Sequencing of flagellin genes from Natrialba magadii provides new insight into evolutionary aspects of archaeal flagellins
Serganova, Inna; Ksenzenko, Vladimir; Serganov, Alexander; Meshcheryakova, Irina; Pyatibratov, Michael; Vakhrusheva, Olesya; Metlina, Antonina; Fedorov, Oleg
We have determined the nucleotide sequence of a flagellin gene locus from the haloalkaliphilic archaeon Natrialba magadii, identified the gene products among proteins forming flagella, and demonstrated cotranscription of the genes. Based on the sequence analysis we suggest that different regions of the genes might have distinct evolutionary histories including possible genetic exchange with bacterial flagellin genes
PMCID:134749
PMID: 11741874
ISSN: 0021-9193
CID: 132101