ReviewFrontiers in microbiology2021
How Did the Archaellum Get Its Rotation?
Review in Frontiers in microbiology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.
- Cyclization of archaeal membrane lipids impacts membrane protein activity and archaellum formation.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025Article
- Unusual cell surfaces, pili, and archaella of Thermoplasmatales archaea.The ISME journal · 2025Article
- Towards a molecular picture of the archaeal cell surface.Nature communications · 2024Article
- Comparative Genomic Insights into Chemoreceptor Diversity and Habitat Adaptation of Archaea.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2022Article
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Abstract
How new functions evolve fascinates many evolutionary biologists. Particularly captivating is the evolution of rotation in molecular machines, as it evokes familiar machines that we have made ourselves. The archaellum, an archaeal analog of the bacterial flagellum, is one of the simplest rotary motors. It features a long helical propeller attached to a cell envelope-embedded rotary motor. Satisfyingly, the archaellum is one of many members of the large type IV filament superfamily, which includes pili, secretion systems, and adhesins, relationships that promise clues as to how the rotating archaellum evolved from a non-rotary ancestor. Nevertheless, determining exactly how the archaellum got its rotation remains frustratingly elusive. Here we review what is known about how the archaellum got its rotation, what clues exist, and what more is needed to address this question.
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