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SUBMITTER: Xie Q
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6506218 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Xie Qian Q Zhao Aishan A Jeffrey Philip D PD Kim Minyoung Kevin MK Bassler Bonnie L BL Stone Howard A HA Novick Richard P RP Muir Tom W TW
Cell chemical biology 20190214 4
Virulence induction in the Staphylococcus aureus is under the control of a quorum sensing (QS) circuit encoded by the accessory gene regulator (agr) locus. Allelic variation within agr produces four QS specificity groups, each producing a unique secreted autoinducer peptide (AIP) and receptor histidine kinase (RHK), AgrC. Cognate AIP-AgrC interactions activate virulence through a two-component signaling cascade, whereas non-cognate pairs are generally inhibitory. Here we pinpoint a key hydrogen- ...[more]