AI-2-mediated signalling in bacteria

CS Pereira, JA Thompson… - FEMS microbiology …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Success in nature depends upon an ability to perceive and adapt to the surrounding
environment. Bacteria are not an exception; they recognize and constantly adjust to …

Effects of hydrogen sulfide on the microbiome: from toxicity to therapy

AG Buret, T Allain, JP Motta… - Antioxidants & redox …, 2022 - liebertpub.com
Significance: Hydrogen sulfide (H2S), an important regulator of physiology and health, helps
resolve inflammation and promotes tissue repair in the gastrointestinal tract. Recent …

Mechanisms of bacterial tolerance and persistence in the gastrointestinal and respiratory environments

R Trastoy, T Manso, L Fernández-García… - Clinical microbiology …, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
Pathogens that infect the gastrointestinal and respiratory tracts are subjected to intense
pressure due to the environmental conditions of the surroundings. This pressure has led to …

Methylthioadenosine/S‐adenosylhomocysteine nucleosidase, a critical enzyme for bacterial metabolism

N Parveen, KA Cornell - Molecular microbiology, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The importance of methylthioadenosine/S‐adenosylhomocysteine (MTA/SAH) nucleosidase
in bacteria has started to be appreciated only in the past decade. A comprehensive analysis …

Biofilm Formation by Helicobacter pylori and Its Involvement for Antibiotic Resistance

H Yonezawa, T Osaki, S Kamiya - BioMed research …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Bacterial biofilms are communities of microorganisms attached to a surface. Biofilm
formation is critical not only for environmental survival but also for successful infection …

Helicobacter pylori perceives the quorum-sensing molecule AI-2 as a chemorepellent via the chemoreceptor TlpB

BA Rader, C Wreden, KG Hicks… - …, 2011 - microbiologyresearch.org
Helicobacter pylori moves in response to environmental chemical cues using a chemotaxis
two-component signal-transduction system. Autoinducer-2 (AI-2) is a quorum-sensing signal …

Potential Role of Biofilm Formation in the Development of Digestive Tract Cancer With Special Reference to Helicobacter pylori Infection

C Rizzato, J Torres, E Kasamatsu… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Bacteria are highly social organisms that communicate via signaling molecules and can
assume a multicellular lifestyle to build biofilm communities. Until recently, complications …

Interplay between sulfur assimilation and biodesulfurization activity in Rhodococcus qingshengii IGTS8: insights into a regulatory role of the reverse transsulfuration …

O Martzoukou, PD Glekas, M Avgeris, D Mamma… - Mbio, 2022 - Am Soc Microbiol
Biodesulfurization is a process that selectively removes sulfur from dibenzothiophene and its
derivatives. Several natural biocatalysts harboring the highly conserved desulfurization …

High-throughput screening and molecular dynamics simulations of natural products targeting LuxS/AI-2 system as a novel antibacterial strategy for antibiotic …

AK Ashok, TS Gnanasekaran… - Journal of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The main goal of treating any Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori)-related gastrointestinal disease
is completely eradicating infection. Falling eradication efficiency, off-target effects, and …

Catalytic specificity of the Lactobacillus plantarum cystathionine γ-lyase presumed by the crystallographic analysis

Y Matoba, M Noda, T Yoshida, K Oda, Y Ezumi… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
The reverse transsulfuration pathway, which is composed of cystathionine β-synthase (CBS)
and cystathionine γ-lyase (CGL), plays a role to synthesize l-cysteine using l-serine and the …