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#Question id: 40462


Consider the following statements regarding the Adaptation phase of chemotaxis:

Statement I: Adaptation allows bacteria to reset their sensitivity to attractant concentrations, enabling them to detect changes over a wide range.

Statement II: The protein CheB acts as a methylesterase that removes methyl groups from the MCP receptors, while CheR acts as a methyltransferase.

Which of the above statements is/are correct?

#Applied Microbiology
  1. Only Statement I is correct
  2. Only Statement II is correct
  3. Both Statement I and II are correct
  4.  Neither Statement I nor II is correct