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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-7-13
pubmed:abstractText
In general, protein phosphorylation is one of the most widely used mechanisms for regulating biological processes, including intracellular signal transduction. In eukaryotes, the cascades of protein phosphorylation and dephosphorylation events involving a number of protein tyrosine or serine/threonine kinases have been well studied. In contrast, recent intensive studies revealed that bacteria have devised a quite different phosphotransfer signaling mechanism for eliciting a variety of adaptive responses to their environment. Such a bacterial signal transduction mechanism was originally referred to as a "two-component regulatory system." The mode of molecular communication between a "sensor kinase" and its cognate phospho-accepting "response regulator" is principally based on histidine-to-aspartate (His-Asp) phosphotransfer. In Escherichia coli, for example, at least 30 different sensor-regulator pairs operate in a wide variety of adaptive responses. This particular signal transduction mechanism was once thought to be restricted to prokaryotes. However, many instances have recently been uncovered in diverse eukaryotic species. Furthermore, recent studies suggested that the molecular mechanism underlying the bacterial signal transduction is not simple as, and, in fact, is more sophisticated than thought previously. The new concept should be referred to as the "multi-step His-Asp phosphotransfer signaling mechanism."
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0021-924X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
123
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
555-63
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-12-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
His-Asp phosphotransfer signal transduction.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology, School of Agriculture, Nagoya University, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-0814. i45455a@nucc.cc.nagoya-u.ac.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't