Mechanism of NanR transcriptional activation of sialic acid metabolism in Streptococcus pneumoniae.
David M. Wood, Ashleigh S. Johns, Zachary D. Tillett, Heather L. Shearer, Santosh Panjikar, Yee-Foong Mok, Michael D. W. Griffin, Timothy M. Allison, Rachel A. North, Paul Pace, Borries Demeler, Mark B. Hampton, Renwick C. J. Dobson, Christopher R Horne
This study identifies how SpNanR activates sialic acid metabolism in S. pneumoniae by binding N-acetylmannosamine-6-phosphate, stabilizing its tetramer and enhancing transcription of the nan and siaA operons.
Nucleic Acids Research · Sep 22, 2026Peer-reviewedMolecular Biology