An archaellum filament composed of two alternating subunits [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2022 The archaellum is a molecular machine used by archaea to swim, consisting of an intracellular motor that drives the rotation of an extracellular filament composed of multiple copies of proteins named archaellins.
Reinhard Rachel +2 more
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Towards Elucidating the Rotary Mechanism of the Archaellum Machinery [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 Motile archaea swim by means of a molecular machine called the archaellum. This structure consists of a filament attached to a membrane-embedded motor.
Bertram Daum, Sonja-Verena Albers
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How Did the Archaellum Get Its Rotation? [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 How new functions evolve fascinates many evolutionary biologists. Particularly captivating is the evolution of rotation in molecular machines, as it evokes familiar machines that we have made ourselves. The archaellum, an archaeal analog of the bacterial
Morgan Beeby
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A multilayered cell envelope of a member of the Chloroflexota offers an anchoring platform for the archaellum [PDF]
Frontiers in MicrobiologyIn a previous study, we discovered that Litorilinea aerophila, a member of the bacterial phylum Chloroflexota, had acquired a bona fide archaellum gene cluster through horizontal gene transfer from Archaea, a surprising finding given that the archaellum ...
Marie Joest +13 more
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Perturbed N-glycosylation of Halobacterium salinarum archaellum filaments leads to filament bundling and compromised cell motility [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsThe swimming device of archaea—the archaellum—presents asparagine (N)-linked glycans. While N-glycosylation serves numerous roles in archaea, including enabling their survival in extreme environments, how this post-translational modification contributes ...
Iris Grossman-Haham +2 more
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How Does the Archaellum Work? [PDF]
BiomoleculesThe archaellum is the simplest known molecular propeller. An analogue of bacterial flagella, archaella are long helical tails found in Archaea that are rotated by cell-envelope-embedded rotary motors to exert thrust for cell motility.
Morgan Beeby, Bertram Daum
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CsmR controls both, motility and cell shape, in Haloferax volcanii. [PDF]
PLoS GeneticsArchaea rely on motility and morphological plasticity to navigate their environments, yet the transcriptional regulation of these processes remains poorly understood.
Phillip Nußbaum +12 more
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The transcriptional regulator EarA and intergenic terminator sequences modulate archaellation in Pyrococcus furiosus [PDF]
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023 The regulation of archaellation, the formation of archaeal-specific cell appendages called archaella, is crucial for the motility, adhesion, and survival of archaeal organisms.
Richard Stöckl +5 more
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Phosphorylation-driven conformational switching of the ArnA–ArnB complex involved in archaeal motility regulation [PDF]
Frontiers in MicrobiologyArnA and ArnB serve as regulators within the Sulfolobus archaellum regulatory network by modulating the archaellum components ArlB and ArlX, which are essential for swimming motility.
Mohamed Watad +14 more
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Stay or Go: Sulfolobales Biofilm Dispersal Is Dependent on a Bifunctional VapB Antitoxin [PDF]
mBio, 2023 A type II VapB14 antitoxin regulates biofilm dispersal in the archaeal thermoacidophile Sulfolobus acidocaldarius through traditional toxin neutralization but also through noncanonical transcriptional regulation.
April M. Lewis +5 more
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