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identification criteria were defined to predict if genes encoding histidine protein kinases (HPKs) and response regulators (RRs) could be part of peptide-based quorum sensing (QS) two-component regulatory systems (QS-TCSs) in Firmicutes. These criteria were used to screen HPKs and RRs annotated on the completed genome sequences of species, and several (putative) QS-TCSs were identified in this way. The five peptide-based QS-TCSs that were predicted on the WCFS1 genome were further analysed to test their (QS) functionality. Four of these systems contained an upstream gene encoding a putative autoinducing peptide (AIP), of which two were preceded by a double-glycine-type leader peptide. One of these was identical to the regulatory system of C11 and was shown to regulate plantaricin production in WCFS1. The third TCS was designated for -like odule, where the gene was shown to encode a cyclic thiolactone peptide. The fourth TCS was paralogous to the system and contained a putative AIP-encoding gene but lacked the gene. Finally, a genetically separated orphan HPK and RR that showed clear peptide-based QS characteristics could form a fifth peptide-based QS-TCS. The predicted presence of multiple (peptide-based) QS-TCSs in some lactobacilli and in particular in might be a reflection of the ability of these species to persist in a diverse range of ecological niches.

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