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FliS/flagellin/FliW heterotrimer couples type III secretion and flagellin homeostasis.

ABSTRACT: Flagellin is amongst the most abundant proteins in flagellated bacterial species and constitutes the major building block of the flagellar filament. The proteins FliW and FliS serve in the post-transcriptional control of flagellin and guide the protein to the flagellar type III secretion system (fT3SS), respectively. Here, we present the high-resolution structure of FliS/flagellin heterodimer and show that FliS and FliW bind to opposing interfaces located at the N- and C-termini of flagellin. The FliS/flagellin/FliW heterotrimer is able to interact with FlhA-C suggesting that FliW and FliS are released during flagellin export. After release, FliW and FliS are recycled to execute a new round of post-transcriptional regulation and targeting. Taken together, our study provides a mechanism explaining how FliW and FliS synchronize the production of flagellin with the capacity of the fT3SS to secrete flagellin.

SUBMITTER: Altegoer F

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6070490 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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FliS/flagellin/FliW heterotrimer couples type III secretion and flagellin homeostasis.

Altegoer Florian F Mukherjee Sampriti S Steinchen Wieland W Bedrunka Patricia P Linne Uwe U Kearns Daniel B DB Bange Gert G

Scientific reports 20180801 1

Flagellin is amongst the most abundant proteins in flagellated bacterial species and constitutes the major building block of the flagellar filament. The proteins FliW and FliS serve in the post-transcriptional control of flagellin and guide the protein to the flagellar type III secretion system (fT3SS), respectively. Here, we present the high-resolution structure of FliS/flagellin heterodimer and show that FliS and FliW bind to opposing interfaces located at the N- and C-termini of flagellin. Th ...[more]

PMID: 30068950

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