Commensal to pathogen switch in Streptococcus pneumoniae is influenced by a thermosensing master regulator. [PDF]
PLoS PathogensOpportunistic pathogens switch from a commensal to pathogenic state by sensing and responding to a variety of environmental cues, including temperature fluctuations.
Shruti Apte +12 more
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Is thermosensing property of RNA thermometers unique? [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2010 A large number of studies have been dedicated to identify the structural and sequence based features of RNA thermometers, mRNAs that regulate their translation initiation rate with temperature.
Premal Shah, Michael A Gilchrist
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Photosensing and Thermosensing by Phytochrome B Require Both Proximal and Distal Allosteric Features within the Dimeric Photoreceptor [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2017 Phytochromes (Phys) encompass a diverse collection of bilin-containing photoreceptors that help plants and microorganisms perceive light through photointerconversion between red light (Pr) and far-red light (Pfr)-absorbing states.
E. Sethe Burgie +8 more
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Thermosensing ability of TRPC5: current knowledge and unsettled questions. [PDF]
J Physiol SciOur understanding of how the mammalian somatosensory system detects noxious cold is still limited. While the role of TRPM8 in signaling mild non-noxious coolness is reasonably understood, the molecular identity of channels transducing painful cold ...
Ptakova A, Vlachova V.
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The effect of mutation in the stem of the MicroROSE thermometer on its thermosensing ability: insights from molecular dynamics simulation studies. [PDF]
RSC Adv, 2022 A large number of bacteria have been found to govern virulence and heat shock responses using temperature sensing RNAs known as RNA thermometers (RNATs).
Halder S, Bansal M.
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Evidence that the TRPV1 S1-S4 membrane domain contributes to thermosensing [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2020 The TRPV1 ion channel is a heat-sensing receptor that is also activated by vanilloid compounds, but the molecular underpinnings of thermosensing have remained elusive.
Minjoo Kim +7 more
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A multisensor high-temperature signaling framework for triggering daytime thermomorphogenesis in Arabidopsis [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsThe phytochrome B (phyB) photoreceptor and EARLY FLOWERING 3 (ELF3) are two major plant thermosensors that monitor high temperatures primarily at night. However, high temperatures naturally occur during the daytime; the mechanism of daytime thermosensing
De Fan +6 more
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Feeling Every Bit of Winter – Distributed Temperature Sensitivity in Vernalization [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021 Temperature intrinsically influences all aspects of biochemical and biophysical processes. Organisms have therefore evolved strategies to buffer themselves against thermal perturbations.
Rea L. Antoniou-Kourounioti +3 more
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Structural Basis for Intrinsic Thermosensing by the Master Virulence Regulator RovA of Yersinia [PDF]
Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2012 Background: The Yersinia virulence regulator RovA is an intrinsic thermometer. Results: The crystal structure of RovA is reported, and evidence is given that a thermosensing loop in the dimerization domain controls RovA activity.
Nick Quade +6 more
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The Ionotropic Receptors IR21a and IR25a mediate cool sensing in Drosophila [PDF]
eLife, 2016 Animals rely on highly sensitive thermoreceptors to seek out optimal temperatures, but the molecular mechanisms of thermosensing are not well understood.
Lina Ni +8 more
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