Past, Present, and Future of Extracytoplasmic Function σ Factors: Distribution and Regulatory Diversity of the Third Pillar of Bacterial Signal Transduction

Transcriptional regulation by σ factor phosphorylation in bacteria

(2020) Shankar Chandrashekar Iyer et al.   Nature Microbiology

The C-terminal domain of M. tuberculosis ECF sigma factor I (SigI) interferes in SigI-RNAP interaction

(2020) Aayatti Mallick Gupta et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR MODELING

An ECF41 Family σ Factor Controls Motility and Biogenesis of Lateral Flagella in Azospirillum brasilense Sp245

(2020) Ashutosh Prakash Dubey et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Expansion and re-classification of the extracytoplasmic function (ECF) σ factor family

(2020) Delia Casas-Pastor et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

The novel ECF56 SigG1-RsfG system modulates morphological differentiation and metal-ion homeostasis in Streptomyces tsukubaensis

(2020) Rute Oliveira et al.   Scientific Reports

Structural basis for transcription initiation by bacterial ECF σ factors

(2019) Lingting Li et al.   Nature Communications

Structural basis of ECF-σ-factor-dependent transcription initiation

(2019) Wei Lin et al.   Nature Communications

Defining the regulon of genes controlled by σ E , a key regulator of the cell envelope stress response in Streptomyces coelicolor

(2019) Ngat T. Tran et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Functional characterization of BcrR: a one-component transmembrane signal transduction system for bacitracin resistance

(2019) Rachel L. Darnell et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

The role of C‐terminal extensions in controlling ECF σ factor activity in the widely conserved groups ECF 41 and ECF 42

(2019) Hao Wu et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Where to Begin? Sigma factors and the selectivity of transcription initiation in Bacteria

(2019) John D. Helmann   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Shedding light on a Group IV ( ECF 11) alternative σ factor

(2019) Timothy J. Donohue   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Discovery of the Extracytoplasmic Function σ Factors

(2019) Michael A. Lonetto et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Metal‐responsive RNA polymerase extracytoplasmic function ( ECF ) sigma factors

(2019) Aurelio Moraleda‐Muñoz et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

ECF σ factors with regulatory extensions: The one‐component systems of the σ universe

(2019) Daniela Pinto et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Activation of the extracytoplasmic function σ factor σ V by lysozyme

(2019) Theresa D. Ho et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

SigR, a hub of multilayered regulation of redox and antibiotic stress responses

(2019) Joo‐Hong Park et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Cultivation and functional characterization of 79 planctomycetes uncovers their unique biology

(2019) Sandra Wiegand et al.   Nature Microbiology

Extracytoplasmic function sigma factors in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

(2018) Sylvie Chevalier et al.   Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Gene Regulatory Mechanisms

Characterization of the widely distributed novel ECF42 group of extracytoplasmic function σ factors in Streptomyces venezuelae

(2018) Qiang Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

The fused SnoaL_2 domain in the Mycobacterium tuberculosis sigma factor σJ modulates promoter recognition

(2017) Kapil Goutam et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

(Actino)Bacterial “intelligence”: using comparative genomics to unravel the information processing capacities of microbes

(2016) Daniela Pinto et al.   CURRENT GENETICS

Bacillus subtilis extracytoplasmic function (ECF) sigma factors and defense of the cell envelope

(2016) John D Helmann   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

Local and global regulation of transcription initiation in bacteria

(2016) Douglas F. Browning et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

In depth analysis of the mechanism of action of metal-dependent sigma factors: characterization of CorE2 fromMyxococcus xanthus

(2016) Francisco Javier Marcos-Torres et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

A two-component system regulates gene expression of the type IX secretion component proteins via an ECF sigma factor

(2016) Tomoko Kadowaki et al.   Scientific Reports

General Stress Signaling in the Alphaproteobacteria

(2015) Aretha Fiebig et al.   Annual Review of Genetics

Environmental Sensing in Actinobacteria: a Comprehensive Survey on the Signaling Capacity of This Phylum

(2015) Xiaoluo Huang et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Structural and Functional Analysis of the Signal-Transducing Linker in the pH-Responsive One-Component System CadC of Escherichia coli

(2015) Sophie Buchner et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

The general stress response in Alphaproteobacteria

(2015) Anne Francez-Charlot et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Regulation of antimycin biosynthesis by the orphan ECF RNA polymerase sigma factorσAntA

(2014) Ryan F. Seipke et al.   PeerJ

Function of site-2 proteases in bacteria and bacterial pathogens

(2013) Jessica S. Schneider et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES

Signaling diversity and evolution of extracytoplasmic function (ECF) σ factors

(2013) Thorsten Mascher   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

Extra cytoplasmic function σ factor activation

(2012) Theresa D Ho et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

Identification of Proteins Likely To Be Involved in Morphogenesis, Cell Division, and Signal Transduction in Planctomycetes by Comparative Genomics

(2012) Christian Jogler et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Role of the Porphyromonas gingivalis extracytoplasmic function sigma factor, SigH

(2012) S.S. Yanamandra et al.   Molecular Oral Microbiology

Extracytoplasmic function σ factors of the widely distributed group ECF41 contain a fused regulatory domain

(2012) Tina Wecke et al.   MicrobiologyOpen

CorE from Myxococcus xanthus Is a Copper-Dependent RNA Polymerase Sigma Factor

(2011) Nuria Gómez-Santos et al.   PLoS Genetics

General stress response in α-proteobacteria: PhyR and beyond

(2010) Anna Staroń et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Biological Insights from Structures of Two-Component Proteins

(2009) Rong Gao et al.   Annual Review of Microbiology

Positive and negative feedback regulatory loops of thiol-oxidative stress response mediated by an unstable isoform of σRin actinomycetes

(2009) Min-Sik Kim et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

The third pillar of bacterial signal transduction: classification of the extracytoplasmic function (ECF) σ factor protein family

(2009) Anna Staroń et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Regulated intramembrane proteolysis in the control of extracytoplasmic function sigma factors

(2009) Janine Heinrich et al.   RESEARCH IN MICROBIOLOGY

Proteolysis of σS (RpoS) and the general stress response in Escherichia coli

(2009) Regine Hengge   RESEARCH IN MICROBIOLOGY

In Vitro Mutagenesis of Bacillus subtilis by Using a Modified Tn7 Transposon with an Outward-Facing Inducible Promoter

(2008) C. Bordi et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Regulation by destruction: design of the σE envelope stress response

(2008) Sarah E Ades   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

Signaling mechanisms for activation of extracytoplasmic function (ECF) sigma factors

(2007) Benjamin E. Brooks et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES