Mycoplasmas, including bacteria that cause pneumonia in humans, are generally nonmotile, but Mycoplasma mobile, as the ...

The researchers specifically focused on the conformational changes in SecA during the ATP hydrolysis cycle, which is critical to the translocation mechanism. The hydrolysis of ATP serves as the ...

The molecular structure of the motor component that powers the gliding apparatus of Mycoplasma mobile, one of the few mycoplasma bacteria that can move, has been revealed using cryo-electron ...

The researchers specifically focused on the conformational changes in SecA during the ATP hydrolysis cycle, which is critical to the translocation mechanism. The hydrolysis of ATP serves as the ...

The conformation of ABC transporters that is catalytically competent for nucleotide hydrolysis involves the binding of an ATP molecule between conserved sequence motifs at the interface between ...

The motor domain contains the catalytic site for ATP hydrolysis and the actin or microtubule-binding site. The neck region acts as a lever arm, amplifying the small conformational changes generated by ...

Credit: Tomoya Tsukazaki The researchers specifically focused on the conformational changes in SecA during the ATP hydrolysis cycle, which is critical to the translocation mechanism. The ...

“This achievement will promote further understanding of the motility mechanism of how the energy of ATP hydrolysis is converted into gliding motility, and how these motors of Mycoplasma mobile ...

For the first time in the world, the molecular structure of the motor component that powers the gliding apparatus of Mycoplasma mobile, one of the ...