Introduction to bacterial signal transduction networks

Adv Exp Med Biol. 2008:631:1-6. doi: 10.1007/978-0-387-78885-2_1.

Abstract

Transcriptional analysis using a DNA microarray is an extremely efficient method for analyzing two-component signal transduction networks. Here we introduce three such networks in Escherichia coli that were clarified using a DNA microarray: a PhoQ/PhoP system that senses extracellular Mg2+ and controls the gene expression for adaptation to environmental Mg2+ deprivation (Mg2+ stimulon); an EvgS/EvgA signal transduction system that activates expression of multiple drug efflux pumps and acid resistance genes; and a signal transduction cascade between EvgS/EvgA and PhoQ/PhoP.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Bacterial Physiological Phenomena*
  • Bacterial Proteins / genetics
  • Bacterial Proteins / metabolism
  • Escherichia coli / genetics
  • Escherichia coli / physiology
  • Escherichia coli Proteins / genetics
  • Escherichia coli Proteins / metabolism
  • Genes, Bacterial
  • Magnesium / metabolism
  • Metabolic Networks and Pathways
  • Models, Biological
  • Protein Kinases / genetics
  • Protein Kinases / metabolism
  • Signal Transduction / physiology*
  • Transcription Factors / genetics
  • Transcription Factors / metabolism

Substances

  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Escherichia coli Proteins
  • EvgA protein, E coli
  • EvgS protein, E coli
  • PhoP protein, E coli
  • PhoQ protein, Bacteria
  • Transcription Factors
  • Protein Kinases
  • Magnesium