Fig 2.

Alignment of the periplasmic domains of MCPs from various bacterial species. Amino acid sequences of MLPs were aligned by using the ClustalW program, version 1.4. The Cache domain (3), consisting of the N- and C-terminal parts, and the pre-Cache motif identified in this study are indicated by separate lines above the sequences. White letters on a black background indicate residues identical to those of Mlp24. The names of the proteins are shown with the abbreviations of the species: Agrc, Agrobacterium tumefaciens; Bs, Bacillus subtilis; Cv, Chromobacterium violaceum; Vp, Vibrio parahaemolyticus; Vv, Vibrio vulnificus; Pa, Pseudononas aeruginosa; Pbpra, Photobacterium profundum; Smc, Sinorhizobium; Yp, Yersinia pestis.