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| タイトル | Asymmetric sheath coordination controls flagellar architecture and function in Leptospira spirochete. |
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| ジャーナル・号・ページ | Embo J., Vol. 45, Page 2882-2904, Year 2026 |
| 掲載日 | 2025年10月18日 |
著者 | Akihiro Kawamoto / Toshiki Kuribayashi / Masatomo Morita / Shuichi Nakamura / Nobuo Koizumi / ![]() |
| PubMed 要旨 | Bacterial flagella are essential for motility, but their structure and how they generate movement vary greatly. Most motile bacteria use external helical flagella, whereas spirochetes have ...Bacterial flagella are essential for motility, but their structure and how they generate movement vary greatly. Most motile bacteria use external helical flagella, whereas spirochetes have periplasmic flagella (PFs) that distort the cell body to drive forward movement. Here, we generated sheath protein knockout mutants and used high-resolution cryo-electron microscopy to elucidate the mechanisms underlying PF assembly, curvature, and rigidity in Leptospira biflexa. The PF consists of a FlaB1-based core filament surrounded asymmetrically by sheath proteins. Weak but essential binding of FlaA2 to the core enables asymmetric localization of the coiling protein FcpA. FcpA alone can induce curvature, whereas FcpB acts as a structural wedge that reinforces PF rigidity and enables efficient swimming in liquid. Specific glycosylation of FlaB1 mediates sheath-core interactions and may guide the assembly of sheath components. We propose that sheath proteins interact transiently with the core and may be anchored to the outer membrane, allowing core rotation beneath a static sheath. These findings reveal how cooperative interactions among sheath components confer structural and mechanical specialization to spirochete flagella. |
リンク | Embo J. / PubMed:41844841 / PubMed Central |
| 手法 | EM (らせん対称) / EM (単粒子) |
| 解像度 | 2.3 - 4.35 Å |
| 構造データ | EMDB-63347, PDB-9lry: EMDB-63348, PDB-9lrz: EMDB-63349, PDB-9ls0: EMDB-63350, PDB-9ls1: EMDB-66641, PDB-9x7k: EMDB-66642, PDB-9x7l: EMDB-66643, PDB-9x7m: EMDB-66646, PDB-9x7s: EMDB-66647, PDB-9x7v: EMDB-66649, PDB-9x80: |
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キーワード | MOTOR PROTEIN / Filament / Flagellar motor |
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leptospira biflexa (バクテリア)
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