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From: RND type efflux pump system MexAB-OprM of pseudomonas aeruginosa selects bacterial languages, 3-oxo-acyl-homoserine lactones, for cell-to-cell communication

Figure 6

A model for QS regulation mechanism via the RND-type efflux pump MexAB-OprM . (a) MexAB-OprM extrudes 3-oxo-Cn-HSLs and controls the accessibility of non-cognate acyl-HSLs to LasR in P. aeruginosa QS-regulation. (b) In the P. aeruginosa MexAB-OprM mutant, non-cognate 3-oxo-Cn-HSLs activate LasR. Non-cognate 3-oxo-Cn-HSLs-LasR complexes induce the wrong QS regulation.

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