A universal stress protein in Mycobacterium smegmatis sequesters the cAMP-regulated lysine acyltransferase and is essential for biofilm formation
Sintu Kumar Samanta, Priyanka Biswas, Arka Banerjee, Avipsa Bose, Nida Siddiqui, Subhalaxmi Nambi, Deepak Kumar Saini, Sandhya S. Visweswariah
Journal of Biological Chemistry · 2019-12
Abstract
sequesters KATms from diverse substrates whose activities are down-regulated by acylation but are required for biofilm formation, thus providing a defined role for this USP in mycobacterial physiology and stress responses.
MeSH terms
- Operon
- Biology
- Mycobacterium smegmatis
- Biochemistry
- Biofilm
- Gene