CheY

• Description: two-component response regulator, modulation of flagellar switch bias
  
  

Gene name	cheY
Synonyms	cheB
Essential	no
Product	two-component response regulator
Function	modulation of flagellar switch bias
MW, pI	13 kDa, 4.746
Gene length, protein length	360 bp, 120 aa
Immediate neighbours	fliY, fliZ
Get the DNA and protein sequences (Barbe et al., 2009)
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The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU16330

Database entries

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family:

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification: phosphorylated by CheA on an Asp residue

• Cofactor(s):

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions: CheY-P-CheC, CheA-CheY

• Localization: cytoplasm (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• Structure:

• UniProt: P24072

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: flgB-flgC-fliE-fliF-fliG-fliH-fliI-fliJ-ylxF-fliK-ylxG-flgE-fliL-fliM-fliY-cheY-fliZ-fliP-fliQ-fliR-flhB-flhA-flhF-ylxH-cheB-cheA-cheW-cheC-cheD-sigD-swrB PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigA PubMed, SigD PubMed

• Regulation:
  • repressed under conditions that trigger sporulation (Spo0A) PubMed

• Regulatory mechanism:
  • Spo0A: transcription repression PubMed

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Original Publications

Travis J Muff, George W Ordal
The CheC phosphatase regulates chemotactic adaptation through CheD.
J Biol Chem: 2007, 282(47);34120-8
[PubMed:17908686] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

H Werhane, P Lopez, M Mendel, M Zimmer, G W Ordal, L M Márquez-Magaña
The last gene of the fla/che operon in Bacillus subtilis, ylxL, is required for maximal sigmaD function.
J Bacteriol: 2004, 186(12);4025-9
[PubMed:15175317] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Virginie Molle, Masaya Fujita, Shane T Jensen, Patrick Eichenberger, José E González-Pastor, Jun S Liu, Richard Losick
The Spo0A regulon of Bacillus subtilis.
Mol Microbiol: 2003, 50(5);1683-701
[PubMed:14651647] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Hendrik Szurmant, Michael W Bunn, Vincent J Cannistraro, George W Ordal
Bacillus subtilis hydrolyzes CheY-P at the location of its action, the flagellar switch.
J Biol Chem: 2003, 278(49);48611-6
[PubMed:12920116] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

J R Kirby, M M Saulmon, C J Kristich, G W Ordal
CheY-dependent methylation of the asparagine receptor, McpB, during chemotaxis in Bacillus subtilis.
J Biol Chem: 1999, 274(16);11092-100
[PubMed:10196193] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

W Estacio, S S Anna-Arriola, M Adedipe, L M Márquez-Magaña
Dual promoters are responsible for transcription initiation of the fla/che operon in Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 1998, 180(14);3548-55
[PubMed:9657996] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

J R Kirby, C J Kristich, S L Feinberg, G W Ordal
Methanol production during chemotaxis to amino acids in Bacillus subtilis.
Mol Microbiol: 1997, 24(4);869-78
[PubMed:9194713] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

L M Márquez-Magaña, M J Chamberlin
Characterization of the sigD transcription unit of Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 1994, 176(8);2427-34
[PubMed:8157612] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

D S Bischoff, R B Bourret, M L Kirsch, G W Ordal
Purification and characterization of Bacillus subtilis CheY.
Biochemistry: 1993, 32(35);9256-61
[PubMed:8369293] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)