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Also, it has been found that not only is the demethylation reaction enhanced by the addition of attractants, but also the methylation reaction and the transfer of methyl groups from one MCP to another. An in vitro methylation-demethylation system was used to demonstrate that the in vivo responses of the system were not completely duplicated in vitro. In particular, the transfer of methyl groups from one MCP to another was not observed.","The methylesterase enzyme was purified and characterized. Methylesterase activity was stimulated by the attractant aspartate. Methylesterase had a very high affinity for methylated MCPs, but a slow catalytic rate.","In an analysis of the functional homology of the Bacillus subtilis and Escherichia coli methylation-demethylation systems, both methyltransferases and methylesterases were able to use the heterologous MCPs as substrate. 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