PMID:21890701
| Citation |
Paul, K, Carlquist, WC and Blair, DF (2011) Adjusting the spokes of the flagellar motor with the DNA-binding protein H-NS. J. Bacteriol. 193:5914-22 |
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| Abstract |
The H-NS protein of bacteria is a global regulator that stimulates transcription of flagellar genes and that also acts directly to modulate flagellar motor function. H-NS is known to bind FliG, a protein of the rotor that interacts with the stator and is directly involved in rotation of the motor. Here, we find that H-NS, well known for its ability to organize DNA, acts in the flagellar motor to organize protein subunits in the rotor. It binds to a middle domain of FliG that bridges the core parts of the rotor and parts nearer the edge that interact with the stator. In the absence of H-NS the organization of FliG subunits is disrupted, whereas overexpression of H-NS enhances FliG organization as monitored by targeted disulfide cross-linking, alters the disposition of a helix joining the middle and C-terminal domains of FliG, and enhances motor performance under conditions requiring a strengthened rotor-stator interface. The H-NS homolog StpA was also shown to bind FliG and to act similarly, though less effectively, in organizing FliG. The motility-enhancing effects of H-NS contrast with those of the recently characterized motility inhibitor YcgR. The present findings provide an integrated, structurally grounded framework for understanding the roughly opposing effects of these motility regulators. |
| Links |
PubMed PMC3194902 Online version:10.1128/JB.05458-11 |
| Keywords |
Bacterial Proteins/metabolism; DNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism; Escherichia coli/genetics; Escherichia coli/metabolism; Escherichia coli/physiology; Gene Expression; Gene Knockout Techniques; Locomotion; Macromolecular Substances/metabolism; Models, Biological; Models, Molecular; Molecular Motor Proteins/metabolism; Protein Binding; Protein Multimerization |
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