Complete structure of the bacterial flagellar hook reveals extensive set of stabilizing interactions

The bacterial flagellar hook is made up of many copies of the protein FlgE. Here, the authors report the full structure of the hook from Campylobacter jejuni and show that its overall structure is different from that of the previously published filament.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hideyuki Matsunami, Clive S. Barker, Young-Ho Yoon, Matthias Wolf, Fadel A. Samatey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2016-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13425