title: The HBM domain: introducing bimodularity to bacterial sensing.
abstract: We have recently reported the three dimensional structure of the McpS chemoreceptor sensor domain in complex with its cognate ligands. The domain was characterized by a bimodular architecture, where ligand binding to each module caused a chemotactic response. This is a novel small molecule binding domain, which, however, is un-annotated in relevant databases. We report here the domain signature of the family of McpS-like sensor domains, which was termed helical bimodular (HBM) domain. The HBM domain was identified in Bacteria and Archaea and forms part of chemoreceptors and histidine kinases. The conservation of amino acids in the ligand binding sites of both modules suggests that HBM family members recognize similar ligands.
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Protection, Estación Experimental del Zaidín, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 18008, Granada, Spain.
authors.forename: Álvaro
authors.initials: Á
authors.lastname: Ortega
authors.forename: Tino
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Krell
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001419:Bacteria / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D001665:Binding Sites; D017124:Conserved Sequence; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D000072236:Methyl-Accepting Chemotaxis Proteins; D008958:Models, Molecular; D010802:Phylogeny; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D000072236:Methyl-Accepting Chemotaxis Proteins
keywords: chemotaxis receptor; domain profile; histidine kinase; sequence analysis