Site cheB
- Name: cheB
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b1883 MG1655 locus tag - Mnemonic: Chemotaxis
- Left End Point: 42.37
- Right End Point: 42.39
- Products:
protein methylesterase - Direction: <
- Properties:
Property Comment flagellar regulon member chemotactic signal transduction chemotact.signal transd.gene NULL - Priority: 1
- 1 Alleles of This Gene
cheB736(del)::kan - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links EcoGene.org EG10147 EcoliWiki cheB - Comment:
- References:
- Boyd, A., A. Krikos, M. Simon 1981. Sensory transducers of E. coli are encoded by homologous genes. Cell 26:333-343
- Slocum, M.K., J.S. Parkinson 1983. Genetics of methyl-accepting chemotaxis proteins in Escherichia coli: organization of the tar region. J.Bacteriol. 155:565-577
- Dang, C.V., M. Niwano, J. Ryu, B.L. Taylor 1986. Inversion of aerotactic response in Escherichia coli deficient in cheB protein methylesterase. J.Bacteriol. 166:275-280
- Mutoh, N., M.(I.) Simon 1986. Nucleotide sequence corresponding to five chemotaxis genes in Escherichia coli. J.Bacteriol. 165:161-166
- Krueger, J.K., J. Stock, C.E. Schutt 1992. Evidence that the methylesterase of bacterial chemotaxis may be a serine hydrolase. Biochim.Biophys.Acta 1119:322-326
- Stewart, R.C. 1993. Activating and inhibitory mutations in the regulatory domains of the methylesterase in bacterial chemotaxis. J.Biol.Chem. 268:1921-1930