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cheW chemotaxis protein CheW [ Escherichia coli str. K-12 substr. MG1655 ]

Gene ID: 946400, updated on 19-Sep-2024

Summary

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Official Symbol
cheW
Official Full Name
chemotaxis protein CheW
Primary source
ECOCYC:EG10149
Locus tag
b1887
See related
ASAP:ABE-0006292
Gene type
protein coding
RefSeq status
PROVISIONAL
Organism
Escherichia coli str. K-12 substr. MG1655 (strain: K-12, substrain: MG1655)
Lineage
Bacteria; Pseudomonadota; Gammaproteobacteria; Enterobacterales; Enterobacteriaceae; Escherichia
Also known as
ECK1888
Summary
Flagellar regulon. [More information is available at EcoGene: EG10149]. CheW is involved in the transmission of sensory signals from the methyl-accepting chemotaxis proteins (MCPs) to the flagellar motors. [More information is available at EcoCyc: EG10149].
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Genomic context

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Sequence:
NC_000913.3 (1972836..1973339, complement)

NC_000913.3Genomic Context describing neighboring genes Neighboring gene methyl-accepting chemotaxis protein Tap Neighboring gene methyl-accepting chemotaxis protein Tar Neighboring gene chemotaxis protein CheA Neighboring gene motility protein B Neighboring gene motility protein A

Genomic regions, transcripts, and products

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Genomic Sequence:
NC_000913.3

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Bibliography

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Related articles in PubMed

  1. Receptor-mediated protein kinase activation and the mechanism of transmembrane signaling in bacterial chemotaxis. Liu Y, et al. EMBO J, 1997 Dec 15. PMID 9405352, Free PMC Article
  2. Solution structure of the bacterial chemotaxis adaptor protein CheW from Escherichia coli. Li Y, et al. Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 2007 Sep 7. PMID 17631272
  3. Role of the CheW protein in bacterial chemotaxis: overexpression is equivalent to absence. Sanders DA, et al. J Bacteriol, 1989 Nov. PMID 2681160, Free PMC Article
  4. Role of CheW protein in coupling membrane receptors to the intracellular signaling system of bacterial chemotaxis. Liu JD, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 1989 Nov. PMID 2682657, Free PMC Article
  5. Insights into the organization and dynamics of bacterial chemoreceptor clusters through in vivo crosslinking studies. Studdert CA, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2005 Oct 25. PMID 16230637, Free PMC Article

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GeneRIFs: Gene References Into Functions

What's a GeneRIF?
  1. Engineered chemotaxis core signaling units indicate a constrained kinase-off state.
    Title: Engineered chemotaxis core signaling units indicate a constrained kinase-off state.
  2. CheW truncated variants are able to drive chemotaxis behavior through activation and control of the CheA kinase. CheA control and networking activities reside in separate domains of CheW protein.
    Title: Truncated, Non-networking Versions of the Coupling Protein CheW Retain Chemoreceptor Control of Kinase CheA.
  3. the Tar(FO) modules demonstrate that trimerized signaling tips self-associate, bind CheA and CheW, and facilitate conversion of CheA to an active conformation.
    Title: Preformed Soluble Chemoreceptor Trimers That Mimic Cellular Assembly States and Activate CheA Autophosphorylation.
  4. Results suggest that ligand binding triggers changes in the receptor that alter its signalling contacts with CheW.
    Title: Signalling-dependent interactions between the kinase-coupling protein CheW and chemoreceptors in living cells.
  5. Data show that even though static homology models of CheW may be partially structurally different from their corresponding experimentally determined structures, the conformational space they can access through their dynamic variations can be similar.
    Title: Homology modeling of the CheW coupling protein of the chemotaxis signaling complex.
  6. Co-overexpression of Tsr, CheA, and CheW yields hexagonal Arrays.
    Title: New insights into bacterial chemoreceptor array structure and assembly from electron cryotomography.
  7. analysis of CheA and CheW protein architecture and their role in bacterial chemotaxis
    Title: Bacterial chemoreceptor arrays are hexagonally packed trimers of receptor dimers networked by rings of kinase and coupling proteins.
  8. The exchange of CheA and CheW at receptor clusters shows a modest dependency on the receptor modification.
    Title: Effects of receptor modification and temperature on dynamics of sensory complexes in Escherichia coli chemotaxis.
  9. Results identified CheW surfaces responsible for CheA-Tsr interaction.
    Title: Protein footprinting in a complex milieu: identifying the interaction surfaces of the chemotaxis adaptor protein CheW.
  10. The 2[to]2[to]1 organization is the core structural and functional unit of chemotaxis signaling complexes and hexagonal arrays characteristic of signaling complexes may be built from this unit.
    Title: Core unit of chemotaxis signaling complexes.
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Interactions

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Products Interactant Other Gene Complex Source Pubs Description

General gene information

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Homology

Gene Ontology Provided by EcoCyc

Function Evidence Code Pubs
enables protein binding IPI
Inferred from Physical Interaction
more info
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enables protein domain specific binding IPI
Inferred from Physical Interaction
more info
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Process Evidence Code Pubs
acts_upstream_of_or_within aerotaxis IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
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involved_in chemotaxis IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
  
involved_in chemotaxis IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
  
acts_upstream_of_or_within chemotaxis IMP
Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
more info
 PubMed 
involved_in establishment of localization in cell IMP
Inferred from Mutant Phenotype
more info
 PubMed 
involved_in positive regulation of post-translational protein modification IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
 PubMed 
acts_upstream_of_or_within signal transduction IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
 PubMed 
involved_in signal transduction IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
  
Component Evidence Code Pubs
located_in cell tip IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
 PubMed 
located_in cytoplasm IEA
Inferred from Electronic Annotation
more info
  
is_active_in cytosol IBA
Inferred from Biological aspect of Ancestor
more info
  
located_in cytosol IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
 PubMed 
part_of methyl accepting chemotaxis protein complex IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
 PubMed 
located_in plasma membrane IDA
Inferred from Direct Assay
more info
 PubMed 

General protein information

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Preferred Names
chemotaxis protein CheW

NCBI Reference Sequences (RefSeq)

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Genome Annotation

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Reference assembly

Genomic

  1. NC_000913.3 Reference assembly

    Range
    1972836..1973339 complement
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mRNA and Protein(s)

  1. NP_416401.1 chemotaxis protein CheW [Escherichia coli str. K-12 substr. MG1655]

    See identical proteins and their annotated locations for NP_416401.1

    Status: PROVISIONAL

    UniProtKB/TrEMBL
    A0A418GHT6
    Conserved Domains (1) summary
    PRK10612
    Location:1 → 167
    PRK10612; chemotaxis protein CheW
Nucleotide Protein
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