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A c-di-GMP effector system controls cell adhesion by inside-out signaling and surface protein cleavage.
PLoS biology - 1 Feb 2011
Newell Peter D, Boyd Chelsea D, Sondermann Holger, O'Toole George A
Abstract excerpt
In Pseudomonas fluorescens Pf0-1 the availability of inorganic phosphate (Pi) is an environmental signal that controls biofilm formation through a cyclic dimeric GMP (c-di-GMP) signaling pathway. In low Pi conditions, a c-di-GMP phosphodiesterase (PDE) RapA is expressed, depleting cellular c-di-GMP and causing the loss of a critical outer-membrane adhesin LapA from the cell surface. This response involves an...
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