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SSE Biology Research Seminars - 2012
June 04, 2012
Bacterial Flagellar Type III Secretion System
Speaker: Dr. Syed Farhat Ali, Post Doctoral Fellow
Supervisor: Dr. Shahid Khan
Date: June 4, 2012,
Time: 1:00 pm
Venue: Smart Lab, CS, SSE LUMS
Abstract
Flagella are appendages present on bacterial surface involved in swimming. Flagellum is a complex nanomachine made up of about 25 different proteins. It is composed of an extracellular filament, a membrane assembly (basal body) and cytoplasmic components. A type III protein export apparatus is present in the membrane assembly. It transports proteins through the membrane – which then assemble to form the flagellar filament. This work is based on characterisation of one of the export apparatus proteins, FlhA.
