Genome-scale identification and comparative analysis of transcription factors in thermophilic cyanobacteria

J Tang, Z Hu, J Zhang, M Daroch - BMC genomics, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Background The transcription factors (TFs) in thermophilic cyanobacteria might
represent a uniquely evolved gene repertoire in light of the strong selective pressure caused …

Structural basis of effector and operator recognition by the phenolic acid-responsive transcriptional regulator PadR

SC Park, YM Kwak, WS Song, M Hong… - Nucleic acids …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
The PadR family is a large group of transcriptional regulators that function as environmental
sensors. PadR negatively controls the expression of phenolic acid decarboxylase, which …

Agr Quorum Sensing influences the Wood-Ljungdahl pathway in Clostridium autoethanogenum

P Piatek, C Humphreys, MP Raut, PC Wright… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Acetogenic bacteria are capable of fermenting CO2 and carbon monoxide containing waste-
gases into a range of platform chemicals and fuels. Despite major advances in genetic …

Transcriptome analysis unveils survival strategies of Streptococcus parauberis against fish serum

Y Lee, N Kim, HJ Roh, A Kim, HJ Han, M Cho, DH Kim - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Streptococcus parauberis is an important bacterial fish pathogen that causes
streptococcosis in a variety of fish species including the olive flounder. Despite its …

Molecular characterization of a new gene cluster for steroid degradation in Mycobacterium smegmatis

L Fernández‐Cabezón… - Environmental …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Summary The C‐19 steroids 4‐androstene‐3, 17‐dione (AD), 1, 4‐androstadiene‐3, 17‐
dione (ADD) or 9α‐hydroxy‐4‐androstene‐3, 17‐dione (9OH‐AD), which have been …

Identification of Clostridioides difficile mutants with increased daptomycin resistance

BR Zbylicki, CE Murphy, JA Petsche, U Müh… - Journal of …, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
Daptomycin is a cyclic lipopeptide antibiotic used to treat infections caused by some Gram-
positive bacteria. Daptomycin disrupts synthesis of the peptidoglycan (PG) cell wall by …

A PadR family transcriptional repressor controls transcription of a trivalent metalloid resistance operon of Azospirillum halopraeferens strain Au 4

J Zhang, YF Wu, ST Tang, J Chen… - Environmental …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Methylarsenite [MAs (III)] is a highly toxic arsenical produced by some microbes as
an antibiotic. In this study, we demonstrate that a PadR family transcriptional regulator …

Characterization and overproduction of cell-associated cholesterol oxidase ChoD from Streptomyces lavendulae YAKB-15

K Yamada, A Koroleva, M Laughlin, N Oksanen… - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
Cholesterol oxidases are important enzymes with a wide range of applications from basic
research to industry. In this study, we have discovered and described the first cell-associated …

Prevalence and Diversity Analysis of Candidate Prophages to Provide An Understanding on Their Roles in Bacillus Thuringiensis

Y Fu, Y Wu, Y Yuan, M Gao - Viruses, 2019 - mdpi.com
Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) is widely used in producing biological insecticides. Phage
contaminations during Bt fermentation can cause severe losses of yields. Lots of strategies …

The effects of PstR, a PadR family transcriptional regulatory factor, in Plesiomonas shigelloides are revealed by transcriptomics

J Yan, Z Zhang, H Shi, X Xue, A Li, F Liu, P Ding… - BMC microbiology, 2024 - Springer
Background Plesiomonas shigelloides is a gram-negative opportunistic pathogen
associated with gastrointestinal and extraintestinal diseases in humans. There have been …