In vitro polymerization of flagellin excreted by a short-flagellum Salmonella typhimurium mutant.
The culture medium of a short-flagellum mutant of Salmonella typhimurium contained a large amount of mutant flagellin and a small amount of strong inhibitors of flagellin polymerization. After being freed of the inhibitors, the mutant flagellin could be polymerized in vitro, although under nonphysiological conditions.
D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D005407:Flagella / Q000378:metabolism; D005408:Flagellin / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009154:Mutation; D012486:Salmonella typhimurium / Q000378:metabolism*
D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D005408:Flagellin