In vivo and in vitro analyses of the role of the Prc protease in inducing mucoidy in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

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In Pseudomonas aeruginosa, alginate biosynthesis gene expression is inhibited by the transmembrane anti-sigma factor MucA, which sequesters the AlgU sigma factor. Cell envelope stress initiates cleavage of the MucA periplasmic domain by site-1 protease AlgW, followed by further MucA degradation to release AlgU. However, after colonizing the lungs of people with cystic fibrosis, P. aeruginosa converts to a mucoid...

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