Alginate Genes References
 

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1.
Aarons, S. J., I. W. Sutherland, A. M. Chakrabarty, and M. P. Gallagher. 1997. A novel gene, algK, from the alginate biosynthesis cluster of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Microbiology. 143:641-652.
2.
Baynham, P. J., and D. J. Wozniak. 1996. Identification and characterization of AlgZ, an AlgT-dependent DNA-binding protein required for Pseudomonas aeruginosa algD transcription. Mol Microbiol. 22:97-108.
3.

Berry, A., J. D. DeVault, S. Roychoudhury, N. A. Zielinski, T. B. May, E. C. Wynne, R. K. Rothmel, A. M. Fialho, M. Husseinb, V. Krylov, and A. M. Chakrabarty. 1988. Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in cystic fibrosis: molecular approaches to a medical problem. CHIMICAoggi. 9:13-19.

4.

Boucher, J. C., J. Martinez-Salazar, M. J. Schurr, M. H. Mudd, H. Yu, and V. Deretic. 1996. Two distinct loci affecting conversion to mucoidy in Pseudomonas aeruginosa in cystic fibrosis encode homologs of the serine protease HtrA. J. Bacteriol. 178:511-523.

5.

Boucher, J. C., M. J. Schurr, H. Yu, D. W. Rowen, and V. Deretic. 1997. Pseudomonas aeruginosa in cystic fibrosis: role of mucC in the regulation of alginate production and stress sensitivity. Microbiology 1997 Nov;143( Pt 11):3473-3480. 143:3473-3480.

6.

Chitnis, C. E., and D. E. Ohman. 1990. Cloning of Pseudomonas aeruginosa algG, which controls alginate structure. J. Bacteriol. 172:2894-2900.

7.

Chu, L., T. B. May, A. M. Chakrabarty, and T. K. Misra. 1991. Nucleotide sequence and expression of the algE gene involved in alginate biosynthesis by Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Gene. 107:1-10.

8.

Coyne, M. J., Jr., K. S. Russell, C. L. Coyle, and J. B. Goldberg. 1994. The Pseudomonas aeruginosa algC gene encodes phosphoglucomutase, required for the synthesis of a complete lipopolysaccharide core. J. Bacteriol. 176:3500-3507.

9.

Darzins, A., and A. M. Chakrabarty. 1984. Cloning of genes controlling alginate biosynthesis from a mucoid cystic fibrosis isolate of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. J. Bacteriol. 159:9-18.

10.

Darzins, A., B. Frantz, R. I. Vanags, and A. M. Chakrabarty. 1986. Nucleotide sequence analysis of the phosphomannose isomerase gene (pmi) of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and comparison with the corresponding Escherichia coli gene manA. Gene. 42:293-302.

11.

Darzins, A., S.-K. Wang, R. I. Vanags, and A. M. Chakrabarty. 1985. Clustering of mutations affecting alginic acid biosynthesis in mucoid Pseudomonas aeruginosa. J. Bacteriol. 164:516-524.

12.

Deretic, V., R. Dikshit, M. Konyecsni, A. M. Chakrabarty, and T. K. Misra. 1989. The algR gene, which regulates mucoidy in Pseudomonas aeruginosa, belongs to a class of environmentally responsive genes. J. Bacteriol. 171:1278-1283.

13.

Deretic, V., J. F. Gill, and A. M. Chakrabarty. 1987. Gene algD coding for GDP mannose dehydrogenase is transcriptionally activated in mucoid Pseudomonas aeruginosa. J. Bacteriol. 169:351-358.

14.

Deretic, V., J. F. Gill, and A. M. Chakrabarty. 1987. Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in cystic fibrosis: nucleotide sequence and transcriptional regulation of the algD gene. Nucleic Acids Res. 11:4567-4581.

15.

Deretic, V., and W. M. Konyecsni. 1989. Control of mucoidy in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: transcriptional regulation of algR and identification of the second regulatory gene, algQ. J. Bacteriol. 171:3680-3688.

16.

DeVault, J. D., A. Berry, T. K. Misra, A. Darzins, and A. M. Chakrabarty. 1989. Environmental sensory signals and microbial pathogenesis: Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in cystic fibrosis. Bio/Technology. 7:352-357.

17.

DeVries, C. A., and D. E. Ohman. 1994. Mucoid-to-nonmucoid conversion in alginate-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa often results from spontaneous mutations in algT, encoding a putative alternative sigma factor, and shows evidence for autoregulation. J. Bacteriol. 176:6677-6687.

18.

Flynn, J. L., and D. E. Ohman. 1988. Cloning of genes from mucoid Pseudomonas aeruginosa which control spontaneous conversion to the alginate production phenotype. J. Bacteriol. 170:1452-1460.

19.

Flynn, J. L., and D. E. Ohman. 1988. Use of a gene replacement cosmid vector for cloning alginate conversion genes from mucoid and nonmucoid Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains: algS controls expression of algT. J. Bacteriol. 170:3228-3236.

20.

Franklin, M. J., C. E. Chitnis, P. Gacesa, A. Sonesson, D. C. White, and D. E. Ohman. 1994. Pseudomonas aeruginosa AlgG is a polymer level alginate C5-mannuronan epimerase. J. Bacteriol. 176:1821-1830.

21.

Franklin, M. J., and D. E. Ohman. 1993. Identification of algF in the alginate biosynthetic gene cluster of Pseudomonas aeruginosa which is required for alginate acetylation. J. Bacteriol. 175:5057-5065.

22.

Franklin, M. J., and D. E. Ohman. 1996. Identification of algI and algJ in the Pseudomonas aeruginosa alginate biosynthetic gene cluster which are required for alginate O acetylation. J. Bacteriol. 178:2186-2195.

23.

Fyfe, J. A., and J. R. Govan. 1980. Alginate synthesis in mucoid Pseudomonas aeruginosa: a chromosomal locus involved in control. J. Gen. Microbiol. 119:443-450.

24.

Fyfe, J. A. M., and J. R. W. Govan. 1981. A revised chromosomal location for muc: a locus involved in the control of alginate production by mucoid Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Soc. Gen. Microbiol. Q. 8:250-251.

25.

Goldberg, J. B., and T. Dahnke. 1992. Pseudomonas aeruginosa AlgB, which modulates the expression of alginate, is a member of the NtrC subclass of prokaryotic regulators. Mol. Microbiol. 6:59-66.

26.

Goldberg, J. B., W. L. Gorman, J. L. Flynn, and D. E. Ohman. 1993. A mutation in algN permits trans activation of alginate production by algT in Pseudomonas species. J. Bacteriol. 175:1303-1308.

27.

Goldberg, J. B., K. Hatano, and G. B. Pier. 1993. Synthesis of lipopolysaccharide O side chains by Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 requires the enzyme phosphomannomutase. J. Bacteriol. 175:1605-1611.

28.
Goldberg, J. B., and D. E. Ohman. 1984. Cloning and expression in Pseudomonas aeruginosa of a gene involved in the production of alginate. J. Bacteriol. 158:1115-1121.
29.

Goldberg, J. B., and D. E. Ohman. 1987. Construction and characterization of Pseudomonas aeruginosa algB mutants: role of algB in high-level production of alginate. J. Bacteriol. 169:1593-1602.

30.
Hershberger, C. D., R. W. Ye, M. R. Parsek, Z. Xie, and A. M. Chakrabarty. 1995. The algT (algU) gene of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, a key regulator involved in alginate biosynthesis, encodes an alternative s factor (sE). Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 92:7941-7945.
31.
Jain, S., and D. E. Ohman. 1998. Deletion of algK in mucoid Pseudomona aeruginosa blocks alginate polymer formation and results in uronic acid secretion. J Bacteriol. 180:634-641.
32.
Kato, J., L. Chu, K. Kitano, J. D. DeVault, K. Kimbara, A. M. Chakrabarty, and T. K. Misra. 1989. Nucleotide sequence of a regulatory region controlling alginate synthesis in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: characterization of the algR2 gene. Gene. 84:31 38.
33.
Kato, J., T. K. Misra, and A. M. Chakrabarty. 1990. AlgR3, a protein resembling eukaryotic histone H1, regulates alginate synthesis in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 87:2887-2891.
34.
Konyecsni, W. M., and V. Deretic. 1990. DNA sequence and expression analysis of algP and algQ, components of the multigene system transcriptionally regulating mucoidy in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: algP contains multiple direct repeats. J. Bacteriol. 172:2511-2520.
35.
Ma, S., D. J. Wozniak, and D. E. Ohman. 1997. Identification of the histidine protein kinase KinB in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and its phosphorylation of the alginate regulator AlgB. J Biol Chem. 272:17952-17960.
36.
Maharaj, R., T. B. May, S. K. Wang, and A. M. Chakrabarty. 1993. Sequence of the alg8 and alg44 genes involved in the synthesis of alginate by Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Gene. 136:267-269.
37.
Martin, D. W., B. W. Holloway, and V. Deretic. 1993. Characterization of a locus determining the mucoid status of Pseudomonas aeruginosa: AlgU shows sequence similarities with a Bacillus sigma factor. J. Bacteriol. 175:1153-1164.
38.
Martin, D. W., M. J. Schurr, M. H. Mudd, and V. Deretic. 1993. Differentiation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa into the alginate-producing form: inactivation of mucB causes conversion to mucoidy. Mol. Microbiol. 9:497-506.
39.
Martin, D. W., M. J. Schurr, M. H. Mudd, J. R. Govan, B. W. Holloway, and V. Deretic. 1993. Mechanism of conversion to mucoidy in Pseudmonas aeruginosa infecting cystic fibrosis patients. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 90:8377-8381.
40.
Mathee, K., C. J. McPherson, and D. E. Ohman. 1997. Posttranslational control of the algT (algU)-encoded sigma22 for expression of the alginate regulon in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and localization of its antagonist proteins MucA and MucB (AlgN). J. Bacteriol. 179:3711-3720.
41.
Monday, S. R., and N. L. Schiller. 1996. Alginate synthesis in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: the role of AlgL (alginate lyase) and AlgX. J. Bacteriol. 178:625-632.
42.
Ohman, D. E., J. B. Goldberg, and J. L. Flynn. 1990. Molecular analysis of the genetic switch activating alginate production., p. 28-35. In S. Silver, A. M. Chakrabarty, B. Iglewski, and S. Kaplan (ed.), Pseudomonas: biotransformations, pathogenesis, and evolving biotechnology. Amer. Soc. Microbiol. Pub., Washington.
43.
Ohman, D. E., K. Mathee, C. J. McPherson, C. A. DeVries, S. Ma, D. J. Wozniak, and M. J. Franklin. 1996. Regulation of the alginate (algD) operon in Pseudmonas aeruginosa, p. 472-483. In T. Nakazawa, K. Furukawa, D. Haas, and S. Silver (ed.), Molecular biology of Pseudomonads. Amer. Soc. Microbiol., Washington, D.C.
44.
Padgett, P. J., and P. V. Phibbs, Jr. 1986. Phosphomannomutase activity in wild type and alginate-producing strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Current Microbiol. 14:187-192.
45.
Rehm, B. H., G. Boheim, J. Tommassen, and U. K. Winkler. 1994. Overexpression of algE in Escherichia coli: subcellular localization, purification, and ion channel properties. J. Bacteriol. 176:5639-5647.
46.
Roychoudhury, S., T. B. May, J. F. Gill, S. K. Singh, D. S. Feingold, and A. M. Chakrabarty. 1989. Purification and characterization of guanosine diphospho-D mannose dehydrogenase. A key enzyme in the biosynthesis of alginate by Pseudomonas aeruginosa. J. Biol. Chem. 264:9380-9385.
47.
Roychoudhury, S., K. Sakai, and A. M. Chakrabarty. 1992. AlgR2 is an ATP/GTP-dependent protein kinase involved in alginate synthesis by Pseudomonas aeruginosa.. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 89:2659-63.
48.
Sá-Correia, I., A. Darzins, S.-K. Wang, A. Berry, and A. M. Chakrabarty. 1987. Alginate biosynthetic enzymes in mucoid and nonmucoid Pseudomonas aeruginosa: overproduction of phosphomannose isomerase, phosphomannomutase, and GDP-mannose pyrophosphorylase by overexpression of the phosphomannose isomerase (pmi) gene. J. Bacteriol. 169:3224-3231.
49.
Schlictman, D., M. Kubo, S. Shankar, and A. M. Chakrabarty. 1995. Regulation of nucleoside diphosphate kinase and secretable virulence factors in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: roles of algR2 and algH. J. Bacteriol. 177:2469-74.
50.
Schurr, M. J., D. W. Martin, M. H. Mudd, and V. Deretic. 1994. Gene cluster controlling conversion to alginate-overproducing phenotype in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Functional analysis in a heterologous host and role in the instability of mucoidy. J. Bacteriol. 176:3375-3382.
51.
Schurr, M. J., H. Yu, J. M. Martinez-Salazar, J. C. Boucher, and V. Deretic. 1996. Control of AlgU, a member of the sE-like family of stress sigma factors, by the negative regulators MucA and MucB and Pseudomonas aeruginosa conversion to mucoidy in cystic fibrosis. J. Bacteriol. 178:4997-5004.
52.
Schurr, M. J., H. Yu, J. M. Martinez-Salazar, N. S. Hibler, and V. Deretic. 1995. Biochemical characterization and posttranslational modification of AlgU, a regulator of stress response in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 216:874-880.
53.
Shinabarger, D., A. Berry, T. B. May, R. Rothmel, A. Fialho, and A. M. Chakrabarty. 1991. Purification and characterization of phosphomannose isomerase-guanosine diphospho-D-mannose pyrophosphorylase &emdash; a bifunctional enzyme in the alginate biosynthetic pathway of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. J. Biol. Chem. 266:2080-2088.
54.
Shinabarger, D., T. B. May, A. Boyd, M. Ghosh, and A. M. Chakrabarty. 1993. Nucleotide sequence and expression of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa algF gene controlling acetylation of alginate. Mol. Microbiol. 9:1027-35.

55.

Wang, S.-K., I. Sa'-Correia, A. Darzins, and A. M. Chakrabarty. 1987. Characterization of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa alginate (alg) gene region II. J. Gen. Microbiol. 133:2301-2314.
56.
Whitchurch, C. B., R. A. Alm, and J. S. Mattick. 1996. The alginate regulator AlgR and an associated sensor FimS are required for twitching motility in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U S A. 93:9839-9843.
57.
Wozniak, D. J., and D. E. Ohman. 1991. Pseudomonas aeruginosa AlgB, a two component response regulator of the NtrC family, is required for algD transcription. J. Bacteriol. 173:1406-1413.
58.
Xie, Z. D., C. D. Hershberger, S. Shankar, R. W. Ye, and A. M. Chakrabarty. 1996. Sigma factor&endash;anti-sigma factor interaction in alginate synthesis: inhibition of AlgT by MucA. J. Bacteriol. 178:4990-4996.
59.
Ye, R. W., N. A. Zielinski, and A. M. Chakrabarty. 1994. Purification and characterization of phosphomannomutase/phosphoglucomutase from Pseudomonas aeruginosa involved in biosynthesis of both alginate and lipopolysaccharide. J Bacteriol. 176:4851-7.
60.
Yu, H., M. Mudd, J. C. Boucher, M. J. Schurr, and V. Deretic. 1997. Identification of the algZ gene upstream of the response regulator algR and its participation in control of alginate production in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. J Bacteriol. 179:187-193.
61.
Zielinski, N. A., A. M. Chakrabarty, and A. Berry. 1991. Characterization and regulation of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa algC gene encoding phosphomannomutase. J. Biol. Chem. 266:9754-9763.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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