Effect of Intracellular pH on the Torque-Speed Relationship of Bacterial Proton-Driven Flagellar Motor

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 386, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 332-338

  Nakamura, Shuichi ^a,b   Kami ike, Nobunori ^a,b   Yokota, Jun ichi P ^a,b   Kudo, Seishi ^c   Minamino, Tohru ^a,b   Namba, Keiichi ^a,b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c TOIN UNIVERSITY OF YOKOHAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

bacterial flagellar motor; intracellular pH; proton translocation; stator complex; torque generation

Indexed keywords

PROTON;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; CELL LEVEL; CELL PH; CONTROLLED STUDY; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT; TORQUE; VELOCITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 59149087248     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2008.12.034     Document Type: Article

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