2022
The Bacterial Flagellar Motor: Insights Into Torque Generation, Rotational Switching, and Mechanosensing
Guo S, Liu J. The Bacterial Flagellar Motor: Insights Into Torque Generation, Rotational Switching, and Mechanosensing. Frontiers In Microbiology 2022, 13: 911114. PMID: 35711788, PMCID: PMC9195833, DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.911114.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchStator complexStator unitsFlagellar motorStructural biology perspectiveBacterial flagellar motorRotary nanomachineBiology perspectiveAccessory proteinsStructural insightsBacterial motilitySpecific nichesMechanistic basisHost cellsDistinct conformationsC-ringRotational switchingBacteriaAccessory moleculesMotilityFliLMechanosensingComplexesNicheStructural remodelingCytoplasm
2020
In Situ Structure of the Vibrio Polar Flagellum Reveals a Distinct Outer Membrane Complex and Its Specific Interaction with the Stator
Zhu S, Nishikino T, Takekawa N, Terashima H, Kojima S, Imada K, Homma M, Liu J. In Situ Structure of the Vibrio Polar Flagellum Reveals a Distinct Outer Membrane Complex and Its Specific Interaction with the Stator. Journal Of Bacteriology 2020, 202: 10.1128/jb.00592-19. PMID: 31767780, PMCID: PMC6989802, DOI: 10.1128/jb.00592-19.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProtein-protein interactionsCryo-electron tomographyStator unitsFlagellar rotationDetailed protein-protein interactionsUnique protein-protein interactionsGram-negative marine bacteriumPolar sheathed flagellumBasal body structureHigh-speed motilityBacterial flagellar motorLarge conformational changesSpecific interactionsFirst structural evidencePeriplasmic domainPolar flagellumFlagellar motorPeptidoglycan layerMembrane complexT ringMarine bacteriumBacterial flagellaGenetic analysisDetailed structural informationSheathed flagellum