Identification of a Sensor Histidine Kinase (bfck) Controlling Biofilm Formation in Clostridium Acetobutylicum
Chinese journal of chemical engineering/Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering(2022)
摘要
Clostridium acetobutylicum has been extensively exploited to produce biofuels and solvents and its biofilm could dramatically improve the productivities. However, genetic control of C. acetobutylicum biofilm has not been dissected so far. Here, to identify potential genes controlling C. acetobutylicum biofilm formation, over 40 gene candidates associated with extracellular matrix, cell surface, cell signaling or gene transcription, were tried to be disrupted to examine their individual impact. A total of 25 disruptants were finally obtained over years of attempts, for which biofilm and relevant phenotypes were characterized. Most of these disruptants formed robust biofilm still, or suffered both growth and biofilm defect. Only a strain with a disrupted histidine kinase gene (CA_C2730, designated bfcK in this study) abolished biofilm formation without impairing cell growth or solvent production. Further analysis revealed that bfcK could control flagellar biogenesis and cell motility at protein levels. The bfcK also appeared to repress the phosphorylation of a serine/threonine protein kinase (encoded by CA_C0404) that might negatively regulate biofilm formation. Based on these findings, possible bfcK-mediated mechanisms for biofilm formation were proposed. This is a big step toward understanding the biofilm formation in C. acetobutylicum and will help further engineering of its biofilm-based industrial processes.
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Clostridium acetobutylicum,Biofilm,Histidine kinases,CA_C2730,Phosphoproteomics,Flagellar motility
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