PhoR autokinase activity is controlled by an intermediate in wall teichoic acid metabolism that is sensed by the intracellular PAS domain during the PhoPR-mediated phosphate limitation response of Bacillus subtilis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1242-1259

  Botella, Eric ^a   Devine, Susanne Krogh ^a   Hubner, Sebastian ^a   Salzberg, Letal I ^a   Gale, Robert T ^b   Brown, Eric D ^b   Link, Hannes ^c   Sauer, Uwe ^c   Codée, Jeroen D ^d   Noone, David ^a   Devine, Kevin M ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PHOR AUTOKINASE; PHOSPHATE; PROTEIN PHOPR; TEICHOIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALKANE; PHOP PROTEIN, BACTERIA; PHOR PROTEIN, BACTERIA; TRIDECANE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BINDING AFFINITY; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE CASSETTE; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MEMBRANE COMPONENT; MEMBRANE FLUIDITY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REGULON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHOSPHORYLATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

ALKANES; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PHOSPHATES; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TEICHOIC ACIDS;

EID: 84914817187     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12833     Document Type: Article

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