CheW

• Description: modulation of CheA activity in response to attractants, subject to strong Clp-dependent proteolysis upon glucose starvation
  
  

Gene name	cheW
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	CheA modulator
Function	control of CheA activity
MW, pI	17 kDa, 4.422
Gene length, protein length	468 bp, 156 aa
Immediate neighbours	cheA, cheC
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU16440

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:

• Localization: cytoplasm (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P39802

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Additional information

• subject to Clp-dependent proteolysis upon glucose starvation PubMed

Expression and regulation

• Operon:

• Sigma factor:

• Regulation:
  • repressed under conditions that trigger sporulation (Spo0A) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • Spo0A: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information: subject to Clp-dependent proteolysis upon glucose starvation PubMed

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Michael W Bunn, George W Ordal
Receptor conformational changes enhance methylesterase activity during chemotaxis by Bacillus subtilis.
Mol Microbiol: 2004, 51(3);721-8
[PubMed:14731274] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Virginie Molle, Masaya Fujita, Shane T Jensen, Patrick Eichenberger, José E González-Pastor, Jun S Liu, Richard Losick
The Spo0A regulon of Bacillus subtilis.
Mol Microbiol: 2003, 50(5);1683-701
[PubMed:14651647] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

M M Rosario, K L Fredrick, G W Ordal, J D Helmann
Chemotaxis in Bacillus subtilis requires either of two functionally redundant CheW homologs.
J Bacteriol: 1994, 176(9);2736-9
[PubMed:8169224] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

D W Hanlon, P B Carpenter, G W Ordal
Influence of attractants and repellents on methyl group turnover on methyl-accepting chemotaxis proteins of Bacillus subtilis and role of CheW.
J Bacteriol: 1992, 174(13);4218-22
[PubMed:1624415] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

D W Hanlon, L M Márquez-Magaña, P B Carpenter, M J Chamberlin, G W Ordal
Sequence and characterization of Bacillus subtilis CheW.
J Biol Chem: 1992, 267(17);12055-60
[PubMed:1601874] [WorldCat.org] (P p)