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- Title
Bacterial physiology: Bacillus takes the temperature.
- Authors
Wootton, Lucie
- Abstract
The article highlights a research conducted by L. E. Cybulski and colleagues regarding Bacillus subtilis in the U.S. The study shows that autophosphorylation of the histidine kinase thermosensor DesK at low temperatures triggers expression of the acyl lipid desaturase Des in Bacillus subtilis. Thus, a research indicates a ruler-like mechanism for assessing temperature as to membrane thickness that regulates the expression of proteins involved in temperature adaptation.
- Subjects
UNITED States; BACILLUS subtilis; BACILLUS (Bacteria); HISTIDINE; MEMBRANE lipids; PROTEINS; BODY temperature regulation; CYBULSKI, L. E.
- Publication
Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2010, Vol 8, Issue 10, p680
- ISSN
1740-1526
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1038/nrmicro2445