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• The small multi-functioning adaptor and scaffolding protein <scene name='57/571407/Chew/1'>CheW</scene> (2HO9) is not directly involved in the signaling event but is essential for CheA activity.  
• The small multi-functioning adaptor and scaffolding protein <scene name='57/571407/Chew/1'>CheW</scene> (2HO9) is not directly involved in the signaling event but is essential for CheA activity.  


• When combined, these three proteins assemble into large membrane associated complex primed for relaying signals from outside the cell. <scene name='57/571407/Ternary_complex_side_view/4'>This scene</scene> shows a top down view of a set of three ternary complexes with the receptor in gray, CheA in blue, and CheW in cyan. Recent cryo-EM data from the [http://www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.1115719109 Crane Lab] shows evidence for extended hexagonal arrays
• When combined, these three proteins assemble into large membrane associated complex primed for relaying signals from outside the cell. <scene name='57/571407/Ternary_complex_side_view/4'>This scene</scene> shows a top down view of a set of three ternary complexes with the receptor in gray, CheA in blue, and CheW in cyan. Recent cryo-EM data from the [http://www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.1115719109 Crane Lab] shows evidence for extended hexagonal arrays in which the receptors exist as trimers of dimers with rings of CheA and CheW connecting them together.

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