Article
Variations on a theme: evolution of the phage-shock-protein system in Actinobacteria.
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek - 1 May 2018
Ravi Janani, Anantharaman Vivek, Aravind L, Gennaro Maria Laura
Abstract excerpt
The phage shock protein (Psp) stress-response system protects bacteria from envelope stress through a cascade of interactions with other proteins and membrane lipids to stabilize the cell membrane. A key component of this multi-gene system is PspA, an effector protein that is found in diverse bacterial phyla, archaea, cyanobacteria, and chloroplasts. Other members of the Psp system include the cognate partners of...
Topics
- Actinobacteria
- Bacterial Proteins
- Databases, Genetic
- Evolution, Molecular
- Genetic Variation
- Genome, Bacterial
- Heat-Shock Proteins
- Membrane Proteins
- Models, Genetic
- Phylogeny
