title: Thermosensing function of the Escherichia coli redox sensor Aer.
abstract: Escherichia coli chemoreceptors can sense changes in temperature for thermotaxis. Here we found that the aerotaxis transducer Aer, a homolog of chemoreceptors lacking a periplasmic domain, mediates thermoresponses. We propose that thermosensing by the chemoreceptors is a general attribute of their highly conserved cytoplasmic domain (or their less conserved transmembrane domain).
authors.affiliation: Department of Frontier Bioscience, Hosei University, 3-7-2 Kajino-cho, Koganei, Tokyo 184-8584, Japan.
authors.forename: So-ichiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nishiyama
authors.forename: Shinji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ohno
authors.forename: Noriko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ohta
authors.forename: Yuichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: Hajime
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fukuoka
authors.forename: Akihiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ishijima
authors.forename: Ikuro
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kawagishi
mesh_terms: D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000378:metabolism*; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial / Q000502:physiology; D036341:Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D015398:Signal Transduction; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: C108679:Aer protein, E coli; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D029968:Escherichia coli Proteins; D036341:Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins