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ArticleJournal of bacteriology2021

McpT, a Broad-Range Carboxylate Chemoreceptor in Sinorhizobium meliloti.

Hiba Baaziz, K Karl Compton, Sherry B Hildreth, Richard F Helm, Birgit E Scharf

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Article in Journal of bacteriology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Hiba BaazizDepartment of Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA.
K Karl ComptonDepartment of Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA.
Sherry B HildrethDepartment of Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA.
Richard F HelmDepartment of Biochemistry, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA.
Birgit E ScharfDepartment of Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA.
Virginia Tech · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chemoreceptors enable the legume symbiont Sinorhizobium meliloti to detect and respond to specific chemicals released from their host plant alfalfa, which allows the establishment of a nitrogen-fixing symbiosis. The periplasmic region (PR) of transmembrane chemoreceptors act as the sensory input module for chemotaxis systems via binding of specific ligands, either directly or indirectly. S. meliloti has six transmembrane and two cytosolic chemoreceptors. However, the function of only three of the transmembrane receptors have been characterized so far, with McpU, McpV, and McpX serving as general amino acid, short-chain carboxylate, and quaternary ammonium compound sensors, respectively. In the present study, we analyzed the S. meliloti chemoreceptor McpT. High-throughput differential scanning fluorimetry assays, using Biolog phenotype microarray plates, identified 15 potential ligands for McpT

Indexed as

Bacterial ProteinsCarboxylic AcidsChemotactic FactorsChemotaxisGene DeletionGlyoxylatesLigandsSinorhizobium melilotiBacterial ProteinsCarboxylic AcidsChemotactic FactorsGlyoxylatesglyoxylic acidLigandschemotaxislegumerhizobiasymbiosis

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PMID34124939
PMCPMC8351632
OpenAlexW3171055492

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