Cell-cell signaling Proteobacterial LuxR solos: a treasure trove of subgroups having different origins, ligands, and ecological roles

C Bez, AM Geller, A Levy, V Venturi - Msystems, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Many proteobacteria possess LuxR solos which are quorum sensing LuxR-type regulators
that are not paired with a cognate LuxI-type synthase. LuxR solos have been implicated in …

AbaM Regulates Quorum Sensing, Biofilm Formation, and Virulence in Acinetobacter baumannii

M López-Martín, JF Dubern, MR Alexander… - Journal of …, 2021 - Am Soc Microbiol
Acinetobacter baumannii possesses a single divergent luxR/luxRI-type quorum-sensing
(QS) locus named abaR/abaI. This locus also contains a third gene located between abaR …

How bioinformatics influences health informatics: usage of biomolecular sequences, expression profiles and automated microscopic image analyses for clinical needs …

V Kuznetsov, HK Lee, S Maurer-Stroh… - … Information Science and …, 2013 - Springer
Abstract The currently hyped expectation of personalized medicine is often associated with
just achieving the information technology led integration of biomolecular sequencing …

Census of solo LuxR genes in prokaryotic genomes

S Hudaiberdiev, KS Choudhary… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
luxR genes encode transcriptional regulators that control acyl homoserine lactone-based
quorum sensing (AHL QS) in Gram negative bacteria. On the bacterial chromosome, luxR …

In silico analyses of conservational, functional and phylogenetic distribution of the LuxI and LuxR homologs in Gram-positive bacteria

A Rajput, M Kumar - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
LuxI and LuxR are key factors that drive quorum sensing (QS) in bacteria through secretion
and perception of the signaling molecules eg N-Acyl homoserine lactones (AHLs). The role …

ComQXPA Quorum Sensing Systems May Not Be Unique to Bacillus subtilis: A Census in Prokaryotic Genomes

I Dogsa, KS Choudhary, Z Marsetic, S Hudaiberdiev… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
The comQXPA locus of Bacillus subtilis encodes a quorum sensing (QS) system typical of
Gram positive bacteria. It encodes four proteins, the ComQ isoprenyl transferase, the ComX …

Effect of the luxI/R gene on AHL-signaling molecules and QS regulatory mechanism in Hafnia alvei H4

X Li, G Zhang, Y Zhu, J Bi, H Hao, H Hou - Amb Express, 2019 - Springer
Hafnia alvei H4 is a bacterium subject to regulation by a N-acyl-l-homoserine lactone (AHL)-
mediated quorum sensing system and is closely related to the corruption of instant sea …

Classifying the topology of AHL-driven quorum sensing circuits in proteobacterial genomes

Z Gelencsér, KS Choudhary, BG Coutinho… - Sensors, 2012 - mdpi.com
Virulence and adaptability of many Gram-negative bacterial species are associated with an
N-acylhomoserine lactone (AHL) gene regulation mechanism called quorum sensing (QS) …

The atypical organization of the luxI/R family genes in AHL-driven quorum-sensing circuits

Y Cai, X Zhang - Journal of Bacteriology, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
Quorum sensing (QS) is an elaborate regulatory mechanism associated with virulence and
bacterial adaptation to the changing environment. QS is widespread in Proteobacteria and …

Quorum sensing inhibitors from the sea: Lessons from marine symbiotic relationships

M C. Chifiriuc, A M. Grumezescu… - Current Organic …, 2014 - benthamdirect.com
The over-prescription and misuse of microbiostatic or microbicidal chemical compounds led
to the emergence of antibiotic resistance and multiresistance in bacterial strains. The genetic …