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 remodelingCytoplasmFliL ring enhances the function of periplasmic flagella
Guo S, Xu H, Chang Y, Motaleb MA, Liu J. FliL ring enhances the function of periplasmic flagella. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2022, 119: e2117245119. PMID: 35254893, PMCID: PMC8931381, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2117245119.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFlagellar motorBacterial motilityCryo-electron tomographyStator complexFlagellar proteinsMutant cellsPeriplasmic flagellaActive conformationSitu structureFascinating questionsSupramolecular complexesMotilityComplexesMotBOptimal functionFliLFlagellaIon fluxProteinFunctionAssemblyRemodelingCellsConformationBorrelia