Cyclic di-GMP: second messenger extraordinaire

U Jenal, A Reinders, C Lori - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2017 - nature.com
Cyclic dinucleotides (CDNs) are highly versatile signalling molecules that control various
important biological processes in bacteria. The best-studied example is cyclic di-GMP (c-di …

Responses of microorganisms to osmotic stress

E Bremer, R Krämer - Annual review of Microbiology, 2019 - annualreviews.org
The cytoplasm of bacterial cells is a highly crowded cellular compartment that possesses
considerable osmotic potential. As a result, and owing to the semipermeable nature of the …

Cyclic di-AMP signaling in bacteria

J Stülke, L Krüger - Annual review of microbiology, 2020 - annualreviews.org
The second messenger molecule cyclic di-AMP (c-di-AMP) is formed by many bacteria and
archaea. In many species that produce c-di-AMP, this second messenger is essential for …

[PDF][PDF] A microbial transporter of the dietary antioxidant ergothioneine

DG Dumitrescu, EM Gordon, Y Kovalyova… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Summary Low-molecular-weight (LMW) thiols are small-molecule antioxidants required for
the maintenance of intracellular redox homeostasis. However, many host-associated …

Control of potassium homeostasis is an essential function of the second messenger cyclic di-AMP in Bacillus subtilis

J Gundlach, C Herzberg, V Kaever, K Gunka… - Science …, 2017 - science.org
The second messenger cyclic di–adenosine monophosphate (c-di-AMP) is essential in the
Gram-positive model organism Bacillus subtilis and in related pathogenic bacteria. It …

A decade of research on the second messenger c-di-AMP

W Yin, X Cai, H Ma, L Zhu, Y Zhang… - FEMS microbiology …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
ABSTRACT Cyclic dimeric adenosine 3′, 5′-monophosphate (c-di-AMP) is an emerging
second messenger in bacteria and archaea that is synthesized from two molecules of ATP …

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 …

Cyclic di-AMP, a second messenger of primary importance: tertiary structures and binding mechanisms

J He, W Yin, MY Galperin, SH Chou - Nucleic acids research, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Cyclic diadenylate (c-di-AMP) is a widespread second messenger in bacteria and archaea
that is involved in the maintenance of osmotic pressure, response to DNA damage, and …

c‐di‐AMP modulates Listeria monocytogenes central metabolism to regulate growth, antibiotic resistance and osmoregulation

AT Whiteley, NE Garelis, BN Peterson… - Molecular …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Cyclic diadenosine monophosphate (c‐di‐AMP) is a conserved nucleotide second
messenger critical for bacterial growth and resistance to cell wall‐active antibiotics. In …

Purine nucleosides interfere with c-di-AMP levels and act as adjuvants to re-sensitize MRSA to β-lactam antibiotics

AC Nolan, MS Zeden, I Kviatkovski, C Campbell… - Mbio, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
The purine-derived signaling molecules c-di-AMP and (p) ppGpp control mecA/PBP2a-
mediated β-lactam resistance in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) raise …