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. 2015 Feb 24;5:16. doi: 10.3389/fcimb.2015.00016

Table 3.

Groups of known LuxR solos.

Group Known LuxR solo/LuxRI* Genomic context of LuxR solo Bacterial species Homology, Invariant amino acids changed, Reference/(s)
SdiA (S. typhimurium and E. coli) yecC, ABC transporter – sdiAyecF, Uncharacterized protein (C) – sirA, Invasion response regulator – uvrC, UvrABC system protein C Enterobacter sp., Klebsiella sp., Cronobacter sp., Escherichia sp., Yokenella sp., Citrobacter sp., Salmonella sp., Shimwellia sp. 66–82%
ExpRI (Erwinia), PhzRI (Pantoea) None
Ahmer et al., 1998; Kanamaru et al., 2000; Michael et al., 2001; Sabag-Daigle and Ahmer, 2012
QscR (P. aeruginosa) Desaturase (C) – qscRphzA, phenazine biosynthesis protein A P. aeruginosa 97–100%
None
Chugani et al., 2001; Oinuma and Greenberg, 2011
XccR (X. campestris), OryR (X. oryzae), PsoR (P. protegens), NesR (S. meliloti) pip, proline imino peptidase/tra, peptide transporter (C) – xccR/oryR/psoRpip, proline imino peptidase/hp, hypothetical protein Pseudomonas sp., Rhizobium sp., Xanthomonas sp., Klebsiella sp., Rhodobacter sp., Agrobacterium sp., Mesorhizobium sp., Citreicella sp., Rahnella sp., Yersinia sp., Brennaria sp., Serratia sp. 43–90%
W57M, Y61W
Zhang et al., 2007; Ferluga et al., 2007; Patankar and Gonzalez, 2009a; Subramoni et al., 2011
ExpR (S. melilotii), AviR (A. vitis) chvA, glucan exporter ATP-binding protein (C) – expRpyc, pyruvate carboxylase Agrobacterium sp., Ensifer sp., Rhizobium sp., Shinella sp., Sinorhizobium sp., Hoeflea sp. 40–93%
None
Pellock et al., 2002; Zheng et al., 2003; Gao et al., 2014
PpoR (P. putida) fprB, flavodoxin reductase (C) – ppoRrlmG, 16S RNA, methylase RsmC P. putida, P. fluorescens, P. synxantha, P. moraviensis, P. brassicacearum, P. plecoglossicida, P. entomophila, P. mosselii 40–79%
None
Subramoni and Venturi, 2009b; Fernandez-Pinar et al., 2011
CepR2 (B. cenocepacia) araC, AraC family transcriptional regulator – cepR2geneX, any gene product (C) Burkholderia sp., Variovorax sp., Caulobacter sp. 30–94%
W85A, G113N, E178Q
(only some proteins) Malott et al., 2009; Ryan et al., 2013
VjbR (B. melitensis) hp, hypothetical protein – vjbRtetR, TetR family transcriptional regulator (C) Brucella sp., Ochrobactrum sp., Phyllobacterium sp. 47–88%
W85I/V, G113F
Delrue et al., 2005; Uzureau et al., 2010
BlxR (B. melitensis) ms, Methionine synthase – blxRat, Amino transferase Brucella sp., Ochrobactrum sp. 78–94%
None
Rambow-Larsen et al., 2008
AvhR (A. vitis) Calcium binding protein (C) – avhRnrt, nucleotide binding ABC transporter Agrobacterium sp. 56–67%
W57F, D70S, W85R
Hao et al., 2005
BisR (R. leguminosarum) trbI, conjugal transfer protein TrbI – bisRtraR, Conjugal transfer regulator TraR Rhizobium sp. 59–87%
None
Wilkinson et al., 2002; Danino et al., 2003
CarR (S. marcescens) geneX, any gene product – carR – carA, carbapenem biosynthesis protein Serratia sp. 59–62%
W57C
Cox et al., 1998; Poulter et al., 2011

(C)-Gene in the complementary strand.

*

indicates presence of LuxRI in a similar genomic context. Bold values indicate LuxR solos.