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Motile archaea swim by means of a molecular machine called the archaellum. This structure consists of a filament attached to a membrane-embedded motor. The archaellum is found exclusively in members… Click to show full abstract
Motile archaea swim by means of a molecular machine called the archaellum. This structure consists of a filament attached to a membrane-embedded motor. The archaellum is found exclusively in members of the archaeal domain, but the core of its motor shares homology with the motor of type IV pili (T4P). Here, we provide an overview of the different components of the archaellum machinery and hypothetical models to explain how rotary motion of the filament is powered by the archaellum motor.
Keywords:
archaellum machinery;
elucidating rotary;
towards elucidating;
motor;
rotary mechanism
Journal Title: Frontiers in Microbiology
Year Published: 2022
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Journal Title: Frontiers in Microbiology
Year Published: 2022
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