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Methyl transfer in chemotaxis toward sugars by Bacillus subtilis
M S Thoelke1, J M Casper, G W Ordal
1Department of Biochemistry, University of Illinois, College of Medicine, Urbana 61801.
Journal of Bacteriology
|February 1, 1990
Abstract:
Like amino acids, the sugars glucose and the nonmetabolizable 2-deoxyglucose caused a turnover of methyl groups on the methyl-accepting chemotaxis proteins. These sugars also caused methanol formation on addition. Thus, in contrast to chemotaxis in Escherichia coli, taxis to phosphotransferase sugars by Bacillus subtilis utilizes the methyl-accepting chemotaxis proteins.