Zinc-binding to the cytoplasmic PAS domain regulates the essential WalK histidine kinase of Staphylococcus aureus

WalKR is an essential two-component regulator that controls peptidoglycan synthesis in the human pathogen Staphylococcus aureus. Here, the authors provide biochemical, structural, and functional evidence supporting that the binding of a zinc ion inhibits autophosphorylation and thus alters WalKR reg...

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Main Authors: Ian R. Monk, Nausad Shaikh, Stephanie L. Begg, Mike Gajdiss, Liam K. R. Sharkey, Jean Y. H. Lee, Sacha J. Pidot, Torsten Seemann, Michael Kuiper, Brit Winnen, Rikki Hvorup, Brett M. Collins, Gabriele Bierbaum, Saumya R. Udagedara, Jacqueline R. Morey, Neha Pulyani, Benjamin P. Howden, Megan J. Maher, Christopher A. McDevitt, Glenn F. King, Timothy P. Stinear
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10932-4