Nature Communications (May 2022)

Structural insights into the mechanism of archaellar rotational switching

  • Florian Altegoer,
  • Tessa E. F. Quax,
  • Paul Weiland,
  • Phillip Nußbaum,
  • Pietro I. Giammarinaro,
  • Megha Patro,
  • Zhengqun Li,
  • Dieter Oesterhelt,
  • Martin Grininger,
  • Sonja-Verena Albers,
  • Gert Bange

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30358-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Signal transduction via phosphorylated CheY is conserved in bacteria and archaea. In this study, the authors employ structural biochemistry combined with cell biology to delineate the mechanism of CheY recognition by the adaptor protein CheF.