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The StkP/PhpP signaling couple in Streptococcus pneumoniae: cellular organization and physiological characterization.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Aug 2009
Osaki Makoto, Arcondéguy Tania, Bastide Amandine, Touriol Christian, Prats Hervé, Trombe Marie-Claude
Abstract excerpt
In Streptococcus pneumoniae, stkP and phpP, encoding the eukaryotic-type serine-threonine kinase and PP2C phosphatase, respectively, form an operon. PhpP has the features of a so-called "soluble" protein, whereas StkP protein is membrane associated. Here we provide the first genetic and physiological evidence that PhpP and StkP, with antagonist enzymatic activities, constitute a signaling couple. The StkP-PhpP...
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