| Accession | TIGR03515 |
| Name | GldC |
| Function | gliding motility-associated protein GldC |
| Gene Symbol | gldC |
| Trusted Cutoff | 102.15 |
| Domain Trusted Cutoff | 102.15 |
| Noise Cutoff | 57.50 |
| Domain Noise Cutoff | 57.50 |
| Isology Type | equivalog |
| HMM Length | 108 |
| Author | Selengut J |
| Entry Date | Dec 13 2007 1:26PM |
| Last Modified | Feb 14 2011 3:27PM |
| Comment | Members of this protein family are exclusive to the Bacteroidetes phylum (previously Cytophaga-Flavobacteria-Bacteroides). GldC is a protein linked to a type of rapid surface gliding motility found in certain Bacteroidetes, such as Flavobacterium johnsoniae and Cytophaga hutchinsonii. Knockouts of GldC do not abolish the gliding phenotype but do impair it. Gliding motility appears closely linked to chitin utilization in the model species Flavobacterium johnsoniae. Bacteroidetes with members of this protein family appear to have all of the genes associated with gliding motility. |
| References | RN [1]
RM PMID:10648514
RT Cloning and characterization of the Flavobacterium johnsoniae gliding-motility genes gldB and gldC.
RA Hunnicutt DW, McBride MJ
RL J Bacteriol. 2000 Feb;182(4):911-8. |
| Genome Property | GenProp0781: gliding motility, Bacteroidetes type (HMM) |
