A chimeric N-terminal Escherichia coli--C-terminal Rhodobacter sphaeroides FliG rotor protein supports bidirectional E. coli flagellar rotation and chemotaxis.

Abstract excerpt

Flagellate bacteria such as Escherichia coli and Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium typically express 5 to 12 flagellar filaments over their cell surface that rotate in clockwise (CW) and counterclockwise directions. These bacteria modulate their swimming direction towards favorable environments by biasing the direction of flagellar rotation in response to various stimuli. In contrast, Rhodobacter...

Topics

• Amino Acid Sequence
• Bacterial Proteins
• Chemotaxis
• Conserved Sequence
• Escherichia coli
• Flagella
• Gene Expression
• Genetic Complementation Test
• Molecular Sequence Data
• Mutation
• Recombinant Fusion Proteins
• Rhodobacter sphaeroides
• Rotation
• Sequence Alignment