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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 type | Article | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title | eLife | ||||
| Publisher: | ELIFE SCIENCES PUBLICATIONS LTD | ||||
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| Place of Publication: | CAMBRIDGE | ||||
| Volume: | 6 | ||||
| Date | 2017 | ||||
| Institutions | Biology, Preclinical Medicine > Institut für Biochemie, Genetik und Mikrobiologie > Lehrstuhl für Mikrobiologie (Archaeenzentrum) > Prof. Dr. Reinhard Rachel | ||||
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| Keywords | IV PILUS; HALOBACTERIUM-SALINARUM; CRYOELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; MOLECULAR ARCHITECTURE; CHEMORECEPTOR ARRAYS; FLAGELLAR MOTORS; S-LAYER; PROTEIN; CELL; SULFOLOBUS; | ||||
| Dewey Decimal Classification | 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine | ||||
| Status | Published | ||||
| Refereed | Yes, this version has been refereed | ||||
| Created at the University of Regensburg | Yes | ||||
| URN of the UB Regensburg | urn:nbn:de:bvb:355-epub-374699 | ||||
| Item ID | 37469 |
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