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Identification of a sensor histidine kinase (BfcK) controlling biofilm formation in Clostridium acetobutylicum

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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.
出处 《Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering》 SCIE EI CAS CSCD 2022年第6期84-93,共10页 中国化学工程学报(英文版)
基金 This work was supported by the Key Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.21636003) the Outstanding Youth Foundation of Jiangsu(Grant No.SBK2017010373) the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Grant No.2019YFD1101204) the Jiangsu Synergetic Innovation Center for Advanced Bio-Manufacture.Dong Liu is supported by the Jiangsu Qinglan Talent Program.
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