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A PAS domain binds asparagine in the chemotaxis receptor McpB in Bacillus subtilis.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 15 Jan 2010
Glekas George D, Foster Richard M, Cates Joseph R, Estrella Jeffrey A, Wawrzyniak Michael J, Rao Christopher V, Ordal George W
Abstract excerpt
During chemotaxis toward asparagine by Bacillus subtilis, the ligand is thought to bind to the chemoreceptor McpB on the exterior of the cell and induce a conformational change. This change affects the degree of phosphorylation of the CheA kinase bound to the cytoplasmic region of the receptor. Until recently, the sensing domains of the B. subtilis receptors were thought to be structurally similar to the well...
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