The FliI ATPase couples ATP hydrolysis to substrate switching in bacterial flagellar type-III secretion
Rosa Einenkel, Caroline Kühne, Mario Delgadillo‐Guevara, Lasse Hallenga, Christian Goosmann, Marc Erhardt
This study shows FliI ATPase is essential for switching substrate specificity and late-stage flagellar assembly in Salmonella, despite being dispensable for early export.
mBio · Dec 5, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology