Journal of Bacteriology, March 2000, p. 1437-1441, Vol. 182, No. 5
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Department of Biotechnology, Division of Utilization of Biological Resources, Faculty of Agriculture, Gifu University, Gifu 501-1193,1 and Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8602,2 Japan
Received 8 September 1999/Accepted 8 December 1999
The chemoreceptor Tcp mediates taxis to citrate. To identify citrate-binding residues, we substituted cysteine for seven basic or polar residues that are chosen based on the comparison of Tcp with the well-characterized chemoreceptors. The results suggest that Arg-63, Arg-68, Arg-72, Lys-75, and Tyr-150 (and probably other unidentified residues) are involved in the recognition of citrate.
Present address: Department of Clinical Pathology, Division of
Molecular Cytogenetics, International Medical Center of Japan, 1-21-1 Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8655, Japan.
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