Modulatory role of SmeQ in SmeYZ efflux pump-involved functions in Stenotrophomonas maltophilia.
En-Wei HuHsu-Feng LuYi-Tsung LinTsuey-Ching YangLi-Hua LiPublished in: The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy (2024)
SmeQ is the first small protein identified to be involved in efflux pump function in S. maltophilia. It exerts modulatory effect by transcriptionally altering the expression of target genes, which are the smeYZQ operon in the WT KJ, and smeYZQ, entSCEBB'FA and sbiAB operons in smeYZ mutants.