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Chemotaxis in the human gastric pathogen : different roles for CheW and the three CheV paralogues, and evidence for CheV2 phosphorylation Free

Abstract

The complete genome sequence of has revealed the presence of a novel set of chemotaxis genes including three paralogues. CheV is a bi-functional protein, the N-terminal domain being homologous to the signalling-complex linker protein CheW, while the C-terminal domain is homologous to the response-regulator CheY, but its precise function in chemotaxis is unknown. In this study, each of the three paralogues were insertionally inactivated in strain 26695 to determine their importance in the chemotactic signal-transduction pathway of . Mutation of HP0019 () had a severe inhibitory effect on chemotaxis, as determined by a swarm-plate assay. In contrast, strains carrying single mutations in either (HP0616) or (HP0393) displayed wild-type swarming behaviour, as did a double mutant. However, expression of the or genes in resulted in an inhibition of chemotaxis in a wild-type strain, indicating their role in chemotaxis, although these genes were unable to complement isogenic or mutants. The product of /HP0616 was overexpressed in and purified to homogeneity. Protein fluorescence quenching experiments showed that CheV2 was capable of binding acetyl phosphate, a small-molecule phosphodonor. The measured for acetyl phosphate was 21 mM. It is concluded that in the absence of a gene, the CheV proteins could act as phosphate sinks to control the cellular level of phospho-CheY in . However, only CheV1 was critical for chemotaxis, indicating a specific role distinct from the other paralogues in the signal-transduction pathway. Significantly, none of the CheV proteins could substitute for the loss of CheW, as an null mutant was non-chemotactic.

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Keyword(s): acetyl phosphate , cheV , cheW , cheY , fluorescence , motility and phosphorylation
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Chemotaxis in the human gastric pathogen Helicobacter pylori: different roles for CheW and the three CheV paralogues, and evidence for CheV2 phosphorylation
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