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JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY
卷 196, 期 7, 页码 1377-1385出版社
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01392-13
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- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) [24117004, 23247024]
- Integrative Graduate Education and Research program of Nagoya University
- KAKENHI [24657087]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [24657087, 13J02161] Funding Source: KAKEN
In torque generation by the bacterial flagellar motor, it has been suggested that electrostatic interactions between charged residues of MotA and FliG at the rotor-stator interface are important. However, the actual role(s)of those charged residues has not yet been clarified. In this study, we systematically made mutants of Vibrio alginolyticus whose charged residues of PomA (MotA homologue) and FliG were replaced by uncharged or charge-reversed residues and characterized the motilities of those mutants. We found that the members of a group of charged residues, 7 in PomA and 6 in FliG, collectively participate in torque generation of the Na (+)- driven flagellar motor in Vibrio. An additional specific interaction between PomA-E97 and FliG-K284 is critical for proper performance of the Vibrio motor. Our results also reveal that more charged residues are involved in the PomA-FliG interactions in the Vibrio Na (+) -driven motor than in the MotA-FliG interactions in the H (+) -driven one. This suggests that a larger number of conserved charged residues at the PomA-FliG interface contributes to the robustness of the Vibrio motor against mutations. The interaction surfaces of the stator and rotor of the Na (+) -driven motor seem to be more complex than those previously proposed in the H (+) -driven motor.
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