The RNA-binding protein ProQ impacts exopolysaccharide biosynthesis and second messenger cyclic di-GMP signaling in the fire blight pathogen Erwinia amylovora

X Yuan, LI Eldred, RR Kharadi, SM Slack… - Applied and …, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Erwinia amylovora is a plant-pathogenic bacterium that causes fire blight disease in many
economically important plants, including apples and pears. This bacterium produces three …

CsrD regulates amylovoran biosynthesis and virulence in Erwinia amylovora in a novel cyclic‐di‐GMP dependent manner

RR Kharadi, GW Sundin - Molecular Plant Pathology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Erwinia amylovora is an economically devastating plant pathogen that causes fire blight
disease in members of the Rosaceae family, most notably in apple and pear. The …

Orchestration of virulence factor expression and modulation of biofilm dispersal in Erwinia amylovora through activation of the Hfq‐dependent small RNA RprA

J Peng, JK Schachterle… - Molecular Plant Pathology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Erwinia amylovora is the causative agent of the devastating disease fire blight of pome fruit
trees. After infection of host plant leaves at apple shoot tips, E. amylovora cells form biofilms …

Genome-Wide Identification of Genes Regulated by the Rcs Phosphorelay System in Erwinia amylovora

D Wang, M Qi, B Calla, SS Korban… - Molecular plant …, 2012 - Am Phytopath Society
The exopolysaccharide amylovoran is one of the major pathogenicity factors in Erwinia
amylovora, the causal agent of fire blight of apples and pears. We have previously …

Exploring new roles for the rpoS gene in the survival and virulence of the fire blight pathogen Erwinia amylovora

RD Santander, M Monte-Serrano… - FEMS Microbiology …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Erwinia amylovora causes fire blight in economically important plants of the family
Rosaceae. This bacterial pathogen spends part of its life cycle coping with starvation and …

The leucine-responsive regulatory protein lrp participates in virulence regulation downstream of small RNA ArcZ in Erwinia amylovora

JK Schachterle, GW Sundin - MBio, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
Erwinia amylovora causes the devastating fire blight disease of apple and pear trees. During
systemic infection of host trees, pathogen cells must rapidly respond to changes in their …

Small RNA ArcZ Regulates Oxidative Stress Response Genes and Regulons in Erwinia amylovora

JK Schachterle, DM Onsay, GW Sundin - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Erwinia amylovora, causative agent of fire blight disease of apple and pear trees, has
evolved to use small RNAs for post-transcriptional regulation of virulence traits important for …

[HTML][HTML] pGpG-signaling regulates virulence and global transcriptomic targets in Erwinia amylovora

RR Kharadi, BY Hsueh, CM Waters, GW Sundin - bioRxiv, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract Cyclic-di-GMP (c-di-GMP) is a critical bacterial second messenger that enables the
physiological phase transition in Erwinia amylovora, the phytopathogenic bacterium that …

Exploring linear and cyclic (di)-nucleotides as messengers for regulation of T3SS and biofilm formation in Erwinia amylovora

YF Zhao, GW Sundin - Journal of Plant Pathology, 2017 - JSTOR
The hypersensitive response and pathogenicity (hrp) type III secretion system (T3SS) is a
key pathogenicity factor in Erwinia amylovora, the causal agent of fire blight disease, which …

RpoN Regulon in Erwinia amylovora Revealed by Transcriptional Profiling and In Silico Binding Site Analysis

HW Yang, JH Lee, Y Zhao - Phytopathology®, 2023 - Am Phytopath Society
Erwinia amylovora causes a devastating fire blight disease in apples and pears. One of the
main virulence determinants in E. amylovora is the hypersensitive response (HR) and …