A chemosensory-like histidine kinase is dispensable for chemotaxis in vitro but regulates the virulence of Borrelia burgdorferi through modulating the stability of RpoS.

As an enzootic pathogen, the Lyme disease bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi possesses multiple copies of chemotaxis proteins, including two chemotaxis histidine kinases (CHK), CheA1 and CheA2. Our previous study showed that CheA2 is a genuine CHK that is required for chemotaxis; however, the role of Ch...

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Main Authors: Ching Wooen Sze, Kai Zhang, Michael J Lynch, Radha Iyer, Brian R Crane, Ira Schwartz, Chunhao Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2023-11-01
Series:PLoS Pathogens
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.ppat.1011752&type=printable