학술저널
Regulation of Vibrio vulnificus virulence by cyclic AMP-receptor protein
- 조선대학교 의학연구원
- The Medical Journal of Chosun University
- 제33권 증보판
- 2009.01
- 65 - 74 (10 pages)
Vibrio vulnificus causes a rapid progressing fatal septicemia with a mortality rate of 50% over. Several V. vulnificus virulence traits are down-regulated by a mutation of the cya gene encoding adenyl cyclase required for the synthesis of cyclic AMP (cAMP) or of the crp gene encoding for cAMP-receptor protein (CRP), and so cya or crp null mutants would be an attractive vaccine candidate. This review briefly summarizes the role of cAMP or CRP in the virulence regulation of V. vulnificus.
Introduction
Catabolite repression
Mutation of cya or crp attenuates several virulence traits of V.vulnificus
Other roles of CRP
Summary and perspectives