Journal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A / Year: 2011 Title: Structure of Trypanosoma brucei flagellum accounts for its bihelical motion. Authors: Alexey Y Koyfman / Michael F Schmid / Ladan Gheiratmand / Caroline J Fu / Htet A Khant / Dandan Huang / Cynthia Y He / Wah Chiu / Abstract: Trypanosoma brucei is a parasitic protozoan that causes African sleeping sickness. It contains a flagellum required for locomotion and viability. In addition to a microtubular axoneme, the flagellum ...Trypanosoma brucei is a parasitic protozoan that causes African sleeping sickness. It contains a flagellum required for locomotion and viability. In addition to a microtubular axoneme, the flagellum contains a crystalline paraflagellar rod (PFR) and connecting proteins. We show here, by cryoelectron tomography, the structure of the flagellum in three bending states. The PFR lattice in straight flagella repeats every 56 nm along the length of the axoneme, matching the spacing of the connecting proteins. During flagellar bending, the PFR crystallographic unit cell lengths remain constant while the interaxial angles vary, similar to a jackscrew. The axoneme drives the expansion and compression of the PFR lattice. We propose that the PFR modifies the in-plane axoneme motion to produce the characteristic trypanosome bihelical motility as captured by high-speed light microscope videography.
History
Deposition
Jun 8, 2011
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Header (metadata) release
Jun 21, 2011
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Map release
Jun 21, 2011
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Update
Jun 5, 2013
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Current status
Jun 5, 2013
Processing site: RCSB / Status: Released
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Structure visualization
Movie
Surface view with section colored by density value
Cryogen name: ETHANE / Chamber humidity: 100 % / Chamber temperature: 100 K / Instrument: FEI VITROBOT MARK III / Details: Vitrification instrument: Vitrobot III / Method: Blot for 2 seconds before plunging
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Electron microscopy
Microscope
JEOL 2100
Date
Jun 25, 2008
Image recording
Average electron dose: 70 e/Å2
Electron beam
Acceleration voltage: 200 kV / Electron source: LAB6
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