From (p)ppGpp to (pp)pGpp: Characterization of regulatory effects of pGpp synthesized by the small alarmone synthetase of Enterococcus faecalis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 197, Issue 18, 2015, Pages 2908-2919

  Gaca, Anthony O ^a   Kudrin, Pavel ^b   Colomer Winter, Cristina ^a   Beljantseva, Jelena ^b   Liu, Kuanqing ^c   Anderson, Brent ^c   Wang, Jue D ^c   Rejman, Dominik ^d   Potrykus, Katarzyna ^e,f   Cashel, Michael ^f   Hauryliuk, Vasili ^b,g   Lemos, José A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

^f EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^g UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; RNA POLYMERASE; SMALL ALARMONE SYNTHETASE; SYNTHETASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RELA; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DEOXYGUANOSINE; DIPEPTIDE; GUANOSINE 3' DIPHOSPHATE 5' DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE 3' DIPHOSPHATE 5' TRIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; LIGASE; MAGNESIUM; RELACIN;

ARTICLE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; RIBOSOME; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DEOXYGUANOSINE; DIPEPTIDES; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE PENTAPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TETRAPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; LIGASES; MAGNESIUM; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84940416485     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00324-15     Document Type: Article

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