ReviewCurrent opinion in structural biology2021
Ton motor complexes.
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.
- Multiple TonB-dependent transport systems inInfection and immunity · 2026Article
- Structural basis of outer membrane biogenesis and cell division by Tol/Pal nanomachinery.Science advances · 2026Article
- Deciphering the molecular mechanism of the bacterial division motor TolQRA.Cell discovery · 2025Article
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- Substrate Uptake by TonB-Dependent Outer Membrane Transporters.Molecular microbiology · 2024Review
- Efflux pump inhibitor chlorpromazine effectively increases the susceptibility ofFuture microbiology · 2024Article
- Identification and cultivation of anaerobic bacterial scavengers of dead cells.The ISME journal · 2023Article
- Experimental and computational methods to highlight behavioural variations in TonB-dependent transporter expression in Pseudomonas aeruginosa versus siderophore concentration.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- A disulfide chaperone knockout facilitates spin labeling and pulse EPR spectroscopy of outer membrane transporters.Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society · 2023Article
- Trojan Horse Siderophore Conjugates InduceJournal of medicinal chemistry · 2023Article
- Proteolytic processing induces a conformational switch required for antibacterial toxin delivery.Nature communications · 2022Article
- Transcription regulation of iron carrier transport genes by ECF sigma factors through signaling from the cell surface into the cytoplasm.FEMS microbiology reviews · 2022Article
- A new class of biological ion-driven rotary molecular motors with 5:2 symmetry.Frontiers in microbiology · 2022Review
- The Ton Motor.Frontiers in microbiology · 2022Review
- Functional roles of multiple Ton complex genes in a Sphingobium degrader of lignin-derived aromatic compounds.Scientific reports · 2021Article
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- Protein import and export across the bacterial outer membrane.Current opinion in structural biology · 2021Review
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Abstract
The Ton complex is a molecular motor that uses the proton gradient at the inner membrane of Gram-negative bacteria to apply forces on outer membrane proteins, allowing active transport of nutrients into the periplasmic space. For decades, contradictory data has been reported on the structure and stoichiometry of the Ton complex. However, recent reports strongly support a subunit stoichiometry of 5:2 for the ExbB-ExbD subcomplex. In this review, we summarize the recent discoveries of the structures and proposed mechanisms of the Ton system, as well as similar protein motor complexes in Gram-negative bacteria.
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