title: Ser/Thr/Tyr protein phosphorylation in bacteria - for long time neglected, now well established.
abstract: The first clearly established example of Ser/Thr/Tyr phosphorylation of a bacterial protein was isocitrate dehydrogenase. In 1979, 25 years after the discovery of protein phosphorylation in eukaryotes, this enzyme was reported to become phosphorylated on a serine residue. In subsequent years, numerous other bacterial proteins phosphorylated on Ser, Thr or Tyr were discovered and the corresponding protein kinases and P-protein phosphatases were identified. These protein modifications regulate all kinds of physiological processes. Ser/Thr/Tyr phosphorylation in bacteria therefore seems to play a similar important role as in eukaryotes. Surprisingly, many bacterial protein kinases do not exhibit any similarity to eukaryotic protein kinases, but rather resemble nucleotide-binding proteins or kinases phosphorylating diverse low-molecular-weight substrates.
authors.affiliation: Microbiologie et Génétique Moléculaire, CNRS/INRA/INA-PG UMR2585, Thiverval-Grignon, France. jdeu@grignon.inra.fr
authors.forename: Josef
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Deutscher
authors.forename: Milton H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Saier
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000378:metabolism*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases / Q000378:metabolism*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D011494:Protein Kinases; D010749:Phosphoprotein Phosphatases