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Journal of Bacteriology, December 2006, p. 8649-8654, Vol. 188, No. 24
0021-9193/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JB.01342-06
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

nalD Encodes a Second Repressor of the mexAB-oprM Multidrug Efflux Operon of Pseudomonas aeruginosa{triangledown}

Yuji Morita,1 Lily Cao,1 Virginia C. Gould,2 Matthew B. Avison,2 and Keith Poole1*

Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada K7L 3N6,1 Bristol Centre for Antimicrobial Research and Evaluation, Department of Pathology & Microbiology, University of Bristol, School of Medical Sciences, University Walk, Bristol, BS8 1TD United Kingdom2

Received 23 August 2006/ Accepted 28 September 2006

The Pseudomonas aeruginosa nalD gene encodes a TetR family repressor with homology to the SmeT and TtgR repressors of the smeDEF and ttgABC multidrug efflux systems of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia and Pseudomonas putida, respectively. A sequence upstream of mexAB-oprM and overlapping a second promoter for this efflux system was very similar to the SmeT and TtgR operator sequences, and NalD binding to this region was, in fact, demonstrated. Moreover, increased expression from this promoter was seen in a nalD mutant, consistent with NalD directly controlling mexAB-oprM expression from a second promoter.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada K7L 3N6. Phone: (613) 533-6677. Fax: (613) 533-6796. E-mail: poolek{at}post.queensu.ca.

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 6 October 2006.

Journal of Bacteriology, December 2006, p. 8649-8654, Vol. 188, No. 24
0021-9193/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JB.01342-06
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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