Remarkable Functional Convergence: Alarmone ppGpp Mediates Persistence by Activating Type I and II Toxin-Antitoxins.

作者: Kenn Gerdes , Etienne Maisonneuve

DOI: 10.1016/J.MOLCEL.2015.06.019

关键词: Persistence (computer science)CellGeneticsBiologySecond messenger systemGTP-binding protein regulatorsAlarmoneEscherichia coliToxinGTPase

摘要: In this issue of Molecular Cell, Verstraeten et al. (2015) demonstrate that the conserved GTPase Obg and second messenger ppGpp mediate persistence by activation a type I toxin-antitoxin module (hokB/sokB) in E. coli.

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