Prevalence and Specificity of Chemoreceptor Profiles in Plant-Associated Bacteria.

ABSTRACT: Chemosensory pathways are among the most abundant prokaryotic signal transduction systems, allowing bacteria to sense and respond to environmental stimuli. Signaling is typically initiated by the binding of specific molecules to the ligand binding domain (LBD) of chemoreceptor proteins (CRs). Although CRs play a central role in plant-microbiome interactions such as colonization and infection, little is known about their phylogenetic and ecological specificity. Here, we analyzed 82,277 CR sequences from 11,806 representative microbial species covering the whole prokaryotic phylogeny, and we classified them according to their LBD type using a de novo homology clustering method. Through phylogenomic analysis, we identified hundreds of LBDs that are fo

SUBMITTER: Sanchis-Lopez C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8547431 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature