A compendium of DNA-binding specificities of transcription factors in Pseudomonas syringae

Ligang Fan, Tingting Wang, Canfeng Hua, Wenju Sun, Xiaoyu Li, Lucas Grunwald, Jingui Liu, Nan Wu, Xiaolong Shao, Yimeng Yin, Jian Yan*, Xin Deng*

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Abstract

Pseudomonas syringae is a Gram-negative and model pathogenic bacterium that causes plant diseases worldwide. Here, we set out to identify binding motifs for all 301 annotated transcription factors (TFs) of P. syringae using HT-SELEX. We successfully identify binding motifs for 100 TFs. We map functional interactions between the TFs and their targets in virulence-associated pathways, and validate many of these interactions and functions using additional methods such as ChIP-seq, electrophoretic mobility shift assay (EMSA), RT-qPCR, and reporter assays. Our work identifies 25 virulence-associated master regulators, 14 of which had not been characterized as TFs before.

Original languageEnglish
Article number4947
JournalNature Communications
Volume11
Online published2 Oct 2020
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2020

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