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s partially auxotroph for methionine and more sensitive to folate pathway inhibitors (SCP, PAS, SMX and TMP). The studies reveal that MTHFR1 and MTHFR2 are novel MTHFRs involved in de novo methionine biosynthesis and required for antifolate resistance in mycobacteria. Copyright © 2020 American Society for Microbiology.Listeria monocytogenes is a model facultative intracellular pathogen. Tight regulation of virulence proteins is essential for a successful infection, and the gene encoding the annotated thioredoxin YjbH was identified in two forward genetic screens as required for virulence factor production. Accordingly, an L. monocytogenes strain lacking yjbH is attenuated in a murine model of infection. However, the function of YjbH in L. monocytogenes has not been investigated. Here, we provide evidence that L. monocytogenes YjbH is involved in the nitrosative stress response, likely through its interaction with the redox-responsive transcriptional regulator SpxA1. YjbH physically interacted with SpxA1 and our data support a model in which YjbH is a protease adaptor that regulates SpxA1 protein abundance. selleck chemicals Whole-cell proteomics identified eight additional proteins whose abundance was altered by YjbH and we demonstrated that YjbH physically interacted with each in bacterial two-hybrid assays. Thioredoxin proteins canonicallteins with which YjbH physically interacts, including SpxA1. Further, we demonstrated that the cysteine residues of the YjbH thioredoxin active motif are required for the nitrosative stress response, cell-to-cell spread, and some protein-protein interactions. YjbH is widely conserved among Firmicutes and this work reveals its unique requirement of the thioredoxin active motif in L. monocytogenes. Copyright © 2020 Ruhland and Reniere.Pyridoxal 5′-phosphate (PLP) is the biologically active form of vitamin B6 and an essential cofactor in all organisms. In Escherichia coli, PLP is synthesized via the deoxyxylulose 5-phosphate (DXP)-dependent pathway that includes seven enzymatic steps and generates pyridoxine 5′-phosphate as an intermediate. Additionally, E. coli is able to salvage pyridoxal, pyridoxine and pyridoxamine B6 vitamers to produce PLP using kinases PdxK/PdxY and pyridox(am)ine phosphate oxidase (PdxH). We found that E. coli strains blocked in PLP synthesis prior to the formation of PNP required significantly less exogenous pyridoxal (PL) than strains lacking pdxH and identified the conversion of PL to PN during cultivation to be the cause. Our data showed that PdxI, shown to have PL reductase activity in vitro, was required for the efficient salvage of PL in E. coli The pdxI+ E. coli strains converted exogenous PL to PN during growth, while pdxI- mutants did not. In total, the data herein demonstrated that PdxI is a critical enzyme in the salvage of PL by E. coli. Importance The biosynthetic pathway of PLP has extensively studied in E. coli, yet limited information is available about the vitamin B6 salvage pathway. We show that the protein PdxI (YdbC) is the primary PL reductase in E. coli and is involved in the salvage of PL. The orthologs of PdxI occur in a wide range of bacteria and plants, suggesting that PL reductase in the B6 salvage pathway is widely distributed than previously expected. Copyright © 2020 American Society for Microbiology.Microtubule (MT) is the most abundant cytoskeleton in neurons and controls multiple facets of their development. While the MT-organizing center (MTOC) in mitotic cells is typically located at the centrosome, MTOC in neurons switches to non-centrosomal sites. A handful of cellular components have been shown to promote non-centrosomal MT (ncMT) formation in neurons, yet the regulation mechanism remains unknown. Here we demonstrate that the small GTPase Ran is a key regulator of ncMTs in neurons. Using an optogenetic tool that enables light-induced local production of RanGTP, we demonstrate that RanGTP promotes ncMT plus-end growth along the neurite. Additionally, we discovered that actin waves drive the anterograde transport of RanGTP. Pharmacological disruption of actin waves abolishes the enrichment of RanGTP and reduces growing ncMT plus-ends at the neurite tip. These observations identify a novel regulation mechanism of ncMTs and pinpoint an indirect connection between the actin and MT cytoskeletons in neurons. © 2020. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd.Plant auxin response factor (ARF) transcription factors are an important class of key transcriptional modulators in auxin signaling. Despite the well-studied roles of ARF transcription factors in plant growth and development, it is largely unknown whether, and how, ARF transcription factors may be involved in plant resistance to pathogens. We show here that two fijiviruses (double-stranded RNA viruses) utilize their proteins to disturb the dimerization of OsARF17 and repress its transcriptional activation ability, while a tenuivirus (negative-sense single-stranded RNA virus) directly interferes with the DNA binding activity of OsARF17. These interactions impair OsARF17-mediated antiviral defense. OsARF17 also confers resistance to a cytorhabdovirus and was directly targeted by one of the viral proteins. Thus, OsARF17 is the common target of several very different viruses. This suggests that OsARF17 plays a crucial role in plant defense against different types of plant viruses, and that these viruses use independently evolved viral proteins to target this key component of auxin signaling and facilitate infection.Pancreatic islets regulate glucose homeostasis through coordinated actions of hormone-secreting cells. What underlies the function of the islet as a unit is the close approximation and communication among heterogeneous cell populations, but the structural mediators of islet cellular cross talk remain incompletely characterized. We generated mice specifically lacking β-cell primary cilia, a cellular organelle that has been implicated in regulating insulin secretion, and found that the β-cell cilia are required for glucose sensing, calcium influx, insulin secretion, and cross regulation of α- and δ-cells. Protein expression profiling in islets confirms perturbation in these cellular processes and reveals additional targets of cilia-dependent signaling. At the organism level, the deletion of β-cell cilia disrupts circulating hormone levels, impairs glucose homeostasis and fuel usage, and leads to the development of diabetes. Together, these findings demonstrate that primary cilia not only orchestrate β-cell-intrinsic activity but also mediate cross talk both within the islet and from islets to other metabolic tissues, thus providing a unique role of cilia in nutrient metabolism and insight into the pathophysiology of diabetes.
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