title: Effect of chemoreceptor modification on assembly and activity of the receptor-kinase complex in Escherichia coli.
abstract: Bacterial chemoreceptors are embedded in the inner cell membrane in tight clusters. We show that changes in receptor methylation that generate large changes in kinase activity have relatively little effect on cluster morphology. Thus, changes in receptor activity do not appear to be mediated by changes in receptor-kinase assembly.
authors.affiliation: ZMBH, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
authors.forename: Louisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Liberman
authors.forename: Howard C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Berg
authors.forename: Victor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Sourjik
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D002628:Chemoreceptor Cells / Q000378:metabolism*; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D000072236:Methyl-Accepting Chemotaxis Proteins; D008745:Methylation; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D000072236:Methyl-Accepting Chemotaxis Proteins; D011494:Protein Kinases