title: Transcript and protein level analyses of the interactions among PhoB, PhoR, PhoU and CreC in response to phosphate starvation in Escherichia coli.
abstract: The responses to phosphate starvation by PhoR-PhoB two-component regulatory system are also affected by other regulatory systems in Escherichia coli. The interactions among PhoB, PhoR, PhoU and CreC were investigated at transcript and protein levels using real-time PCR and fluorescence resonance energy transfer analyses. CreC showed an interaction with PhoB, before an interaction between PhoB and PhoR, suggesting that this acts as a constant sensor for the early response to phosphate starvation. PhoU was found to interact with neither PhoB nor PhoR, while this acted as a phosphate starvation-inducible protein. These results showed the detailed time- and phosphate concentration-dependent interactions among PhoB, PhoR, PhoU and CreC in response to phosphate starvation in E. coli.
authors.forename: Jong Hwan
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Baek
authors.forename: Yeon Jae
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Sang Yup
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D031541:Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008954:Models, Biological; D010710:Phosphates / Q000378:metabolism*; D011485:Protein Binding; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D026901:Membrane Transport Proteins; D010710:Phosphates; D014157:Transcription Factors; C050770:phoU protein, E coli; C061278:PhoB protein, Bacteria; C061279:PhoR protein, Bacteria; D011494:Protein Kinases; C066232:CreC protein, E coli