Reprint of “Prospects for the gliding mechanism of Mycoplasma mobile”

Makoto Miyata; Tasuku Hamaguchi

doi:10.1016/j.mib.2015.12.002

Reprint of “Prospects for the gliding mechanism of Mycoplasma mobile”

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Abstract

Mycoplasma mobile forms gliding machinery at a cell pole and glides continuously in the direction of the cell pole at up to 4.5 μm per second on solid surfaces such as animal cells. This motility system is not related to those of any other bacteria or eukaryotes. M. mobile uses ATP energy to repeatedly catch, pull, and release sialylated oligosaccharides on host cells with its approximately 50-nm long legs. The gliding machinery is a large structure composed of huge surface proteins and internal jellyfish-like structure. This system may have developed from an accidental combination between an adhesin and a rotary ATPase, both of which are essential for the adhesive parasitic life of Mycoplasmas.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	122-128
Number of pages	7
Journal	Current Opinion in Microbiology
Volume	28
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mib.2015.12.002
Publication status	Published - 2015 Dec
Externally published	Yes

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Reprint of “Prospects for the gliding mechanism of Mycoplasma mobile”

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