Bacterial Signal Transduction
Bacterial Signal Transduction
Bacterial Signal Transduction
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Signal Transduction
Signal transduction at the cellular level refers to the movement of signals from outside the cell to inside. Bacterial Signal Transduction: Two-Component Regulatory Systems In order to respond to changes in environmental parameters, cells must be able to transmit the information from the cell surface (site of induction) to the cytoplasm (site of cellular response).
Two-Component Systems consists of two proteins, a sensor histidine kinase and a response regulator. Both proteins harbor two functional important domains: The histidine kinase detects a specific environmental stimulus through its sensor domain (input 1). This leads to a conformational change (2), resulting in ATPdependent autophosphorylation of a invariant His residue (3). His~P serves as the phosphate donor for the receiver domain of the cognate response regulator, resulting in phosphorylation of a conserved Asp residue and subsequently its dimerization (4). This ultimately leads to an activation of the effector domain of the response regulator, mediating the cellular response (= output 5), usually by mediating differential expression of specific target genes (= regulon 6).
G-proteinlinked receptors
Binding of messenger-Chemical messenger binds to receptor protein, and the protein changes shape (conformational change.) The messenger fits into the receptor like a key in a lockit behaves as a ligand.
Tyrosine-kinase receptors The fully-activated receptor proteins activate a variety of specific relay proteins that bind to specific phosphorylated tyrosine molecules. One tyrosine-kinase receptor dimer may activate ten or more different intracellular proteins simultaneously. These activated relay proteins trigger many different transduction pathways and responses.
Ion-Channel receptors
Proteins called CheA and CheW are bound to the receptor. The former is the histidine kinase for this system. Upon activation of the receptor, the CheA's conserved histidine residue undergoes autophosphorylation. There are two response regulators called CheB and CheY. There is a transfer of a phosphoryl group to their conserved aspartate residue from CheA. CheY subsequently interacts with the flagellar switch protein called FliM. This induces the switching in flagellar direction from counter-clockwise to clockwise.
Physiological Functions :
Two-component systems regulate diverse responses including
Spo0F - sporulation
CheY chemotaxis CheB chemotaxis
A second, but different, "homologous" segment is present in these proteins: EnvZ, PhoR, NtrB, DctB, VirA, and probably CheA chemotaxis in enteric bacteria (Che system). NRII protein bifunctional kinase/phosphatase regulated by PII phosphorylates and dephosphorylates NRI, and controls the rate of transcription initiation from nitrogen-regulated promoters.
Escherichia coli BarA-UvrY two-component system is needed for efficient switching between glycolytic and gluconeogenic carbon sources.