The Agrobacterium tumefaciens motor gene, motA, is in a linked cluster with the flagellar switch protein genes, fliG, fliM and fliN

W J Deakin; J L Sanderson; T Goswami; C H Shaw

doi:10.1016/s0378-1119(96)00853-0

The Agrobacterium tumefaciens motor gene, motA, is in a linked cluster with the flagellar switch protein genes, fliG, fliM and fliN

Gene. 1997 Apr 11;189(1):139-41. doi: 10.1016/s0378-1119(96)00853-0.

Authors

W J Deakin¹, J L Sanderson, T Goswami, C H Shaw

Affiliation

¹ Department of Biological Sciences, University of Durham, UK.

PMID: 9161425
DOI: 10.1016/s0378-1119(96)00853-0

Abstract

We report the sequence of 3978 bp of the Agrobacterium tumefaciens chromosome which contains a putative operon encoding the homologues of the transmembrane proton channel protein MotA, and the flagellar switch proteins FliM, FliN and FliG. Two transposon insertions in fliG result in a non-flagellate phenotype, indicating that this gene at least is required for flagellar assembly.

MeSH terms

Agrobacterium tumefaciens / genetics*
Amino Acid Sequence
Bacterial Proteins / chemistry
Bacterial Proteins / genetics*
Cloning, Molecular
Flagella / chemistry
Flagella / genetics*
Genes, Bacterial*
Molecular Sequence Data
Multigene Family*
Operon*
Sequence Alignment
Sequence Homology, Amino Acid

Substances

Bacterial Proteins
MotA protein, Bacteria

Associated data

GENBANK/U63290
GENBANK/X65584