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Positive allosteric feedback regulation of the stringent response enzyme RelA by its product

Shyp, Viktoriya ; Tankov, Stoyan ; Ermakov, Andrey ; Kudrin, Pavel ; English, Brian P. ; Ehrenberg, Mãns ; Tenson, Tanel ; Elf, Johan and Hauryliuk, Vasili LU orcid (2012) In EMBO Reports 13(9). p.835-839
Abstract

During the stringent response, Escherichia coli enzyme RelA produces the ppGpp alarmone, which in turn regulates transcription, translation and replication. We show that ppGpp dramatically increases the turnover rate of its own ribosome-dependent synthesis by RelA, resulting in direct positive regulation of an enzyme by its product. Positive allosteric regulation therefore constitutes a new mechanism of enzyme activation. By integrating the output of individual RelA molecules and ppGpp degradation pathways, this regulatory circuit contributes to a fast and coordinated transition to stringency.

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keywords
alarmone, L11, ppGpp, ribosome, signalling
in
EMBO Reports
volume
13
issue
9
pages
835 - 839
publisher
Nature Publishing Group
external identifiers
  • pmid:22814757
  • scopus:84865760487
ISSN
1469-221X
DOI
10.1038/embor.2012.106
language
English
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no
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Copyright: Copyright 2013 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
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  author       = {{Shyp, Viktoriya and Tankov, Stoyan and Ermakov, Andrey and Kudrin, Pavel and English, Brian P. and Ehrenberg, Mãns and Tenson, Tanel and Elf, Johan and Hauryliuk, Vasili}},
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  pages        = {{835--839}},
  publisher    = {{Nature Publishing Group}},
  series       = {{EMBO Reports}},
  title        = {{Positive allosteric feedback regulation of the stringent response enzyme RelA by its product}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/embor.2012.106}},
  doi          = {{10.1038/embor.2012.106}},
  volume       = {{13}},
  year         = {{2012}},
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