fcpb is a surface filament protein of the endoflagellum required for the motility of the spirochete leptospira

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2018
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Abstract
The spirochete endoflagellum is a unique motility apparatus among bacteria. Despite its critical importance for pathogenesis, the full composition of the flagellum remains to be determined. We have recently reported that FcpA is a novel flagellar protein and a major component of the sheath of the filament of the spirochete Leptospira. By screening a library of random transposon mutants in the spirochete Leptospira biflexa, we found a motility-deficient mutant harboring a disruption in a hypothetical gene of unknown function. Here, we show that this gene encodes a surface component of the endoflagellar filament and is required for typical hook- and spiral-shaped ends of the cell body, coiled structure of the endoflagella, and high velocity phenotype. We therefore named the gene fcpB for flagellar-coiling protein B. fcpB is conserved in all members of the Leptospira genus, but not present in other organisms including other spirochetes. Complementation of the fcpB− mutant restored the wild-type morphology and motility phenotypes. Immunoblotting with anti-FcpA and anti-FcpB antisera and cryo-electron microscopy of the filament indicated that FcpB assembled onto the surface of the sheath of the filament and mostly located on the outer (convex) side of the coiled filament. We provide evidence that FcpB, together with FcpA, are Leptospira-specific novel components of the sheath of the filament, key determinants of the coiled and asymmetric structure of the endoflagella and are essential for high velocity. Defining the components of the endoflagella and their functions in these atypical bacteria should greatly enhance our understanding of the mechanisms by which these bacteria produce motility.
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Authors ;Elsio A. Wunder;Elsio A. Wunder;Leyla Slamti;David N. Suwondo;Kimberley H. Gibson;Zhiguo Shang;Charles V. Sindelar;Felipe Trajtenberg;Alejandro Buschiazzo;Alejandro Buschiazzo;Albert I. Ko;Albert I. Ko;Mathieu Picardeau
Journal electronic physician
Year 2018
DOI
10.3389/fcimb.2018.00130
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http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fcimb.2018.00130/full
Keywords
motility leptospira flagellar systemmicrobiology

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