Motile ghosts of the halophilic archaeon, Haloferax volcanii
Y. Kinosita, N. Mikami, Z. Li, F. Braun, T. E. Quax, C. v. d. Does, R. Ishmukhametov, S.-V. Albers, R. M. Berry
This study presents a membrane-permeabilized ghost system for Haloferax volcanii to investigate archaellum motility, revealing ATP selectivity, negative cooperativity, and a torque-speed curve with characteristics of both bacterial flagellar motors and F1-ATPase.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · Oct 13, 2020Peer-reviewedBiophysics