Reconstruction of the chemotaxis receptor–kinase assembly

@article{Park2006ReconstructionOT,
  title={Reconstruction of the chemotaxis receptor–kinase assembly},
  author={Sang-Youn Park and Peter P. Borbat and Gabriela Gonzalez-Bonet and Jaya Bhatnagar and Abiola M. Pollard and Jack H. Freed and Alexandrine M. Bilwes and Brian R. Crane},
  journal={Nature Structural \&Molecular Biology},
  year={2006},
  volume={13},
  pages={400-407}
}
In bacterial chemotaxis, an assembly of transmembrane receptors, the CheA histidine kinase and the adaptor protein CheW processes environmental stimuli to regulate motility. The structure of a Thermotoga maritima receptor cytoplasmic domain defines CheA interaction regions and metal ion–coordinating charge centers that undergo chemical modification to tune receptor response. Dimeric CheA–CheW, defined by crystallography and pulsed ESR, positions two CheWs to form a cleft that is lined with… 
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