Bacterial chemosensing: cooperative molecular logic.
Bacterial chemotaxis is mediated by transmembrane receptors that bind attractant and repellent chemicals and control an intracellular protein kinase. Each cell contains thousands of receptor subunits that form a tightly packed array at one pole. Recent studies of bacterial behavior have begun to reveal the molecular logic of this sensory architecture.
Wolanin
Peter M
PM
Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA.
Stock
Jeffry B
JB
D018407:Bacterial Physiological Phenomena; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D002465:Cell Movement / Q000502:physiology*; D002633:Chemotaxis / Q000502:physiology*; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D000072236:Methyl-Accepting Chemotaxis Proteins; D008954:Models, Biological; D010766:Phosphorylation; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology*
D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D000072236:Methyl-Accepting Chemotaxis Proteins; C051236:CheW protein, Bacteria