Membrane-anchored MucR mediates nitrate-dependent regulation of alginate production in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 99, Issue 17, 2015, Pages 7253-7265

  Wang, Yajie ^a   Hay, Iain D ^a,b   Rehman, Zahid U ^a,c   Rehm, Bernd H A ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Alginate production; Alginate regulation; c di GMP; Cystic fibrosis; Diguanylate cyclase; Nitrate; Phosphodiesterase

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIA; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; BIOSYNTHESIS; MACHINERY; NITRATES;

ALGINATE BIOSYNTHESIS; C-DI-GMP; CYCLASES; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; PHOSPHODIESTERASES; PROMOTER ACTIVITIES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SITE-SPECIFIC MUTAGENESIS;

ALGINATE;

ALGINIC ACID; AMINO ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CYCLIC GMP; DIMER; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MUCR PROTEIN; NITRATE; TETRAMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URONIC ACID; BIS(3',5')-CYCLIC DIGUANYLIC ACID; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACID; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ALGINATE; AMINO ACID; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; GENE EXPRESSION; MUTAGENICITY; MUTATION; NITRATE; PROTEIN; SENSOR; SWARMING; VIRULENCE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL DENSITY; CELL SURVIVAL; CROSS LINKING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE DELETION; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; INNER MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ALGINATES; CYCLIC GMP; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACIDS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; NITRATES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 84939257362     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-015-6591-4     Document Type: Article

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