Redox regulation by reversible protein S-thiolation in bacteria

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue MAR, 2015, Pages

  Van Loi, Vu ^a   Rossius, Martina ^a   Antelmann, Haike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacillithiol; Glutathione; Mycothiol; Oxidative stress; Protein S thiolation; Thiol redox buffer

Indexed keywords

BACILLITHIOL; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; MYCOTHIOL; SUPEROXIDE; THIOL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ALKYLATION; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; DETOXIFICATION; FENTON REACTION; FIRMICUTES; GENE EXPRESSION; INFLAMMATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; REVIEW;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIUM GLUTAMICUM; EUKARYOTA; FIRMICUTES; NEGIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 84927151857     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00187     Document Type: Review

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