[HTML][HTML] tRNA modification enzymes GidA and MnmE: potential role in virulence of bacterial pathogens

DC Shippy, AA Fadl - International journal of molecular sciences, 2014 - mdpi.com
Transfer RNA (tRNA) is an RNA molecule that carries amino acids to the ribosomes for
protein synthesis. These tRNAs function at the peptidyl (P) and aminoacyl (A) binding sites …

Translational fidelity during bacterial stresses and host interactions

Z Lyu, C Wilson, J Ling - Pathogens, 2023 - mdpi.com
Translational fidelity refers to accuracy during protein synthesis and is maintained in all
three domains of life. Translational errors occur at base levels during normal conditions and …

Mannheimia haemolytica biofilm formation on bovine respiratory epithelial cells

I Boukahil, CJ Czuprynski - Veterinary microbiology, 2016 - Elsevier
Mannheimia haemolytica is the most important bacterial agent associated with the bovine
respiratory disease complex (BRDC), which causes worldwide economic losses to the cattle …

GidA, a tRNA Modification Enzyme, Contributes to the Growth, and Virulence of Streptococcus suis Serotype 2

T Gao, M Tan, W Liu, C Zhang, T Zhang… - Frontiers in cellular …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Glucose-inhibited division protein (GidA), is a tRNA modification enzyme functioning
together with MnmE in the addition of a carboxymethylaminomethyl group to position 5 of the …

Interplay between flagellation and cell cycle control in Caulobacter

S Ardissone, PH Viollier - Current opinion in microbiology, 2015 - Elsevier
Highlights•Flagellation is deeply intertwined with cell cycle progression in Caulobacter.•A
flagellum, built at a pre-selected cell pole, is later shed.•Conserved (post-) transcriptional …

A highly conserved tRNA modification contributes to C. albicans filamentation and virulence

B Böttcher, SD Kienast, J Leufken, C Eggers… - Microbiology …, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT tRNA modifications play important roles in maintaining translation accuracy in
all domains of life. Disruptions in the tRNA modification machinery, especially of the …

Essential role of the plasmid hik31 operon in regulating central metabolism in the dark in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

S Nagarajan, S Srivastava… - Molecular …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The plasmid hik31 operon (P 3, slr6039‐slr6041) is located on the pSYSX plasmid in S
ynechocystis sp. PCC 6803. AP 3 mutant (Δ P3) had a growth defect in the dark and a …

Psr is involved in regulation of glucan production, and double deficiency of BrpA and Psr is lethal in Streptococcus mutans

JP Bitoun, S Liao, BA McKey, X Yao, Y Fan… - …, 2013 - microbiologyresearch.org
Streptococcus mutans, the primary causative agent of dental caries, contains two
paralogues of the LytR-CpsA-Psr family proteins encoded by brpA and psr, respectively …

MioC and GidA proteins promote cell division in E. coli

M Lies, BJ Visser, MC Joshi, D Magnan… - Frontiers in …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
The well-conserved genes surrounding the E. coli replication origin, mioC and gidA, do not
normally affect chromosome replication and have little known function. We report that mioC …

Transcriptional profiles of virulent and precocious strains of Eimeria tenella at sporozoite stage; novel biological insight into attenuated asexual development

M Matsubayashi, F Kawahara, T Hatta… - Infection, Genetics and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Chicken coccidiosis is caused by Eimeria spp., particularly Eimeria tenella, and is
characterized by watery or hemorrhagic diarrhea, resulting in death in severe cases …