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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2025

Direct sensing of host ferric iron by an archetype histidine kinase mediates virulence of an enteric pathogen.

Yibei Zhang, Gang Xiao, Haoyuan Ding, Qian Zou, Dan Gu, Jiachen Wen, Yonggang Pei, Rongxian Guo, Qiyao Wang, Xiaohui Zhou

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Yibei ZhangDivision of Microbiology, School of Public Health and Emergency Management, Southern University of Science and Technology, ShenZhen, Guangdong 518055, China.ORCID 0000-0001-8706-0951
Gang XiaoDivision of Microbiology, School of Public Health and Emergency Management, Southern University of Science and Technology, ShenZhen, Guangdong 518055, China.
Haoyuan DingLaboratory for Aquatic Animal Diseases, State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China.
Qian ZouLaboratory for Aquatic Animal Diseases, State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China.
Dan GuDivision of Molecular and Cellular Immunology & Infection, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Zoonosis, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou 225000, China.
Jiachen WenDepartment of Medicinal Chemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Engineering, Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, Shenyang 110016, China.
Yonggang PeiDivision of Microbiology, School of Public Health and Emergency Management, Southern University of Science and Technology, ShenZhen, Guangdong 518055, China.ORCID 0000-0001-7296-8772
Rongxian GuoDivision of Microbiology, School of Public Health and Emergency Management, Southern University of Science and Technology, ShenZhen, Guangdong 518055, China.
Qiyao WangLaboratory for Aquatic Animal Diseases, State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China.ORCID 0000-0002-7494-0869
Xiaohui ZhouDivision of Microbiology, School of Public Health and Emergency Management, Southern University of Science and Technology, ShenZhen, Guangdong 518055, China.ORCID 0000-0003-3205-4743

Funding

Shenzhen Medical Research B2302024
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Two-component system (TCS) histidine kinases enable bacterial pathogens to sense environmental signals and regulate adaptive responses during infection. The EnvZ/OmpR TCS, known for its role in osmolarity/pH-dependent regulation of outer membrane porins across bacterial species, is also a central virulence regulator. However, the environmental cues that activate EnvZ/OmpR to trigger pathogenicity have remained unclear, limiting our understanding of host-pathogen interactions. Here, we demonstrate that in

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Histidine KinaseIronVibrio parahaemolyticusAnimalsBacterial Outer Membrane ProteinsBacterial Secretion SystemsBiofilmsGastroenteritisGene Expression Regulation, BacterialHost-Pathogen InteractionsPhosphorylationRabbitsRegulonVirulenceBacterial Outer Membrane ProteinsBacterial Secretion SystemsHistidine KinaseIronbacteriaironsensortwo-component systemvirulence

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PMID40465626
PMCPMC12167987

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