title: Swimming motility mutants of marine Synechococcus affected in production and localization of the S-layer protein SwmA.
abstract: The S-layer protein SwmA is required for nonflagellar swimming in marine Synechococcus. An analysis of mutations in seven genes at two loci in the Synechococcus sp. strain WH8102 genome indicates that a multicomponent transporter and glycosyltransferases are required for the production and proper localization of SwmA.
authors.affiliation: Marine Biology Research Division, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0202, USA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: McCarren
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Brahamsha
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D016695:Glycosyltransferases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D009154:Mutation; D046940:Synechococcus / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins; C100438:SwmA protein, Synechococcus; D016695:Glycosyltransferases