Extracellular domain of S. aureus YycG possesses a PAS/PDC fold.
S. aureus YycG extracellular domain reveals two dimeric interfaces.
S. aureus YycG HK is capable of forming multimers on the cell membrane.
YycH and YycI cooperatively inhibit multimerization of YycG HK.
This study improves our understanding of the properties of YycG HK.