Making and breaking of an essential poison: the cyclases and phosphodiesterases that produce and degrade the essential second messenger cyclic di-AMP in …

FM Commichau, JL Heidemann, R Ficner… - Journal of …, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
Cyclic di-AMP is a second-messenger nucleotide that is produced by many bacteria and
some archaea. Recent work has shown that c-di-AMP is unique among the signaling …

Escherichiacoli translation strategies differ across carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus limitation conditions

SHJ Li, Z Li, JO Park, CG King, JD Rabinowitz… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
For cells to grow faster they must increase their protein production rate. Microorganisms
have traditionally been thought to accomplish this increase by producing more ribosomes to …

Enzyme expression kinetics by Escherichia coli during transition from rich to minimal media depends on proteome reserves

C Wu, M Mori, M Abele, A Banaei-Esfahani… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Bacterial fitness depends on adaptability to changing environments. In rich growth medium,
which is replete with amino acids, Escherichia coli primarily expresses protein synthesis …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanisms Protecting Acinetobacter baumannii against Multiple Stresses Triggered by the Host Immune Response, Antibiotics and Outside-Host …

S Monem, B Furmanek-Blaszk, A Łupkowska… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Acinetobacter baumannii is considered one of the most persistent pathogens responsible for
nosocomial infections. Due to the emergence of multidrug resistant strains, as well as high …

Clarifying the link between toxin–antitoxin modules and bacterial persistence

S Ronneau, S Helaine - Journal of molecular biology, 2019 - Elsevier
While most of a bacterial population is killed upon antibiotic exposure, a fraction transiently
exhibits a multidrug-tolerant phenotype termed antibiotic persistence. This phenomenon …

[HTML][HTML] Coping with stress: how bacteria fine-tune protein synthesis and protein transport

R Njenga, J Boele, Y Öztürk, HG Koch - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
Maintaining a functional proteome under different environmental conditions is challenging
for every organism, in particular for unicellular organisms, such as bacteria. In order to cope …

Structure of a hibernating 100S ribosome reveals an inactive conformation of the ribosomal protein S1

B Beckert, M Turk, A Czech, O Berninghausen… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
To survive under conditions of stress, such as nutrient deprivation, bacterial 70S ribosomes
dimerize to form hibernating 100S particles. In γ-proteobacteria, such as Escherichia coli …

Direct activation of a phospholipase by cyclic GMP-AMP in El Tor Vibrio cholerae

GB Severin, MS Ramliden, LA Hawver… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
Sensing and responding to environmental changes is essential for bacteria to adapt and
thrive, and nucleotide-derived second messengers are central signaling systems in this …

High coverage metabolomics analysis reveals phage-specific alterations to Pseudomonas aeruginosa physiology during infection

J De Smet, M Zimmermann, M Kogadeeva… - The ISME …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Phage-mediated metabolic changes in bacteria are hypothesized to markedly alter global
nutrient and biogeochemical cycles. Despite their theoretic importance, experimental data …

Making the case for disordered proteins and biomolecular condensates in bacteria

MC Cohan, RV Pappu - Trends in Biochemical Sciences, 2020 - cell.com
Intrinsically disordered proteins/regions (IDPs/IDRs) contribute to a diverse array of
molecular functions in eukaryotic systems. There is also growing recognition that …