Mechanism for adaptive remodeling of the bacterial flagellar switch

The bacterial flagellar motor has been shown in previous work to adapt to changes in the steady-state concentration of the chemotaxis signaling molecule, CheY-P, by changing the FliM content. We show here that the number of FliM molecules in the motor and the fraction of FliM molecules that exchange depend on the direction of flagellar rotation, not on CheY-P binding per se. Our results are consistent with a model in which the structural differences associated with the direction of rotation modulate the strength of FliM binding. When the motor spins counterclockwise, FliM binding strengthens, the fraction of FliM molecules that exchanges decreases, and the ring content increases. The larger number of CheY-P binding sites enhances the motor's sensitivity, i.e., the motor adapts. An interesting unresolved question is how additional copies of FliM might be accommodated.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2012

Erschienen:

2012

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:109

Enthalten in:

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 109(2012), 49 vom: 04. Dez., Seite 20018-22

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lele, Pushkar P [VerfasserIn]
Branch, Richard W [VerfasserIn]
Nathan, Vedhavalli S J [VerfasserIn]
Berg, Howard C [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

134548-59-7
Bacterial Proteins
CheY protein, E coli
Escherichia coli Proteins
FliM protein, Bacteria
Journal Article
Membrane Proteins
Methyl-Accepting Chemotaxis Proteins
Molecular Motor Proteins
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

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Date Completed 06.02.2013

Date Revised 03.12.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1073/pnas.1212327109

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM222790334