The Vibrio H-Ring Facilitates the Outer Membrane Penetration of the Polar Sheathed Flagellum
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- Shiwei Zhu
- Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, Microbial Sciences Institute, Yale University, West Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Tatsuro Nishikino
- Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
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- Seiji Kojima
- Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
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- Michio Homma
- Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
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- Jun Liu
- Department of Microbial Pathogenesis, Microbial Sciences Institute, Yale University, West Haven, Connecticut, USA
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- Yves V. Brun
- editor
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<jats:p> Flagellum is the major organelle for motility in many bacterial species. While most bacteria possess external flagella, such as the multiple peritrichous flagella found in <jats:named-content content-type="genus-species">Escherichia coli</jats:named-content> and <jats:named-content content-type="genus-species">Salmonella enterica</jats:named-content> or the single polar sheathed flagellum in <jats:named-content content-type="genus-species">Vibrio</jats:named-content> spp., spirochetes uniquely assemble periplasmic flagella, which are embedded between their inner and outer membranes. Here, we show for the first time that the external flagella in <jats:named-content content-type="genus-species">Vibrio alginolyticus</jats:named-content> can be changed as periplasmic flagella by deleting two flagellar genes. The discovery here may provide new insights into the molecular basis underlying assembly, diversity, and evolution of flagella. </jats:p>
収録刊行物
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- Journal of Bacteriology
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Journal of Bacteriology 200 (21), 2018-11
American Society for Microbiology
