Putative Spanner Function of the Vibrio PomB Plug Region in the Stator Rotation Model for Flagellar Motor.

Journal of Bacteriology
Michio HommaSeiji Kojima

Abstract

Bacterial flagella are the best-known rotational organelles in the biological world. The spiral-shaped flagellar filaments that extend from the cell surface rotate like a screw to create a propulsive force. At the base of the flagellar filament lies a protein motor that consists of a stator and a rotor embedded in the membrane. The stator is composed of two types of membrane subunits, PomA (similar to MotA in Escherichia coli) and PomB (similar to MotB in E. coli), which are energy converters that assemble around the rotor to couple rotation with the ion flow. Recently, stator structures, where two MotB molecules are inserted into the center of a ring made of five MotA molecules, were reported. This structure inspired a model in which the MotA ring rotates around the MotB dimer in response to ion influx. Here, we focus on the Vibrio PomB plug region, which is involved in flagellar motor activation. We investigated the plug region using site-directed photo-cross-linking and disulfide cross-linking experiments. Our results demonstrated that the plug interacts with the extracellular short loop region of PomA, which is located between transmembrane helices 3 and 4. Although the motor stopped rotating after cross-linking, its functi...Continue Reading

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