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Novel MprA binding motifs in the phoP regulatory region in Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Tuberculosis (Edinburgh, Scotland) - 1 Sept 2018
Zhang Peipei, Fu Jiafang, Zong Gongli, Liu Meng, Pang Xiuhua, Cao Guangxiang
Abstract excerpt
MprAB and PhoPR are important two-component systems (TCSs) in Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and both regulate EspR, a key regulator of the ESX-1 secretion system. Although previous studies suggest that the response regulator PhoP does not directly regulate mprA, the interplay between MprAB and PhoPR remains unclear. In this study, we found that the response regulator MprA can bind to the phoP promoter. Four repeat...
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