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motA  -  proton conductor component of flagella motor

Escherichia coli str. K-12 substr. MG1655

Synonyms: ECK1891, JW1879, flaJ
 
 
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Disease relevance of motA

 

High impact information on motA

 

Biological context of motA

 

Anatomical context of motA

  • The presence of flagella was also found to be important as qseB and fliA mutants (which lack flagella) had less biofilm than the isogenic paralyzed motA strain (threefold less thickness and 15-fold less surface coverage) [8].
 

Other interactions of motA

References

  1. Gene sequence and predicted amino acid sequence of the motA protein, a membrane-associated protein required for flagellar rotation in Escherichia coli. Dean, G.E., Macnab, R.M., Stader, J., Matsumura, P., Burks, C. J. Bacteriol. (1984) [Pubmed]
  2. Nucleotide sequence and control of transcription of the bacteriophage T4 motA regulatory gene. Uzan, M., Brody, E., Favre, R. Mol. Microbiol. (1990) [Pubmed]
  3. Bacteriophage T4 MotA and AsiA proteins suffice to direct Escherichia coli RNA polymerase to initiate transcription at T4 middle promoters. Ouhammouch, M., Adelman, K., Harvey, S.R., Orsini, G., Brody, E.N. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (1995) [Pubmed]
  4. Effects of mot gene expression on the structure of the flagellar motor. Khan, S., Dapice, M., Reese, T.S. J. Mol. Biol. (1988) [Pubmed]
  5. Extragenic suppression of motA missense mutations of Escherichia coli. Garza, A.G., Bronstein, P.A., Valdez, P.A., Harris-Haller, L.W., Manson, M.D. J. Bacteriol. (1996) [Pubmed]
  6. An operon of Bacillus subtilis motility genes transcribed by the sigma D form of RNA polymerase. Mirel, D.B., Lustre, V.M., Chamberlin, M.J. J. Bacteriol. (1992) [Pubmed]
  7. Requirements for conversion of the Na(+)-driven flagellar motor of Vibrio cholerae to the H(+)-driven motor of Escherichia coli. Gosink, K.K., Häse, C.C. J. Bacteriol. (2000) [Pubmed]
  8. Motility influences biofilm architecture in Escherichia coli. Wood, T.K., González Barrios, A.F., Herzberg, M., Lee, J. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. (2006) [Pubmed]
 
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