Article
Roles of charged residues of rotor and stator in flagellar rotation: comparative study using H+-driven and Na+-driven motors in Escherichia coli.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Feb 2006
Yakushi Toshiharu, Yang Junghoon, Fukuoka Hajime, Homma Michio, Blair David F
Abstract excerpt
In Escherichia coli, rotation of the flagellar motor has been shown to depend upon electrostatic interactions between charged residues of the stator protein MotA and the rotor protein FliG. These charged residues are conserved in the Na+-driven polar flagellum of Vibrio alginolyticus, but mutational studies in V. alginolyticus suggested that they are relatively unimportant for motor rotation. The electrostatic...
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