title: Control of Salmonella pathogenicity island-2 gene expression.
abstract: The Salmonella Pathogenicity Island-2 (i.e. SPI-2) encodes a unique type III secretion system that delivers effector proteins from the Salmonella-containing vacuole (SCV) into the host cell. The SPI-2 locus also encodes translocated effectors as well as a two-component system - termed SpiR/SsrB - that is essential for the expression of SPI-2 genes. Transcription of the horizontally acquired SPI-2 genes requires the ancestral nucleoid-associated proteins (i.e. NAPs) IHF and Fis, the regulatory protein SlyA, and the two-component systems PhoP/PhoQ and OmpR/EnvZ, as well as the DNA binding protein HilD encoded in a different pathogenicity island. Some of these positive SPI-2 regulators act to antagonize the robust silencing promoted by the NAPs H-NS, Hha, and YdgT.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Microbiology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA. fass@borcim.wustl.edu
authors.forename: Ephraim
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fass
authors.forename: Eduardo A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Groisman
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; C440638:SPI-2 protein, Salmonella; D014157:Transcription Factors