PMID- 37110460 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20230501 IS - 2076-2607 (Print) IS - 2076-2607 (Electronic) IS - 2076-2607 (Linking) VI - 11 IP - 4 DP - 2023 Apr 15 TI - Adaption of Pseudomonas ogarae F113 to the Rhizosphere Environment-The AmrZ-FleQ Hub. LID - 10.3390/microorganisms11041037 [doi] LID - 1037 AB - Motility and biofilm formation are two crucial traits in the process of rhizosphere colonization by pseudomonads. The regulation of both traits requires a complex signaling network that is coordinated by the AmrZ-FleQ hub. In this review, we describe the role of this hub in the adaption to the rhizosphere. The study of the direct regulon of AmrZ and the phenotypic analyses of an amrZ mutant in Pseudomonas ogarae F113 has shown that this protein plays a crucial role in the regulation of several cellular functions, including motility, biofilm formation, iron homeostasis, and bis-(3'-5')-cyclic dimeric guanosine monophosphate (c-di-GMP) turnover, controlling the synthesis of extracellular matrix components. On the other hand, FleQ is the master regulator of flagellar synthesis in P. ogarae F113 and other pseudomonads, but its implication in the regulation of multiple traits related with environmental adaption has been shown. Genomic scale studies (ChIP-Seq and RNA-Seq) have shown that in P. ogarae F113, AmrZ and FleQ are general transcription factors that regulate multiple traits. It has also been shown that there is a common regulon shared by the two transcription factors. Moreover, these studies have shown that AmrZ and FleQ form a regulatory hub that inversely regulate traits such as motility, extracellular matrix component production, and iron homeostasis. The messenger molecule c-di-GMP plays an essential role in this hub since its production is regulated by AmrZ and it is sensed by FleQ and required for its regulatory role. This regulatory hub is functional both in culture and in the rhizosphere, indicating that the AmrZ-FleQ hub is a main player of P. ogarae F113 adaption to the rhizosphere environment. FAU - Blanco-Romero, Esther AU - Blanco-Romero E AD - Departamento de Biologia, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Darwin 2, 28049 Madrid, Spain. FAU - Duran, David AU - Duran D AD - Departamento de Biologia, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Darwin 2, 28049 Madrid, Spain. FAU - Garrido-Sanz, Daniel AU - Garrido-Sanz D AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-3279-6421 AD - Departamento de Biologia, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Darwin 2, 28049 Madrid, Spain. AD - Department of Fundamental Microbiology, University of Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland. FAU - Redondo-Nieto, Miguel AU - Redondo-Nieto M AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-3361-520X AD - Departamento de Biologia, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Darwin 2, 28049 Madrid, Spain. FAU - Martin, Marta AU - Martin M AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-2498-9768 AD - Departamento de Biologia, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Darwin 2, 28049 Madrid, Spain. FAU - Rivilla, Rafael AU - Rivilla R AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-0701-2939 AD - Departamento de Biologia, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Darwin 2, 28049 Madrid, Spain. LA - eng GR - PID2021-125070OB-I00/Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovacion. Spain/ PT - Journal Article PT - Review DEP - 20230415 PL - Switzerland TA - Microorganisms JT - Microorganisms JID - 101625893 PMC - PMC10146422 OTO - NOTNLM OT - biofilm OT - c-di-GMP OT - environmental adaption OT - extracellular matrix OT - motility OT - pseudomonads OT - regulation OT - rhizosphere OT - transcription factors COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2023/04/28 06:41 MHDA- 2023/04/28 06:42 PMCR- 2023/04/15 CRDT- 2023/04/28 01:40 PHST- 2023/03/20 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/04/10 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2023/04/13 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/04/28 06:42 [medline] PHST- 2023/04/28 06:41 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/04/28 01:40 [entrez] PHST- 2023/04/15 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - microorganisms11041037 [pii] AID - microorganisms-11-01037 [pii] AID - 10.3390/microorganisms11041037 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Microorganisms. 2023 Apr 15;11(4):1037. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms11041037.