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ArticlebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2026

The roles and synthesis of inorganic polyphosphate in

Christine Kim, Lilla Fournier, Michael J Gray, Christopher W Hamm

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Article in bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Christine KimUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine.
Lilla FournierUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine.
Michael J GrayUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine.ORCID 0000-0002-7112-4188
Christopher W HammUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine.

Funding

Molecular Mechanisms of Bacterial Stress Response Relevant to Host-Microbe InteractionsR35GM124590 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI Michael Jeffrey Gray · 2017 to 2026
$3.5M
Understanding the linked roles of polyphosphate and the stringent response in bacterial physiologyF32GM159427 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI Christopher William Hamm · 2025 to 2026
$159k
NIGMS NIH HHS F32 GM159427NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM124590
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inorganic polyphosphate (polyP) is a universally conserved biopolymer central to bacterial stress survival, yet understanding of its roles derives almost entirely from Gram-negative models in which polyP accumulates intracellularly following nutrient downshift. We examined polyP metabolism in the Gram-positive spore-forming bacterium

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PMID42620383
PMCPMC13484657

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