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KMID : 0880220210590070651
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Journal of Microbiology
2021 Volume.59 No. 7 p.651 ~ p.657
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The quorum sensing regulator OpaR is a repressor of polar flagellum genes in Vibrio parahaemolyticus
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Lu Renfei
Sun Junfang
Qiu Yue
Zhang Miaomiao
Xue Xingfan
Li Xue
Yang Wenhui
Zhou Dongsheng
Hu Lingfei
Zhang Yiquan
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Abstract
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Vibrio parahaemolyticus possesses two types of flagella: a single polar flagellum (Pof) for swimming and the peritrichous lateral flagella (Laf) for swarming. Expression of Laf genes has previously been reported to be regulated by the quorum sensing (QS) regulators AphA and OpaR. In the present study, we showed that OpaR, the QS regulator at high cell density (HCD), acted as a negative regulator of swimming motility and the transcription of Pof genes in V. parahaemolyticus. OpaR bound to the promoter-proximal DNA regions of flgAMN, flgMN, and flgBCDEFGHIJ within the Pof gene loci to repress their transcription, whereas it negatively regulates the transcription of flgKL-flaC in an indirect manner. Thus, this work investigated how QS regulated the swimming motility via direct action of its master regulator OpaR on the transcription of Pof genes in V. parahaemolyticus.
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KEYWORD
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Vibrio parahaemolyticus, polar flagellum, quorum sensing, OpaR
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