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JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY
Volume 191, Issue 21, Pages 6632-6642Publisher
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00708-09
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- NIH [AI45746]
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Signaling through the second messenger cyclic di-GMP (c-di-GMP) is central to the life cycle of Vibrio cholerae. However, relatively little is known about the signaling mechanism, including the specific external stimuli that regulate c-di-GMP concentration. Here, we show that the phosphate responsive regulator PhoB regulates an operon, acgAB, which encodes c-di-GMP metabolic enzymes. We show that induction of acgAB by PhoB positively regulates V. cholerae motility in vitro and that PhoB regulates expression of acgAB at late stages during V. cholerae infection in the infant mouse small intestine. These data support a model whereby PhoB becomes activated at a late stage of infection in preparation for dissemination of V. cholerae to the aquatic environment and suggest that the concentration of exogenous phosphate may become limited at late stages of infection.
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