Authors
S Jones, B Yu, NJ al Bainton, M Birdsall, BW Bycroft, SR Chhabra, AJ Cox, P Golby, PJ Reeves, S Stephens
Publication date
1993/6/1
Journal
The EMBO journal
Volume
12
Issue
6
Pages
2477-2482
Description
Erwinia carotovora and Pseudomonas aeruginosa secrete exoenzymes that contribute to the pathogenesis of plant and mammalian infections respectively. E.carotovora mutants defective in synthesis of the pectinase, cellulase and protease exoenzymes were isolated and classified into two groups. Group 2 mutants were found to be defective in the production of a small freely diffusible molecule, N‐3‐(oxohexanoyl)‐L‐homoserine, lactone (HSL), and were avirulent. Addition of exogenous HSL to these group 2 mutants restores synthesis of the exoenzymes and virulence in planta. Of the exoenzymes of P.aeruginosa the metalloprotease, elastase, is an established virulence determinant. Mutants of P.aeruginosa that are defective in elastase production have been isolated and were again found to fall into two groups. Analogous to the group 2 mutants of E.carotovora, group 2 mutants of P. aeruginosa are defective in …
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