Determining the relative contribution and hierarchy of hha and qseBC in the regulation of flagellar motility of Escherichia coli O157:H7.

ABSTRACT: In recent studies, we demonstrated that a deletion of hha caused increased secretion of locus of enterocyte encoded adherence proteins and reduced motility of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) O157:H7. In addition to the importance of hha in positive regulation of motility, a two-component quorum sensing pathway encoded by the qseBC genes has been shown to activate bacterial motility in response to mammalian stress hormones epinephrine and norepinephrine as well as bacterially produced autoinducer-3. In this study, we compared regulatory contribution and hierarchy of hha, a member of the Hha/YmoA family of nucleoid-associated proteins, to that of qseBC in the expression of EHEC O157:H7 motility. Since norepinephrine affects motility of EHEC O157:H7 through a qseBC-encoded two-compo

SUBMITTER: Sharma VK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3897532 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature