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The Staphylococcus aureus non-coding RNA IsrR regulates TCA cycle activity and virulence.
Nucleic acids research - 8 Feb 2025
Rios-Delgado Gustavo, McReynolds Aubrey K G, Pagella Emma A, Norambuena Javiera, Briaud Paul, Zheng Vincent, Munneke Matthew J, Kim Jisun, Racine Hugo, Carroll Ronan K, Zelzion Ehud, Skaar Eric, Bose Jeffrey L, Parker Dane, Lalaouna David, Boyd Jeffrey M
Abstract excerpt
Staphylococcus aureus has evolved mechanisms to cope with low iron (Fe) availability in host tissues. Staphylococcus aureus uses the ferric uptake transcriptional regulator (Fur) to sense titers of cytosolic Fe. Upon Fe depletion, apo-Fur relieves transcriptional repression of genes utilized for Fe uptake. We demonstrate that an S. aureus Δfur mutant has decreased expression of acnA, which codes for the...
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- Staphylococcus aureus
- Animals
- Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial
- Citric Acid Cycle
- Iron
