2022
FIB-SEM analysis on three-dimensional structures of growing organelles in wild Chlorella pyrenoidosa cells
Feng L, Guo W, Guo J, Zhang X, Zou X, Rao M, Ye J, Kuang C, Chen G, Chen C, Qin S, Yang W, Cheng J. FIB-SEM analysis on three-dimensional structures of growing organelles in wild Chlorella pyrenoidosa cells. Protoplasma 2022, 260: 885-897. PMID: 36416933, DOI: 10.1007/s00709-022-01821-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSingle pyrenoidThree-dimensional structurePhotosynthetic growthCO2 fixationChlorella pyrenoidosa cellsStarch grainsBeam scanning electron microscopyIon beam scanning electron microscopyMitochondriaGrowth periodCellsMature statePyrenoidChloroplastsMeristemDynamic changesOrganellesNucleoliReplicationLarge partElongationGrowth
2020
The flagellar motor of Vibrio alginolyticus undergoes major structural remodeling during rotational switching
Carroll BL, Nishikino T, Guo W, Zhu S, Kojima S, Homma M, Liu J. The flagellar motor of Vibrio alginolyticus undergoes major structural remodeling during rotational switching. ELife 2020, 9: e61446. PMID: 32893817, PMCID: PMC7505661, DOI: 10.7554/elife.61446.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFlagellar motorRotational switchingBacterial flagellar motorLarge conformational rearrangementsCryo-electron tomographyMajor structural remodelingConformational remodelingRotor complexCytoplasmic ringConformational rearrangementsProtein compositionConformational changesC-ringNovel insightsFliNFlagellaMolecular architectureFLIMVibrioFliGRemodelingMutantsStructural remodelingMechanismCells