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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2013

Kinetic model for signal binding to the Quorum sensing regulator LasR.

Anetta Claussen, Tim Holm Jakobsen, Thomas Bjarnsholt, Michael Givskov, Martin Welch, Jesper Ferkinghoff-Borg, Thomas Sams

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Anetta ClaussenBiomedical Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering, Ørsteds Plads 349, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby DK-2800, Denmark. tsams@dtu.dk.
Tim Holm Jakobsen
Thomas Bjarnsholt
Michael Givskov
Martin Welch
Jesper Ferkinghoff-Borg
Thomas Sams
Technical University of Denmark · DKUniversity of Copenhagen · DKUniversity of Cambridge · GB

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/F01581X/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We propose a kinetic model for the activation of the las regulon in the opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The model is based on in vitro data and accounts for the LasR dimerization and consecutive activation by binding of two OdDHL signal molecules. Experimentally, the production of the active LasR quorum-sensing regulator was studied in an Escherichia coli background as a function of signal molecule concentration. The functional activity of the regulator was monitored via a GFP reporter fusion to lasB expressed from the native lasB promoter. The new data shows that the active form of the LasR dimer binds two signal molecules cooperatively and that the timescale for reaching saturation is independent of the signal molecule concentration. This favors a picture where the dimerized regulator is protected against proteases and remains protected as it is activated through binding of two successive signal molecules. In absence of signal molecules, the dimerized regulator can dissociate and degrade through proteolytic turnover of the monomer. This resolves the apparent contradiction between our data and recent reports that the fully protected dimer is able to "degrade" when the induction of LasR ceases.

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Models, BiologicalProteolysisBacterial ProteinsEscherichia coliProtein MultimerizationPseudomonas aeruginosaQuorum SensingTrans-ActivatorsBacterial ProteinsLasR protein, Pseudomonas aeruginosaTrans-Activators

Identifiers

PMID23807499
PMCPMC3742191
OpenAlexW1988458262

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