It also acts as a critical signaling molecule in cell proliferation and survival [60]
Tokumitsu H, Enslen H, Soderling TR
Outside the active site, two cysteines form a [2Fe2S]-bridged dimer that is enzymatically inactive
Switching of modA expression from OFF to ON state within the middle ear produces a phenotypic switch in several genes during infection that increases disease severity and permits bacterial persistence by increasing cell adhesion, invasion and robust biofilm formation ( ModA16 ON state, NTHi upregulates multiple iron-acquisition factors including an iron ABC transporter substrate-binding protein, and haem/haemopexin-binding proteins HxuC and HxuB (Tram et al., 2024)
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Both belong to the GHRH-analog class molecules that act on the GHRH receptor, the same target as the native hypothalamic hormone