title: New type of kdp region with a split sensor-kinase kdpD gene located within two divergent kdp operons from the thermoacidophilic bacterium Alicyclobacillus acidocaldarius.
abstract: The kdp region from the thermoacidophilic bacterium Alicyclobacillus acidocaldarius consists of two divergent operons: kdpZFABCN, which is tenfold induced at low K+ concentrations and encodes the K+-translocating P-type ATPase KdpZFABC as well as KdpN, a novel covalent homo-dimer of the cytoplasmic N-terminal part from sensor kinase KdpD; and secondly, the constitutively expressed kdpHE operon, encoding the remainder of KdpD and the response regulator KdpE.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung Mikrobiologie, Universität Osnabrück, Barbarastrasse 11, D-49069 Osnabrück, Germany.
authors.forename: Erik
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Schleussinger
authors.forename: Roland
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schmid
authors.forename: Evert P
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Bakker
mesh_terms: D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000187:drug effects; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D016937:Gram-Positive Endospore-Forming Rods / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009876:Operon; D011188:Potassium / Q000494:pharmacology; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D011494:Protein Kinases; C075616:kdpD protein, Bacteria; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases; D011188:Potassium