flgK [2019-04-15 19:29:15]

flagellar hook-filament junction proteins

Locus: BSU35410

Isoelectric point: 4.38

Molecular weight: 54.19 kDa

Protein length: 507 aa

Gene length: 1524 bp

Function: motility and chemotaxis

Product: flagellar hook-filament junction proteins

Essential: no

Synonyms

Genomic Context

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Categories containing this gene/protein

• Lifestyles → Exponential and early post-exponential lifestyles → Motility and chemotaxis → Flagellar proteins
• Groups of genes → Secreted proteins

Gene

Coordinates: 3,638,245 3,639,768

The protein

Protein family

• flagella basal body rod proteins family (according to Swiss-Prot)

Localization

• extracellular (no signal peptide) PubMed

Expression and Regulation

Operons

• Genes: comFA-comFB-comFC-yvyF-flgM-yvyG-flgK-flgL-yviE-fliW-csrA
  Description: PubMed

  Sigma factors

  • SigA: sigma factor, PubMed, in SigA regulon
  • SigD: sigma factor, PubMed, in SigD regulon

  Regulatory mechanism

  • ComK: activation, PubMed, in ComK regulon
  • DegU: activation, DegU-P, PubMed, in DegU regulon
  • ScoC: repression, PubMed, in ScoC regulon

• Genes: flgM-yvyG-flgK-flgL
  Description: PubMed

• Genes: yvyF-flgM-yvyG-flgK-flgL
  Description: PubMed

Biological materials

Mutant

• BKE35410 (flgK::erm trpC2) available at BGSC, PubMed, upstream reverse: _UP1_TGTCATTTTCTGAATTCCTT, downstream forward: _UP4_GTTGGAGGAAGGTAGGTAGA
• BKK35410 (flgK::kan trpC2) available at BGSC, PubMed, upstream reverse: _UP1_TGTCATTTTCTGAATTCCTT, downstream forward: _UP4_GTTGGAGGAAGGTAGGTAGA

References

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