The unconventional cytoplasmic sensing mechanism for ethanol chemotaxis in Bacillus subtilis
P. Tohidifar, G. A. Bodhankar, S. Pei, C. K. Cassidy, H. E. Walukiewicz, G. W. Orodal, P. J. Stansfeld, C. Rao
This paper identifies an unconventional ethanol sensing mechanism in Bacillus subtilis where ethanol binds the cytoplasmic signaling domain of McpB and the myoglobin-like sensing domain of HemAT.
bioRxiv · Jun 4, 2020Microbiology