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These pathways appear to be functionally insulated from each other, but little information is available on the corresponding molecular basis. We report here a novel mechanism that contributes to pathway insulation. We show that, of the four CheB paralogs of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1, only CheB2 recognizes a pentapeptide at the C-terminal extension of the McpB (Aer2) chemoreceptor (KD = 93 \u00b5M). McpB is the sole chemoreceptor that stimulates the Che2 pathway, and CheB2 is the methylesterase of this pathway. Pectobacterium atrosepticum SCRI1043 has a single CheB, CheB_Pec, and 19 of its 36 chemoreceptors contain a C-terminal pentapeptide. The deletion of cheB_Pec abolished chemotaxis, but, surprisingly, none of the pentapeptides bound to CheB_Pec. To determine the corresponding structural basis, we solved the 3D structure of CheB_Pec. Its structure aligned well with that of the pentapeptide-dependent enzyme from Salmonella enterica. However, no electron density was observed in the CheB_Pec region corresponding to the pentapeptide-binding site in the Escherichia coli CheB. We hypothesize that this structural disorder is associated with the failure to bind pentapeptides. 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