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「Biophysics and Physicobiology」にTakashi Fujii et al. “Evidence for the hook supercoiling mechanism of the bacterial flagellum” を掲載

2018年02月07日 学会誌

日本生物物理学会欧文誌[Biophysics and Physicobiology]に以下の論文が新規掲載されました。

Takashi Fujii, Hideyuki Matsunami, Yumi Inoue and Keiichi Namba
“Evidence for the hook supercoiling mechanism of the bacterial flagellum”

【Significance】
Bacterial flagellar hook supercoiling mechanism

The bacterial flagellar hook is a short, highly curved tubular structure connecting the flagellar motor with the helical filament acting as a propeller to function as a universal joint to transmit motor torque to the filament regardless of its orientation. The highly curved form is part of a supercoil as observed in the polyhook structure. The essential role of the outermost domain D2 of the hook protein in the supercoiling mechanism is revealed by its deletion that made the polyhook straight.


Biophysics and Physicobiology, Vol.15, pp. 28-32

URL: https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/biophysico/15/0/15_28/_article



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