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====''Yersinia ''==== The YenR and YenI proteins produced by the [[gammaproteobacterium]] ''[[Yersinia enterocolitica]]'' are similar to ''Aliivibrio fischeri'' LuxR and LuxI.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Throup JP, Camara M, Briggs GS, Winson MK, Chhabra SR, Bycroft BW, Williams P, Stewart GS | display-authors = 6 | title = Characterisation of the yenI/yenR locus from Yersinia enterocolitica mediating the synthesis of two N-acylhomoserine lactone signal molecules | journal = Molecular Microbiology | volume = 17 | issue = 2 | pages = 345β356 | date = July 1995 | pmid = 7494483 | doi = 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1995.mmi_17020345.x | s2cid = 3100775 }}</ref><ref name="Atkinson 1451β61">{{cite journal | vauthors = Atkinson S, Chang CY, Sockett RE, CΓ‘mara M, Williams P | title = Quorum sensing in Yersinia enterocolitica controls swimming and swarming motility | journal = Journal of Bacteriology | volume = 188 | issue = 4 | pages = 1451β1461 | date = February 2006 | pmid = 16452428 | pmc = 1367215 | doi = 10.1128/JB.188.4.1451-1461.2006 }}</ref> YenR activates the expression of a [[Bacterial small RNA|small non-coding RNA]], YenS. YenS inhibits YenI expression and acylhomoserine lactone production.<ref name="Tsai 556β71">{{cite journal | vauthors = Tsai CS, Winans SC | title = The quorum-hindered transcription factor YenR of Yersinia enterocolitica inhibits pheromone production and promotes motility via a small non-coding RNA | journal = Molecular Microbiology | volume = 80 | issue = 2 | pages = 556β571 | date = April 2011 | pmid = 21362062 | doi = 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2011.07595.x | doi-access = free }}</ref> YenR/YenI/YenS are involved in the control of swimming and swarming motility.<ref name="Atkinson 1451β61"/><ref name="Tsai 556β71"/>
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