LuxR Solos are Becoming Major Players in Cell-Cell Communication in Bacteria

• Main Author: Vittorio Venturi (auth)
• Other Authors: Brian M.M. Ahmer (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2016
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Biology, life sciences; LuxR solos; Quorum Sensing; signaling; AHL; Bacteria
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The most common quorum sensing (QS) system in Gram-negative bacteria occurs via N-acyl homoserine lactone (AHLs) signals. An archetypical system consists of a LuxI-family protein synthesizing the AHL signal which binds at quorum concentrations to the cognate LuxR-family transcription factors which t...