Phototactic and Chemotactic Signal Transduction by Transmembrane Receptors and Transducers in Microorganisms

Microorganisms show attractant and repellent responses to survive in the various environments in which they live. Those phototaxic (to light) and chemotaxic (to chemicals) responses are regulated by membrane-embedded receptors and transducers. This article reviews the following: (1) the signal relay...

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Autores principales: Suzuki, Daisuke, Irieda, Hiroki, Homma, Michio, Kawagishi, Ikuro, Sudo, Yuki
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI) 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3274258/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22319339
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s100404010
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author Suzuki, Daisuke
Irieda, Hiroki
Homma, Michio
Kawagishi, Ikuro
Sudo, Yuki
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description Microorganisms show attractant and repellent responses to survive in the various environments in which they live. Those phototaxic (to light) and chemotaxic (to chemicals) responses are regulated by membrane-embedded receptors and transducers. This article reviews the following: (1) the signal relay mechanisms by two photoreceptors, Sensory Rhodopsin I (SRI) and Sensory Rhodopsin II (SRII) and their transducers (HtrI and HtrII) responsible for phototaxis in microorganisms; and (2) the signal relay mechanism of a chemoreceptor/transducer protein, Tar, responsible for chemotaxis in E. coli. Based on results mainly obtained by our group together with other findings, the possible molecular mechanisms for phototaxis and chemotaxis are discussed.
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spelling pubmed-32742582012-02-08 Phototactic and Chemotactic Signal Transduction by Transmembrane Receptors and Transducers in Microorganisms Suzuki, Daisuke Irieda, Hiroki Homma, Michio Kawagishi, Ikuro Sudo, Yuki Sensors (Basel) Review Microorganisms show attractant and repellent responses to survive in the various environments in which they live. Those phototaxic (to light) and chemotaxic (to chemicals) responses are regulated by membrane-embedded receptors and transducers. This article reviews the following: (1) the signal relay mechanisms by two photoreceptors, Sensory Rhodopsin I (SRI) and Sensory Rhodopsin II (SRII) and their transducers (HtrI and HtrII) responsible for phototaxis in microorganisms; and (2) the signal relay mechanism of a chemoreceptor/transducer protein, Tar, responsible for chemotaxis in E. coli. Based on results mainly obtained by our group together with other findings, the possible molecular mechanisms for phototaxis and chemotaxis are discussed. Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI) 2010-04-20 /pmc/articles/PMC3274258/ /pubmed/22319339 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s100404010 Text en © 2010 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open-access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
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Phototactic and Chemotactic Signal Transduction by Transmembrane Receptors and Transducers in Microorganisms
title Phototactic and Chemotactic Signal Transduction by Transmembrane Receptors and Transducers in Microorganisms
title_full Phototactic and Chemotactic Signal Transduction by Transmembrane Receptors and Transducers in Microorganisms
title_fullStr Phototactic and Chemotactic Signal Transduction by Transmembrane Receptors and Transducers in Microorganisms
title_full_unstemmed Phototactic and Chemotactic Signal Transduction by Transmembrane Receptors and Transducers in Microorganisms
title_short Phototactic and Chemotactic Signal Transduction by Transmembrane Receptors and Transducers in Microorganisms
title_sort phototactic and chemotactic signal transduction by transmembrane receptors and transducers in microorganisms
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3274258/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22319339
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s100404010
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