| Literature DB >> 25448814 |
Linda L McCarter1, Mark Gomelsky2.
Abstract
There are numerous ways by which cyclic dimeric GMP (c-di-GMP) inhibits motility. Kuchma et al. (S. L. Kuchma, N. J. Delalez, L. M. Filkins, E. A. Snavely, J. P. Armitage, and G. A. O'Toole, J. Bacteriol. 197:420-430, 2015, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/JB.02130-14) offer a new, previously unseen way of swarming motility inhibition in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA14. This bacterium possesses a single flagellum with one rotor and two sets of stators, only one of which can provide torque for swarming. The researchers discovered that elevated levels of c-di-GMP inhibit swarming by skewing stator selection in favor of the nonfunctional, "bad" stators.Entities:
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Year: 2014 PMID: 25448814 PMCID: PMC4285990 DOI: 10.1128/JB.02483-14
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Bacteriol ISSN: 0021-9193 Impact factor: 3.490