Paczkowski Laboratory

Keegan NR, Colón Torres NJ, Stringer AM, Prager LI, Brockley MW, McManaman CL, Wade JT, Paczkowski JE. Promoter selectivity of the RhlR quorum-sensing transcription factor receptor in Pseudomonas aeruginosa is coordinated by distinct and overlapping dependencies on C4-homoserine lactone and PqsE. PLoS Genet. 2023; 19 (12): e1010900. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1010900
Simanek KA, Schumacher ML, Mallery CP, Shen S, Li L, Paczkowski JE. Quorum-sensing synthase mutations re-calibrate autoinducer concentrations in clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to enhance pathogenesis. Nat Commun. 2023; 14 (1): 7986. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-43702-4
Feathers JR, Richael EK, Simanek KA, Fromme JC, Paczkowski JE. Structure of the RhlR-PqsE complex from Pseudomonas aeruginosa reveals mechanistic insights into quorum-sensing gene regulation. Structure. 2022; 30 (12): 1626-1636. DOI: 10.1016/j.str.2022.10.008
Simanek KA, Taylor IR, Richael EK, Lasek-Nesselquist E, Bassler BL, Paczkowski JE. The PqsE-RhlR Interaction Regulates RhlR DNA Binding to Control Virulence Factor Production in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Microbiol Spectr. 2022; 10 (1): e0210821. DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.02108-21