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The RpoN-RpoS regulatory pathway plays a central role in governing adaptive changes by  B. burgdorferi  when the pathogen shuttles between its tick vector and mammalian hosts. In general, transcriptional activation of bacterial RpoN (σ 54 )-dependent genes requires an enhancer binding protein.  B. burgdorferi  encodes the putative enhancer binding protein Rrp2. Previous studies have revealed that the expression of σ 54 -dependent  rpoS  was abolished in an  rrp2  point mutant. However, direct evidence linking the production of Rrp2 in  B. burgdorferi  and the expression of  rpoS  has been lacking, primarily due to the inability to inactivate  rrp2  via deletion or insertion mutagenesis. Herein we introduced a regulatable (IPTG-inducible)  rrp2  expression shuttle plasmid into  B. burgdorferi , and found that the controlled up-regulation of Rrp2 resulted in the induction of σ 54 -dependent  rpoS  expression. Moreover, we created an  rrp2  conditional lethal mutant in virulent  B. burgdorferi . By exploiting this conditional mutant, we were able to experimentally manipulate the temporal level of Rrp2 expression in  B. burgdorferi , and examine its direct impact on activation of the RpoN-RpoS regulatory pathway. Our data revealed that the synthesis of RpoS was coincident with the IPTG-induced Rrp2 levels in  B. burgdorferi . In addition, the synthesis of OspC, a lipoprotein required by  B. burgdorferi  to establish mammalian infection, was rescued in the  rrp2  point mutant when RpoS production was restored, suggesting that Rrp2 influences  ospC  expression indirectly via its control over RpoS. These data demonstrate that Rrp2 is required for the synthesis of RpoS, presumably via its action as an enhancer binding protein for the activation of RpoN and subsequent transcription of  rpoS  in  B. burgdorferi.

Synthesis of RpoS Is Dependent on a Putative Enhancer Binding Protein Rrp2 in Borrelia burgdorferi