Two-component regulatory system

Histidine kinase
Identifiers
SymbolHis_kinase
PfamPF06580
InterProIPR016380
OPM superfamily281
OPM protein5iji
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His Kinase A (phospho-acceptor) domain
solved structure of the homodimeric domain of EnvZ from Escherichia coli by multi-dimensional NMR.
Identifiers
SymbolHisKA
PfamPF00512
Pfam clanCL0025
InterProIPR003661
SMARTHisKA
SCOP21b3q / SCOPe / SUPFAM
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Histidine kinase
Identifiers
SymbolHisKA_2
PfamPF07568
Pfam clanCL0025
InterProIPR011495
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Histidine kinase
Identifiers
SymbolHisKA_3
PfamPF07730
Pfam clanCL0025
InterProIPR011712
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Signal transducing histidine kinase, homodimeric domain
structure of CheA domain p4 in complex with TNP-ATP
Identifiers
SymbolH-kinase_dim
PfamPF02895
InterProIPR004105
SCOP21b3q / SCOPe / SUPFAM
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Histidine kinase N terminal
Identifiers
SymbolHisK_N
PfamPF09385
InterProIPR018984
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Osmosensitive K+ channel His kinase sensor domain
Identifiers
SymbolKdpD
PfamPF02702
InterProIPR003852
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In molecular biology, a two-component regulatory system serves as a basic stimulus-response coupling mechanism to allow organisms to sense and respond to changes in many different environmental conditions.[1] Two-component systems typically consist of a membrane-bound histidine kinase that senses a specific environmental stimulus, and a corresponding response regulator that mediates the cellular response, mostly through differential expression of target genes.[2] Although two-component signaling systems are found in all domains of life, they are most common by far in bacteria, particularly in Gram-negative and cyanobacteria; both histidine kinases and response regulators are among the largest gene families in bacteria.[3] They are much less common in archaea and eukaryotes; although they do appear in yeasts, filamentous fungi, and slime molds, and are common in plants,[1] two-component systems have been described as "conspicuously absent" from animals.[3]

  1. ^ a b Stock AM, Robinson VL, Goudreau PN (2000). "Two-component signal transduction". Annual Review of Biochemistry. 69 (1): 183–215. doi:10.1146/annurev.biochem.69.1.183. PMID 10966457.
  2. ^ Mascher T, Helmann JD, Unden G (Dec 2006). "Stimulus perception in bacterial signal-transducing histidine kinases". Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews. 70 (4): 910–38. doi:10.1128/MMBR.00020-06. PMC 1698512. PMID 17158704.
  3. ^ a b Capra EJ, Laub MT (2012). "Evolution of two-component signal transduction systems". Annual Review of Microbiology. 66: 325–47. doi:10.1146/annurev-micro-092611-150039. PMC 4097194. PMID 22746333.