Structural highlights
Function
ENVZ_ECOLI Member of the two-component regulatory system EnvZ/OmpR involved in the regulation of osmoregulation (genes ompF and ompC). EnvZ functions as a membrane-associated protein kinase that phosphorylates OmpR in response to environmental signals.
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
Escherichia coli osmosensor EnvZ is a protein histidine kinase that plays a central role in osmoregulation, a cellular adaptation process involving the His-Asp phosphorelay signal transduction system. Dimerization of the transmembrane protein is essential for its autophosphorylation and phosphorelay signal transduction functions. Here we present the NMR-derived structure of the homodimeric core domain (residues 223-289) of EnvZ that includes His 243, the site of autophosphorylation and phosphate transfer reactions. The structure comprises a four-helix bundle formed by two identical helix-turn-helix subunits, revealing the molecular assembly of two active sites within the dimeric kinase.
Solution structure of the homodimeric core domain of Escherichia coli histidine kinase EnvZ.,Tomomori C, Tanaka T, Dutta R, Park H, Saha SK, Zhu Y, Ishima R, Liu D, Tong KI, Kurokawa H, Qian H, Inouye M, Ikura M Nat Struct Biol. 1999 Aug;6(8):729-34. PMID:10426948[1]
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References
- ↑ Tomomori C, Tanaka T, Dutta R, Park H, Saha SK, Zhu Y, Ishima R, Liu D, Tong KI, Kurokawa H, Qian H, Inouye M, Ikura M. Solution structure of the homodimeric core domain of Escherichia coli histidine kinase EnvZ. Nat Struct Biol. 1999 Aug;6(8):729-34. PMID:10426948 doi:10.1038/11495
