Novel Quorum-Sensing-Controlled Genes in Erwinia carotovora subsp. carotovora: Identification of a Fungal Elicitor Homologue in a Soft-Rotting Bacterium

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Title: Novel Quorum-Sensing-Controlled Genes in Erwinia carotovora subsp. carotovora: Identification of a Fungal Elicitor Homologue in a Soft-Rotting Bacterium
Authors: C. L. Pemberton, N. A. Whitehead, M. Sebaihia, K. S. Bell, L. J. Hyman, S. J. Harris, A. J. Matlin, N. D. Robson, P. R. J. Birch, J. P. Carr, I. K. Toth, G. P. C. Salmond
Source: Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, Vol 18, Iss 4, Pp 343-353 (2005)
Publisher Information: The American Phytopathological Society, 2005.
Publication Year: 2005
Collection: LCC:Microbiology
LCC:Botany
Subject Terms: secretion, soft rot, Microbiology, QR1-502, Botany, QK1-989
More Details: Seven new genes controlled by the quorum-sensing signal molecule N-(3-oxohexanoyl)-L-homoserine lactone (OHHL) have been identified in Erwinia carotovora subsp. carotovora. Using TnphoA as a mutagen, we enriched for mutants defective in proteins that could play a role in the interaction between E. carotovora subsp. carotovora and its plant hosts, and identified NipEcc and its counterpart in E. carotovora subsp. atroseptica. These are members of a growing family of proteins related to Nep1 from Fusarium oxysporum which can induce necrotic responses in a variety of dicotyledonous plants. NipEcc produced necrosis in tobacco, NipEca affected potato stem rot, and both affected virulence in potato tubers. In E. carotovora subsp. carotovora, nip was shown to be subject to weak repression by the LuxR family regulator, EccR, and may be regulated by the negative global regulator RsmA.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 1943-7706
0894-0282
Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/0894-0282; https://doaj.org/toc/1943-7706
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-18-0343
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/158af94461fa465bb682041470fdfead
Accession Number: edsdoj.158af94461fa465bb682041470fdfead
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
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ISSN:19437706
08940282
DOI:10.1094/MPMI-18-0343
Published in:Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions
Language:English