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ArticleNature communications2024

Leveraging the histidine kinase-phosphatase duality to sculpt two-component signaling.

Stefanie S M Meier, Elina Multamäki, Américo T Ranzani, Heikki Takala, Andreas Möglich

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Stefanie S M Meier *Department of Biochemistry, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0002-6028-5223
Elina Multamäki *Department of Anatomy, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0636-9269
Américo T RanzaniDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6203-9467
Heikki TakalaDepartment of Anatomy, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland. heikki.p.takala@jyu.fi.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2518-8583
Andreas MöglichDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany. andreas.moeglich@uni-bayreuth.de.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7382-2772

Funding

Academy of Finland (Suomen Akatemia) 330678Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) MO2192/4-2EC | EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation H2020 | H2020 Priority Excellent Science | H2020 European Research Council (H2020 Excellent Science - European Research Council) FET Open 863214Finnish Cultural Foundation | Etelä-Karjalan Rahasto (South Karelia Regional Fund) 00220697
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bacteria must constantly probe their environment for rapid adaptation, a crucial need most frequently served by two-component systems (TCS). As one component, sensor histidine kinases (SHK) control the phosphorylation of the second component, the response regulator (RR). Downstream responses hinge on RR phosphorylation and can be highly stringent, acute, and sensitive because SHKs commonly exert both kinase and phosphatase activity. With a bacteriophytochrome TCS as a paradigm, we here interrogate how this catalytic duality underlies signal responses. Derivative systems exhibit tenfold higher red-light sensitivity, owing to an altered kinase-phosphatase balance. Modifications of the linker intervening the SHK sensor and catalytic entities likewise tilt this balance and provide TCSs with inverted output that increases under red light. These TCSs expand synthetic biology and showcase how deliberate perturbations of the kinase-phosphatase duality unlock altered signal-response regimes. Arguably, these aspects equally pertain to the engineering and the natural evolution of TCSs.

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Bacterial ProteinsHistidine KinasePhosphoric Monoester HydrolasesSignal TransductionEscherichia coliPhosphorylationBacterial ProteinsHistidine KinasePhosphoric Monoester Hydrolases

Identifiers

PMID38858359
PMCPMC11164954

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