Article
Molecular basis of ChvE function in sugar binding, sugar utilization, and virulence in Agrobacterium tumefaciens.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Sept 2009
He Fanglian, Nair Gauri R, Soto Cinque S, Chang Yehchung, Hsu Lillian, Ronzone Erik, DeGrado William F, Binns Andrew N
Abstract excerpt
ChvE is a chromosomally encoded protein in Agrobacterium tumefaciens that mediates a sugar-induced increase in virulence (vir) gene expression through the activities of the VirA/VirG two-component system and has also been suggested to be involved in sugar utilization. The ChvE protein has homology to several bacterial periplasmic sugar-binding proteins, such as the ribose-binding protein and the...
Topics
- ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters
- Agrobacterium tumefaciens
- Bacterial Proteins
- Culture Media
- Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial
- Glucose
- Models, Molecular
- Mutation
- Periplasmic Binding Proteins
- Virulence