Control of potassium homeostasis is an essential function of the second messenger cyclic di-AMP in Bacillus subtilis

• DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.aal3011
• Publication Date: 2017-04-18T18:30:23Z
• Authors: Jan Gundlach; Christina Herzberg; Volkhard Kaever; Katrin Gunka; Tamara Hoffmann; Martin Weiß; Johannes Gibhardt; Andrea Thürmer; Dietrich Hertel; Rolf Daniel; Erhard Bremer; Fabian M. Commichau; Jörg Stülke
• Keywords: 0301 basic medicine; 03 medical and health sciences; Bacterial Proteins; Potassium; Homeostasis; Second Messenger Systems; Dinucleoside Phosphates; Bacillus subtilis

The second messenger cyclic di-AMP enables bacteria to adapt to changes in environmental potassium concentrations.