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JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY
卷 197, 期 1, 页码 73-80出版社
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/JB.02246-14
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- Howard Hughes Medical Institute
- National Institutes of Health (NIH) [5R01GM065859]
- National Science Foundation (NSF) [MCB-0343821]
- Indiana University
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES [R01GM065859] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
Bacteria use a chemical communication process called quorum sensing to monitor cell density and to alter behavior in response to fluctuations in population numbers. Previous studies with Vibrio harveyi have shown that LuxR, the master quorum-sensing regulator, activates and represses >600 genes. These include six genes that encode homologs of the Escherichia coli Bet and ProU systems for synthesis and transport, respectively, of glycine betaine, an osmoprotectant used during osmotic stress. Here we show that LuxR activates expression of the glycine betaine operon betIBA-proXWV, which enhances growth recovery under osmotic stress conditions. BetI, an autorepressor of the V. harveyi betIBA-proXWV operon, activates the expression of genes encoding regulatory small RNAs that control quorum-sensing transitions. Connecting quorum-sensing and glycine betaine pathways presumably enables V. harveyi to tune its execution of collective behaviors to its tolerance to stress.
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