This domain is found in diverse bacterial signaling proteins. It is called EAL after its conserved residues. The EAL domain is a good candidate for a diguanylate phosphodiesterase function [1]. The domain contains many conserved acidic residues tha ...
This domain is found in diverse bacterial signaling proteins. It is called EAL after its conserved residues. The EAL domain is a good candidate for a diguanylate phosphodiesterase function [1]. The domain contains many conserved acidic residues that could participate in metal binding and might form the phosphodiesterase active site [1].
PilZ is a c-di-GMP binding domain [3] found in widespread cytoplasmic receptors, which is involved in regulation of motility, biofilm formation and virulence of many bacterial pathogens. This domain binds c-di-GMP through RXXXR and [D/N]hSXXG motifs, ...
PilZ is a c-di-GMP binding domain [3] found in widespread cytoplasmic receptors, which is involved in regulation of motility, biofilm formation and virulence of many bacterial pathogens. This domain binds c-di-GMP through RXXXR and [D/N]hSXXG motifs, however, some PilZ domains lack these motifs and do not bind c-di-GMP [6]. Proteins which contain PilZ are known to interact with the flagellar switch-complex proteins FliG and FliM. This interaction results in a reduction of torque generation and induces CCW motor bias [5]. This is the canonical PilZ domain whose structure consists of six beta-strands that form a beta barrel, followed by a long C-terminal alpha-helix [6].
