Native flagellar MS ring is formed by 34 subunits with 23-fold and 11-fold subsymmetries

The bacterial flagellar MS ring is a core transmembrane complex within the flagellar basal body. Here, cryoEM analysis suggests that the MS ring is formed by 34 full-length FliF subunits, with 23- and 11-fold subsymmetries in the inner and middle M ring, respectively.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Akihiro Kawamoto, Tomoko Miyata, Fumiaki Makino, Miki Kinoshita, Tohru Minamino, Katsumi Imada, Takayuki Kato, Keiichi Namba
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24507-9