Ubiquitous purine sensor modulates diverse signal transduction pathways in bacteria

Abstract Purines and their derivatives control intracellular energy homeostasis and nucleotide synthesis, and act as signaling molecules. Here, we combine structural and sequence information to define a purine-binding motif that is present in sensor domains of thousands of bacterial receptors that m...

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Main Authors: Elizabet Monteagudo-Cascales, Vadim M. Gumerov, Matilde Fernández, Miguel A. Matilla, José A. Gavira, Igor B. Zhulin, Tino Krell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-50275-3