Ontology highlight
ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Streptococcus Mutans Ua159
SUBMITTER: Aidong Han
PROVIDER: PXD028893 | iProX | Thu Sep 30 00:00:00 BST 2021
REPOSITORIES: iProX
Frontiers in microbiology 20220426
In <i>Streptococcus mutans</i>, we find that the histidine kinase WalK possesses the longest C-terminal tail (CTT) among all 14 TCSs, and this tail plays a key role in the interaction of WalK with its response regulator WalR. We demonstrate that the intrinsically disordered CTT is characterized by a conserved tryptophan residue surrounded by acidic amino acids. Mutation in the tryptophan not only disrupts the stable interaction, but also impairs the efficient phosphotransferase and phosphatase a ...[more]