title: Growth phase-differential quorum sensing regulation of anthranilate metabolism in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
abstract: Pseudomonas quinolone signal (PQS) plays a role in the regulation of virulence genes and it is intertwined in the las/rhl quorum sensing (QS) circuits of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. PQS is synthesized from anthranilate by pqsA-D and pqsH whose expression is influenced by the las/rhl systems. Since anthranilate can be degraded by functions of antABC and catBCA, PQS synthesis might be regulated by the balance between the expression of the pqsA-D/phnAB, pqsH, antABC, and catBCA gene loci. antA and catA are repressed by LasR during log phase and activated by RhlR in late stationary phase, whereas pqsA-E/phnAB is activated by LasR in log phase and repressed by RhlR. QscR represses both but each repression occurs in a different growth phase. This growth phase-differential regulation appears to be accomplished by the antagonistic interplay of LasR, RhlR, and QscR, mediated by two intermediate regulators, AntR and PqsR, and their cofactors, anthranilate and PQS, where the expressions of antR and pqsR and the production of anthranilate and PQS are growth phase-differentially regulated by QS systems. Especially, the anthranilate level increases in an RhlR-dependent manner at late stationary phase. From these results, we suggest that RhlR and LasR regulate the anthranilate metabolism in a mutually antagonistic and growth phase-differential manner by affecting both the expressions and activities of AntR and PqsR, and that QscR also phase-differentially represses both LasR and RhlR functions in this regulation.
authors: Department of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Pusan National University, Busan, 609-735, Korea.
authors: Yusang
authors: Y
authors: Choi
authors: Ha-Young
authors: HY
authors: Park
authors: Seong Joon
authors: SJ
authors: Park
authors: Su-Jin
authors: SJ
authors: Park
authors: Soo-Kyoung
authors: SK
authors: Kim
authors: Changwan
authors: C
authors: Ha
authors: Su-Jin
authors: SJ
authors: Im
authors: Joon-Hee
authors: JH
authors: Lee
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