Sequencing of flagellin genes from Natrialba magadii provides new insight into evolutionary aspects of archaeal flagellins.
We have determined the nucleotide sequence of a flagellin gene locus from the haloalkaliphilic archaeon Natrialba magadii, identified the gene products among proteins forming flagella, and demonstrated cotranscription of the genes. Based on the sequence analysis we suggest that different regions of the genes might have distinct evolutionary histories including possible genetic exchange with bacterial flagellin genes.
Serganova
Inna
I
Institute of Protein Research, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow Region 142290, Russia.
Ksenzenko
Vladimir
V
Serganov
Alexander
A
Meshcheryakova
Irina
I
Pyatibratov
Michael
M
Vakhrusheva
Olesya
O
Metlina
Antonina
A
Fedorov
Oleg
O
D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D019843:Archaeal Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D005408:Flagellin / Q000235:genetics*; D019766:Genes, Archaeal; D006216:Halobacteriaceae / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D005810:Multigene Family; D019642:RNA, Archaeal / Q000235:genetics; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
D019843:Archaeal Proteins; D019642:RNA, Archaeal; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D005408:Flagellin; C416532:flaB flagellin