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Phosphodiesterase EdpX1 Promotes Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae Virulence, Exopolysaccharide Production, and Biofilm Formation.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 15 Nov 2018
Xue Dingrong, Tian Fang, Yang Fenghuan, Chen Huamin, Yuan Xiaochen, Yang Ching-Hong, Chen Yihua, Wang Qi, He Chenyang
Abstract excerpt
In Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae, the bacterial blight pathogen of rice, there are over 20 genes encoding GGDEF, EAL, and HD-GYP domains, which are potentially involved in the metabolism of second messenger c-di-GMP. In this study, we focused on the characterization of an EAL domain protein, EdpX1. Deletion of the edpX1 gene resulted in a 2-fold increase in the intracellular c-di-GMP levels, which were restored...
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