Inorganic polyphosphate in the microbial world. Emerging roles for a multifaceted biopolymer

Oxidative stress protection by polyphosphate—new roles for an old player

(2015) Michael J Gray et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

Protein Polyphosphorylation of Lysine Residues by Inorganic Polyphosphate

(2015) Cristina Azevedo et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

High functional diversity within species of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi is associated with differences in phosphate and nitrogen uptake and fungal phosphate metabolism

(2015) Jerry A. Mensah et al.   MYCORRHIZA

Phosphorus sequestration in the form of polyphosphate by microbial symbionts in marine sponges

(2015) Fan Zhang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Deficiency of the Novel Exopolyphosphatase Rv1026/PPX2 Leads to Metabolic Downshift and Altered Cell Wall Permeability in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

(2015) Yu-Min Chuang et al.   mBio

Polyphosphatase PPN1 of Saccharomyces cerevisiae: Switching of Exopolyphosphatase and Endopolyphosphatase Activities

(2015) Nadezhda Andreeva et al.   PLoS One

In Situ Investigation of Mammalian Inorganic Polyphosphate Localization Using Novel Selective Fluorescent Probes JC-D7 and JC-D8

(2014) Plamena R. Angelova et al.   ACS Chemical Biology

A New Subfamily of Polyphosphate Kinase 2 (Class III PPK2) Catalyzes both Nucleoside Monophosphate Phosphorylation and Nucleoside Diphosphate Phosphorylation

(2014) Kei Motomura et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Two strictly polyphosphate-dependent gluco(manno)kinases from diazotrophic Cyanobacteria with potential to phosphorylate hexoses from polyphosphates

(2014) Tomás Albi et al.   APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY

Copper tolerance mediated by polyphosphate degradation and low-affinity inorganic phosphate transport system in Escherichia coli

(2014) Mariana Grillo-Puertas et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Cytoplasmic inorganic polyphosphate participates in the heavy metal tolerance of Cryptococcus humicola

(2014) Nadezhda Andreeva et al.   FOLIA MICROBIOLOGICA

Most bacteria synthesize polyphosphate by unknown mechanisms

(2014) M. P. Whitehead et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Two exopolyphosphatases with distinct molecular architectures and substrate specificities from the thermophilic green-sulfur bacterium Chlorobium tepidum TLS

(2014) T. Albi et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Polyphosphate Is a Primordial Chaperone

(2014) Michael J. Gray et al.   MOLECULAR CELL

Chaperoned by Prebiotic Inorganic Polyphosphate Molecules: An Ancient Transcription-Independent Mechanism to Restore Protein Homeostasis

(2014) Harm H. Kampinga   MOLECULAR CELL

Critical Function of a Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Putative Polyphosphate Polymerase Subunit during Nutrient Deprivation

(2014) M. Aksoy et al.   PLANT CELL

Role of β-hydroxybutyrate, its polymer poly-β-hydroxybutyrate and inorganic polyphosphate in mammalian health and disease

(2014) Elena N. Dedkova et al.   Frontiers in Physiology

Accumulation of Polyphosphate in Lactobacillus spp. and Its Involvement in Stress Resistance

(2013) Cristina Alcántara et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Adaptation ofSaccharomyces cerevisiaeto toxic manganese concentration triggers changes in inorganic polyphosphates

(2013) Nadezhda Andreeva et al.   FEMS YEAST RESEARCH

Trypanosoma bruceiVacuolar Transporter Chaperone 4 (TbVtc4) Is an Acidocalcisome Polyphosphate Kinase Required forin VivoInfection

(2013) Noelia Lander et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Polyphosphate kinase 1, a central node in the stress response network of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, connects the two-component systems MprAB and SenX3-RegX3 and the extracytoplasmic function sigma factor, sigma E

(2013) S. Sanyal et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Polyphosphate and Its Diverse Functions in Host Cells and Pathogens

(2013) Silvia N. J. Moreno et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Bacterial Persistence and Toxin-Antitoxin Loci

(2012) Kenn Gerdes et al.   Annual Review of Microbiology

Inorganic polyphosphate–an unusual suspect of the mitochondrial permeability transition mystery

(2012) Lea K. Seidlmayer et al.   Channels

Accumulation of phosphate and polyphosphate by Cryptococcus humicola and Saccharomyces cerevisiae in the absence of nitrogen

(2012) Natalia A. Breus et al.   FEMS YEAST RESEARCH

Inorganic polyphosphate is a potent activator of the mitochondrial permeability transition pore in cardiac myocytes

(2012) Lea K. Seidlmayer et al.   JOURNAL OF GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY

Polyphosphate Degradation in Stationary Phase Triggers Biofilm Formation via LuxS Quorum Sensing System in Escherichia coli

(2012) Mariana Grillo-Puertas et al.   PLoS One

Identification and characterization of a human mitochondrial NAD kinase

(2012) Kazuto Ohashi et al.   Nature Communications

Molecular and Electrophysiological Characterization of a Novel Cation Channel of Trypanosoma cruzi

(2012) Veronica Jimenez et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Identification of an Evolutionarily Conserved Family of Inorganic Polyphosphate Endopolyphosphatases

(2011) Annalisa Lonetti et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Polyphosphate - an ancient energy source and active metabolic regulator

(2011) Lucia Achbergerová et al.   Microbial Cell Factories

In vitro transcription profiling of the σ S subunit of bacterial RNA polymerase: re-definition of the σ S regulon and identification of σ S -specific promoter sequence elements

(2011) Anna Maciąg et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Probiotic-Derived Polyphosphate Enhances the Epithelial Barrier Function and Maintains Intestinal Homeostasis through Integrin–p38 MAPK Pathway

(2011) Shuichi Segawa et al.   PLoS One

Inorganic Polyphosphate and Energy Metabolism in Mammalian Cells

(2010) Evgeny Pavlov et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Inorganic Polyphosphate: Essential for Growth and Survival

(2009) Narayana N. Rao et al.   Annual Review of Biochemistry

Phytoplankton in the ocean use non-phosphorus lipids in response to phosphorus scarcity

(2009) Benjamin A. S. Van Mooy et al.   NATURE

Catalytic Core of a Membrane-Associated Eukaryotic Polyphosphate Polymerase

(2009) M. Hothorn et al.   SCIENCE

Human Metastasis Regulator Protein H-Prune is a Short-Chain Exopolyphosphatase†

(2008) Marko Tammenkoski et al.   BIOCHEMISTRY

The overlapping roles of manganese and Cu/Zn SOD in oxidative stress protection

(2008) Amit R. Reddi et al.   FREE RADICAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE

Marine Polyphosphate: A Key Player in Geologic Phosphorus Sequestration

(2008) J. Diaz et al.   SCIENCE

The long and short of it – polyphosphate, PPK and bacterial survival

(2008) Michael R.W. Brown et al.   TRENDS IN BIOCHEMICAL SCIENCES