Fatty acid DSF binds and allosterically activates histidine kinase RpfC of phytopathogenic bacterium Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris to regulate quorum-sensing and virulence

Zhen Cai; Zhi-Hui Yuan; Huan Zhang; Yue Pan; Yao Wu; Xiu-Qi Tian; Fang-Fang Wang; Li Wang; Wei Qian

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1006304

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Fatty acid DSF binds and allosterically activates histidine kinase RpfC of phytopathogenic bacterium Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris to regulate quorum-sensing and virulence

Zhen Cai ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Zhen Cai, Zhi-Hui Yuan

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, School of Biological Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Zhi-Hui Yuan ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Zhen Cai, Zhi-Hui Yuan

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, School of Biological Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Huan Zhang,

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, School of Biological Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Yue Pan,

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, School of Biological Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Yao Wu,

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Xiu-Qi Tian,

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, School of Biological Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Fang-Fang Wang,

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Li Wang,

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Wei Qian

* E-mail: qianw@im.ac.cn

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7041-5354

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Fatty acid DSF binds and allosterically activates histidine kinase RpfC of phytopathogenic bacterium Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris to regulate quorum-sensing and virulence

Zhen Cai,
Zhi-Hui Yuan,
Huan Zhang,
Yue Pan,
Yao Wu,
Xiu-Qi Tian,
Fang-Fang Wang,
Li Wang,
Wei Qian

Published: April 3, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1006304

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