HMM Summary Page: TIGR01397

AccessionTIGR01397
NamefliM_switch
Functionflagellar motor switch protein FliM
Gene SymbolfliM
Trusted Cutoff219.60
Domain Trusted Cutoff219.60
Noise Cutoff49.65
Domain Noise Cutoff49.65
Isology Typeequivalog
HMM Length320
Mainrole CategoryCellular processes
Subrole CategoryChemotaxis and motility
Gene Ontology TermGO:0001539: ciliary or flagellar motility biological_process
GO:0009288: bacterial-type flagellum cellular_component
AuthorHaft DH
Entry DateDec 14 2001 10:45AM
Last ModifiedFeb 14 2011 3:27PM
CommentMembers of this family are the flagellar motor switch protein FliM. The family excludes FliM homologs that lack an N-terminal region critical to interaction with phosphorylated CheY. One set lacking this N-terminal region is found in Rhizobium meliloti, in which the direction of flagellar rotation is not reversible (i.e. the FliM homolog does not act to reverse the motor direction), and in related species. Another is found in Buchnera, an obligate intracellular endosymbiont with genes for many of the components of the flagellar apparatus, but not, apparently, for flagellin iself.
ReferencesRN [1] RM 11325943 RT The N terminus of FliM is essential to promote flagellar rotation in Rhodobacter sphaeroides. RA Poggio S, Osorio A, Corkidi G, Dreyfus G, Camarena L RL J Bacteriol 2001 May;183(10):3142-8 RN [2] RM 9335288 RT Three genes of a motility operon and their role in flagellar rotary speed variation in Rhizobium meliloti. RA Platzer J, Sterr W, Hausmann M, Schmitt R. RL J Bacteriol 1997 Oct;179(20):6391-9
Genome PropertyGenProp0883: flagellar motor switch (rotor) complex (HMM)