title: Sequencing of flagellin genes from Natrialba magadii provides new insight into evolutionary aspects of archaeal flagellins.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Protein Research, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow Region 142290, Russia.
authors.forename: Inna
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Serganova
authors.forename: Vladimir
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ksenzenko
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Serganov
authors.forename: Irina
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Meshcheryakova
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pyatibratov
authors.forename: Olesya
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Vakhrusheva
authors.forename: Antonina
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Metlina
authors.forename: Oleg
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Fedorov
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D019843:Archaeal Proteins; D019642:RNA, Archaeal; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D005408:Flagellin; C416532:flaB flagellin