Chemotaxis and flagellar genes of Chromobacterium violaceum
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2004
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The availability of the complete genome of the Gram-
negative β-proteobacterium Chromobacterium violaceum has increas-
ingly impacted our understanding of this microorganism. This review
focuses on the genomic organization and structural analysis of the de-
duced proteins of the chemosensory adaptation system of C. violaceum.
C. violaceum has multiple homologues of most chemotaxis genes, orga-
nized mostly in clusters in the bacterial genome. We found at least 67
genes, distributed in 10 gene clusters, involved in the chemotaxis of C.
violaceum. A close examination of the chemoreceptors methyl-accept-
ing chemotaxis proteins (MCPs), and the deduced sequences of the mem-
bers of the two-component signaling system revealed canonical motifs,
described as essential for the function of the deduced proteins. The
chemoreceptors found in C. violaceum include the complete repertoire
of such genes described in bacteria, designated as tsr, tar, trg, and tap;
41 MCP loci were found in the C. violaceum genome. Also, the C.
violaceum genome includes a large repertoire of the proteins of the
chemosensory transducer system. Multiple homologues of bacterial che-
motaxis genes, including CheA, CheB, CheD, CheR, CheV, CheY, CheZ,
and CheW, were found in the C. violaceum genome.
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Chromobacterium violaceum, Chemosensory transducer protein, Chemotaxis, Methyl-accepting chemotaxis proteins
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BATAUS, Luiz Artur Mendes; CARDOSO, Divina das Dores de Paula; SOARES, Renata de Bastos Ascenço; SOARES, Célia Maria de Almeida. Chemotaxis and flagellar genes of Chromobacterium violaceum. Genetics and Molecular Research, Ribeirão Preto, v. 3, n. 1, p. 92-101, 2004.