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ArticleNature microbiology2020

Structures of the stator complex that drives rotation of the bacterial flagellum.

Justin C Deme, Steven Johnson, Owen Vickery, Amy Aron, Holly Monkhouse, Thomas Griffiths, Rory Hennell James, Ben C Berks, James W Coulton, Phillip J Stansfeld and 1 more

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Article in Nature microbiology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 129 papers.

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129citing papers in PubMed
21.2field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

129 citing papers in PubMed, 211 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. Advances in understanding Ton and Tol system motor proteins.Biochemical Society transactions · 2026
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  11. The ancient E-ring in bacterial flagellar motors.FEMS microbiology reviews · 2026
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  13. Torque-generating units of the bacterial flagellar motor are rotary motors.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Justin C DemeSir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8811-9871
Steven JohnsonSir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7877-3543
Owen VickeryDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7023-736X
Amy AronSir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Holly MonkhouseSir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Thomas GriffithsSir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4819-9787
Rory Hennell JamesSir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Ben C BerksDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
James W CoultonDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Phillip J StansfeldDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Susan M LeaSir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. susan.lea@path.ox.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9287-8053
University of Oxford · GBUniversity of Warwick · GBMcGill University · CA

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/P01948X/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/R002517/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/S003339/1Medical Research Council MR/M011984/1Medical Research Council MR/S009213/1Medical Research Council MR/S021264/1Wellcome Trust 100298Wellcome Trust 1009136Wellcome Trust 107929Wellcome Trust 107929/Z/15/ZWellcome Trust 201536Wellcome Trust 208361Wellcome Trust 208361/Z/17/ZWellcome Trust 209194Wellcome Trust 209194/Z/17/Z
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The bacterial flagellum is the prototypical protein nanomachine and comprises a rotating helical propeller attached to a membrane-embedded motor complex. The motor consists of a central rotor surrounded by stator units that couple ion flow across the cytoplasmic membrane to generate torque. Here, we present the structures of the stator complexes from Clostridium sporogenes, Bacillus subtilis and Vibrio mimicus, allowing interpretation of the extensive body of data on stator mechanism. The structures reveal an unexpected asymmetric A

Indexed as

Bacillus subtilisBacterial ProteinsClostridiumFlagellaMolecular Motor ProteinsRotationVibrio mimicusBacterial ProteinsMolecular Motor Proteins

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PMID32929189
PMCPMC7610383
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