Coordinating assembly of a bacterial macromolecular machine.
The assembly of large and complex organelles, such as the bacterial flagellum, poses the formidable problem of coupling temporal gene expression to specific stages of the organelle-assembly process. The discovery that levels of the bacterial flagellar regulatory protein FlgM are controlled by its secretion from the cell in response to the completion of an intermediate flagellar structure (the hook-basal body) was only the first of several discoveries of unique mechanisms that coordinate flagellar gene expression with assembly. In this Review, we discuss this mechanism, together with others that also coordinate gene regulation and flagellar assembly in Gram-negative bacteria.
Chevance
Fabienne F V
FF
Department of Biology, University of Utah, 257 South 1400 East, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, USA.
Hughes
Kelly T
KT
D001419:Bacteria / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D005407:Flagella / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005408:Flagellin / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D008954:Models, Biological; D018832:Molecular Chaperones / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D046912:Multiprotein Complexes
D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D018832:Molecular Chaperones; D046912:Multiprotein Complexes; D005408:Flagellin; C071266:FlgM protein, Bacteria