McpA

• Description: membrane-bound chemotaxis receptor, methyl-accepting chemotaxis protein
  
  

Gene name	mcpA
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	methyl-accepting chemotaxis protein
Function	control of chemotaxis
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: mcpA
Interactions involving this protein in SubtInteract: McpA
MW, pI	72 kDa, 4.988
Gene length, protein length	1983 bp, 661 aa
Immediate neighbours	tlpB, tlpA
Sequences	Protein DNA DNA_with_flanks
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

motility and chemotaxis, membrane proteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

SigD regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU31240

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s): McpB

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:
  • deamination of Gln-586, Gln-593, and Gln-594 (by CheD) PubMed

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:
  • CheD-McpA, deamination of Gln-586, Gln-593 and Gln-594 in McpA PubMed

• Localization:
  • cell membrane PubMed

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P39214

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: tlpA-mcpA PubMed

• Expression browser: mcpA PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigD PubMed

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:
  • in minimal medium, McpA is present with 15,900 +/- 3,000 molecules per cell PubMed

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody: