Post-translational modifications in oral bacteria and their functional impact

Q Ma, Q Zhang, Y Chen, S Yu, J Huang, Y Liu… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Oral bacteria colonize the oral cavity, surrounding complex and variable environments. Post-
translational modifications (PTMs) are an efficient biochemical mechanism across all …

Protein Tyrosine and Serine/Threonine phosphorylation in oral bacterial dysbiosis and bacteria-host interaction

L Ren, D Shen, C Liu, Y Ding - Frontiers in Cellular and Infection …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The human oral cavity harbors approximately 1,000 microbial species, and dysbiosis of the
microflora and imbalanced microbiota-host interactions drive many oral diseases, such as …

Phosphorylation of major Porphyromonas gingivalis virulence factors is crucial for their processing and secretion

Z Nowakowska, M Madej, S Grad… - Molecular oral …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The main etiological agent of periodontitis is the anaerobic bacterium Porphyromonas
gingivalis. Virulence of this pathogen is controlled by various mechanisms and executed by …

Tyrosine Kinases and Phosphatases: Enablers of the Porphyromonas gingivalis Lifestyle

RJ Lamont, DP Miller - Frontiers in Oral Health, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Tyrosine phosphorylation modifies the functionality of bacterial proteins and forms the basis
of a versatile and tunable signal transduction system. The integrated action of tyrosine …