Structural highlights
Function
[CHEY_ECOLI] Involved in the transmission of sensory signals from the chemoreceptors to the flagellar motors. In its active (phosphorylated or acetylated) form, CheY exhibits enhanced binding to a switch component, FliM, at the flagellar motor which induces a change from counterclockwise to clockwise flagellar rotation. Overexpression of CheY in association with MotA and MotB improves motility of a ycgR disruption, suggesting there is an interaction (direct or indirect) between the c-di-GMP-binding flagellar brake protein and the flagellar stator.[1]
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
The CheY protein is the response regulator in bacterial chemotaxis. Phosphorylation of a conserved aspartyl residue induces structural changes that convert the protein from an inactive to an active state. The short half-life of the aspartyl-phosphate has precluded detailed structural analysis of the active protein. Persistent activation of Escherichia coli CheY was achieved by complexation with beryllofluoride (BeF(3)(-)) and the structure determined by NMR spectroscopy to a backbone r.m.s.d. of 0.58(+/-0.08) A. Formation of a hydrogen bond between the Thr87 OH group and an active site acceptor, presumably Asp57.BeF(3)(-), stabilizes a coupled rearrangement of highly conserved residues, Thr87 and Tyr106, along with displacement of beta4 and H4, to yield the active state. The coupled rearrangement may be a more general mechanism for activation of receiver domains.
NMR structure of activated CheY.,Cho HS, Lee SY, Yan D, Pan X, Parkinson JS, Kustu S, Wemmer DE, Pelton JG J Mol Biol. 2000 Mar 31;297(3):543-51. PMID:10731410[2]
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See Also
References
- ↑ Paul K, Nieto V, Carlquist WC, Blair DF, Harshey RM. The c-di-GMP binding protein YcgR controls flagellar motor direction and speed to affect chemotaxis by a "backstop brake" mechanism. Mol Cell. 2010 Apr 9;38(1):128-39. doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2010.03.001. Epub 2010, Mar 25. PMID:20346719 doi:10.1016/j.molcel.2010.03.001
- ↑ Cho HS, Lee SY, Yan D, Pan X, Parkinson JS, Kustu S, Wemmer DE, Pelton JG. NMR structure of activated CheY. J Mol Biol. 2000 Mar 31;297(3):543-51. PMID:10731410 doi:10.1006/jmbi.2000.3595
