Novel Quorum-Sensing-Controlled Genes in Erwinia carotovora subsp. carotovora: Identification of a Fungal Elicitor Homologue in a Soft-Rotting Bacterium
Title: | 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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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 |
ISSN: | 19437706 08940282 |
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DOI: | 10.1094/MPMI-18-0343 |
Published in: | Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions |
Language: | English |