Article
Transmembrane polar interactions are required for signaling in the Escherichia coli sensor kinase PhoQ.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 4 May 2010
Goldberg Shalom D, Clinthorne Graham D, Goulian Mark, DeGrado William F
Abstract excerpt
PhoQ is the transmembrane sensor histidine kinase of the bacterial phoPQ two-component system, which detects and responds to divalent cations and to antimicrobial peptides, and can trigger virulence. Despite their ubiquitous importance in bacterial signaling, the structure and mechanism of the sensor kinases are not fully understood. In particular, the mechanism by which the signal is propagated through the...
Topics
- Bacterial Proteins
- Cell Membrane
- Escherichia coli
- Models, Molecular
- Mutation
- Protein Structure, Tertiary
- Signal Transduction
