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A tactile sensory system of Myxococcus xanthus involves an extracellular NAD(P)(+)-containing protein.
Genes & development - 1 Dec 1995
Lee B U, Lee K, Mendez J, Shimkets L J
Abstract excerpt
CsgA is a cell surface protein that plays an essential role in tactile responses during Myxococcus xanthus fruiting body formation by producing the morphogenic C-signal. The primary amino acid sequence of CsgA exhibits homology with members of the short-chain alcohol dehydrogenase (SCAD) family and several lines of evidence suggest that NAD(P)+ binding is essential for biological activity. First, the predicted...
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