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6KFK

Structure of Salmonella flagellar hook reveals intermolecular domain interactions for the universal joint function

Summary for 6KFK
Entry DOI10.2210/pdb6kfk/pdb
EMDB information9974
DescriptorFlagellar hook protein FlgE (1 entity in total)
Functional Keywordsflge, universal joint, axial structure, motor protein
Biological sourceSalmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Typhimurium
Total number of polymer chains1
Total formula weight42101.96
Authors
Horvath, P.,Kato, T.,Miyata, T.,Namba, K. (deposition date: 2019-07-08, release date: 2019-10-16, Last modification date: 2024-03-27)
Primary citationHorvath, P.,Kato, T.,Miyata, T.,Namba, K.
Structure ofSalmonellaFlagellar Hook Reveals Intermolecular Domain Interactions for the Universal Joint Function.
Biomolecules, 9:-, 2019
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PubMed Abstract: The bacterial flagellum is a motility organelle consisting of a rotary motor and a long helical filament as a propeller. The flagellar hook is a flexible universal joint that transmits motor torque to the filament in its various orientations that change dynamically between swimming and tumbling of the cell upon switching the motor rotation for chemotaxis. Although the structures of the hook and hook protein FlgE from different bacterial species have been studied, the structure of hook, which has been studied most over the years, has not been solved at a high enough resolution to allow building an atomic model of entire FlgE for understanding the mechanisms of self-assembly, stability and the universal joint function. Here we report the structure of polyhook at 4.1 Å resolution by electron cryomicroscopy and helical image analysis. The density map clearly revealed folding of the entire FlgE chain forming the three domains D0, D1 and D2 and allowed us to build an atomic model. The model includes domain Dc with a long β-hairpin structure that connects domains D0 and D1 and contributes to the structural stability of the hook while allowing the flexible bending of the hook as a molecular universal joint.
PubMed: 31505847
DOI: 10.3390/biom9090462
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Experimental method
ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (4.1 Å)
Structure validation

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