Environmental adaptation and diversification of bacterial two-component systems

AF Alvarez, D Georgellis - Current Opinion in Microbiology, 2023 - Elsevier
Bacterial two-component systems (TCS) are versatile signaling mechanisms that govern
cellular responses to diverse environmental cues. These systems rely on phosphoryl-group …

[HTML][HTML] Two-component system GacS/GacA, a global response regulator of bacterial physiological behaviors

H Song, Y Li, Y Wang - Engineering Microbiology, 2023 - Elsevier
The signal transduction system of microorganisms helps them adapt to changes in their
complex living environment. Two-component system (TCS) is a representative signal …

Mucin glycans signal through the sensor kinase RetS to inhibit virulence-associated traits in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

BX Wang, KM Wheeler, KC Cady, S Lehoux… - Current Biology, 2021 - cell.com
Mucus is a densely populated ecological niche that coats all non-keratinized epithelia, and
plays a critical role in protecting the human body from infections. Although traditionally …

RetS inhibits Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm formation by disrupting the canonical histidine kinase dimerization interface of GacS

KMR Kaler, JC Nix, FD Schubot - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2021 - ASBMB
Bacterial signaling histidine kinases (HKs) have long been postulated to function exclusively
through linear signal transduction chains. However, several HKs have recently been shown …

Distinctive features of the Gac‐Rsm pathway in plant‐associated Pseudomonas

MD Ferreiro, MT Gallegos - Environmental Microbiology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Productive plant–bacteria interactions, either beneficial or pathogenic, require that bacteria
successfully sense, integrate and respond to continuously changing environmental and …

Advances in research on signal molecules regulating biofilms

L Yi, J Li, B Liu, Y Wang - World journal of microbiology and biotechnology, 2019 - Springer
Bacterial biofilms (BFs) are membrane-like structures formed by the secretion of extracellular
polymeric substances (EPS) by bacteria. The formation of BFs contributes to bacterial …

The regulatory hierarchy following signal integration by the CbrAB two-component system: diversity of responses and functions

E Monteagudo-Cascales, E Santero, I Canosa - Genes, 2022 - mdpi.com
CbrAB is a two-component system, unique to bacteria of the family Pseudomonaceae,
capable of integrating signals and involved in a multitude of physiological processes that …

Evaluation of antibiofilm properties of dehydroacetic acid (DHA) grafted spiro-oxindolopyrrolidines synthesized via multicomponent 1, 3-dipolar cycloaddition reaction

AR Suresh Babu, A Sharma, MP Athira, HK Alajangi… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
The current work involves the use of dehydroacetic acid based chalcone derivatives for the
synthesis of spirooxindole grafted pyrrolidine moieties. All the synthesized compounds have …

The evanescent GacS signal

X Latour - Microorganisms, 2020 - mdpi.com
The GacS histidine kinase is the membrane sensor of the major upstream two-component
system of the regulatory Gac/Rsm signal transduction pathway. This pathway governs the …

Revisiting the pH-gated conformational switch on the activities of HisKA-family histidine kinases

C Mideros-Mora, L Miguel-Romero… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Histidine is a versatile residue playing key roles in enzyme catalysis thanks to the chemistry
of its imidazole group that can serve as nucleophile, general acid or base depending on its …