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- Name: cheW
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
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b1887 | MG1655 locus tag |
- Mnemonic: Chemotaxis
- Left End Point: 42.48
- Right End Point: 42.49
- Direction: <
- Properties:
Property | Comment |
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flagellar regulon member | chemotactic signal transduction |
chemotact.signal transd.gene | NULL |
- Priority: 1
- External Database Links:
- 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