FliT

• Description: chaperone for the export of FliD
  
  

Gene name	fliT
Synonyms
Essential	no
Product	chaperone for FliD export
Function	movement and chemotaxis
Gene expression levels in SubtiExpress: fliT
Interactions involving this protein in SubtInteract: FliT
MW, pI	13 kDa, 5.621
Gene length, protein length	339 bp, 113 aa
Immediate neighbours	smiA, fliS
Sequences	Protein DNA DNA_with_flanks
Genetic context This image was kindly provided by SubtiList
Expression at a glance   PubMed

Categories containing this gene/protein

motility and chemotaxis

This gene is a member of the following regulons

SigD regulon

The gene

Basic information

• Locus tag: BSU35320

Phenotypes of a mutant

• the mutation suppresses the mucoid phenotype of motA or motB mutants PubMed

Database entries

• BsubCyc: BSU35320

• DBTBS entry: [1]

• SubtiList entry: [2]

The protein

Basic information/ Evolution

• Catalyzed reaction/ biological activity:

• Protein family: bacillales fliT family (according to Swiss-Prot)

• Paralogous protein(s):

Extended information on the protein

• Kinetic information:

• Domains:

• Modification:

• Cofactors:

• Effectors of protein activity:

• Interactions:
  • FliT-FliJ PubMed
  • FliT-FliD PubMed
  • FlhA-FliT PubMed
  • FlhA-(FliD-FliT) PubMed

• Localization: cytoplasm (according to Swiss-Prot)

Database entries

• BsubCyc: BSU35320

• Structure:

• UniProt: P39740

• KEGG entry: [3]

• E.C. number:

Expression and regulation

• Operon: yvyC-fliD-fliS-fliT PubMed

• Expression browser: fliT PubMed

• Sigma factor: SigD PubMed

• Regulation:

• Regulatory mechanism:

• Additional information:

Biological materials

• Mutant:

• Expression vector:

• lacZ fusion:

• GFP fusion:

• two-hybrid system:

• Antibody:

References

Jia Mun Chan, Sarah B Guttenplan, Daniel B Kearns
Defects in the flagellar motor increase synthesis of poly-γ-glutamate in Bacillus subtilis.
J Bacteriol: 2014, 196(4);740-53
[PubMed:24296669] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Gert Bange, Nico Kümmerer, Christoph Engel, Gunes Bozkurt, Klemens Wild, Irmgard Sinning
FlhA provides the adaptor for coordinated delivery of late flagella building blocks to the type III secretion system.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A: 2010, 107(25);11295-300
[PubMed:20534509] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

L Chen, J D Helmann
The Bacillus subtilis sigma D-dependent operon encoding the flagellar proteins FliD, FliS, and FliT.
J Bacteriol: 1994, 176(11);3093-101
[PubMed:8195064] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)