Sensing the messenger: The diverse ways that bacteria signal through c-di-GMP

Protein Science

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 929-948

  Krasteva, Petya Violinova ^a,b   Giglio, Krista Michelle ^a   Sondermann, Holger ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

Biofilm formation; c di GMP; c di GMP receptors; Diguanylate cyclase; Phosphodiesterase; Protein structure; Signaling

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CRP LIKE PROTEIN; CYCLIC DI GMP; CYCLIC GMP; FIMX PROTEIN; FLEQ PROTEIN; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; LAPD PROTEIN; PHOSPHODIESTERASE; PILZ PROTEIN; POLYRIBONUCLEOTIDE NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASE; RECEPTOR PROTEIN; STIMULATOR OF INTERFERON GENES PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VPSR PROTEIN; VPST PROTEIN;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME REGULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTIC CELL; HUMAN; MOLECULAR SENSOR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN TARGETING; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; REVIEW; RNA PROCESSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYCLIC GMP; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PHOSPHORIC DIESTER HYDROLASES; PHOSPHORUS-OXYGEN LYASES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84862527194     PISSN: 09618368     EISSN: 1469896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pro.2093     Document Type: Review

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