School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, UNSW, Kensington, Australia.
School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, UNSW, Kensington, Australia
J Bacteriol. 2020 Jan 15;202(3). doi: 10.1128/JB.00557-19.
The bacterial flagellar motor is driven by an ion flux that is converted to torque by motor-attendant complexes known as stators. The dynamics of stator assembly around the motor in response to external stimuli have been the subject of much recent research, but less is known about the evolutionary origins of stator complexes and how they select for specific ions. Here, we review the latest structural and biochemical data for the stator complexes and compare these with other ion transporters and microbial motors to examine possible evolutionary origins of the stator complex.
细菌鞭毛马达由离子流驱动,该离子流通过称为定子的马达附属复合物转化为扭矩。最近的研究主要集中在定子复合物如何响应外部刺激组装在马达周围的动力学,但对于定子复合物的进化起源以及它们如何选择特定离子的了解较少。在这里,我们回顾了定子复合物的最新结构和生化数据,并将这些数据与其他离子转运体和微生物马达进行比较,以研究定子复合物的可能进化起源。