@article{mbs:/content/journal/micro/10.1099/mic.0.081968-0, author = "Parales, Rebecca E. and Nesteryuk, Vasyl and Hughes, Jonathan G. and Luu, Rita A. and Ditty, Jayna L.", title = "Cytosine chemoreceptor McpC in Pseudomonas putida F1 also detects nicotinic acid", journal= "Microbiology", year = "2014", volume = "160", number = "12", pages = "2661-2669", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/mic.0.081968-0", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/micro/10.1099/mic.0.081968-0", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1465-2080", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "Soil bacteria are generally capable of growth on a wide range of organic chemicals, and pseudomonads are particularly adept at utilizing aromatic compounds. Pseudomonads are motile bacteria that are capable of sensing a wide range of chemicals, using both energy taxis and chemotaxis. Whilst the identification of specific chemicals detected by the ≥26 chemoreceptors encoded in Pseudomonas genomes is ongoing, the functions of only a limited number of Pseudomonas chemoreceptors have been revealed to date. We report here that McpC, a methyl-accepting chemotaxis protein in Pseudomonas putida F1 that was previously shown to function as a receptor for cytosine, was also responsible for the chemotactic response to the carboxylated pyridine nicotinic acid.", }