6k9q

<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[6k9q]] is a 26 chain structure with sequence from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salmonella_typhimurium Salmonella typhimurium]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=6K9Q OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-docs/fgij/fg.htm?mol=6K9Q FirstGlance]. <br>

</td></tr><tr id='resources'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Resources:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-docs/fgij/fg.htm?mol=6k9q FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=6k9q OCA], [http://pdbe.org/6k9q PDBe], [http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=6k9q RCSB], [http://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/6k9q PDBsum], [http://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=6k9q ProSAT]</span></td></tr>

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== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==

The Bacterial flagellar hook is a short supercoiled tubular structure made from a helical assembly of the hook protein FlgE. The hook acts as a universal joint that connects the flagellar basal body and filament, and smoothly transmits torque generated by the rotary motor to the helical filament propeller. In peritrichously flagellated bacteria, the hook allows the filaments to form a bundle behind the cell for swimming, and for the bundle to fall apart for tumbling. Here we report a native supercoiled hook structure at 3.6 A resolution by cryoEM single particle image analysis of the polyhook. The atomic model built into the three-dimensional (3D) density map reveals the changes in subunit conformation and intersubunit interactions that occur upon compression and extension of the 11 protofilaments during their smoke ring-like rotation. These observations reveal how the hook functions as a dynamic molecular universal joint with high bending flexibility and twisting rigidity.

 

== References ==

[[Category: Salmonella typhimurium]]

[[Category: Horvath, P]]

[[Category: Kato, T]]

[[Category: Makino, F]]

[[Category: Miyata, T]]

[[Category: Namba, K]]

[[Category: Supercoiled]]