Aerotaxis in Halobacterium salinarium is methylation-dependent.
Aerotaxis in Halobacterium salinarium is methylation-dependent.
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盐杆菌的趋气性是甲基化依赖性的。
DOI:
10.1099/13500872-141-11-2945
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发表时间:
1995
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Taylor,BL
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作者:
Lindbeck,JC;GoulbourneJr,EA;Johnson,MS;Taylor,BL
The behavioural response to a gradient of oxygen (aerotaxis) has been characterized in the archaeon,Halobacterium salinarium. When the gas surrounding a drop ofH. salinariumstrain S9-P culture was changed abruptly from 10% (v/v) O2to 100% N2, the bacteria transiently increased the frequency of reversing before they adapted and resumed random swimming. When the gas was returned to 10% O2the bacteria responded by swimming smoothly for approximately 45 s. Aerotaxis was strongest when respiration inH. salinariumwas highest and when bacteriorhodopsin and halorhodopsin were not contributing to the proton motive force. Starvation for methionine of the auxotrophicH. salinariumessentially abolished the step-down aerotactic response. Methanol production from demethylation of methyl-accepting chemotaxis proteins was transiently increased inH. salinariumS9-P by a step down or step up in oxygen concentration, as observed in methylation-dependent chemotaxis inH. salinarium. The taxis-negative and methyltransferase-deficient mutant,H. salinariumstrain Pho72 did not exhibit changes in methanol release in response to aerotaxis or chemotaxis stimuli. This is the first report of an aerotactic response that is dependent on methylation of methyl-accepting chemotaxis proteins. Aerotaxis inEscherichia coliandSalmonella typhimuriumis independent of transducer methylation.