YtfK activates the stringent response by triggering the alarmone synthetase SpoT in Escherichia coli

The enzyme SpoT is important for accumulation of the alarmone (p)ppGpp, which triggers the stringent response in E. coli. Here, Germain et al. show that the protein YtfK promotes SpoT-dependent accumulation of (p)ppGpp and is required for activation of the stringent response during phosphate and fat...

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Main Authors: Elsa Germain, Paul Guiraud, Deborah Byrne, Badreddine Douzi, Meriem Djendli, Etienne Maisonneuve
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-12-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13764-4