CheA

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  • Description: two-component sensor kinase, chemotactic signal modulator

Gene name cheA
Synonyms cheN
Essential no
Product two-component sensor kinase
Function chemotactic signal modulator
MW, pI 74 kDa, 4.452
Gene length, protein length 2013 bp, 671 aa
Immediate neighbours cheB, cheW
Get the DNA and protein sequences
(Barbe et al., 2009)
Genetic context
CheA context.gif
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Categories containing this gene/protein

protein modification, transcription factors and their control, motility and chemotaxis, membrane proteins, phosphoproteins

This gene is a member of the following regulons

CodY regulon, SigD regulon, Spo0A regulon

The gene

Basic information

  • Locus tag: BSU16430

Phenotypes of a mutant

Database entries

  • DBTBS entry: [1]
  • SubtiList entry: [2]

Additional information

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

  • Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity: autophosphorylation, phosphorylation of CheY and CheB PubMed
  • Protein family:
  • Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

  • Kinetic information:
  • Domains:
  • Modification: autophosphorylation on a His residue
  • Cofactor(s):
  • Effectors of protein activity:
  • Localization: membrane (according to Swiss-Prot), localizes to the cell poles PubMed

Database entries

  • Structure:
  • KEGG entry: [3]
  • E.C. number:

Additional information

Expression and regulation

  • Regulation:
    • repressed under conditions that trigger sporulation (Spo0A) PubMed
  • Regulatory mechanism:
  • Additional information:

Biological materials

  • Mutant:
  • Expression vector:
  • lacZ fusion:
  • GFP fusion:
  • two-hybrid system:
  • Antibody:

Labs working on this gene/protein

Your additional remarks

References

Reviews

Gerald L Hazelbauer, Wing-Cheung Lai
Bacterial chemoreceptors: providing enhanced features to two-component signaling.
Curr Opin Microbiol: 2010, 13(2);124-32
[PubMed:20122866] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Original publications