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The role in flagellar rod assembly of the N-terminal domain of Salmonella FlgJ, a flagellum-specific muramidase.
Journal of molecular biology - 14 Sept 2001
Hirano T, Minamino T, Macnab R M
Abstract excerpt
The C-terminal half of the Salmonella flagellar protein FlgJ has peptidoglycan hydrolyzing activity and it has been suggested that it is a flagellum-specific muramidase which locally digests the peptidoglycan layer to permit assembly of the rod structure to proceed through the periplasmic space. It was also suggested that FlgJ might be involved in rod formation itself, although there was no direct evidence for...
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