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J. Bacteriol. doi:10.1128/JB.01342-06
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nalD encodes a second repressor of the mexAB-oprM multidrug efflux operon of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

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

^* To whom correspondence should be addressed. Email: poolek{at}post.queensu.ca.

	Abstract

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.

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