A pterin-dependent signaling pathway regulates a dual-function diguanylate cyclase-phosphodiesterase controlling surface attachment in Agrobacterium tumefaciens

mBio

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Feirer, Nathan ^a   Xu, Jing ^a   Allen, Kylie D ^c   Koestler, Benjamin J ^b   Bruger, Eric L ^b   Waters, Christopher M ^b   White, Robert H ^c   Fuqua, Clay ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics Michigan State University ^*  (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2' O METHYLMONAPTERIN; 5,6,7,8 TETRAHYDROMONAPTERIN; 6 METHOXYMETHYLPTERIN; ADHESIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC DIGUANYLATE MONOPHOSPHATE; DIGUANYLATE CYCLASE PHOSPHODIESTERASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE; PROTEIN DCPA; PRUA PROTEIN; PTERIN; PTERIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNIPOLAR POLYSACCHARIDE; BIS(3',5')-CYCLIC DIGUANYLIC ACID; CYCLIC GMP; DIGUANYLATE CYCLASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; LYASE;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; AOPB GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ATTACHMENT; BINDING AFFINITY; BIOFILM; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DCPA GENE; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; EUKARYOTE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; PHASE TRANSITION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; CYCLIC GMP; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOSPHORIC DIESTER HYDROLASES; PHOSPHORUS-OXYGEN LYASES; PTERINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84940836760     PISSN: 21612129     EISSN: 21507511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.00156-15     Document Type: Article

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