Magnesium depletion triggers production of an immune modulating diterpenoid in Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

abstract：:Cell division in prokaryotes initiates with assembly of the Z-ring at midcell, which, in Escherichia coli, is tethered to the inner leaflet of the cytoplasmic membrane through a direct interaction with FtsA, a widely conserved actin homolog. The Z-ring is comprised of polymers of tubulin-like FtsZ and has been suggest...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Conti J,Viola MG,Camberg JL

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The location of FtsQ, an Escherichia coli protein essential for cell division, is, under physiological conditions, in the cytoplasmic membrane facing towards the periplasmic space. An amino-proximal hydrophobic domain is required for FtsQ to reach its location and for its activity in the cell. Overexpression of modifi...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Dopazo A,Palacios P,Sánchez M,Pla J,Vicente M

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sinorhizobium meliloti DctB is a typical transmembrane sensory histidine kinase, which senses C(4)-dicarboxylic acids (DCA) and regulates the expression of DctA, the DCA transporter. We previously reported the crystal structures of its periplasmic sensory domain (DctBp) in apo and succinate-bound states, and these str...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Nan B,Liu X,Zhou Y,Liu J,Zhang L,Wen J,Zhang X,Su XD,Wang YP

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding promoter regulation and signal-transduction systems in pathogenic mycobacteria is critical for uncovering the processes that govern interactions of these bacteria with the human host. In order to develop additional genetic tools for analysis of mycobacterial promoters, the xyIE gene from Pseudomonas was ...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Curcic R,Dhandayuthapani S,Deretic V

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the characterization of the msbA gene, isolated as a multicopy suppressor of the HtrB temperature-sensitive phenotype. The msbA gene maps to 20.5 min on the Escherichia coli genetic map and encodes a protein with an estimated molecular mass of 64,460 Da, with the properties of an integral membrane protein. T...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Karow M,Georgopoulos C

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Maturation of c-type cytochromes in Escherichia coli is a complex process requiring eight membrane proteins encoded by the ccmABCDEFGH operon. CcmE is a mediator of haem delivery. It binds haem transiently at a conserved histidine residue and releases it for directed transfer to apocytochrome c. CcmC, an integral memb...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Schulz H,Pellicioli EC,Thöny-Meyer L

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluorescent polyclonal antibodies specific for MukB have been used to study its localization in Escherichia coli. In wild-type cells, the MukB protein appeared as a limited number of oblong shapes embracing the nucleoid. MukB remained associated with the nucleoid in the absence of DNA replication. The centre of gravit...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： den Blaauwen T,Lindqvist A,Löwe J,Nanninga N

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A two-hybrid approach was applied to screen for proteins with the ability to interact with PHB synthase (PhaC1) of Ralstonia eutropha. The H16_A0141 gene (phaM) was identified in the majority of positive clones. PhaM (26.6 kDa) strongly interacted with PhaC1 and with phasin PhaP5 but not with PhaP1 or other PHB granul...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Pfeiffer D,Wahl A,Jendrossek D

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum assembles knob structures underneath the erythrocyte membrane that help present the major virulence protein, P. falciparum erythrocyte membrane protein-1 (PfEMP1). Membranous structures called Maurer's clefts are established in the erythrocyte cytoplasm and function as sortin...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Dixon MW,Kenny S,McMillan PJ,Hanssen E,Trenholme KR,Gardiner DL,Tilley L

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:RecA2278-5 is a mutant RecA protein (RecAmut) bearing two amino acid substitutions, Gly-278 to Thr and Val-275 to Phe, in the alpha-helix H of the C-terminal subdomain of the protein. RecA2278-5 mutant cells are unusual in that they are thermosensitive for recombination but almost normal for DNA repair of UV damage an...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Alexseyev AA,Baitin DM,Kuramitsu S,Ogawa T,Ogawa H,Lanzov VA

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Numerous eukaryotes have developed specific metabolic traits that are not present in extensively studied model organisms. For instance, the procyclic insect form of Trypanosoma brucei, a parasite responsible for sleeping sickness in its mammalian-specific bloodstream form, metabolizes glucose into excreted succinate a...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Bringaud F,Biran M,Millerioux Y,Wargnies M,Allmann S,Mazet M

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colonies of strains carrying a stable lambdaplacMu15 translational fusion displayed sharply defined intense staining at the centre on Xgal medium. The fusion was in fiu (ferric ion uptake), encoding an iron-regulated outer membrane protein (IROMP) controlled via four overlapping ferric uptake regulator (Fur) boxes in ...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Newman DL,Shapiro JA

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The td group I intron interrupting the thymidylate synthase (TS) gene of phage T4 is a mobile intron that encodes the homing endonuclease I-TevI. Efficient RNA splicing of the intron is required to restore function of the TS gene, while expression of I-TevI from within the intron is required to initiate intron mobilit...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Gibb EA,Edgell DR

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present evidence showing that rpoS (katF) is a regulator of katG gene transcription in an oxyR-independent manner. Mutation of the rpoS gene in several different Escherichia coli strains caused a significant reduction in catalase HPI activity. In rpoS-delta oxyR double mutants, the level of HPI was considerably low...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Ivanova A,Miller C,Glinsky G,Eisenstark A

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Copper ions are essential but also very toxic. Copper resistance in bacteria is based on export of the toxic ion, oxidation from Cu(I) to Cu(II), and sequestration by copper-binding metal chaperones, which deliver copper ions to efflux systems or metal-binding sites of copper-requiring proteins. In their publication i...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Nies DH,Herzberg M

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The polA gene of Escherichia coli encodes DNA polymerase I that is involved in DNA replication and repair. Despite the wide knowledge about structure and function of DNA polymerase I, there is little insight into the regulatory mechanisms involved in polA expression. DnaA is the initiator protein for DNA replication i...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Quiñones A,Wandt G,Kleinstäuber S,Messer W

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antigenic variation in Trypanosoma brucei has selected for the evolution of a massive archive of silent Variant Surface Glycoprotein (VSG) genes, which are activated by recombination into specialized expression sites. Such VSG switching can occur at rates substantially higher than background mutation and is dependent ...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Hartley CL,McCulloch R

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A hallmark of the biofilm architecture is the presence of microcolonies. However, little is known about the underlying mechanisms governing microcolony formation. In the pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa, microcolony formation is dependent on the two-component regulator MifR, with mifR mutant biofilms exhibiting an over...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Petrova OE,Schurr JR,Schurr MJ,Sauer K

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biosynthesis of fatty acids is one of the most fundamental biochemical pathways in nature. In bacteria and plant chloroplasts, the committed and rate-limiting step in fatty acid biosynthesis is catalyzed by a multi-subunit form of the acetyl-CoA carboxylase enzyme (ACC). This enzyme carboxylates acetyl-CoA to produce ...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Gerhardt EC,Rodrigues TE,Müller-Santos M,Pedrosa FO,Souza EM,Forchhammer K,Huergo LF

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The involvement of signal transduction in the repair of radiation-induced damage to DNA has been known in eukaryotes but remains understudied in bacteria. This article for the first time demonstrates a role for the periplasmic lipoprotein (YfgL) with protein kinase activity transducing a signal for DNA strand break re...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Khairnar NP,Kamble VA,Mangoli SH,Apte SK,Misra HS

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The regulation of gene expression by the two-component regulatory system PhoP/PhoQ is necessary for Salmonella typhimurium survival within macrophages, defensin resistance, acid resistance, and murine typhoid fever pathogenesis. Salmonella experience multiple environments during mammalian infection and survival requir...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Miller SI

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:LamB glycoporin has an important general role in carbohydrate uptake during growth at low extracellular sugar concentrations. lamB and mal regulon induction during glucose starvation and glucose-limited continuous culture was investigated using lacZ fusions. A low-level burst of lamB induction occurred upon entry into...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Notley L,Ferenci T

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuroinvasive Escherichia coli K1 synthesizes and assembles a polysialic acid capsule virulence factor on the external leaflet of the outer membrane. This capsule functions in pathogenesis by blocking non-immune host defence mechanisms and acting as a relatively non-immunogenic molecular mimic of the polysialic acid c...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Cieslewicz M,Vimr E

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the chemotaxis of Escherichia coli, adaptation requires the methylation and demethylation of transmembrane receptors, which are catalysed by the methyltransferase CheR and the methylesterase CheB respectively. CheR binds to major chemoreceptors through their C-terminal motif NWETF, which is distinct from the methyl...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Shiomi D,Okumura H,Homma M,Kawagishi I

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The alternative sigma factor sigma 54 is required for transcription of nitrogen fixation genes in Klebsiella pneumoniae and other diazotrophs. The nif genes, and other E sigma 54-dependent genes whose products are necessary for a wide range of processes, are postively regulated. A unifying model that is well supported...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Buck M,Cannon W

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Understanding the mechanisms of polysialic acid synthesis in Escherichia coli K1 requires a molecular description of the polymerase complex. Since the number of potential models explaining polysialic acid assembly would be constrained if only one sialyltransferase were required for this process, the phenotypes of a si...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Steenbergen SM,Vimr ER

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The suf and isc operons of Escherichia coli have been implicated in Fe-S cluster assembly. However, it has been unclear why E. coli has two systems for Fe-S cluster biosynthesis. We have examined the regulatory characteristics and mutant phenotypes of both operons to discern if the two operons have redundant functions...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Outten FW,Djaman O,Storz G

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deprivation of FtsN, the last protein in the hierarchy of divisome assembly, causes the disassembly of other elements from the division ring, even extending to already assembled proto-ring proteins. Therefore the stability and function of the divisome to produce rings active in septation is not guaranteed until FtsN i...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Rico AI,García-Ovalle M,Palacios P,Casanova M,Vicente M

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The HPr kinase of Gram-positive bacteria is an ATP-dependent serine protein kinase, which phosphorylates the HPr protein of the bacterial phosphotransferase system (PTS) and is involved in the regulation of carbohydrate metabolism. The hprK gene from Enterococcus faecalis was cloned via polymerase chain reaction (PCR)...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Kravanja M,Engelmann R,Dossonnet V,Blüggel M,Meyer HE,Frank R,Galinier A,Deutscher J,Schnell N,Hengstenberg W

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Resistance to quinoline antimalarial drugs has emerged in different parts of the world and involves sets of discrete mutational changes in pfcrt and pfmdr1 in the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum. To better understand how the different polymorphic haplotypes of pfmdr1 and pfcrt contribute to drug resistanc...

journal_title：Molecular microbiology

authors： Sanchez CP,Mayer S,Nurhasanah A,Stein WD,Lanzer M

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00