Article
Identification of a malate chemoreceptor in Pseudomonas aeruginosa by screening for chemotaxis defects in an energy taxis-deficient mutant.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Dec 2007
Alvarez-Ortega Carolina, Harwood Caroline S
Abstract excerpt
We found that a robust energy taxis response mediated by the Aer receptor can sometimes mask chemotaxis mediated by other methyl-accepting chemotaxis proteins (MCPs) in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. We identified PA2652 as a chemoreceptor for malate by screening aer mcp double mutants by using swarm plate assays.
Topics
- Bacterial Proteins
- Chemoreceptor Cells
- Chemotaxis
- Malates
- Membrane Proteins
- Methyl-Accepting Chemotaxis Proteins
- Mutation
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa
