The flagellar motor adapts, optimizing bacterial behavior.
A short review is given of recent work showing that the flagellar rotary motor of the bacterium Escherichia coli remodels to match its operating point (the fraction of time that it spins clockwise) to the requirements of the chemotaxis signaling network, and to provide the torque necessary to operate at different viscous loads.
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02138.|Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02138.|Rowland Institute at Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02142.
Howard C
HC
Berg
D002633:Chemotaxis / Q000502:physiology*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000502:physiology*; D005407:Flagella / Q000502:physiology*; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology*
E. coli; adaptation; chemotaxis; motility
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