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Analysis of the Streptococcus mutans Proteome during Acid and Oxidative Stress Reveals Modules of Protein Coexpression and an Expanded Role for the TreR Transcriptional Regulator

Year: 2022

Type: article

Abstract: Dental caries is the most common chronic infectious disease worldwide and disproportionately affects marginalized socioeconomic groups. Streptococcus mutans is considered a primary etiological agent of caries, with its pathogenicity being dependent on coordinated physiological stress responses that mitigate the damage caused by the oxidative and acid stress common within dental plaque. In this study, the proteome of S. mutans was examined during growth in acidic and oxidative stresses as well in nox and treR deletion mutants.

Source: mSystems

DOI: 10.1128/msystems.01272-21

Authors: Elizabeth L. Tinder, Roberta C. Faustoferri, Andrew A. Buckley, Robert G. Quivey, Jonathon L. Baker