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SUBMITTER: Rico-Jimenez M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4926252 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Rico-Jiménez Miriam M Reyes-Darias Jose Antonio JA Ortega Álvaro Á Díez Peña Ana Isabel AI Morel Bertrand B Krell Tino T
Scientific reports 20160629
Inorganic phosphate (Pi) is a central signaling molecule that modulates virulence in various pathogens. In Pseudomonas aeruginosa, low Pi concentrations induce transcriptional alterations that increase virulence. Also, under low Pi levels, P. aeruginosa exhibits Pi chemotaxis-a process mediated by the two non-paralogous receptors CtpH and CtpL. Here we show that the two receptors operate via different mechanisms. We demonstrate that the ligand binding domain (LBD) of CtpH but not CtpL binds Pi d ...[more]