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ArticleNature communications2025

Ultraweak interactions drive cap-mediated positioning and elongation of the bacterial flagellar filament.

Lixia Chen, Xiaoqi Cheng, Fangfang Zhang, Xu Dong, Xin Wang, Wenxue Jiang, Lixin Ma, Qiong Xing

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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8 authors.

Lixia Chen *State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering, College of Life Sciences, Hubei University, Wuhan, China.
Xiaoqi Cheng *State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering, College of Life Sciences, Hubei University, Wuhan, China.
Fangfang Zhang *State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering, College of Life Sciences, Hubei University, Wuhan, China.
Xu Dong *State Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering, College of Life Sciences, Hubei University, Wuhan, China.
Xin WangState Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering, College of Life Sciences, Hubei University, Wuhan, China.
Wenxue JiangState Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering, College of Life Sciences, Hubei University, Wuhan, China.
Lixin MaState Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering, College of Life Sciences, Hubei University, Wuhan, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2016-9781
Qiong XingState Key Laboratory of Biocatalysis and Enzyme Engineering, College of Life Sciences, Hubei University, Wuhan, China. qiongxingnmr@hubu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0213-8364

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 32301028National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 32371277
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The bacterial flagellum, essential for motility and pathogenesis, requires the filament cap (FliD) to polymerize flagellin (FliC). However, the mechanisms governing the transition from the hook junction to the filament elongation remain elusive, obscured by stoichiometric mismatches and barely detectable interactions. To resolve this, we deploy solution NMR to characterize ultra-weak interactions, quantify affinities (K

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Bacterial ProteinsFlagellaFlagellinSalmonella typhimuriumCryoelectron MicroscopyMagnetic Resonance SpectroscopyModels, MolecularProtein BindingSalmonellaBacterial ProteinsFlagellin

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PMID41453856
PMCPMC12855180

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