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ArticleCell reports2021

Thiol-based functional mimicry of phosphorylation of the two-component system response regulator ArcA promotes pathogenesis in enteric pathogens.

Yitian Zhou, Qinqin Pu, Jiandong Chen, Guijuan Hao, Rong Gao, Afsar Ali, Ansel Hsiao, Ann M Stock, Mark Goulian, Jun Zhu

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Article in Cell reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. EnterohemorrhagiciScience · 2026
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  9. The ArcAB Two-Component System: Function in Metabolism, Redox Control, and Infection.Microbiology and molecular biology reviews : MMBR · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Yitian ZhouDepartment of Microbiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Qinqin PuDepartment of Microbiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Jiandong ChenDepartment of Microbiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Guijuan HaoDepartment of Microbiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Rong GaoCenter for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Rutgers University-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA.
Afsar AliDepartment of Environmental and Global Health, College of Public Health and Health Professions and Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA.
Ansel HsiaoDepartment of Microbiology & Plant Pathology, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521, USA.
Ann M StockCenter for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Rutgers University-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA.
Mark GoulianDepartment of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Jun ZhuDepartment of Microbiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. Electronic address: junzhu@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.
University of Pennsylvania · USRutgers, The State University of New Jersey · USUniversity of California, Riverside · USUniversity of Florida · US

Funding

Vibrio cholerae antinitrosative stress defenses and gut microbiome interactionR01AI157106 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI HSIAO, ANSEL, ZHU, JUN · 2020 to 2024
$4.0M
Regulation of Bacterial Two-Component Signaling by Small Membrane ProteinsR01GM080279 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI GOULIAN, MARK D · 2007 to 2020
$3.7M
Two-Component System Design PrinciplesR35GM131727 · NIGMS · RUTGERS BIOMEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES · PI ANN M. STOCK · 2019 to 2026
$3.3M
ROS responses during Vibrio cholerae infectionR01AI120489 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI ZHU, JUN · 2016 to 2020
$2.4M
Phosphorelay signaling and regulation in bacteriaR35GM139541 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI GOULIAN, MARK D · 2021 to 2025
$2.0M
Gut microbiome-mediated small-molecule signaling and resistance to invading microorganismsR35GM124724 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA RIVERSIDE · PI HSIAO, ANSEL · 2017 to 2021
$1.8M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI120489NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI157106NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM080279NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM124724NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM131727NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM139541
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pathogenic bacteria can rapidly respond to stresses such as reactive oxygen species (ROS) using reversible redox-sensitive oxidation of cysteine thiol (-SH) groups in regulators. Here, we use proteomics to profile reversible ROS-induced thiol oxidation in Vibrio cholerae, the etiologic agent of cholera, and identify two modified cysteines in ArcA, a regulator of global carbon oxidation that is phosphorylated and activated under low oxygen. ROS abolishes ArcA phosphorylation but induces the formation of an intramolecular disulfide bond that promotes ArcA-ArcA interactions and sustains activity. ArcA cysteines are oxidized in cholera patient stools, and ArcA thiol oxidation drives in vitro ROS resistance, colonization of ROS-rich guts, and environmental survival. In other pathogens, such as Salmonella enterica, oxidation of conserved cysteines of ArcA orthologs also promotes ROS resistance, suggesting a common role for ROS-induced ArcA thiol oxidation in modulating ArcA activity, allowing for a balance of expression of stress- and pathogenesis-related genetic programs.

Indexed as

AnimalsBacterial Outer Membrane ProteinsBacterial ProteinsCell LineCholeraCysteineFecesFemaleGene Expression Regulation, BacterialHumansMiceOxidation-ReductionOxidative StressPhosphorylationProteomeProteomicsBacterial Outer Membrane ProteinsBacterial ProteinsCysteineProteomeReactive Oxygen SpeciesRepressor ProteinsSulfhydryl CompoundsArcAcolonizationdisulfide bondphosphorylationROSSalmonellaTCSsthiol oxidationVibrio cholerae

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PMID34936880
PMCPMC8728512
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