Conformational spread as a mechanism for cooperativity in the bacterial flagellar switch

The bacterial flagellar switch that controls the direction of flagellar rotation during chemotaxis has a highly cooperative response. This has previously been understood in terms of the classic two-state, concerted model of allosteric regulation. Here, we used high-resolution optical microscopy to observe switching of single motors and uncover the stochastic multistate nature of the switch. Our observations are in detailed quantitative agreement with a recent general model of allosteric cooperativity that exhibits conformational spread--the stochastic growth and shrinkage of domains of adjacent subunits sharing a particular conformational state. We expect that conformational spread will be important in explaining cooperativity in other large signaling complexes.

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CommentIn: Science. 2010 Feb 5;327(5966):653-4. - PMID 20133562

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2010

Erschienen:

2010

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:327

Enthalten in:

Science (New York, N.Y.) - 327(2010), 5966 vom: 05. Feb., Seite 685-9

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Bai, Fan [VerfasserIn]
Branch, Richard W [VerfasserIn]
Nicolau, Dan V [VerfasserIn]
Pilizota, Teuta [VerfasserIn]
Steel, Bradley C [VerfasserIn]
Maini, Philip K [VerfasserIn]
Berry, Richard M [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

134548-59-7
Bacterial Proteins
Escherichia coli Proteins
FliM protein, Bacteria
FliN protein, Bacteria
Flig protein, Bacteria
Journal Article
Membrane Proteins
Methyl-Accepting Chemotaxis Proteins
Molecular Motor Proteins
Protein Subunits
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 24.02.2010

Date Revised 20.10.2021

published: Print

CommentIn: Science. 2010 Feb 5;327(5966):653-4. - PMID 20133562

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1126/science.1182105

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM194889491