A two‐component system involving an HD‐GYP domain protein links cell–cell signalling to pathogenicity gene expression in Xanthomonas campestris

• Published in: Molecular microbiology Vol. 38; no. 5; pp. 986 - 1003
• Main Authors: Slater, Holly, Alvarez‐Morales, Ariel, Barber, Christine E., Daniels, Michael J., Dow, J. Maxwell
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.12.2000
• Subjects: Amino Acid Sequence; Bacterial Proteins - biosynthesis; Bacterial Proteins - chemistry; Bacterial Proteins - genetics; Bacterial Proteins - metabolism; Base Sequence; DNA Primers; DNA Transposable Elements; DSF molecule; exopolysaccharides; extracellular polysaccharide; Molecular Sequence Data; Mutagenesis; Mutation; RNA, Messenger - genetics; rpfB gene; rpfC gene; RpfC protein; rpfE gene; rpfF gene; rpfG gene; RpfG protein; RpfH protein; Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; Signal Transduction; Virulence - genetics; Xanthomonas campestris; Xanthomonas campestris - genetics; Xanthomonas campestris - pathogenicity

The synthesis of extracellular enzymes and extracellular polysaccharide (EPS) in Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris (Xcc) is regulated by a cluster of genes called rpf (for regulation of pathogenicity factors). Two of the genes, rpfF and rpfB, have previously been implicated in the synthesis of a...