Figure 3. Model for the Assembly Process of the Flagellar Export Apparatus (IMAGE)

Osaka University

Figure 3. Model for the Assembly Process of the Flagellar Export Apparatus

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Model for the assembly process of the flagellar export apparatus. The assembly of the export gate complex begins with FliP ring formation with the help of the FliO complex, followed by the assembly of FliQ, FliR, and FlhB and finally of FlhA during MS ring formation in the cytoplasmic membrane. Upon completion of the C ring structure, the cytoplasmic ATPase ring complex is formed at the flagellar base, allowing export substrates to go into the central cavity of the FliP ring complex.

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