Cell-surface-associated polypeptides CshA and CshB of high molecular mass are colonization determinants in the oral bacterium Streptococcus gordonii.

abstract：:Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris (Xcc) is the causal agent of black rot in crucifers. Our previous findings revealed that Xcc can degrade 4-hydroxybenzoic acid (4-HBA) via the β-ketoadipate pathway. This present study expands on this knowledge in several ways. First, we show that infective Xcc cells induce in sit...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Chen B,Li RF,Zhou L,Qiu JH,Song K,Tang JL,He YW

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An essential early event in Shigella and Salmonella pathogenesis is invasion of non-phagocytic intestinal epithelial cells. Pathogen entry is triggered by the delivery of multiple bacterial effector proteins into target mammalian cells. The Shigella invasion plasmid antigen B (IpaB), which inserts into the host plasma...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Hume PJ,McGhie EJ,Hayward RD,Koronakis V

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis expresses two chaperonins, one (Cpn60.1) dispensable and one (Cpn60.2) essential. These proteins have been reported not to form oligomers despite the fact that oligomerization of chaperonins is regarded as essential for their function. We show here that the Cpn60.2 homologue fro...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Fan M,Rao T,Zacco E,Ahmed MT,Shukla A,Ojha A,Freeke J,Robinson CV,Benesch JL,Lund PA

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mass spectrometry analyses of the complex polar flagella from Helicobacter pylori demonstrated that both FlaA and FlaB proteins are post-translationally modified with pseudaminic acid (Pse5Ac7Ac, 5,7-diacetamido-3,5,7,9-tetradeoxy-l-glycero-l-manno -n o n-ulosonic acid). Unlike Campylobacter, flagellar glycosylation i...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Schirm M,Soo EC,Aubry AJ,Austin J,Thibault P,Logan SM

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The product of the codY gene is required for nutritional repression of the Bacillus subtillis dipeptide permease operon (dpp), an operon expressed at early stationary phase in nutrient-rich medium. Though unrelated to any known DNA-binding protein, CodY was shown to bind specifically to the dpp promoter region. DNase ...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Serror P,Sonenshein AL

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Pseudomonas aeruginosa protein PtxS negatively regulates its own synthesis by binding to the upstream region of its gene. We have recently identified a 14 bp palindromic sequence within the ptxS upstream region as the PtxS operator site (OP1). In this study, we searched the P. aeruginosa genomic sequence to determ...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Swanson BL,Hager P,Phibbs P Jr,Ochsner U,Vasil ML,Hamood AN

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteria tightly regulate intracellular zinc levels to ensure sufficient zinc to support essential functions, while preventing toxicity. The bacterial response to zinc limitation includes the expression of putative zinc metallochaperones belonging to subfamily 1 of the COG0523 family of G3E GTPases. However, the clien...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Chandrangsu P,Huang X,Gaballa A,Helmann JD

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anabaena variabilis ATCC 29413 fixes nitrogen in specialized cells called heterocysts using either a Mo-nitrogenase or a V-nitrogenase. V-nitrogenase structural genes, vnfDGK, as well as vnfEN form an operon with ava4025, located upstream of vnfDG that is repressed by fixed nitrogen and by Mo. The ava4025-vnfDGKEN ope...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Pratte BS,Sheridan R,James JA,Thiel T

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toxoplasma gondii is an obligate intracellular protozoan parasite whose rapid lytic replication cycles define its pathogenicity. We identified a temperature-sensitive growth mutant, FV-P6, which irreversibly arrests before the middle of the G1 stage of the tachyzoite cell cycle. This arrest is caused by a point mutati...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Szatanek T,Anderson-White BR,Faugno-Fusci DM,White M,Saeij JP,Gubbels MJ

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PrkC was shown to be a eukaryotic-like (Hanks-type) protein kinase from Bacillus subtilis with a structural organization similar to that of the eukaryotic sensor Ser/Thr or Tyr kinases (e.g. the TGF beta or PDGF receptors). The molecule consists of a catalytic domain located in the cytoplasm, joined by a single transm...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Madec E,Laszkiewicz A,Iwanicki A,Obuchowski M,Séror S

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trypanosoma cruzi, the etiologic agent of Chagas disease, has a complex life cycle in which four distinct developmental forms alternate between the insect vector and the mammalian host. It is assumed that replicating epimastigotes present in the insect gut are not infective to mammalian host, a paradigm corroborated b...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Kessler RL,Contreras VT,Marliére NP,Aparecida Guarneri A,Villamizar Silva LH,Mazzarotto GACA,Batista M,Soccol VT,Krieger MA,Probst CM

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clp ATPases, which include the ubiquitous HSP100 family, are classified according to their structural features and sequence similarities. During the course of the Bacillus subtilis genome sequencing project, we identified a gene encoding a new member of the HSP100 family. We designated this protein ClpE, as it is the ...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Derré I,Rapoport G,Devine K,Rose M,Msadek T

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Entamoeba histolytica cells secrete electron-dense granules (EDGs) that have collagenase activity. To study the possible involvement of calmodulin (CaM) on EDG secretion, the effect of several CaM antagonists (TFP, R24571, W-7, W-5, dibucaine and DL-propranolol) was tested on this cellular function. Except for W-5 and...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Muñoz Mde L,Moreno MA,Pérez-Garcia JN,Tovar GR,Hernandez VI

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Members of the IS3 family of insertion sequences are found in a wide range of bacteria. At least 10 members of this family carry two major open reading frames: a small upstream frame (0 phase), and a longer downstream frame in the -1 phase. The downstream frame shows significant similarity at the amino acid level. A h...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Fayet O,Ramond P,Polard P,Prère MF,Chandler M

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In trying to identify genetic loci involved in the regulation of cap5 genes in Staphylococcus aureus, we isolated a transposon mutant that exhibited a growth defect, enhanced autolysis and increased sensitivity to Triton X-100 and penicillin, attributable in part to increased murein hydrolase activity. Analysis of the...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Ingavale SS,Van Wamel W,Cheung AL

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Replication of the bacterial chromosome is initiated by the binding of the DnaA protein to a unique DNA region, called oriC. Many regulatory factors in numerous species act by controlling the ability of DnaA to bind and unwind DNA, but the Helicobacter pylori genome does not contain homologues to any of these factors....

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Zawilak-Pawlik A,Kois A,Stingl K,Boneca IG,Skrobuk P,Piotr J,Lurz R,Zakrzewska-Czerwińska J,Labigne A

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During Bacillus subtilis endospore formation, a complex protein coat is assembled around the maturing spore. The coat is made up of more than two dozen proteins that form an outer layer, which provides chemical resistance, and an inner layer, which may play a role in the activation of germination. A third, amorphous l...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Seyler RW Jr,Henriques AO,Ozin AJ,Moran CP Jr

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The DNA repeat region of fcrA76, the gene encoding a group A streptococcal Fc-binding protein, was subcloned in-frame into an Escherichia coli plasmid expression vector. The expressed protein product displayed the same Fc-binding properties as the full-length Fc-binding protein expressed from fcrA76. The affinity-puri...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Heath DG,Boyle MD,Cleary PP

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have devised a simple method for the reconstitution of bacterial membrane proteins directly from small (1-20 ml) volumes of cell culture, thus eliminating the preparation of membrane vesicles. Cells are subjected to simultaneous lysozyme digestion and osmotic lysis, and after brief centrifugation ghosts are solubil...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Varadhachary A,Maloney PC

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A region of 7.8 kb of the plasmid pMB2 from Enterococcus faecalis S-48 carrying the information necessary for production and immunity of the peptide antibiotic AS-48 has been cloned and sequenced. It contains the as-48A structural gene plus five open reading frames (as-48B, as-48C, as-48C1, as-48D and as-48D1). Beside...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Martínez-Bueno M,Valdivia E,Gálvez A,Coyette J,Maqueda M

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Expression of the gene pcnB, encoding the dispensable Escherichia coli poly(A) polymerase (PAPI), which is toxic when overproduced, was investigated. Its promoter was identified and found to be moderately strong when used to express a beta-galactosidase reporter. Expression levels were not affected by increasing or de...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Binns N,Masters M

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasmodium parasites possess a single pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH) enzyme complex that is localized to the plastid-like organelle known as the apicoplast. Unlike most eukaryotes, Plasmodium parasites lack a mitochondrial PDH. The PDH complex catalyses the conversion of pyruvate to acetyl-CoA, an important precursor fo...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Pei Y,Tarun AS,Vaughan AM,Herman RW,Soliman JM,Erickson-Wayman A,Kappe SH

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The AbcR small RNAs (sRNAs) are a fascinating example of two highly conserved sRNAs that differ tremendously at the functional level among organisms. From their transcriptional activation to their regulatory capabilities, the AbcR sRNAs exhibit varying characteristics in three well-studied bacteria belonging to the Rh...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Sheehan LM,Caswell CC

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this work we present the localization and characterization of the repl promoter (Prepl) and show aspects of the regulation. Comparison of Prepl with other autoregulated replication protein gene promoters revealed similarities, but Prepl differs from some of these characterized promoters in not being regulated by th...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Gammie AE,Crosa JH

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of small, multicopy plasmids from Gram-positive bacteria replicate by an asymmetric rolling-circle mechanism. Previous studies with several of these plasmids have identified a palindromic sequence, SSOA, that acts as the single-strand origin (SSO) for the replication of the lagging-strand DNA. Although not al...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Dempsey LA,Zhao AC,Khan SA

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The var multicopy gene family encodes Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein 1 (PfEMP1) variant antigens, which, through their ability to adhere to a variety of host receptors, are thought to be important virulence factors. The predominant expression of a single cytoadherent PfEMP1 type on an infected red ...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Kyes SA,Christodoulou Z,Raza A,Horrocks P,Pinches R,Rowe JA,Newbold CI

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have identified and characterized three genes, SUT1, SUT2 and SUT3, that encode glucose transporters of the yeast Pichia stipitis. When expressed in a Saccharomyces cerevisiae hxt null mutant strain that is unable to take up monosaccharides, all three proteins restored growth on glucose. Sequencing of the genes rev...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Weierstall T,Hollenberg CP,Boles E

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacteria co-ordinate their social behaviour in a density-dependent manner by production of diffusible signal molecules by a process known as quorum sensing (QS). It is generally assumed that in homogenous environments and at high cell density, QS synchronizes cells in the population to perform collective social tasks ...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Pradhan BB,Chatterjee S

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The DNA damage and stress response pathways interact to regulate cellular responses to genotoxins and environmental stresses. How these pathways interact in Schizosaccharomyces pombe is not well understood. We demonstrate that osmotic stress suppresses the DNA damage sensitivity of checkpoint mutants, and that this oc...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Alao JP,Huis In 't Veld PJ,Buhse F,Sunnerhagen P

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many bacterial gene regulatory circuits are controlled by temperature. Temperature-mediated regulation occurs at the level of transcription and translation. Supercoiling, changes in mRNA conformation and protein conformation are all implicated in thermosensing. Bacterial virulence functions are often temperature regul...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Hurme R,Rhen M

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00