Asymmetric Hydration and Protonation Switching of Dual Aspartates Drive Flagellar Rotation
Jiancheng Luo, Haidai Hu, Zhitao Cai, Chen Shi, Yichong Lao, Peng Xiu, Nicholas M. I. Taylor, Yandong Huang, Yong Wang
This study investigates the rotational mechanism of the bacterial flagellar motor by analyzing protonation dynamics and structural asymmetry in CjMotAB using cryo-EM and computational methods.
Journal of the American Chemical Society · Sep 24, 2026Peer-reviewedBiophysics