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Journal Article
A membrane protein of the rice pathogen Burkholderia glumae required for oxalic acid secretion and quorum sensing
2023
Overview
Bacterial panicle blight is caused by Burkholderia glumae and results in damage to rice crops worldwide. Virulence of B. glumae requires quorum sensing (QS)‐dependent synthesis and export of toxoflavin, responsible for much of the damage to rice. The DedA family is a conserved membrane protein family found in all bacterial species. B. glumae possesses a member of the DedA family, named DbcA, which we previously showed is required for toxoflavin secretion and virulence in a rice model of infection. B. glumae secretes oxalic acid as a “common good” in a QS‐dependent manner to combat toxic alkalinization of the growth medium during the stationary phase. Here, we show that B. glumae Δ dbcA fails to secrete oxalic acid, leading to alkaline toxicity and sensitivity to divalent cations, suggesting a role for DbcA in oxalic acid secretion. B. glumae Δ dbcA accumulated less acyl‐homoserine lactone (AHL) QS signalling molecules as the bacteria entered the stationary phase, probably due to nonenzymatic inactivation of AHL at alkaline pH. Transcription of toxoflavin and oxalic acid operons was down‐regulated in Δ dbcA . Alteration of the proton motive force with sodium bicarbonate also reduced oxalic acid secretion and expression of QS‐dependent genes. Overall, the data show that DbcA is required for oxalic acid secretion in a proton motive force‐dependent manner, which is critical for QS of B. glumae . Moreover, this study supports the idea that sodium bicarbonate may serve as a chemical for treatment of bacterial panicle blight.
