REGULATION OF NUCLEOSIDE DIPHOSPHATE KINASE AND SECRETABLE VIRULENCE FACTORS IN PSEUDOMONAS-AERUGINOSA - ROLES OF ALGR2 AND ALGH

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作者
SCHLICTMAN, D [1 ]
KUBO, M [1 ]
SHANKAR, S [1 ]
CHAKRABARTY, AM [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV ILLINOIS,COLL MED,DEPT MICROBIOL & IMMUNOL,CHICAGO,IL 60612
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10.1128/jb.177.9.2469-2474.1995
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Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 100705 ;
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Alginate is an important virulence factor for Pseudomonas aeruginosa during infection of the Lungs of cystic fibrosis patients, The genes encoding enzymes for alginate production by P. aeruginosa are normally silent. They are activated in response to several environmental conditions, including high osmolarity, exposure to ethanol, or long-term growth under conditions of nutrient deprivation, Several genes which participate in the activation of alginate gene promoters have been identified; among these is the algR2 (algQ) gene. AlgR2 is an 18-kDa protein which has been shown to regulate the critical algD gene encoding GDP-mannose dehydrogenase as well as to regulate the levels of a tricarboxylic acid cycle enzyme, i,e,, succinyl coenzyme A synthetase, and nucleoside diphosphate kinase (Ndk), an enzyme involved in nucleoside triphosphate synthesis. Succinyl coenzyme A synthetase and Ndk form a complex in P. aeruginosa. While algR2 is required for alginate synthesis at 37 degrees C, an algR2 insertion mutant was still able to make alginate slowly at 37 or at 30 degrees C. We used this observation to identify and clone a gene, termed algH, A strain with mutations in both algR2 and algH is unable to produce alginate at either 37 or 30 degrees C, and it is fully defective in Ndk production.
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页码:2469 / 2474
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