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Daum, Bertram ; Vonck, Janet ; Bellack, Annett ; Chaudhury, Paushali ; Reichelt, Robert Martin ; Albers, Sonja-Verena ; Rachel, Reinhard ; Kühlbrandt, Werner

Structure and in situ organisation of the Pyrococcus furiosus archaellum machinery

Daum, Bertram , Vonck, Janet , Bellack, Annett, Chaudhury, Paushali, Reichelt, Robert Martin , Albers, Sonja-Verena , Rachel, Reinhard and Kühlbrandt, Werner (2017) Structure and in situ organisation of the Pyrococcus furiosus archaellum machinery. eLife 6.

Date of publication of this fulltext: 06 Jul 2018 10:23
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DOI to cite this document: 10.5283/epub.37469


Abstract

The archaellum is the macromolecular machinery that Archaea use for propulsion or surface adhesion, enabling them to proliferate and invade new territories. The molecular composition of the archaellum and of the motor that drives it appears to be entirely distinct from that of the functionally equivalent bacterial flagellum and flagellar motor. Yet, the structure of the archaellum machinery is ...

The archaellum is the macromolecular machinery that Archaea use for propulsion or surface adhesion, enabling them to proliferate and invade new territories. The molecular composition of the archaellum and of the motor that drives it appears to be entirely distinct from that of the functionally equivalent bacterial flagellum and flagellar motor. Yet, the structure of the archaellum machinery is scarcely known. Using combined modes of electron cryo-microscopy (cryoEM), we have solved the structure of the Pyrococcus furiosus archaellum filament at 4.2 angstrom resolution and visualise the architecture and organisation of its motor complex in situ. This allows us to build a structural model combining the archaellum and its motor complex, paving the way to a molecular understanding of archaeal swimming motion.



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Item typeArticle
Journal or Publication TitleeLife
Publisher:ELIFE SCIENCES PUBLICATIONS LTD
Place of Publication:CAMBRIDGE
Volume:6
Date2017
InstitutionsBiology, Preclinical Medicine > Institut für Biochemie, Genetik und Mikrobiologie > Lehrstuhl für Mikrobiologie (Archaeenzentrum) > Prof. Dr. Reinhard Rachel
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10.7554/eLife.27470DOI
KeywordsIV PILUS; HALOBACTERIUM-SALINARUM; CRYOELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR ARCHITECTURE; CHEMORECEPTOR ARRAYS; FLAGELLAR MOTORS; S-LAYER; PROTEIN; CELL; SULFOLOBUS;
Dewey Decimal Classification600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine
StatusPublished
RefereedYes, this version has been refereed
Created at the University of RegensburgYes
URN of the UB Regensburgurn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-374699
Item ID37469

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