Inorganic polyphosphate: essential for growth and survival

NN Rao, MR Gómez-García… - Annual review of …, 2009 - annualreviews.org
Inorganic polyphosphate (Poly P) is a polymer of tens to hundreds of phosphate residues
linked by “high-energy” phosphoanhydride bonds as in ATP. Found in abundance in all cells …

Phosphate homeostasis− a vital metabolic equilibrium maintained through the INPHORS signaling pathway

S Austin, A Mayer - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Cells face major changes in demand for and supply of inorganic phosphate (Pi). Pi is often a
limiting nutrient in the environment, particularly for plants and microorganisms. At the same …

Label-free chemical imaging of fungal spore walls by Raman microscopy and multivariate curve resolution analysis

H Noothalapati, T Sasaki, T Kaino, M Kawamukai… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Fungal cell walls are medically important since they represent a drug target site for
antifungal medication. So far there is no method to directly visualize structurally similar cell …

Model systems for studying polyphosphate biology: a focus on microorganisms

A Denoncourt, M Downey - Current Genetics, 2021 - Springer
Polyphosphates (polyP) are polymers of inorganic phosphates joined by high-energy bonds
to form long chains. These chains are present in all forms of life but were once disregarded …

[HTML][HTML] A broad response to intracellular long-chain polyphosphate in human cells

E Bondy-Chorney, I Abramchuk, R Nasser, C Holinier… - Cell Reports, 2020 - cell.com
Polyphosphates (polyPs) are long chains of inorganic phosphates linked by
phosphoanhydride bonds. They are found in all kingdoms of life, playing roles in cell growth …

[HTML][HTML] Coordinate responses to alkaline pH stress in budding yeast

A Serra-Cardona, D Canadell, J Ariño - Microbial Cell, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Alkalinization of the medium represents a stress condition for the budding yeast
Saccharomyces cerevisiae to which this organism responds with profound remodeling of …

[HTML][HTML] Improvement of biochemical methods of polyP quantification

S Bru, J Jiménez, D Canadell, J Ariño, J Clotet - Microbial Cell, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Polyphosphate (polyP) is an abundant and physiologically important biomolecule for
virtually any living cell. Therefore, determination of changes in cellular content of polyP is …

Inorganic polyphosphates and heavy metal resistance in microorganisms

T Kulakovskaya - World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 2018 - Springer
The mechanisms of heavy metal resistance in microbial cells involve multiple pathways.
They include the formation of complexes with specific proteins and other compounds, the …

Enzymes of yeast polyphosphate metabolism: structure, enzymology and biological roles

R Gerasimaitė, A Mayer - Biochemical Society Transactions, 2016 - portlandpress.com
Inorganic polyphosphate (polyP) is found in all living organisms. The known polyP functions
in eukaryotes range from osmoregulation and virulence in parasitic protozoa to modulating …

Ppn2, a novel Zn2+-dependent polyphosphatase in the acidocalcisome-like yeast vacuole

R Gerasimaitė, A Mayer - Journal of cell science, 2017 - journals.biologists.com
Acidocalcisome-like organelles are found in all kingdoms of life. Many of their functions,
such as the accumulation and storage of metal ions, nitrogen and phosphate, the activation …