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ArticleJournal of bacteriology2013

The function of the Na+-driven flagellum of Vibrio cholerae is determined by osmolality and pH.

Petra Halang, Sebastian Leptihn, Thomas Meier, Thomas Vorburger, Julia Steuber

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Article in Journal of bacteriology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Petra HalangInstitute of Microbiology, University of Hohenheim (Stuttgart), Stuttgart, Germany.
Sebastian Leptihn
Thomas Meier
Thomas Vorburger
Julia Steuber
University of Hohenheim · DEMax Planck Institute of Biophysics · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vibrio cholerae is motile by its polar flagellum, which is driven by a Na(+)-conducting motor. The stators of the motor, composed of four PomA and two PomB subunits, provide access for Na(+) to the torque-generating unit of the motor. To characterize the Na(+) pathway formed by the PomAB complex, we studied the influence of chloride salts (chaotropic, Na(+), and K(+)) and pH on the motility of V. cholerae. Motility decreased at elevated pH but increased if a chaotropic chloride salt was added, which rules out a direct Na(+) and H(+) competition in the process of binding to the conserved PomB D23 residue. Cells expressing the PomB S26A/T or D42N variants lost motility at low Na(+) concentrations but regained motility in the presence of 170 mM chloride. Both PomA and PomB were modified by N,N'-dicyclohexylcarbodiimide (DCCD), indicating the presence of protonated carboxyl groups in the hydrophobic regions of the two proteins. Na(+) did not protect PomA and PomB from this modification. Our study shows that both osmolality and pH have an influence on the function of the flagellum from V. cholerae. We propose that D23, S26, and D42 of PomB are part of an ion-conducting pathway formed by the PomAB stator complex.

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Bacterial ProteinsDicyclohexylcarbodiimideEscherichia coliFlagellaGene Expression Regulation, BacterialHydrogen-Ion ConcentrationMovementMutationOsmolar ConcentrationProtein Structure, TertiarySodiumSodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPaseVibrio choleraeBacterial ProteinsDicyclohexylcarbodiimideSodiumSodium-Potassium-Exchanging ATPase

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PMID23974033
PMCPMC3807483
OpenAlexW2167437492

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