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Methyl-accepting chemotaxis proteins (MCPs) are central to the mechanisms of chemotaxis in the enteric bacteria, Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium. These proteins were the first physiological substrates to be identified for a protein carboxyl methyl transferase (Kort et al., 1975) and the functional significance of protein carboxyl methylation is best understood in the case of MCPs (Springer et al., 1979). Recent studies have revealed a striking complexityofstructure and function for the bacterial MCPs.
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Hazelbauer, G., Engström, P., Harayama, S. (1982). The complex nature of methyl-accepting chemotaxis proteins of enteric bacteria. In: Biochemistry of S-Adenosylmethionine and Related Compounds. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-06343-7_12
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