The chemosensory systems of Vibrio cholerae.
Mol Microbiol
; 114(3): 367-376, 2020 09.
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| ID: mdl-32347610
ABSTRACT
Vibrio cholerae, the causative agent of the acute diarrheal disease cholera, is able to thrive in diverse habitats such as natural water bodies and inside human hosts. To ensure their survival, these bacteria rely on chemosensory pathways to sense and respond to changing environmental conditions. These pathways constitute a highly sophisticated cellular control system in Bacteria and Archaea. Reflecting the complex life cycle of V. cholerae, this organism has three different chemosensory pathways that together contain over 50 proteins expressed under different environmental conditions. Only one of them is known to control motility, while the function of the other two remains to be discovered. Here, we provide an overview of the chemosensory systems in V. cholerae and the advances toward understanding their structure and function.
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Proteínas de Bactérias
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Vibrio cholerae
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Transdução de Sinais
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Quimiotaxia
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Humans
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En
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2020
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