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SUBMITTER: Bongiorni C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1347315 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bongiorni Cristina C Stoessel Ricarda R Shoemaker Dorinda D Perego Marta M
Journal of bacteriology 20060101 2
This study shows that the Bacillus anthracis pXO1 virulence plasmid carries a Rap-Phr system, BXA0205, which regulates sporulation initiation in this organism. The BXA0205Rap protein was shown to dephosphorylate the Spo0F response regulator intermediate of the phosphorelay signal transduction system that regulates the initiation of the developmental pathway in response to environmental, metabolic, and cell cycle signals. The activity of the Rap protein was shown to be inhibited by the carboxy-te ...[more]