Proteomic and phenotypic analyses of a putative glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase required for virulence in acidovorax citrulliopen access
- Authors
- Kim, Minyoung; Lee, Jongchan; Heo, Lynn; Lee, Sang Jun; Han, Sang-Wook
- Issue Date
- Feb-2021
- Publisher
- Korean Society of Plant Pathology
- Keywords
- Bacterial fruit blotch; Glycerol-3-phosphate de-hydrogenase; Virulence; Watermelon
- Citation
- Plant Pathology Journal, v.37, no.1, pp 36 - 46
- Pages
- 11
- Journal Title
- Plant Pathology Journal
- Volume
- 37
- Number
- 1
- Start Page
- 36
- End Page
- 46
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/cau/handle/2019.sw.cau/47698
- DOI
- 10.5423/PPJ.OA.12.2020.0221
- ISSN
- 1598-2254
2093-9280
- Abstract
- Acidovorax citrulli (Ac) is the causal agent of bacterial fruit blotch (BFB) in watermelon, a disease that poses a serious threat to watermelon production. Because of the lack of resistant cultivars against BFB, virulence factors or mechanisms need to be elucidated to control the disease. Glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase is the enzyme involved in glycerol production from glucose during glycolysis. In this study, we report the functions of a putative glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase in Ac (GlpdAc) using comparative proteomic analysis and phenotypic observation. A glpdAc knockout mutant, AcΔglpdAc(EV), lost virulence against watermelon in two pathogenicity tests. The putative 3D structure and amino acid sequence of GlpdAc showed high similarity with glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenases from other bacteria. Comparative proteomic analysis revealed that many proteins related to various metabolic pathways, including carbohydrate metabolism, were affected by GlpdAc. Although AcΔglpdAc(EV) could not use glucose as a sole carbon source, it showed growth in the presence of glycerol, indicating that GlpdAc is involved in glycolysis. AcΔglpdAc(EV) also displayed higher cell-to-cell aggregation than the wild-type bacteria, and tolerance to osmotic stress and ciprofloxacin was reduced and enhanced in the mutant, respectively. These results indicate that GlpdAc is involved in glycerol metabolism and other mechanisms, including virulence, demon-strating that the protein has pleiotropic effects. Our study expands the understanding of the functions of proteins associated with virulence in Ac. © The Korean Society of Plant Pathology.
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