DSF inactivator RpfB homologous FadD upregulated in Bradyrhizobium japonicum under iron limiting conditions

Abstract Phytopathogenic bacteria Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris (Xcc) causes black rot and other plant diseases. Xcc senses diffusible signal factor (DSF) as a quorum-sensing (QS) signal that mediates mainly iron uptake and virulence. RpfB deactivates DSF in this DSF–QS circuit. We examined...

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Main Authors: Kunal Dutta, Sergey Shityakov, Fumito Maruyama
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-05-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-35487-9