Article
Activity of Bdellovibrio hit locus proteins, Bd0108 and Bd0109, links Type IVa pilus extrusion/retraction status to prey-independent growth signalling.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Capeness Michael J, Lambert Carey, Lovering Andrew L, Till Rob, Uchida Kaoru, Chaudhuri Roy, Alderwick Luke J, Lee David J, Swarbreck David, Liddell Susan, Aizawa Shin-Ichi, Sockett Renee Elizabeth
Abstract excerpt
Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus are facultatively predatory bacteria that grow within gram-negative prey, using pili to invade their periplasmic niche. They also grow prey-independently on organic nutrients after undergoing a reversible switch. The nature of the growth switching mechanism has been elusive, but several independent reports suggested mutations in the hit (host-interaction) locus on the Bdellovibrio...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Bacterial Proteins
- Bdellovibrio
- Computational Biology
- Escherichia coli
- Fimbriae, Bacterial
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Operon
- Peptide Hydrolases
- Periplasm
- Phenotype
- Sequence Analysis, RNA