Motility and chemotaxis

Parent categories	4. Lifestyles 4.1. Exponential and early post-exponential lifestyles
Neighbouring categories	4.1.1. Motility and chemotaxis 4.1.2. Swarming 4.1.3. Sliding 4.1.4. Biofilm formation 4.1.5. Genetic competence
Related categories	SigD regulon SlrR regulon
Overview on the categories (Excel file) All genes and their categories (Excel file)

Regulation of flaagellation

• number of flagellar hooks per micrometer of cell length
  • in swimming cells: 4 +/- 1 PubMed
  • in swarming cells: 9 +/- 2 PubMed

Genes in this functional category

Signal transduction in motility and chemotaxis

Soluble signalling proteins

• cheA
• cheB
• cheC
• cheD
• cheR
• cheY

Coupling proteins

• cheV
• cheW

Soluble chemoreceptors

• hemAT
• yfmS

Membrane-bound chemoreceptors

• mcpA
• mcpB
• mcpC
• tlpA
• tlpB
• tlpC
• yoaH
• yvaQ

Additional chemotaxis signal transduction and regulatory proteins

• csrA
• dgrA
• epr
• epsE
• flgM
• fliY
• lonA
• luxS
• pdeH
• sigD
• smiA
• swrAA/1
• swrAA/2
• swrB

Flagellar proteins

• flgB
• flgC
• flgD
• flgE
• flgK
• flgL
• flgN
• flhA
• flhB
• flhF
• flhG
• flhO
• flhP
• fliD
• fliE
• fliF
• fliG
• fliH
• fliI
• fliJ
• fliK
• fliL
• fliM
• fliP
• fliQ
• fliR
• fliS
• fliT
• fliW
• fliY
• fliZ
• hag
• motA
• motB
• motP
• motS

Flagellar proteins/ based on similarity

• ylqH
• yvyC
• yvyF

• yvzB

Motility and chemotaxis/ other

• lytC
• ycdA

Key reviews

Sampriti Mukherjee, Daniel B Kearns
The structure and regulation of flagella in Bacillus subtilis.
Annu Rev Genet: 2014, 48;319-40
[PubMed:25251856] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Joyce E Patrick, Daniel B Kearns
Swarming motility and the control of master regulators of flagellar biosynthesis.
Mol Microbiol: 2012, 83(1);14-23
[PubMed:22092493] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Christopher V Rao, George D Glekas, George W Ordal
The three adaptation systems of Bacillus subtilis chemotaxis.
Trends Microbiol: 2008, 16(10);480-7
[PubMed:18774298] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Hendrik Szurmant, George W Ordal
Diversity in chemotaxis mechanisms among the bacteria and archaea.
Microbiol Mol Biol Rev: 2004, 68(2);301-19
[PubMed:15187186] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

L F Garrity, G W Ordal
Chemotaxis in Bacillus subtilis: how bacteria monitor environmental signals.
Pharmacol Ther: 1995, 68(1);87-104
[PubMed:8604438] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)