TY - JOUR
T1 - Haem-Based Sensors of O2
T2 - Lessons and Perspectives
AU - Sousa, Eduardo H.S.
AU - Gilles-Gonzalez, Marie Alda
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Haem-based sensors have emerged during the last 15 years as being a large family of proteins that occur in all kingdoms of life. These sensors are responsible mainly for detecting binding of O2, CO and NO and reporting the ligation status to an output domain with an enzymatic or macromolecule-binding property. A myriad of biological functions have been associated with these sensors, which are involved in vasodilation, bacterial symbiosis, chemotaxis and biofilm formation, among others. Here, we critically review several bacterial systems for O2 sensing that are extensively studied in many respects, focusing on the lessons that are important to advance the field.
AB - Haem-based sensors have emerged during the last 15 years as being a large family of proteins that occur in all kingdoms of life. These sensors are responsible mainly for detecting binding of O2, CO and NO and reporting the ligation status to an output domain with an enzymatic or macromolecule-binding property. A myriad of biological functions have been associated with these sensors, which are involved in vasodilation, bacterial symbiosis, chemotaxis and biofilm formation, among others. Here, we critically review several bacterial systems for O2 sensing that are extensively studied in many respects, focusing on the lessons that are important to advance the field.
KW - C-di-GMP
KW - Haem-based sensor
KW - Histidine protein kinase
KW - Mycobacterium tuberculosis
KW - Nucleotide cyclase
KW - Phosphodiesterase
KW - Two-component systems
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U2 - 10.1016/bs.ampbs.2017.05.001
DO - 10.1016/bs.ampbs.2017.05.001
M3 - Article
C2 - 28760323
AN - SCOPUS:85021817165
SN - 0065-2911
JO - Advances in Microbial Physiology
JF - Advances in Microbial Physiology
ER -