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

Fan, Ligang; Wang, Tingting; Hua, Canfeng; Sun, Wenju; Li, Xiaoyu; Grunwald, Lucas; Liu, Jingui; Wu, Nan et al. · Nat Commun · 2020

basic_science · Level V

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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.

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