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蛋白质磷酸化在链球菌细胞壁合成中调控作用的研究进展

Advances in the Regulation of Protein Phosphorylation in Streptococcal Cell Wall Synthesis

  • 摘要: 蛋白质磷酸化是调控链球菌(Streptococcus)细胞壁合成的关键机制之一。丝氨酸/苏氨酸激酶(serine/threonine kinase, STK)与双组分系统通过磷酸化修饰,动态调控肽聚糖的合成与组装,深刻影响细菌的形态维持、分裂过程及耐药性。研究表明, STK通过磷酸化DivIVA、GpsB等关键支架蛋白,构成调控细胞壁稳定性的核心网络,这使其成为开发新型抗菌药物的重要潜在靶点。尽管研究已取得显著进展,该磷酸化网络的时空动态调控规律及其与乙酰化、泛素化等修饰系统的互作仍有待深入解析。未来研究需整合高通量蛋白质组学与人工智能结构预测等前沿技术,以期全面阐明这一复杂调控体系,为应对耐药性挑战提供新策略。

     

    Abstract: Protein phosphorylation is a key mechanism regulating cell wall synthesis in Streptococcus. Serine/threonine kinases (STKs) and the two-component system dynamically regulate peptidoglycan synthesis and assembly through phosphorylation, profoundly influencing bacterial shape maintenance, division, and drug resistance. Studies indicate that serine/threonine kinases form a core network regulating cell wall stability by phosphorylating key scaffold proteins such as DivIVA and GpsB, making them important potential targets for novel antimicrobial agents. Despite significant research progress, the spatiotemporal dynamics of this phosphorylation network and its interactions with other modification systems, such as acetylation and ubiquitination, remain to be thoroughly elucidated. Future research should integrate frontier technologies such as high-throughput proteomics and AI-based structural prediction to comprehensively elucidate this complex regulatory system, thereby providing novel strategies to address antimicrobial resistance challenges.

     

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