Dual control of hydrogen cyanide biosynthesis by the global activator GacA in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1
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- 12 June 2001
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in FEMS Microbiology Letters
- Vol. 200 (1) , 73-78
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0378-1097(01)00202-6
Abstract
The global response regulator GacA of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 positively controls the production of the quorum sensing signal molecule N-butanoyl-homoserine-lactone (C4-HSL) and hence the synthesis of several C4-HSL-dependent virulence factors, including hydrogen cyanide (HCN). This study presents evidence that GacA positively influences the transcription of the rhlI gene, specifying C4-HSL synthase, explaining the quorum sensing-dependent transcriptional control of the HCN biosynthetic genes (hcnABC). In addition, GacA was found to modulate hcn gene expression positively at a post-transcriptional level involving the hcnA ribosome-binding site. Thus, the activating effect of GacA on cyanogenesis results from both transcriptional and post-transcriptional mechanisms.Keywords
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