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Citation
Titz, B., Rajagopala, S. V., Ester, C., Hauser, R., Uetz, P.
Novel Conserved Assembly Factor of the Bacterial Flagellum
J Bacteriol. 2006 Nov 01; 188(21): 7700-6.
Abstract
TP0658 (FliW) and its orthologs, conserved proteins of unknown function in Treponema pallidum and other species, interact with a C-terminal region of flagellin (FlaB1-3 in T. pallidum; FliC in most other species). Mutants of orthologs in Bacillus subtilis and Campylobacter jejuni (yviF, CJ1075) showed strongly reduced motility. TP0658 stabilizes flagellin in a way similar to FliS, suggesting that TP0658 is a conserved assembly factor for the bacterial flagellum.