The junctional pore complex and the propulsion of bacterial cells

Journal of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 72-77

  Wolgemuth, Charles W ^a   Oster, George ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; Gliding motility; Junctional pore complex; Myxobacteria

Indexed keywords

AGAR;

BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIUM PILUS; CELL MOTILITY; CELL ORGANELLE; CHANNEL GATING; CYANOBACTERIUM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; MYXOCOCCALES; NONHUMAN; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PHOTOTROPHIC, GLIDING, SHEATHED, BUDDING OR APPENDAGED BACTERIA; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

CYANOBACTERIA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOVEMENT; MYXOCOCCALES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; MYXOCOCCALES;

EID: 2642530991     PISSN: 14641801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000077871     Document Type: Review

References (41)

1. Berg HC: The rotary motor of bacterial flagella. Annu Rev Biochem 2003;79:19-54.
2. Bhaya D, Watanabe N, Ogawa T, Grossman AR: The role of an alternative sigma factor in motility and pilus formation in the cyanobacteria Synechocystis sp. strain PCC6803. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 1999;96:3188-3193.
3. Burchard AC, Burchard RP, Kloetzel JA: Intracellular, periodic structures in the gliding bacterium Myxococcus xanthus. J Bacteriol 1977;132:666-672.
4. Burchard RP: Gliding motility of prokaryotes: Ultrastructure, physiology, and genetics. Annu Rev Microbiol 1981;35:497-529.
5. Castenholtz RW: The movements of cyanobacteria. in Carr NG, Whitton BA (eds): The Biology of Cyanobacteria; London, Blackwell, 1982, pp 413-439.
6. Fontes M, Kaiser D: Myxococcus cells respond to elastic forces in their substrate. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 1999;96:8052-8057.
7. Freese A, Reichenbach H, Lunsdorf H: Further characterization and in situ localization of chain-like aggregates of the gliding bacteria Myxococcus fulvus and Myxococcus xanthus. J Bacteriol 1997;179:1246-1252.
8. Gilad R, Porat P, Trachtenberg S: Motility modes of Spiroplasma melliferum BC3: A helical, wall-less bacterium driven by a linear motor. Mol Microbiol 2003;47:657-669.
9. Guglielmi G, Cohen-Bazire G: Structure et distribution des pores et des perforations de l'enveloppe de peptidoglycane chez quelques cyanobacté ries. Protistologica 1982;18:151-165.
10. Hoiczyk E: Structural and biochemical analysis of the sheath of Phormidium uncinatum. J Bacteriol 1998;180:3923-3932.
11. Hoiczyk E: Gliding motility in cyanobacteria: Observations and possible explanations. Arch Microbiol 2000;174:11-17.
12. Hoiczyk E, Baumeister W: Envelope structure of four gliding filamentous cyanobacteria. J Bacteriol 1995;177:2387-2395.
13. 2+-binding glycoprotein essential for the gliding motility of cyanobacteria. Mol Microbiol 1997;26:699-708.
14. Hoiczyk E, Baumeister W: The junctional pore complex, a prokaryotic secretion organelle, is the molecular motor underlying gliding motility in cyanobacteria. Curr Biol 1998;8:1161-1168.
15. Hoiczyk E, Hansel A: Cyanobacterial cell walls: News from an unusual prokaryotic envelope. J Bacteriol 2000;182:1191-1199.
16. Jahn E: Beiträge zur botanischen Protistologie. I. Die Polyangiden. Leipzig, Gebrüder Bornträger, 1924.
17. Kaiser D: Bacterial motility: How do pili pull? Curr Biol 2000;10:R777-R780.
18. Koch A, White D: The social lifestyle of myxobacteria. Bioessays 1998;20:1030-1038.
19. Kuhlwein H: Weitere Untersuchungen an Myxobacterien. Arch Mikrobiol 1953;19:365-371.
20. Lapidus IR, Berg HC: Gliding motility of Cytophaga sp. strain U67. J Bacteriol 1982;151:384-398.
21. Lunsdorf H, Reichenbach H: Ultrastructural details of the apparatus of gliding motility of Myxococcus fulvus (Myxobacterales). J Gen Microbiol 1989;135:1633-1641.
22. Lunsdorf H, Schairer H: Frozen motion of gliding bacteria outlines inherent features of the motility apparatus. Microbiology-UK 2001;147:939-947.
23. McBride M: Bacterial gliding motility: Mechanisms and mysteries. Am Soc Microbiol News 2000;66:203-210.
24. McBride M: Bacterial gliding motility: Multiple mechanisms for cell movement. Annu Rev Microbiol 2001;55:49-75.
25. Merz A, Sheetz M, So M: Pilus retraction powers bacterial twitching motility. Nature 2000;407:98-102.
26. Miyata M, Uenoyama A: Movement on the cell surface of the gliding bacterium, Mycoplasma mobile, is limited to its head-like structure. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2002;215:285-289.
27. Namba K, Vonderviszt F: Molecular architecture of bacterial flagellum. Q Rev Biophys 1997;30:1-65.
28. Reichenbach H: The taxonomy of the gliding bacteria. Annu Rev Microbiol 1981;35:339-364.
29. Shi W, Zusman DR: The two motility systems of Myxococcus xanthus show different selective advantages on various surfaces. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 1993;90:3378-3382.
30. Shimkets LJ: Social and developmental biology of the myxobacteria. Microbiol Rev 1990;54:473-501.
31. Skerker JM, Berg HC: Direct observation of extension and retraction of type IV pili. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 2001;98:6901-6904.
32. Spormann A, Kaiser D: Gliding Movements in Myxococcus xanthus. J Bacteriol 1995;177:5846-5852.
33. Stanier R: Elasticotaxis in Myxobacteria. J Bacteriol 1942;44:405-412.
34. Sun H, Yang Z, Shi W: Effect of cellular filamentation on adventurous and social gliding motility of Myxococcus xanthus. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 1999;96:15178-15183.
35. Sun H, Zusman D, Shi W: Type IV pilus of Myxococcus xanthus is a motility apparatus controlled by the frz chemosensory system. Curr Biol 2000;10:1143-1146.
36. Trachtenberg S, Gilad R, Geffen N: The bacterial linear motor of Spiroplasma melliferum BC3: From single molecules to swimming cells. Mol Microbiol 2003;47:671-697.
37. Verdugo P: Mucin exocytosis. Am Rev Respir Dis 1991;144:533-537.
38. Wall D, Kaiser D: Type IV pili and cell motility. Mol Microbiol 1999;32:1-10.
39. Waterbury JB, Willey JM, Franks DG, Valois FW, Watson SW: A cyanobacterium capable of swimming motility. Science 1985;230:74-76.
40. Wolgemuth C, Hoiczyk E, Kaiser D, Oster G: How myxobacteria glide. Curr Biol 2001;12:369-377.
41. Wolgemuth CW, Igoshin O, Oster G: The motility of Mollicutes. Biophys J 2003;85:1-15.