Transcription factor YcjW controls the emergency H2S production in E. coli

Lyly Luhachack; Aviram Rasouly; Ilya Shamovsky; Evgeny Nudler

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-10785-x

Nature Communications (Jun 2019)

Transcription factor YcjW controls the emergency H2S production in E. coli

Lyly Luhachack,
Aviram Rasouly,
Ilya Shamovsky,
Evgeny Nudler

Affiliations

Lyly Luhachack: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, New York University School of Medicine
Aviram Rasouly: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, New York University School of Medicine
Ilya Shamovsky: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, New York University School of Medicine
Evgeny Nudler: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, New York University School of Medicine

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10785-x
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) production in Escherichia coli is controlled by the sulfurtransferase 3MST. Here, the authors describe an alternative mechanism for H2S biosynthesis via activation of the thiosulfate sulfurtransferase PspE, a process mediated by the transcription factor YcjW.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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