Towards Understanding Signal Transmission in the Bacterial Chemotaxis Histidine Kinase CheA
- Degree Grantor:
- University of California, Santa Barbara. Chemistry
- Degree Supervisor:
- Frederick W. Dahlquist
- Place of Publication:
- [Santa Barbara, Calif.]
- Publisher:
- University of California, Santa Barbara
- Creation Date:
- 2013
- Issued Date:
- 2013
- Topics:
- Chemistry, Biochemistry, Biophysics, General, and Biology, Microbiology
- Genres:
- Online resources and Dissertations, Academic
- Dissertation:
- Ph.D.--University of California, Santa Barbara, 2013
- Description:
During bacterial chemotaxis, motile bacteria modulate their swimming behavior in response to environmental stimuli. At the molecular level, a histidine kinase, CheA, acts as an input-output element that couples sensory information to the swimming behavior of a bacterium. This thesis focuses on the signal transmission in the domains of CheA, including identification of the interaction site between CheA's regulatory domain and the cytoplasmic domain of chemoreceptor, establishment of the roles of two interdomain linkers in the signal transduction pathway, and the elucidation of how the interdomain linker that connects the dimerization and ATP-binding domains assumes its functional role. These findings extend our understanding of the chemotaxis signal transduction pathway.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (100 pages)
- Format:
- Text
- Collection(s):
- UCSB electronic theses and dissertations
- Other Versions:
- http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqm&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3602247
- ARK:
- ark:/48907/f38p5xm9
- ISBN:
- 9781303541070
- Catalog System Number:
- 990040925440203776
- Copyright:
- Xiqing Wang, 2013
- Rights:
In Copyright
- Copyright Holder:
- Xiqing Wang
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