Analysis of a flagellar filament cap mutant reveals that HtrA serine protease degrades unfolded flagellin protein in the periplasm of Borrelia burgdorferi
Zhang K, Qin Z, Chang Y, Liu J, Malkowski MG, Shipa S, Li L, Qiu W, Zhang J, Li C. Analysis of a flagellar filament cap mutant reveals that HtrA serine protease degrades unfolded flagellin protein in the periplasm of Borrelia burgdorferi. Molecular Microbiology 2019, 111: 1652-1670. PMID: 30883947, PMCID: PMC6561814, DOI: 10.1111/mmi.14243.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPeriplasmic flagellaFliD mutantFlagellin proteinMajor flagellin proteinLyme disease spirochete Borrelia burgdorferiFlagellar cap proteinFlagellar cap protein FliDFlagellar filament assemblyFlagella-deficient mutantsMutant cellsCAP mutantsFlaB proteinsPeriplasmFilament assemblyCap proteinB. burgdorferiFlagellar filamentsGenetic studiesMutantsBorrelia burgdorferiHtrASerine proteasesFliDFlagellin polymerizationSpirochete Borrelia burgdorferi