期刊
EMBO JOURNAL
卷 30, 期 14, 页码 2962-2971出版社
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2011.188
关键词
flagella; co-crystal; rotor
资金
- National Institutes of Health [GM64664, GM087260Z, F31 GM078789]
- Dale A Stringfellow Graduate Fellowship in Microbiology
Rotation and switching of the bacterial flagellum depends on a large rotor-mounted protein assembly composed of the proteins FliG, FliM and FliN, with FliG most directly involved in rotation. The crystal structure of a complex between the central domains of FliG and FliM, in conjunction with several biochemical and molecular-genetic experiments, reveals the arrangement of the FliG and FliM proteins in the rotor. A stoichiometric mismatch between FliG (26 subunits) and FliM (34 subunits) is explained in terms of two distinct positions for FliM: one where it binds the FliG central domain and another where it binds the FliG C-terminal domain. This architecture provides a structural framework for addressing the mechanisms of motor rotation and direction switching and for unifying the large body of data on motor performance. Recently proposed alternative models of rotor assembly, based on a subunit contact observed in crystals, are not supported by experiment. The EMBO Journal ( 2011) 30, 2962-2971. doi:10.1038/emboj.2011.188; Published online 14 June 2011
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