A multi-state dynamic process confers mechano-adaptation to a biological nanomachine

Combining experiments with modeling, Wadhwa et al. propose a model for mechano-adaptation in the bacterial flagellar motor, finding that load-dependent transitions between multiple internal states govern the binding and unbinding of subunits.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Navish Wadhwa, Alberto Sassi, Howard C. Berg, Yuhai Tu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-09-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33075-5