Reciprocal regulation as a source of ultrasensitivity in two-component systems with a bifunctional sensor kinase.

Two-component signal transduction systems, where the phosphorylation state of a regulator protein is modulated by a sensor kinase, are common in bacteria and other microbes. In many of these systems, the sensor kinase is bifunctional catalyzing both, the phosphorylation and the dephosphorylation of...

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Main Author: Ronny Straube
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-05-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4014401?pdf=render