NDLI: Excitatory signaling in bacterial probed by caged chemoeffectors.

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Author	Khan, S. Castellano, F. Spudich, J. L. Mccray, J. A. Goody, R. S. Reid, G. P. Trentham, D. R.
Abstract	Chemotactic excitation responses to caged ligand photorelease of rapidly swimming bacteria that reverse (Vibrio alginolyticus) or tumble (Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium) have been measured by computer. Mutants were used to assess the effects of abnormal motility behavior upon signal processing times and test feasibility of kinetic analyses of the signaling pathway in intact bacteria. N-1-(2-Nitrophenyl)ethoxycarbonyl-L-serine and 2-hydroxyphenyl 1-(2-nitrophenyl) ethyl phosphate were synthesized. These compounds are a 'caged' serine and a 'caged' proton and on flash photolysis release serine and protons and attractant and repellent ligands, respectively, for Tsr, the serine receptor. The product quantum yield for serine was 0.65 (+/- 0.05) and the rate of serine release was proportional to [H+] near-neutrality with a rate constant of 17 s-1 at pH 7.0 and 21 degrees C. The product quantum yield for protons was calculated to be 0.095 on 308-nm irradiation but 0.29 (+/- 0.02) on 300-350-nm irradiation, with proton release occurring at > 10(5) s-1. The pH jumps produced were estimated using pH indicators, the pH-dependent decay of the chromophoric aci-nitro intermediate and bioassays. Receptor deletion mutants did not respond to photorelease of the caged ligands. Population responses occurred without measurable latency. Response times increased with decreased stimulus strength. Physiological or genetic perturbation of motor rotation bias leading to increased tumbling reduced response sensitivity but did not affect response times. Exceptions were found. A CheR-CheB mutant strain had normal motility, but reduced response. A CheZ mutant had tumbly motility, reduced sensitivity, and increased response time to attractant, but a normal repellent response. These observations are consistent with current ideas that motor interactions with a single parameter, namely phosphorylated CheY protein, dictate motor response to both attractant and repellent stimuli. Inverse motility motor mutants with extreme rotation bias exhibited the greatest reduction in response sensitivity but, nevertheless, had normal attractant response times. This implies that control of CheY phosphate concentration rather than motor reactions limits responses to attractants.
Related Links	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0006-3495(93)81317-1
Ending Page	2382
Page Count	15
Starting Page	2368
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00063495
e-ISSN	15420086
Journal	Biophysical Journal
Issue Number	6
Volume Number	65
Language	English
Publisher Date	1993-12-01
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Biophysics Research in Higher Education
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Biophysics

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