Xue-Yin Feng

Evolutionary assembly of the flagellar cage: repurposing a Type IV pili subcomplex.

Flagella, the major motility organelles in bacteria, display great diversity and complexity in their motor structures. Aside from the classical model with a simple motor, the functions of the components of complex motors are beginning to be explored. Recently, flagellar motors in Campylobacterota were found to have hom...