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ArticleJournal of bacteriology2009

Identification of an rsh gene from a Novosphingobium sp. necessary for quorum-sensing signal accumulation.

Han Ming Gan, Larry Buckley, Erno Szegedi, André O Hudson, Michael A Savka

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Article in Journal of bacteriology, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Han Ming GanDepartment of Biological Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology, 85 Lomb Memorial Dr., A350 Gosnell Bldg., Rochester, NY 14534, USA. massbi@rit.edu
Larry Buckley
Erno Szegedi
André O Hudson
Michael A Savka
Rochester Institute of Technology · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The stringent response is a mechanism by which bacteria adapt to environmental stresses and nutritional deficiencies through the synthesis and hydrolysis of (p)ppGpp by RelA/SpoT enzymes. Alphaproteobacteria and plants contain a single Rsh enzyme (named for RelA/SpoT homolog) that is bifunctional. Here we report the identification of a new species of bacteria belonging to the genus Novosphingobium and characterization of an rsh mutation in this plant tumor-associated isolate. Isolate Rr 2-17, from a grapevine crown gall tumor, is a member of the Novosphingobium genus that produces the N-acyl-homoserine lactone (AHL) quorum-sensing (QS) signals. A Tn5 mutant, Hx 699, deficient in AHL production was found to have an insertion in an rsh gene. The Rsh protein showed significant percent sequence identity to Rsh proteins of alphaproteobacteria. The Novosphingobium sp. rsh gene (rsh(Nsp)) complemented the multiple amino acid requirements of the Escherichia coli relA spoT double mutant by restoring the growth on selection media. Besides QS signal production, the rsh mutation also affects soluble polysaccharide production and cell aggregation. Genetic complementation of the Hx 699 mutant with the rsh(Nsp) gene restored these phenotypes. This is the first discovery of a functional rsh gene in a member of the Novosphingobium genus.

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Quorum SensingAcyl-ButyrolactonesAmino Acid SequenceBacterial AdhesionBacterial ProteinsDNA, BacterialDNA, RibosomalDNA Transposable ElementsEscherichia coliGenes, rRNAGenetic Complementation TestMolecular Sequence DataMutagenesis, InsertionalPhylogenyPolysaccharides, BacterialRNA, BacterialAcyl-ButyrolactonesBacterial ProteinsDNA, BacterialDNA, RibosomalDNA Transposable ElementsPolysaccharides, BacterialRNA, BacterialRNA, Ribosomal, 16S

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PMID19201802
PMCPMC2668395
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