PepO, a CovRS-controlled endopeptidase, disrupts Streptococcus pyogenes quorum sensing

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 71-87

  Wilkening, Reid V ^a   Chang, Jennifer C ^b   Federle, Michael J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CATHELICIDIN ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDE LL 37; MAGNESIUM ION; PHEROMONE; PROTEIN PEPO; PROTEIN RGG2; PROTEIN RGG3; PROTEINASE; SHP PEPTIDE PHEROMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDE; CAP18 LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE-BINDING PROTEIN; COVS PROTEIN, STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; CSRR PROTEIN, STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; MAGNESIUM; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; QUORUM SENSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; METABOLISM; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; VIRULENCE;

ANTIMICROBIAL CATIONIC PEPTIDES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ENDOPEPTIDASES; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MAGNESIUM; PHEROMONES; QUORUM SENSING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84955216423     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.13216     Document Type: Article

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