April
2005
, Volume
18
, Number
4
Pages
343
-
353
Authors
C. L.
Pemberton
,
1
N. A.
Whitehead
,
1
M.
Sebaihia
,
1
K. S.
Bell
,
3
L. J.
Hyman
,
3
S. J.
Harris
,
1
A. J.
Matlin
,
1
N. D.
Robson
,
1
P. R. J.
Birch
,
3
J. P.
Carr
,
2
I. K.
Toth
,
3
and
G. P. C.
Salmond
1
Affiliations
1Department of Biochemistry and 2Department of Plant Sciences, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge, CB2 1QW, U.K.; 3Scottish Crop Research Institute, Invergowrie, Dundee, DD2 5DA, U.K.
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Accepted 22 November 2004.
Abstract
Seven new genes controlled by the quorum-sensing signal molecule N-(3-oxohexanoyl)-L-homoserine lactone (OHHL) have been identified in Erwinia carotovora subsp. carotovora. Using TnphoA as a mutagen, we enriched for mutants defective in proteins that could play a role in the interaction between E. carotovora subsp. carotovora and its plant hosts, and identified NipEcc and its counterpart in E. carotovora subsp. atroseptica. These are members of a growing family of proteins related to Nep1 from Fusarium oxysporum which can induce necrotic responses in a variety of dicotyledonous plants. NipEcc produced necrosis in tobacco, NipEca affected potato stem rot, and both affected virulence in potato tubers. In E. carotovora subsp. carotovora, nip was shown to be subject to weak repression by the LuxR family regulator, EccR, and may be regulated by the negative global regulator RsmA.
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secretion,
soft rot.
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