Fadel A. Samatey Group: Difference between revisions

:<table style="background: #ffd0b0;padding: 6px;"><tr><td>Reports the first structure of the major fragment of the protein monomer that assembles into the '''[[Flagellar hook of bacteria|bacterial flagellar hook]]''' ([[1wlg]], 1.8 &Aring; [[resolution]]). Fits the monomer into an electron cryomicroscopic density map, resulting in straight and curved models of the hook, including a rotating model.</td></tr></table>

:<table style="background: #ffd0b0;padding: 6px;"><tr><td>Reports, for the first time, the atomic structure of the major fragment of the protein chain monomer that assembles into the '''[[Flagellar filament of bacteria|bacterial flagellar filament]]''' ([[1io1]], 2.0 &Aring; [[resolution]]). The crystal contained chains of monomers, which revealed how the monomer protein chains fit together into protofilaments. Theoretical simulation revealed a possible mechanism for how the filament reverses direction, a mechanism crucial to how bacteria swim towards food or away from harm by reversing the flagellar motor.</td></tr></table>