Conformational changes induced by phosphorylation of the FixJ receiver domain.
Birck, C., Mourey, L., Gouet, P., Fabry, B., Schumacher, J., Rousseau, P., Kahn, D., Samama, J.P.(1999) Structure 7: 1505-1515
- PubMed: 10647181 
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0969-2126(00)88341-0
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
1D5W - PubMed Abstract: 
A variety of bacterial adaptative cellular responses to environmental stimuli are mediated by two-component signal transduction pathways. In these phosphorelay cascades, histidine kinases transphosphorylate a conserved aspartate in the receiver domain, a conserved module in the response regulator superfamily. The main effect of this phosphorylation is to alter the conformation of the response regulator in order to modulate its biological function. The response regulator FixJ displays a typical modular arrangement, with a phosphorylatable N-terminal receiver domain and a C-terminal DNA-binding domain. In the symbiotic bacterium Sinorhizobium meliloti, phosphorylation of this response regulator activates transcription of nitrogen-fixation genes.
Organizational Affiliation: 
Groupe de Cristallographie Biologique, CNRS-IPBS, Toulouse, France.