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Supporting Information Piñas et al. 10.1073/pnas.1600216113 SI Materials and Methods Chemotaxis Assays. Chemotactic ability was assessed in strain UU2683 bearing derivatives of plasmid pPM25. Individual col- onies were transferred with sterile toothpicks to tryptone soft agar plates (10 g/L tryptone, 5 g/l NaCl, 2.5 g/L agar) supplemented with 12.5 μg/mL chloramphenicol and 0.6 μM sodium salicylate. Plates were incubated at 32.5 °C for 7 h before imaging. Cross-Linking Assays. Overnight cultures of strain UU2806 cotransformed with pGP55 (or pGP55 derivatives carrying in- terface 2 mutations) and pRR53 were diluted 100-fold in fresh tryptone broth (10 g/L tryptone, 5 g/L NaCl) supplemented with 12.5 μg/mL chloramphenicol, 50 μg/mL ampicillin, and inducers, and grown at 30 °C with aeration. Expression of CheA-A546C and CheW-E27C was induced from pGP55 with 0.6 μM sodium salicylate to achieve wild type expression levels of these proteins. Tsr expression from pRR53 was induced with 10, 50, or 200 μM isopropyl β-D-1-thiogalactopyranoside (IPTG), yielding protein levels of 0.5-, 1-, or 2-fold the level in chromosomally encoded Tsr, respectively. After growth of the culture to OD 600 0.5, a 1.5-mL aliquot was withdrawn, washed twice with 1 mL of PBS, and then resus- pended in 1 mL of PBS. At each washing step, cells were centri- fuged at 6,000 × g for 5 min at room temperature. Oxidation was started by the addition of 5 μL of a 60 mM Cu 2+ -phenanthroline solution (60 mM CuSO 4 , 200 mM 1,10-phenanthroline, 50 mM NaH 2 PO 4 , pH 7.4). Samples were incubated at 35 °C for 10 min, after which the reaction was stopped with 10 mM EDTA. Cells were collected by centrifugation at 21,000 × g for 3 min, and then lysed in 50 μL of 1× nonreducing loading buffer [5% (wt/vol) sucrose, 2.5 mM EDTA, 1 mg/mL N-ethylmaleimeide (NEM), 0.5 mg/mL bromophenol blue, 0.25% (wt/vol) SDS, 1.6 mM NaH 2 PO 4 , 20 mM Tris·HCl, pH 6.8]. CheA-containing species were detected by Western blot analysis using a polyclonal anti-HA antibody (Pierce) and a Cy5-labeled secondary antibody (Invitrogen). Western blots were imaged under fluorescence mode in a Typhoon 8600 scanner (GE Healthcare), and bands were quantified with ImageQuant software (GE Healthcare). Cross-linking proficiency of interface 2 mutant proteins was defined as the fraction of CheA in the CheACheW cross-linked product normalized to the corresponding value for the wild type reporter proteins. Receptor Clustering Tests. Overnight cultures of strain UU1607 were diluted 100-fold in fresh tryptone broth supplemented with the appropriate inducers and antibiotics, and grown at 33.5 °C with agitation to OD 600 0.45. Cells were washed and resuspended in motility buffer (10 mM potassium phosphate, 0.1 mM EDTA, 10 mM lactic acid, pH 7) containing 1 μM L-methionine. For im- aging, cells were immobilized between agarose gel (1.2%) and a coverslip in a titanium chamber. Fluorescence images were ob- tained, generally at room temperature, using a Nikon Ti inverted microscope equipped with a 100× Plan-Fluor objective (1.3 NA), a xenon lamp (Sutter Instrument), and a camera (Andor Tech- nology). Clustering scores were computed as a weighted aver- age of peak/body intensity scores normalized to the wild type weighted average. Cross-Linking Assay for Receptor Trimers-of-Dimers. Strain UU2806 bearing plasmids pCS53 and pPM25 (or pPM25 derivatives with interface 2 mutations) was diluted 100-fold from overnight cul- tures in fresh tryptone broth supplemented with 12.5 μg/mL chloramphenicol, 50 μg/mL ampicillin, 0.6 μM sodium salicylate, and 150 μM IPTG, and grown at 30 °C with agitation (250 rpm) to OD 600 0.5. Cells from a 1.5-mL aliquot of the culture were collected by centrifugation (5 min at 6,000 × g), washed twice with PBS, and finally resuspended in 1 mL of PBS. The Tsr cross-linking reaction was initiated with 50 μM TMEA and stopped with 10 mM NEM after 30 s of incubation at 30 °C. Cell samples were centrifuged at 21,000 × g for 3 min, and then lysed in 50 μL of 1× Laemmli loading buffer. Tsr-cross-linked species were detected by Western blot analysis using a polyclonal anti- Tsr antibody. Fluorescence Anisotropy Measures of Receptor Packing. The pro- cedure for obtaining these measurements has been described in detail previously (26, 38). In brief, overnight cultures of strain UU2806 were diluted 100-fold in fresh tryptone broth supple- mented with appropriate antibiotics and inducers and then grown at 33.5 °C with agitation to OD 600 0.45. Cells were washed and resuspended in motility buffer containing 1 μM L-methionine, immobilized on a coverslip, placed into a gold-plated flow chamber, and mounted on a Nikon FN1 microscope. The mYFP fluorophore was excited with linearly polarized light, and the emitted fluorescence was split, using a polarizing beam splitter cube, to its parallel (I par ) and perpendicular (I per ) polarizations, which were monitored using two photon counters (H7422P, Hamamatsu). The steady-state polarization of the emitted fluo- rescence is represented here by the fluorescence anisotropy, r, defined as (I par I per )/(I par + 2I per ), where I per is corrected for imperfections of the optical system. The absolute fluorescence anisotropy was validated using an aqueous solution of fluores- cein and purified mYFP (yielding 0 and 0.32, respectively). The experiments were performed at room temperature. In Vivo FRET-Based Kinase Assays. Cell preparation, flow cell as- sembly, stimulus protocol, FRET instrumentation, and data analysis have been described previously (4, 28, 29). Liquid cul- tures of UU2784 cells expressing the FRET protein pair (CheY- YFP and CheZ-CFP) from plasmid pVS88 and CheA/CheW variants from plasmid pPM25 were diluted 100-fold in fresh tryptone broth supplemented with 12.5 μg/mL chloramphenicol, 50 μg/mL ampicillin, 50 μM IPTG, and 0.6 μM sodium salicylate and then incubated at 30 °C for 6 h to midexponential phase (OD 600 0.5). Cells were washed, attached to a round polylysine- coated coverslip, mounted in a flow cell, and subjected to se- quential addition and removal of serine diluted in motility buffer containing 100 μM L-methionine. The attached cells and all so- lutions were kept at 30 °C throughout the experiment. The cell sample was excited at CFP wavelength, and epifluor- escent light emission from CFP (FRET donor) and YFP (FRET acceptor) was measured by photon-counting photomultipliers. The ratio of YFP to CFP photon counts reports in real time on CheA kinase activity and changes in response to serine stimuli. Doseresponse curves were obtained by plotting the fractional changes in kinase activity versus applied serine concentrations. Data were fitted to a multisite Hill equation, 1 - [Ser] H /([Ser] H + K 1/2 H ), where K 1/2 is the concentration of attractant that inhibits 50% of the kinase activity and H, the Hill coefficient, reflects the coop- erativity of the response. Total CheA kinase activity was calculated as the larger of the FRET changes elicited by a saturating serine stimulus or by 3 mM KCN (4). Piñas et al. www.pnas.org/cgi/content/short/1600216113 1 of 8

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Supporting InformationPiñas et al. 10.1073/pnas.1600216113SI Materials and MethodsChemotaxis Assays. Chemotactic ability was assessed in strainUU2683 bearing derivatives of plasmid pPM25. Individual col-onies were transferred with sterile toothpicks to tryptone soft agarplates (10 g/L tryptone, 5 g/l NaCl, 2.5 g/L agar) supplementedwith 12.5 μg/mL chloramphenicol and 0.6 μM sodium salicylate.Plates were incubated at 32.5 °C for 7 h before imaging.

Cross-Linking Assays. Overnight cultures of strain UU2806cotransformed with pGP55 (or pGP55 derivatives carrying in-terface 2 mutations) and pRR53 were diluted 100-fold in freshtryptone broth (10 g/L tryptone, 5 g/L NaCl) supplemented with12.5 μg/mL chloramphenicol, 50 μg/mL ampicillin, and inducers,and grown at 30 °C with aeration. Expression of CheA-A546Cand CheW-E27C was induced from pGP55 with 0.6 μM sodiumsalicylate to achieve wild type expression levels of these proteins.Tsr expression from pRR53 was induced with 10, 50, or 200 μMisopropyl β-D-1-thiogalactopyranoside (IPTG), yielding proteinlevels of 0.5-, 1-, or 2-fold the level in chromosomally encodedTsr, respectively.After growth of the culture to OD600 ∼0.5, a 1.5-mL aliquot

was withdrawn, washed twice with 1 mL of PBS, and then resus-pended in 1 mL of PBS. At each washing step, cells were centri-fuged at 6,000 × g for 5 min at room temperature. Oxidation wasstarted by the addition of 5 μL of a 60 mM Cu2+-phenanthrolinesolution (60 mM CuSO4, 200 mM 1,10-phenanthroline, 50 mMNaH2PO4, pH 7.4). Samples were incubated at 35 °C for 10 min,after which the reaction was stopped with 10 mM EDTA. Cellswere collected by centrifugation at 21,000 × g for 3 min, and thenlysed in 50 μL of 1× nonreducing loading buffer [5% (wt/vol)sucrose, 2.5 mM EDTA, 1 mg/mL N-ethylmaleimeide (NEM),0.5 mg/mL bromophenol blue, 0.25% (wt/vol) SDS, 1.6 mMNaH2PO4, 20 mM Tris·HCl, pH 6.8].CheA-containing species were detected by Western blot analysis

using a polyclonal anti-HA antibody (Pierce) and a Cy5-labeledsecondary antibody (Invitrogen). Western blots were imaged underfluorescence mode in a Typhoon 8600 scanner (GE Healthcare),and bands were quantified with ImageQuant software (GEHealthcare). Cross-linking proficiency of interface 2 mutantproteins was defined as the fraction of CheA in the CheA∼CheWcross-linked product normalized to the corresponding value forthe wild type reporter proteins.

Receptor Clustering Tests. Overnight cultures of strain UU1607were diluted 100-fold in fresh tryptone broth supplemented withthe appropriate inducers and antibiotics, and grown at 33.5 °C withagitation to OD600 ∼0.45. Cells were washed and resuspended inmotility buffer (10 mM potassium phosphate, 0.1 mM EDTA, 10mM lactic acid, pH 7) containing 1 μM L-methionine. For im-aging, cells were immobilized between agarose gel (1.2%) and acoverslip in a titanium chamber. Fluorescence images were ob-tained, generally at room temperature, using a Nikon Ti invertedmicroscope equipped with a 100× Plan-Fluor objective (1.3 NA),a xenon lamp (Sutter Instrument), and a camera (Andor Tech-nology). Clustering scores were computed as a weighted aver-age of peak/body intensity scores normalized to the wild typeweighted average.

Cross-Linking Assay for Receptor Trimers-of-Dimers. Strain UU2806bearing plasmids pCS53 and pPM25 (or pPM25 derivatives withinterface 2 mutations) was diluted 100-fold from overnight cul-

tures in fresh tryptone broth supplemented with 12.5 μg/mLchloramphenicol, 50 μg/mL ampicillin, 0.6 μM sodium salicylate,and 150 μM IPTG, and grown at 30 °C with agitation (250 rpm)to OD600 ∼0.5. Cells from a 1.5-mL aliquot of the culture werecollected by centrifugation (5 min at 6,000 × g), washed twicewith PBS, and finally resuspended in 1 mL of PBS. The Tsrcross-linking reaction was initiated with 50 μM TMEA andstopped with 10 mM NEM after 30 s of incubation at 30 °C. Cellsamples were centrifuged at 21,000 × g for 3 min, and then lysedin 50 μL of 1× Laemmli loading buffer. Tsr-cross-linked specieswere detected by Western blot analysis using a polyclonal anti-Tsr antibody.

Fluorescence Anisotropy Measures of Receptor Packing. The pro-cedure for obtaining these measurements has been described indetail previously (26, 38). In brief, overnight cultures of strainUU2806 were diluted 100-fold in fresh tryptone broth supple-mented with appropriate antibiotics and inducers and then grownat 33.5 °C with agitation to OD600 ∼0.45. Cells were washed andresuspended in motility buffer containing 1 μM L-methionine,immobilized on a coverslip, placed into a gold-plated flowchamber, and mounted on a Nikon FN1 microscope. The mYFPfluorophore was excited with linearly polarized light, and theemitted fluorescence was split, using a polarizing beam splittercube, to its parallel (Ipar) and perpendicular (Iper) polarizations,which were monitored using two photon counters (H7422P,Hamamatsu). The steady-state polarization of the emitted fluo-rescence is represented here by the fluorescence anisotropy, r,defined as (Ipar − Iper)/(Ipar + 2Iper), where Iper is corrected forimperfections of the optical system. The absolute fluorescenceanisotropy was validated using an aqueous solution of fluores-cein and purified mYFP (yielding 0 and 0.32, respectively). Theexperiments were performed at room temperature.

In Vivo FRET-Based Kinase Assays. Cell preparation, flow cell as-sembly, stimulus protocol, FRET instrumentation, and dataanalysis have been described previously (4, 28, 29). Liquid cul-tures of UU2784 cells expressing the FRET protein pair (CheY-YFP and CheZ-CFP) from plasmid pVS88 and CheA/CheWvariants from plasmid pPM25 were diluted 100-fold in freshtryptone broth supplemented with 12.5 μg/mL chloramphenicol,50 μg/mL ampicillin, 50 μM IPTG, and 0.6 μM sodium salicylateand then incubated at 30 °C for 6 h to midexponential phase(OD600 ∼0.5). Cells were washed, attached to a round polylysine-coated coverslip, mounted in a flow cell, and subjected to se-quential addition and removal of serine diluted in motility buffercontaining 100 μM L-methionine. The attached cells and all so-lutions were kept at 30 °C throughout the experiment.The cell sample was excited at CFP wavelength, and epifluor-

escent light emission from CFP (FRET donor) and YFP (FRETacceptor) was measured by photon-counting photomultipliers. Theratio of YFP to CFP photon counts reports in real time on CheAkinase activity and changes in response to serine stimuli. Dose–response curves were obtained by plotting the fractional changes inkinase activity versus applied serine concentrations. Data werefitted to a multisite Hill equation, 1 − [Ser]H/([Ser]H + K1/2

H),where K1/2 is the concentration of attractant that inhibits 50% ofthe kinase activity and H, the Hill coefficient, reflects the coop-erativity of the response. Total CheA kinase activity was calculatedas the larger of the FRET changes elicited by a saturating serinestimulus or by 3 mM KCN (4).

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Table S1. Plasmids used in this study

Plasmid Properties/genotype of expression insert Reference

Group 1 Derivatives of pBR322; confer ampicillin resistance; colE1 replication system;IPTG-inducible expression

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pRR48 Vector 41pRR53 tsr+ 41pCS53 tsr(S366C) 41pPA803 yfp-cheR 42pPA90 tsr[290-551] 43

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Group 3 Derivatives of pTrc99A; confer ampicillin resistance; colE1 replication system;IPTG-inducible expression

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pVS88 cheY-yfp cheZ-cfp 28pAV45 tar([QQQQ] Δ[528-553])-myfp 25

yfp, eyfp (enhanced YFP: S65G/V68L/S72A/T203Y) (48); HA, HA tag (YPYDVPDYA); myfp, eyfp + A206K (48); cfp,ecfp (enhanced CFP: F64L/S65T/Y66W/N146I/M153T/V163A) (48); tar [QQQQ], tar (E302Q/E491Q) (encodes Tar witha strongly ON-shifted output).

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Table S2. Expression level and chemotaxis performance of interface 2 mutant proteins

Mutant proteinExpression level of mutantprotein (fraction of WT)*

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CheA-P5L545A 0.85 0.45L545K 0.75 0.40L545N 0.75 0.50L545P 0.85 0.40L545Q 0.75 0.45L545R 0.80 0.50L545S 0.95 0.35V551A 1.2 0.65V551D 0.80 0.35V551E 0.85 0.35V551G 0.70 0.50V551L ND 0.95V551N 0.80 0.40V551P 0.75 0.35V551R 0.85 0.40V551S 0.70 0.50Y558D 0.85 0.30Y558E 0.95 0.30Y558G 0.80 0.50Y558K 0.80 0.30Y558N 0.95 0.30Y558Q 0.85 0.30Y558R 0.95 0.30

CheWR117D 0.75 0.45R117G 0.75 0.35R117L 0.75 0.95R117Q 0.75 0.80E121A 0.80 1.1E121R 0.80 0.70F122K 0.80 0.40F122R 1.2 0.35F122S 0.75 0.55F122Y 0.75 0.85R117D/E121R/F122S (=X3) 0.75 0.45

Cross-linking reportersCheA-A546C/CheW-wt 1.0/0.95 1.1CheA-wt/CheW-E27C 1.1/1.0 0.60CheA-A546C/CheW-E27C 1.2/1.1 0.65

ND, not determined.*Expression of mutant proteins from plasmid derivatives was measured in strain UU2784 as described previously(16). Values <1.0 were rounded to the nearest 0.05, and values >1.0 were rounded to the nearest 0.1.†Mutant plasmids were tested in strain UU2683 for chemotaxis performance on tryptone semisolid agar. Values<1.0 were rounded to the nearest 0.05, and values >1.0 were rounded to the nearest 0.1.

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