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Assaying the Kinase Activity of LRRK2 in vitro
Published on: January 18, 2012
In Vitro Assay for Measuring Receptor-Kinase Activity in the Bacillus subtilis Chemotaxis Pathway
Hanna E Walukiewicz1, George W Ordal2, Christopher V Rao3
1Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.
Abstract:
The sensing apparatus of the Bacillus subtilis chemotaxis pathway involves a complex consisting of chemoreceptors, the CheA histidine kinase, and the CheV and CheW adaptor proteins. Attractants and repellents alter the rate of CheA autophosphorylation, either by directly binding the receptors or by indirectly interacting with them through intermediate binding proteins. We describe an in vitro assay for measuring receptor-kinase activity in B. subtilis. This assay has been used to investigate the mechanism of signal transduction in B. subtilis chemotaxis and the disparate mechanisms employed by this bacterium for sensory adaptation and gradient sensing.
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