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ArticleApplied and environmental microbiology2015

The host plant metabolite glucose is the precursor of diffusible signal factor (DSF) family signals in Xanthomonas campestris.

Yinyue Deng, Xiaoling Liu, Ji'en Wu, Jasmine Lee, Shaohua Chen, Yingying Cheng, Chunyan Zhang, Lian-Hui Zhang

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Article in Applied and environmental microbiology, 2015. 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, 37 citations in OpenAlex.

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8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Yinyue DengInstitute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Proteos, Singapore, Singapore Guangdong Innovative and Entepreneurial Research Team of Sociomicrobiology Basic Science and Frontier Technology, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease Control, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China ydeng@imcb.a-star.edu.sg lianhui@imcb.a-star.edu.sg.
Xiaoling LiuChongqing Academy of Chinese Materia Medica, Chongqing, China.
Ji'en WuInstitute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Proteos, Singapore, Singapore.
Jasmine LeeInstitute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Proteos, Singapore, Singapore.
Shaohua ChenInstitute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Proteos, Singapore, Singapore Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease Control, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China.
Yingying ChengGuangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease Control, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China.
Chunyan ZhangGuangdong Innovative and Entepreneurial Research Team of Sociomicrobiology Basic Science and Frontier Technology, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China.
Lian-Hui ZhangInstitute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Proteos, Singapore, Singapore Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Microbial Signals and Disease Control, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China ydeng@imcb.a-star.edu.sg lianhui@imcb.a-star.edu.sg.
Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology · SGSouth China Agricultural University · CNChongqing Academy of Chinese Materia Medica · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Plant pathogen Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris produces cis-11-methyl-2-dodecenoic acid (diffusible signal factor [DSF]) as a cell-cell communication signal to regulate biofilm dispersal and virulence factor production. Previous studies have demonstrated that DSF biosynthesis is dependent on the presence of RpfF, an enoyl-coenzyme A (CoA) hydratase, but the DSF synthetic mechanism and the influence of the host plant on DSF biosynthesis are still not clear. We show here that exogenous addition of host plant juice or ethanol extract to the growth medium of X. campestris pv. campestris could significantly boost DSF family signal production. It was subsequently revealed that X. campestris pv. campestris produces not only DSF but also BDSF (cis-2-dodecenoic acid) and another novel DSF family signal, which was designated DSF-II. BDSF was originally identified in Burkholderia cenocepacia to be involved in regulation of motility, biofilm formation, and virulence in B. cenocepacia. Functional analysis suggested that DSF-II plays a role equal to that of DSF in regulation of biofilm dispersion and virulence factor production in X. campestris pv. campestris. Furthermore, chromatographic separation led to identification of glucose as a specific molecule stimulating DSF family signal biosynthesis in X. campestris pv. campestris. (13)C-labeling experiments demonstrated that glucose acts as a substrate to provide a carbon element for DSF biosynthesis. The results of this study indicate that X. campestris pv. campestris could utilize a common metabolite of the host plant to enhance DSF family signal synthesis and therefore promote virulence.

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Signal TransductionBacterial ProteinsBiofilmsBrassica rapaGlucoseReal-Time Polymerase Chain ReactionVirulence FactorsXanthomonas campestrisBacterial ProteinsGlucoseVirulence Factors

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PMCPMC4375329
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