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JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY
Volume 187, Issue 9, Pages 3267-3272Publisher
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.9.3267-3272.2005
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- FIC NIH HHS [R03 TW06003] Funding Source: Medline
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The Arc two-component system, comprising the ArcB sensor kinase and the ArcA response regulator, modulates the expression of numerous genes in response to the respiratory conditions of growth. Under anoxic growth conditions, ArcB autophosphorylates and transphosphorylates ArcA, which in turn represses or activates its target operons. Under aerobic growth conditions, phosphorylated ArcA (ArcA-P) dephosphorylates and its transcriptional regulation is released. The dephosphorylation of ArcA-P has been shown to occur, at least in vitro, via an ArcA(Asp54)-P -> ArcB(His717)-P -> ArcB(Asp576)-P -> P-i reverse phosphorelay. In this study, the physiological significance of this pathway was assessed. The results demonstrate that the receiver and phosphotransfer domains of the tripartite sensor kinase ArcB are necessary and sufficient for efficient ArcA-P dephosphorylation in vivo.
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