Ma, Qi and Sowa, Yoshiyuki and Baker, Matthew A B and Bai, Fan (2016) Bacterial Flagellar Motor Switch in Response to CheY-P Regulation and Motor Structural Alterations. Biophysical Journal, 110 (6). pp.1411-20. ISSN 1542-0086 (OA)
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Abstract
The bacterial flagellar motor (BFM) is a molecular machine that rotates the helical filaments and propels the bacteria swimming toward favorable conditions. In our previous works, we built a stochastic conformational spread model to explain the dynamic and cooperative behavior of BFM switching. Here, we extended this model to test whether it can explain the latest experimental observations regarding CheY-P regulation and motor structural adaptivity. We show that our model predicts a strong correlation between rotational direction and the number of CheY-Ps bound to the switch complex, in agreement with the latest finding from Fukuoka et al. It also predicts that the switching sensitivity of the BFM can be fine-tuned by incorporating additional units into the switch complex, as recently demonstrated by Yuan et al., who showed that stoichiometry of FliM undergoes dynamic change to maintain ultrasensitivity in the motor switching response. In addition, by locking some rotor switching units on the switch complex into the stable clockwise-only conformation, our model has accurately simulated recent experiments expressing clockwise-locked FliG(ΔPAA) into the switch complex and reproduced the increased switching rate of the motor.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | R Medicine > R Medicine (General) |
| Depositing User: | Repository Administrator |
| Date Deposited: | 04 Apr 2016 00:18 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Jan 2018 09:35 |
| URI: | https://eprints.victorchang.edu.au/id/eprint/408 |
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