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CheZ is a protein involved in signal transduction in bacterial chemotaxis and accelerates the dephosphorylation of the activated response regulator, CheY-phosphate. The crystal structure of CheZ in complex with activated CheY provides insights into the function of CheZ.

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Figure 1: Schematic view of the helix-turn-helix hairpin of CheZ.
Figure 2: Comparison of CheY–CheZ and CheY–FliM interactions.

This figure was prepared by A. Campos.

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Matsumura, P. Last, but not least. Nat Struct Mol Biol 9, 563–564 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/nsb0802-563

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