Site cheW
- Name: cheW
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b1887 MG1655 locus tag - Mnemonic: Chemotaxis
- Left End Point: 42.48
- Right End Point: 42.49
- Direction: <
- Properties:
Property Comment flagellar regulon member chemotactic signal transduction chemotact.signal transd.gene NULL - Priority: 1
- 2 Alleles of This Gene
cheW740(del)::kan cheW791-YFP(::cat) - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links EcoGene.org EG10149 EcoliWiki cheW - Comment:
- Chemotactic response. couples CheA to chemoreceptor control by promoting CheW/CheA/Tsr(and other Me-accepting chemotaxis prots.)
- References:
- Silverman, M., M. Simon 1973. Genetic analysis of flagellar mutants in Escherichia coli. J.Bacteriol. 113:105-113
- Slocum, M.K., J.S. Parkinson 1983. Genetics of methyl-accepting chemotaxis proteins in Escherichia coli: organization of the tar region. J.Bacteriol. 155:565-577
- Mutoh, N., M.(I.) Simon 1986. Nucleotide sequence corresponding to five chemotaxis genes in Escherichia coli. J.Bacteriol. 165:161-166
- Rowsell, E.H., J.M. Smith, A. Wolfe, B.L. Taylor 1995. CheA, CheW, and CheY are required for chemotaxis to oxygen and sugars of the phosphotransferase system in Escherichia coli. J.Bacteriol. 177:6011-0

