Active removal of inhibitory components drives the flagellarType III Secretion Specificity Switch
Fabienne F. V. Chevance, Dara Niketic, DingBang Wu, Carl Ty Mellor, David F. Blair, Sherwood Casjens, Miki Kinoshita, Keiichi Namba, Tohru Minamino, Kelly T. Hughes
The paper shows that removal of inhibitory components Fluke and FlhBCCD by FliK drives the flagellar T3S specificity switch from early to late secretion.
bioRxiv · Mar 10, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology