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Journal of Bacteriology, November 2000, p. 6499-6502, Vol. 182, No. 22
0021-9193/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Evolutionary Conservation of Methyl-Accepting Chemotaxis Protein Location in Bacteria and Archaea

Jason E. Gestwicki,1 Allison C. Lamanna,1 Rasika M. Harshey,2 Linda L. McCarter,3 Laura L. Kiessling,1,4,* and Julius Adler1,5,*

Departments of Biochemistry,1 Chemistry,4 and Genetics,5 University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706; Department of Microbiology and Institute of Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 787122; and Department of Microbiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 522423

Received 15 June 2000/Accepted 14 August 2000

The methyl-accepting chemotaxis proteins (MCPs) are concentrated at the cell poles in an evolutionarily diverse panel of bacteria and an archeon. In elongated cells, the MCPs are located both at the poles and at regions along the length of the cells. Together, these results suggest that MCP location is evolutionarily conserved.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address for Julius Adler: Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706. Phone: (608) 262-3693. Fax: (608) 262-3453. E-mail: adler{at}biochem.wisc.edu. Mailing address for Laura L. Kiessling: Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706. Phone: (608) 262-0541. Fax: (608) 265-0764. E-mail: kiessling{at}chem.wisc.edu.

Journal of Bacteriology, November 2000, p. 6499-6502, Vol. 182, No. 22
0021-9193/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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