Journal article

Authors list: Thormann, KM

Publication year: 2022

Pages: 863804-

Journal: Frontiers in Microbiology

Volume number: 13

eISSN: 1664-302X

Open access status: Gold

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.863804

Publisher: Frontiers Media

Abstract: 
Flagellar motors are intricate rotating nanomachines that are powered by transmembrane ion gradients. The stator complexes are the powerhouses of the flagellar motor: They convert a transmembrane ion gradient, mainly of H+ or Na+, into rotation of the helical flagellar filament. They are thus essential for motor function. The number of stators synchronously engaged in the motor is surprisingly dynamic and depends on the load and the environmental concentration of the corresponding coupling ion. Thus, the rotor-stator interactions determine an important part of the properties of the motor. Numerous bacteria have been identified as possessing more than one set of stators, and some species have been demonstrated to use these different stators in various configurations to modify motor functions by dynamic in-flight swapping. Here, we review knowledge of the properties, the functions, and the evolution of these hybrid motors and discuss questions that remain unsolved.

Harvard Citation style: Thormann, K. (2022) Dynamic Hybrid Flagellar Motors—Fuel Switch and More, Frontiers in Microbiology, 13, Article 863804. p. 863804. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.863804

APA Citation style: Thormann, K. (2022). Dynamic Hybrid Flagellar Motors—Fuel Switch and More. Frontiers in Microbiology. 13, Article 863804, 863804. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.863804