Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry
A single amino acid substitution alters ligand specificity of the chemoreceptor CtaB in Pseudomonas protegens CHA0.
Nasrullah Harino Al Ghifari, Akiko Hida, Takahisa Tajima, Junichi Kato
Published: 202510.1093/bbb/zbaf196
Abstract
Chemotaxis enables bacteria to move toward favorable compounds via chemoreceptors. CtaA and CtaB are amino acid chemoreceptors in Pseudomonas protegens CHA0, and their ligand-binding domains show high sequence similarity. However, CtaA exhibits broad…
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