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==CryoEM structure of pentameric MotA from Aquifex aeolicus==
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== Structural highlights ==
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[8gqy]] is a 5 chain structure with sequence from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquifex_aeolicus_VF5 Aquifex aeolicus VF5]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=8GQY OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=8GQY FirstGlance]. <br>
</td></tr><tr id='method'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Empirical_models|Method:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="methodDat">Electron Microscopy, [[Resolution|Resolution]] 3.4&#8491;</td></tr>
<tr id='resources'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Resources:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=8gqy FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=8gqy OCA], [https://pdbe.org/8gqy PDBe], [https://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=8gqy RCSB], [https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/8gqy PDBsum], [https://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=8gqy ProSAT]</span></td></tr>
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== Function ==
[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/MOTA_AQUAE MOTA_AQUAE] MotA and MotB comprise the stator element of the flagellar motor complex. Required for rotation of the flagellar motor. Probable transmembrane proton channel (By similarity).
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== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==
Many motile bacteria swim and swarm toward favorable environments using the flagellum, which is rotated by a motor embedded in the inner membrane. The motor is composed of the rotor and the stator, and the motor torque is generated by the change of the interaction between the rotor and the stator induced by the ion flow through the stator. A stator unit consists of two types of membrane proteins termed A and B. Recent cryo-EM studies on the stators from mesophiles revealed that the stator consists of five A and two B subunits, whereas the low-resolution EM analysis showed that purified hyperthermophilic MotA forms a tetramer. To clarify the assembly formation and factors enhancing thermostability of the hyperthermophilic stator, we determined the cryo-EM structure of MotA from Aquifex aeolicus (Aa-MotA), a hyperthermophilic bacterium, at 3.42 A resolution. Aa-MotA forms a pentamer with pseudo C5 symmetry. A simulated model of the Aa-MotA(5)MotB(2) stator complex resembles the structures of mesophilic stator complexes, suggesting that Aa-MotA can assemble into a pentamer equivalent to the stator complex without MotB. The distribution of hydrophobic residues of MotA pentamers suggests that the extremely hydrophobic nature in the subunit boundary and the transmembrane region is a key factor to stabilize hyperthermophilic Aa-MotA.

Structure of MotA, a flagellar stator protein, from hyperthermophile.,Nishikino T, Takekawa N, Tran DP, Kishikawa JI, Hirose M, Onoe S, Kojima S, Homma M, Kitao A, Kato T, Imada K Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2022 Nov 26;631:78-85. doi: , 10.1016/j.bbrc.2022.09.072. Epub 2022 Sep 21. PMID:36179499<ref>PMID:36179499</ref>

From MEDLINE&reg;/PubMed&reg;, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.<br>
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== References ==
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[[Category: Aquifex aeolicus VF5]]
[[Category: Large Structures]]
[[Category: Hirose M]]
[[Category: Imada K]]
[[Category: Kato T]]
[[Category: Kishikawa J]]
[[Category: Nishikino T]]
[[Category: Onoe S]]
[[Category: Takekawa N]]