Asymmetric Hydration and Protonation Switching of Dual Aspartates Drive Flagellar Rotation
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Main result
Our findings reveal that MotA rotation requires two essential prerequisites: plug removal and alternating D22 protonation switching, coupled with dynamic gauche-trans conformational changes in the side chain of D22.
Appeared: Saturday, September 26. Journal of the American Chemical Society. Peer-reviewed journal.
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6c07910