Agrobacterium tumefaciens Zur regulates the high-affinity zinc uptake system TroCBA and the putative metal chaperone YciC, along with ZinT and ZnuABC, for survival under zinc-limiting conditions

• Main Authors: Paweena Chaoprasid, Thanittra Dokpikul, Jaruwan Johnrod, Sirin Sirirakphaisarn, Sumontha Nookabkaew, Rojana Sukchawalit, Skorn Mongkolsuk
• Other Authors: Chulabhorn Research Institute
• Format: Article
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Agricultural and Biological Sciences; Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Environmental Science; Immunology and Microbiology
• Online Access: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/40759
• Institution: Mahidol University

© 2016, American Society for Microbiology. Agrobacterium tumefaciens has a cluster of genes (Atu3178, Atu3179, and Atu3180) encoding an ABC-type transporter, here named troA, troB, and troC, respectively, which is shown here to be a zinc-specific uptake system. Reverse transcription (RT)-PCR analysi...