Native flagellar MS ring is formed by 34 subunits with 23-fold and 11-fold subsymmetries

Akihiro Kawamoto; Tomoko Miyata; Fumiaki Makino; Miki Kinoshita; Tohru Minamino; Katsumi Imada; Takayuki Kato; Keiichi Namba

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-24507-9

Nature Communications (Jul 2021)

Native flagellar MS ring is formed by 34 subunits with 23-fold and 11-fold subsymmetries

Akihiro Kawamoto,
Tomoko Miyata,
Fumiaki Makino,
Miki Kinoshita,
Tohru Minamino,
Katsumi Imada,
Takayuki Kato,
Keiichi Namba

Affiliations

Akihiro Kawamoto: Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University
Tomoko Miyata: Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University
Fumiaki Makino: Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University
Miki Kinoshita: Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University
Tohru Minamino: Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University
Katsumi Imada: Department of Macromolecular Science, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University
Takayuki Kato: Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University
Keiichi Namba: Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24507-9
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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The bacterial flagellar MS ring is a core transmembrane complex within the flagellar basal body. Here, cryoEM analysis suggests that the MS ring is formed by 34 full-length FliF subunits, with 23- and 11-fold subsymmetries in the inner and middle M ring, respectively.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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