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Neeraj Kumar Saini Monika Sharma Amita Chandolia Rashmi Pasricha Vani Brahmachari Mridula Bose 《BMC microbiology》2008,8(1):200
Background
The mce4 operon is one of the four homologues of mammalian cell entry (mce) operons of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The mce4A (Rv3499c) gene within this operon is homologous to mce1A (Rv0169), that has a role in host cell invasion by M. tuberculosis. Our earlier reports show that mce4 operon is expressed during the stationary phase of growth of the bacillus in culture and during the course of infection in mammalian hosts. M. tuberculosis carrying mutation in mce4 operon shows growth defect and reduced survival in infected mice. However, the intracellular localization of Mce4A protein and its direct role in cell entry or survival of the bacillus has not been demonstrated so far. 相似文献2.
Monika Joon Shipra Bhatia Rashmi Pasricha Mridula Bose Vani Brahmachari 《BMC microbiology》2010,10(1):128
Background
The mce operons play an important role in the entry of M. tuberculosis into macrophages and non-phagocytic cells. Their non-redundant function as well as complex regulation is implied by the phenotype of mce mutants. Recently, mce1 operon was found to extend over 13 genes, fadD5 (Rv0166) being the first gene of the operon. The presence of a non-coding sequence of 200 base pairs between Rv0166 and Rv0167 is peculiar to mce1 among the four mce operons of M.tuberculosis. We have examined the function of this region. 相似文献3.
Effect of iron on the expression of sirR and sitABC in biofilm-associated Staphylococcus epidermidis
Caroline Massonet Valerie Pintens Rita Merckx Jozef Anné Elke Lammertyn Johan Van Eldere 《BMC microbiology》2006,6(1):103
Background
Different gene expression patterns correlate with the altered phenotype in biofilm-associated bacteria. Iron and iron-linked genes are thought to play a key-role in biofilm formation. The expression of Fe-linked genes (sirR, sitABC operon) in Staphylococcus epidermidis, was compared in planktonic versus sessile bacteria in vitro and in vivo in a subcutaneous foreign body rat model. 相似文献4.
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The Bacillus subtilis glucokinase operon was predicted to be comprised of the genes, yqgP (now named gluP), yqgQ, and glcK. We have previously established a role for glcK in glucose metabolism. In the absence of enzymes that phosphorylate glucose, such as GlcK and/or enzyme IIGlc, accumulated cytoplasmic glucose can be transported out of the cell. Genes within the glucokinase operon were not previously known to play a role in glucose transport. Here we describe the expression of gluP and its function in glucose transport. 相似文献5.
Priyanka Brahmachary Ge Wang Stéphane L Benoit Michael V Weinberg Robert J Maier Timothy R Hoover 《BMC microbiology》2008,8(1):14
Background
Helicobacter pyloricolonizes the human stomach and is the etiological agent of peptic ulcer disease. All threeH. pyloristrains that have been sequenced to date contain a potential operon whose products share homology with the subunits of acetone carboxylase (encoded byacxABC) fromXanthobacter autotrophicusstrain Py2 andRhodobacter capsulatusstrain B10. Acetone carboxylase catalyzes the conversion of acetone to acetoacetate. Genes upstream of the putativeacxABCoperon encode enzymes that convert acetoacetate to acetoacetyl-CoA, which is metabolized further to generate two molecules of acetyl-CoA. 相似文献6.
Dirk Kraus Silvia Herbert Sascha A Kristian Arya Khosravi Victor Nizet Friedrich Götz Andreas Peschel 《BMC microbiology》2008,8(1):85
Background
Modification of teichoic acids with D-alanine by the products of the dlt operon protects Gram-positive bacteria against major antimicrobial host defense molecules such as defensins, cathelicidins, myeloperoxidase or phospholipase. The graRS regulatory genes have recently been implicated in the control of D-alanylation in Staphylococcus aureus. 相似文献7.
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Cyanopeptolins are nonribosomally produced heptapetides showing a highly variable composition. The cyanopeptolin synthetase operon has previously been investigated in three strains from the genera Microcystis, Planktothrix and Anabaena. Cyanopeptolins are displaying protease inhibitor activity, but the biological function(s) is (are) unknown. Cyanopeptolin gene cluster variability and biological functions of the peptide variants are likely to be interconnected. 相似文献8.
Lilian Noindorf Ana C Bonatto Rose A Monteiro Emanuel M Souza Liu U Rigo Fabio O Pedrosa Maria BR Steffens Leda S Chubatsu 《BMC microbiology》2011,11(1):8
Background
The PII protein family comprises homotrimeric proteins which act as transducers of the cellular nitrogen and carbon status in prokaryotes and plants. In Herbaspirillum seropedicae, two PII-like proteins (GlnB and GlnK), encoded by the genes glnB and glnK, were identified. The glnB gene is monocistronic and its expression is constitutive, while glnK is located in the nlmAglnKamtB operon and is expressed under nitrogen-limiting conditions. 相似文献9.
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Kendall A Bryant Lauren C Kinkead Marilynn A Larson Steven H Hinrichs Paul D Fey 《BMC microbiology》2010,10(1):8
Background
The highly conserved macromolecular synthesis operon (MMSO) contains both dnaG (primase) and sigA (primary sigma factor). However, in previously evaluated gram-positive species, the MMSO is divergent upstream of dnaG. The MMSO of Bacillus subtilis contains three open reading frames (ORFs) that are differentially regulated by multiple promoters. In conjunction with studies to determine the expression profile of dnaG, the MMSO of Staphylococus epidermidis was characterized. 相似文献11.
Jesper Larsen Anders G Pedersen Robert L Davies Peter Kuhnert Joachim Frey Henrik Christensen Magne Bisgaard John E Olsen 《BMC evolutionary biology》2009,9(1):121-12
Background
The Mannheimia species encompass a wide variety of bacterial lifestyles, including opportunistic pathogens and commensals of the ruminant respiratory tract, commensals of the ovine rumen, and pathogens of the ruminant integument. Here we present a scenario for the evolution of the leukotoxin promoter among representatives of the five species within genus Mannheimia. We also consider how the evolution of the leukotoxin operon fits with the evolution and maintenance of virulence. 相似文献12.
Anthony R Poteete 《BMC molecular biology》2009,10(1):14
Background
Previous studies of gene amplification in Escherichia coli have suggested that it occurs in two steps: duplication and expansion. Expansion is thought to result from homologous recombination between the repeated segments created by duplication. To explore the mechanism of expansion, a 7 kbp duplication in the chromosome containing a leaky mutant version of the lac operon was constructed, and its expansion into an amplified array was studied. 相似文献13.
M.J. Torres A. Hidalgo‐García E.J. Bedmar M.J. Delgado 《Journal of applied microbiology》2013,114(6):1772-1781
Aim
In this work, phenotypic analyses of a Ensifer meliloti fixN1 mutant under free‐living and symbiotic conditions have been carried out.Methods and Results
Ensifer meliloti fixN1 mutant showed a defect in growth as well as in TMPD‐dependent oxidase activity when cells were incubated under micro‐oxic conditions. Furthermore, haem c staining analyses of a fixN1 and a fixP1 mutant identified two membrane‐bound c‐type cytochromes of 27 and 32 kDa, present in microaerobically grown cells and in bacteroids, as the FixO and FixP components of the E. meliloti cbb3 oxidase. Under symbiotic conditions, fixN1 mutant showed a clear nitrogen fixation defect in alfalfa plants that were grown in an N‐free nutrient solution during 3 weeks. However, in plants grown for a longer period, fixNOQP1 copy was not indispensable for symbiotic nitrogen fixation.Conclusions
The copy 1 of the fixNOQP operon is involved in E. meliloti respiration and growth under micro‐oxic conditions as well as in the expression of the FixO and FixP components of the cbb3 oxidase present in free‐living microaerobic cultures and in bacteroids. This copy is important for nitrogen fixation during the early steps of the symbiosis.Significance and Impact of the Study
It is the first time that a functional analysis of the E. meliloti copy 1 of the fixNOQP operon is performed. In this work, the cytochromes c that constitute the cbb3 oxidase operating in free‐living micro‐oxic cultures and in bacteroids of E. meliloti have been identified. 相似文献14.
Svea Dittmann Annika Schmid Susanna Richter Konrad Trülzsch Jürgen Heesemann Gottfried Wilharm 《BMC microbiology》2007,7(1):67
Background
Pathogenic yersiniae (Y. pestis, Y. pseudotuberculosis, Y. enterocolitica) share a virulence plasmid encoding a type three secretion system (T3SS). This T3SS comprises more than 40 constituents. Among these are the transport substrates called Yops (Yersinia outer proteins), the specific Yop chaperones (Sycs), and the Ysc (Yop secretion) proteins which form the transport machinery. The effectors YopO and YopP are encoded on an operon together with SycO, the chaperone of YopO. The characterization of SycO is the focus of this study. 相似文献15.
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Paulinella chromatophora is a freshwater filose amoeba with photosynthetic endosymbionts (chromatophores) of cyanobacterial origin that are closely related to free-living Prochlorococcus and Synechococcus species (PS-clade). Members of the PS-clade of cyanobacteria contain a proteobacterial form 1A RubisCO (ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase) that was acquired by horizontal gene transfer (HGT) of a carboxysomal operon. In rDNA-phylogenies, the Paulinella chromatophore diverged basal to the PS-clade, raising the question whether the HGT occurred before or after the split of the chromatophore ancestor. 相似文献16.
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Background
In E. coli, the Min operon (MinCDE) plays a key role in determining the site of cell division. MinE oscillates from the middle to one pole or another to drive the MinCD complex to the end of the cell. The MinCD complex prevents FtsZ ring formation and the subsequent cell division at cell ends. In Arabidopsis thaliana, a homologue of MinD has been shown to be involved in the positioning of chloroplast division site. 相似文献18.
Rainer Merkl 《BMC evolutionary biology》2007,7(1):59
Background
Microorganisms and plants are able to produce tryptophan. Enzymes catalysing the last seven steps of tryptophan biosynthesis are encoded in the canonical trp operon. Among the trp genes are most frequently trpA and trpB, which code for the alpha and beta subunit of tryptophan synthase. In several prokaryotic genomes, two variants of trpB (named trpB1 or trpB2) occur in different combinations. The evolutionary history of these trpB genes is under debate. 相似文献19.
Jesper Larsen Peter Kuhnert Joachim Frey Henrik Christensen Magne Bisgaard John E Olsen 《BMC evolutionary biology》2007,7(1):184
Background
The Mannheimia subclades belong to the same bacterial genus, but have taken divergent paths toward their distinct lifestyles. For example, M. haemolytica + M. glucosida are potential pathogens of the respiratory tract in the mammalian suborder Ruminantia, whereas M. ruminalis, the supposed sister group, lives as a commensal in the ovine rumen. We have tested the hypothesis that vertical inheritance of the leukotoxin (lktCABD) operon has occurred from the last common ancestor of genus Mannheimia to any ancestor of the diverging subclades by exploring gene order data. 相似文献20.