Structural plasticity and catalysis regulation of a thermosensor histidine kinase
Albanesi, D., Martin, M., Trajtenberg, F., Mansilla, M.C., Haouz, A., Alzari, P.M., de Mendoza, D., Buschiazzo, A.(2009) Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 106: 16185-16190
- PubMed: 19805278 
- DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0906699106
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3EHF, 3EHH, 3EHJ, 3GIE, 3GIF, 3GIG - PubMed Abstract: 
Temperature sensing is essential for the survival of living cells. A major challenge is to understand how a biological thermometer processes thermal information to optimize cellular functions. Using structural and biochemical approaches, we show that the thermosensitive histidine kinase, DesK, from Bacillus subtilis is cold-activated through specific interhelical rearrangements in its central four-helix bundle domain ...