[HTML][HTML] Coping with stress: how bacteria fine-tune protein synthesis and protein transport

R Njenga, J Boele, Y Öztürk, HG Koch - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
Maintaining a functional proteome under different environmental conditions is challenging
for every organism, in particular for unicellular organisms, such as bacteria. In order to cope …

The dynamic SecYEG translocon

J Oswald, R Njenga, A Natriashvili… - Frontiers in Molecular …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The spatial and temporal coordination of protein transport is an essential cornerstone of the
bacterial adaptation to different environmental conditions. By adjusting the protein …

(p) ppGpp: magic modulators of bacterial physiology and metabolism

W Steinchen, V Zegarra, G Bange - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
When bacteria experience growth-limiting environmental conditions, the synthesis of the
hyperphosphorylated guanosine derivatives (p) ppGpp is induced by enzymes of the …

Novel (p)ppGpp Binding and Metabolizing Proteins of Escherichia coli

Y Zhang, E Zborníková, D Rejman, K Gerdes - MBio, 2018 - Am Soc Microbiol
The alarmone (p) ppGpp plays pivotal roles in basic bacterial stress responses by
increasing tolerance of various nutritional limitations and chemical insults, including …

A widespread toxin− antitoxin system exploiting growth control via alarmone signaling

S Jimmy, CK Saha, T Kurata… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Under stressful conditions, bacterial RelA-SpoT Homolog (RSH) enzymes synthesize the
alarmone (p) ppGpp, a nucleotide second messenger.(p) ppGpp rewires bacterial …

Metabolic reprogramming and longevity in quiescence

J Dworkin, CS Harwood - Annual Review of Microbiology, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Since Jacques Monod's foundational work in the 1940s, investigators studying bacterial
physiology have largely (but not exclusively) focused on the exponential phase of bacterial …

CMPK2 restricts Zika virus replication by inhibiting viral translation

JB Pawlak, JCC Hsu, H Xia, P Han, HW Suh… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Flaviviruses continue to emerge as global health threats. There are currently no Food and
Drug Administration (FDA) approved antiviral treatments for flaviviral infections. Therefore …

[HTML][HTML] RelA-SpoT Homolog toxins pyrophosphorylate the CCA end of tRNA to inhibit protein synthesis

T Kurata, T Brodiazhenko, SRA Oliveira, M Roghanian… - Molecular cell, 2021 - cell.com
Summary RelA-SpoT Homolog (RSH) enzymes control bacterial physiology through
synthesis and degradation of the nucleotide alarmone (p) ppGpp. We recently discovered …

Inhibition of SRP-dependent protein secretion by the bacterial alarmone (p) ppGpp

L Czech, CN Mais, H Kratzat, P Sarmah… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The stringent response enables bacteria to respond to nutrient limitation and other stress
conditions through production of the nucleotide-based second messengers ppGpp and …

Antibiotic resistance ABCF proteins reset the peptidyl transferase centre of the ribosome to counter translational arrest

V Murina, M Kasari, V Hauryliuk… - Nucleic acids …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Several ATPases in the ATP-binding cassette F (ABCF) family confer resistance to
macrolides, lincosamides and streptogramins (MLS) antibiotics. MLS are structurally distinct …