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Abstract

The FliX/FlbD-dependent temporal transcription of late flagellar genes in requires the assembly of an early, class II-encoded flagellar structure. Class II flagellar-mutant strains exhibit a delay in the completion of cell division, with the accumulation of filamentous cells in culture. It is shown here that this cell-division defect is attributable to an arrest in the final stages of cell separation. Normal cell morphology could be restored in class II mutants by gain-of-function alleles of FliX or FlbD, suggesting that the timely completion of cell division requires these -acting factors. In synchronized cultures, inhibition of cell division by depleting FtsZ resulted in normal initial expression of the late, FlbD-dependent gene; however, the cell cycle-regulated cessation of transcription was delayed, indicating that cell division may be required to negatively regulate FlbD activity. Interestingly, prolonged depletion of FtsZ resulted in an eventual loss of FlbD activity that could be bypassed by a constitutive mutant of FlbD, but not of FliX, suggesting the possible existence of a second cell cycle-dependent pathway for FlbD activation.

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