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Characterization of the chemotaxis protein CheW from Rhodobacter sphaeroides and its effect on the behaviour of Escherichia coli

In contrast to the situation in enteric bacteria, chemotaxis in Rhodobacter sphaeroides requires transport and partial metabolism of chemoattractants. A chemotaxis operon has been identified containing homologues of the enteric cheA, cheW, cheR genes and two homologues of the cheY gene. However, mut...

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Published in:Molecular microbiology 1997-04, Vol.24 (1), p.41-51
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description In contrast to the situation in enteric bacteria, chemotaxis in Rhodobacter sphaeroides requires transport and partial metabolism of chemoattractants. A chemotaxis operon has been identified containing homologues of the enteric cheA, cheW, cheR genes and two homologues of the cheY gene. However, mutations in these genes have only minor effects on chemotaxis. In enteric species, CheW transmits sensory information from the chemoreceptors to the histidine protein kinase, CheA. Expression of R. sphaeroidescheW in Escherichia coli showed concentration‐dependent inhibition of wild‐type behaviour, increasing counter‐clockwise rotation and thus smooth swimming — a phenotype also seen when E. coli cheW is overexpressed in E. coli. In contrast, overexpression of R. sphaeroidescheW in wild‐type R. sphaeroides inhibited motility completely, the equivalent of inducing tumbly motility in E. coli. Expression of R. sphaeroides cheW in an E. coliΔcheW chemotaxis mutant complemented this mutation, confirming that CheW is involved in chemosensory signal transduction. However, unlike E. coliΔcheW mutants, in‐frame deletion of R. sphaeroides cheW did not affect either swimming behaviour or chemotaxis to weak organic acids, although the responses to sugars were enhanced. Therefore, although CheW may act as a signal‐transduction protein in R. sphaeroides, it may have an unusual role in controlling the rotation of the flagellar motor. Furthermore, the ability of a ΔcheW mutant to swim normally and show wild‐type responses to weak acids supports the existence of additional chemosensory signal‐transduction pathways.
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Escherichia coli - physiology
Escherichia coli Proteins
Gene Deletion
Gene Expression
Phenotype
Rhodobacter sphaeroides - genetics
Rhodobacter sphaeroides - physiology
title Characterization of the chemotaxis protein CheW from Rhodobacter sphaeroides and its effect on the behaviour of Escherichia coli
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