Methyl-accepting chemotaxis protein McpU

UniProtKB accession:  Q88NI1

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UniProtKB description:  Chemotactic-signal transducers respond to changes in the concentration of attractants and repellents in the environment, transduce a signal from the outside to the inside of the cell, and facilitate sensory adaptation through the variation of the level of methylation. McpU is a chemoreceptor that binds and mediates chemotaxis to polyamines such as putrescine, spermidine, cadaverine and agmatine (PubMed:26662997, PubMed:30425146). Also binds histamine and ethylenediamine with much lower affinities (PubMed:30425146).