Genomics of the 35-kb pvd locus and analysis of novel pvdIJK genes implicated in pyoverdine biosynthesis in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
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- 1 September 2000
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in FEMS Microbiology Letters
- Vol. 190 (1) , 141-146
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0378-1097(00)00314-1
Abstract
Novel putative pyoverdine synthetase pvdIJK genes were found upstream of pvdD in the 6.2-Mb chromosome of Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain PAO1. These genes formed a locus implicated in pyoverdine biosynthesis. Sequence analysis showed that the product of these genes shared 43%, 60% and 57% identity with PvdD. PvdIJK are thought to be implicated in synthesis of pyoverdine, a siderophore chelating Fe3+. A pvdI mutant was obtained by gene disruption mutagenesis and confirmed by Southern hybridization. The pvdI mutant produced gave no significant growth on solid media supplemented with the iron chelator 2,2-dipyridyl; while the PvdI− phenotype abolished pyoverdine fluorescence. The role of PvdI in pathogenicity was tested by measuring the in vivo growth of P. aeruginosa wild-type and mutant strains in a chronic lung infection rat model, and by measuring the competitive infectivity index into a neutropenic mice model. The data obtained confirmed the importance of PvdI in virulence and iron uptake.Keywords
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