Gene Review:
prgQ - peptide inhibitor iCF10
Enterococcus faecalis
- The prgQ gene of the Enterococcus faecalis tetracycline resistance plasmid pCF10 encodes a peptide inhibitor, iCF10. Nakayama, J., Ruhfel, R.E., Dunny, G.M., Isogai, A., Suzuki, A. J. Bacteriol. (1994)
- Sensitive detection of bacterial transcription initiation sites and differentiation from RNA processing sites in the pheromone-induced plasmid transfer system of Enterococcus faecalis. Bensing, B.A., Meyer, B.J., Dunny, G.M. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (1996)
- Enterococcus faecalis pheromone-responsive protein PrgX: genetic separation of positive autoregulatory functions from those involved in negative regulation of conjugative plasmid transfer. Kozlowicz, B.K., Bae, T., Dunny, G.M. Mol. Microbiol. (2004)
- Characterization of cis-acting prgQ mutants: evidence for two distinct repression mechanisms by Qa RNA and PrgX protein in pheromone-inducible enterococcal plasmid pCF10. Bae, T., Kozlowicz, B.K., Dunny, G.M. Mol. Microbiol. (2004)
- Two targets in pCF10 DNA for PrgX binding: their role in production of Qa and prgX mRNA and in regulation of pheromone-inducible conjugation. Bae, T., Kozlowicz, B., Dunny, G.M. J. Mol. Biol. (2002)
- Analysis of expression of prgX, a key negative regulator of the transfer of the Enterococcus faecalis pheromone-inducible plasmid pCF10. Bae, T., Clerc-Bardin, S., Dunny, G.M. J. Mol. Biol. (2000)
- Pheromone cCF10 and plasmid pCF10-encoded regulatory molecules act post-transcriptionally to activate expression of downstream conjugation functions. Bensing, B.A., Manias, D.A., Dunny, G.M. Mol. Microbiol. (1997)
- Genetic analysis of a region of the Enterococcus faecalis plasmid pCF10 involved in positive regulation of conjugative transfer functions. Chung, J.W., Bensing, B.A., Dunny, G.M. J. Bacteriol. (1995)