In silico characterization of a novel putative aerotaxis chemosensory system in the myxobacterium, Corallococcus coralloides.

ABSTRACT:

Background

An efficient signal transduction system allows a bacterium to sense environmental cues and then to respond positively or negatively to those signals; this process is referred to as taxis. In addition to external cues, the internal metabolic state of any bacterium plays a major role in determining its ability to reside and thrive in its current environment. Similar to external signaling molecules, cytoplasmic signals are also sensed by methyl-accepting chemotaxis proteins (MCPs) via diverse ligand binding domains. Myxobacteria are complex soil-dwelling social microbes that can perform a variety of physiologic and metabolic activities ranging from gliding motility, sporulation, biofilm formation, carotenoid and secondary metabolite biosynthesis, predation, and slime secret

SUBMITTER: Sharma G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6194562 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature