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The production process of ComX pheromone. At first a precursor ComX (encoded by comX) is produced that is 55 amino acids long. It is then modified at position 53, processed, and exported outside from the cell by ComQ. The mature ComX pheromone is of 10 amino acids long. ComP and ComA are the two proteins encoded by comP and comA, respectively and they respond to the ComX pheromone
