EnvZ controls the concentration of phosphorylated OmpR to mediate osmoregulation of the porin genes

Frank D. Russo; Thomas J. Silhavy

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EnvZ controls the concentration of phosphorylated OmpR to mediate osmoregulation of the porin genes

Frank D. Russo, Thomas J. Silhavy

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Abstract

Osmoregulation of the bacterial porin genes ompF and ompC is controlled by a twocomponent regulatory system. EnvZ, the sensor component of this system, is capable both of phosphorylating and dephosphorylating OmpR, the effector component. Mutations were isolated in envZ that abolish the expression of both porin genes. These mutants appear to have lost the kinase activity of EnvZ while retaining their phosphatase activity, so that in their presence OmpR is completely unphosphorylated. The behavior of these mutants in haploid, and in diploid with other envZ alleles, is consistent with a model in which EnvZ mediates osmoregulation by controlling the concentration of a single species, OmpR-P.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	567-580
Number of pages	14
Journal	Journal of Molecular Biology
Volume	222
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-2836(91)90497-T
State	Published - Dec 5 1991

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Molecular Biology
Structural Biology

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osmoregulation
phosphorylation
repressor
signal transduction
transcriptional activator

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