High impact information on tatC

• However, an enriched subpopulation of motile tatC mutants exhibited enhanced virulence compared to the nonmotile variants [1].
• Motile tatC cells failed to exhibit chemotaxis toward sugars under aerobic conditions or towards nitrate under anaerobic conditions [1].
• Nonmotile tatC mutant cells lacked detectable flagella, whereas motile tatC mutant cells collected from the edge of a motility halo possessed flagella but not because of reversion to a functional TAT system [1].
• The tatC mutant displayed defects in growth rate and cell division but not in cell viability, and it also released abundant levels of several proteins into the culture supernatant when grown in rich medium or in vir induction minimal medium [1].
• Finally, the tatC mutant transferred T-DNA and protein effectors to plant cells and a mobilizable IncQ plasmid to agrobacterial recipients at wild-type levels [1].

Associations of tatC with chemical compounds

• In contrast to wild-type strain A348, a tatC null mutant failed to export the green fluorescent protein fused to the trimethylamine N-oxide reductase (TorA) signal sequence or to grow on nitrate as a sole electron acceptor during anaerobic growth [1].

Other interactions of tatC

• The tatC mutant was highly attenuated for virulence, only occasionally (approximately 15% of inoculations) inciting formation of small tumors on plants after a prolonged incubation period of 6 to 8 weeks [1].

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