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The Helicobacter pylori anti-sigma factor FlgM is predominantly cytoplasmic and cooperates with the flagellar basal body protein FlhA.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Aug 2009
Rust Melanie, Borchert Sophie, Niehus Eike, Kuehne Sarah A, Gripp Eugenia, Bajceta Afrodita, McMurry Jonathan L, Suerbaum Sebastian, Hughes Kelly T, Josenhans Christine
Abstract excerpt
Helicobacter pylori requires flagellar motility and orientation to persist actively in its habitat. A particular feature of flagella in most Helicobacter species including H. pylori is a membraneous flagellar sheath. The anti-sigma factor FlgM of H. pylori is unusual, since it lacks an N-terminal domain present in other FlgM homologs, e.g., FlgM of Salmonella spp., whose regulatory function is intimately coupled...
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