ArlCDE form the archaeal switch complex
Li, Z.; Rodriguez-Franco, M.; Albers, S.-V.; Quax, T. E. F.
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Cells require a sensory system and a motility structure to achieve directed movement. Bacteria and archaea both possess rotating filamentous motility structures that work in concert with the sensory chemotaxis system. This allows microorganisms to move along chemical gradients. The central response regulator protein CheY can bind to the motor of the motility structure, the flagellum in bacteria and the archaellum in archaea. Both motility structures have a fundamentally different protein composition and structural organization. Yet, both systems receive input from the chemotaxis system. We applied a fluorescent microscopy approach in the model euryarchaeon Haloferax volcanii, and shed light on the sequence order in which signals are transferred from the chemotaxis system to the archaellum. Our findings indicate that the euryarchaeal specific ArlCDE are part of the archaellum motor and that they directly receive input from the chemotaxis system via the adaptor protein CheF. Hence, ArlCDE are an important feature of the archaellum of euryarchaea, are essential for signal transduction during chemotaxis and represent the archaeal switch complex.
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