Repellent taxis in response to nickel ion requires neither Ni2+ transport nor the periplasmic NikA binding protein. Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • Ni(2+) and Co(2+) are sensed as repellents by the Escherichia coli Tar chemoreceptor. The periplasmic Ni(2+) binding protein, NikA, has been suggested to sense Ni(2+). We show here that neither NikA nor the membrane-bound NikB and NikC proteins of the Ni(2+) transport system are required for repellent taxis in response to Ni(2+).

published proceedings

  • J Bacteriol

author list (cited authors)

  • Englert, D. L., Adase, C. A., Jayaraman, A., & Manson, M. D.

citation count

  • 28

complete list of authors

  • Englert, Derek L||Adase, Christopher A||Jayaraman, Arul||Manson, Michael D

publication date

  • May 2010