Masashi Izumigawa, Yoshiaki Hasegawa, Ryota Ikai, Toshi Horie, Megumi Inomata, Takeshi Into, Noriyuki Kitai, Fuminobu Yoshimura, Yukitaka Murakami
Phosphorylation of serine, threonine and tyrosine is a central mechanism for regulating the structure and function of proteins in both eukaryotes and prokaryotes. However, the action of phosphorylated proteins present in Porphyromonas gingivalis, a major periodontopathogen, is not fully understood. Here, six novel phosphoproteins that possess metabolic activities were identified, namely PGN_0004, PGN_0375, PGN_0500, PGN_0724, PGN_0733 and PGN_0880, having been separated by phosphate-affinity chromatography...
October 2016: Microbiology and Immunology