Yu-Jun Jiang

MucD regulates alginate biosynthesis through the proteolytic control of AlgX and AlgK in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

It is demonstrated that MucD represses alginate biosynthesis post-translationally, in addition to its previously implicated role in transcriptional regulation, which defines a distinct activation mechanism and regulatory function for MucD and provides new insight into bacterial HtrA-like serine proteases.