43- Two-Component Systems

Bacteria are far simpler in molecular terms than eukaryotes. However, they still need to be able to sense and respond to their environment. How do they do this? Enter the two-component system; a two-protein system which allows stimuli to be detected and gene expression altered using phosphate transfer. Sources for this episode: Madigan, M. T., Martinko, J. M., Dunlap, P. V. and Clark, D. P. (2009), Brock Biology of Microorganisms (12th Edition, International Edition), San Francisco: Pearson Benjamin Cummings Ltd. Thain, M. and Hickman, M. (2014), Dictionary of Biology (Eleventh Edition). London: Penguin Books Ltd. Willey, J. M., Sherwood, L. M. and Woolverton, C. J. (2017), Prescott's Microbiology (10th Edition, International Edition), Singapore: McGraw Hill Education Ltd. Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), Osmotic concentration (online) [Accessed 27/05/2021].