, high cell density and a solid surface. Only sporulation, not accompanied with fruiting body formation is induced simply by shifting the temperature of vegetatively growing cells from 32℃ to 15℃. Spores induced by socD500 mutation is not as thick as that of wild-type fruiting body. In socD500 genetic background, two of ten C-signal dependent genes, ΩDK4506 and ΩDK4406 are more highly expressed in growing cells at 15℃. These results indicate that the socD500 mutation may be partly involved in the regulation of expression of two C-signal dependent genes and genes for sporulation in this transduction pathway.
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KEYWORD
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Myxococcus xanthus, csgA, socD500, suppressor, C-signal
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