ArticleMolecular plant pathology2019
Flp, a Fis-like protein, contributes to the regulation of type III secretion and virulence processes in the phytopathogen Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris.
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- GpaR Drives Type III Secretion and Virulence Through Direct Activation of the HrpG-HrpX Cascade in Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzicola.Molecular plant pathology · 2026Article
- The Transcriptional Regulator TfmR Directly Regulates Two Pathogenic Pathways inInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2024Article
- A HU-like protein is required for full virulence in Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris.Molecular plant pathology · 2021Article
- The HrpG/HrpX Regulon of Xanthomonads-An Insight to the Complexity of Regulation of Virulence Traits in Phytopathogenic Bacteria.Microorganisms · 2021Review
- Secrete or perish: The role of secretion systems inComputational and structural biotechnology journal · 2021Review
- PilG and PilH antagonistically control flagellum-dependent and pili-dependent motility in the phytopathogen Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris.BMC microbiology · 2020Article
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Abstract
The ability of the plant pathogen Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris (Xcc) to cause disease is dependent on its ability to adapt quickly to the host environment during infection. Like most bacterial pathogens, Xcc has evolved complex regulatory networks that ensure expression and regulation of their virulence genes. Here, we describe the identification and characterization of a Fis-like protein (named Flp), which plays an important role in virulence and type III secretion system (T3SS) gene expression in Xcc. Deletion of flp caused reduced virulence and hypersensitive response (HR) induction of Xcc and alterations in stress tolerance. Global transcriptome analyses revealed the Flp had a broad regulatory role and that most T3SS HR and pathogenicity (hrp) genes were down-regulated in the flp mutant. β-glucuronidase activity assays implied that Flp regulates the expression of hrp genes via controlling the expression of hrpX. More assays confirmed that Flp binds to the promoter of hrpX and affected the transcription of hrpX directly. Interestingly, the constitutive expression of hrpX in the flp mutant restored the HR phenotype but not full virulence. Taken together, the findings describe the unrecognized regulatory role of Flp protein that controls hrp gene expression and pathogenesis in Xcc.
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