Flagellar Motor Transformed: Biophysical Perspectives of the Myxococcus xanthus Gliding Mechanism
dc.contributor.author | Chen, Jing | en |
dc.contributor.author | Nan, Beiyan | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-06-15T14:08:33Z | en |
dc.date.available | 2022-06-15T14:08:33Z | en |
dc.date.issued | 2022-05-06 | en |
dc.description.abstract | Many bacteria move on solid surfaces using gliding motility, without involvement of flagella or pili. Gliding of Myxococcus xanthus is powered by a proton channel homologous to the stators in the bacterial flagellar motor. Instead of being fixed in place and driving the rotation of a circular protein track like the flagellar basal body, the gliding machinery of M. xanthus travels the length of the cell along helical trajectories, while mechanically engaging with the substrate. Such movement entails a different molecular mechanism to generate propulsion on the cell. In this perspective, we will discuss the similarities and differences between the M. xanthus gliding machinery and bacterial flagellar motor, and use biophysical principles to generate hypotheses about the operating mechanism, efficiency, sensitivity to control, and mechanosensing of M. xanthus gliding. | en |
dc.description.notes | Funding National Institutes of Health R35GM138370 to JC and R01GM129000 to BN. | en |
dc.description.sponsorship | National Institutes of Health [R35GM138370, R01GM129000] | en |
dc.description.version | Published version | en |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.891694 | en |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1664-302X | en |
dc.identifier.other | 891694 | en |
dc.identifier.pmid | 35602090 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/110784 | en |
dc.identifier.volume | 13 | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | Frontiers | en |
dc.rights | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International | en |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en |
dc.subject | myxobacteria | en |
dc.subject | bacterial motility | en |
dc.subject | bacterial gliding | en |
dc.subject | proton channel | en |
dc.subject | cell polarity | en |
dc.subject | mechanosensing | en |
dc.subject | force transmission | en |
dc.title | Flagellar Motor Transformed: Biophysical Perspectives of the Myxococcus xanthus Gliding Mechanism | en |
dc.title.serial | Frontiers in Microbiology | en |
dc.type | Article - Refereed | en |
dc.type.dcmitype | Text | en |
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