axially filamented

Edge evidence

• periplasmic flagella defines axially filamented METPO:2007500

  Axial filamented motility is defined by flagella located inside the periplasmic space.

  • DOI:10.3390/biom10040550 flagella are hidden within the periplasmic space Supports periplasmic flagella as the defining structure.
• periplasmic flagella localized in periplasmic space biolink:located_in

  Spirochete flagella reside inside the cell envelope rather than extending externally.

  • DOI:10.1016/j.semcdb.2015.10.015 enclose their flagella in the periplasm Supports periplasmic localization of spirochete flagella.
• flagellar basal motor rotates periplasmic flagella

  Basal motors drive periplasmic flagellar rotation.

  • DOI:10.3390/biom10040550 connects with a basal motor Supports basal motor linkage to periplasmic flagella.
• torque generation depends on flagellar basal motor RO:0002502

  Spirochete-specific motor structures generate torque needed for motility.

  • DOI:10.1128/mBio.02494-21 generation of the high torque necessary Supports torque generation by spirochete flagellar motor structures.
• periplasmic flagella enables corkscrew motility RO:0002327

  Periplasmic flagella drive cell-body undulation or corkscrew-like movement.

  • DOI:10.1016/j.semcdb.2015.10.015 long, helical appendages known as flagella to move Supports motility by periplasmic flagella in spirochetes.
• corkscrew motility realizes axially filamented

  Corkscrew or undulating movement is the observed locomotion phenotype of axial filament systems.

  • DOI:10.3390/biom10040550 mechanics of spirochete motility Supports cell-body mechanics as the phenotype-level expression of periplasmic flagella.
• FlbB periplasmic ring forms ring around flagellar rotor

  FlbB forms a novel periplasmic ring around the flagellar rotor, a structural scaffold for the spirochete motor.

  • DOI:10.1371/journal.ppat.1012812 "FlbB forms a novel periplasmic ring around the rotor"; broadly applicable to spirochetes with FlbB homologs.
• FlbB periplasmic ring recruits stator complex

  The FlbB-based collar scaffold supports recruitment of torque-generating stator complexes around the rotor.

  • DOI:10.1371/journal.ppat.1012812 "acts as a scaffold supporting collar assembly and subsequent recruitment of stator complexes"
• stator complex generates torque generation biolink:produces

  Ion-powered stator complexes generate the torque that drives periplasmic flagellar rotation.

  • DOI:10.1371/journal.ppat.1012812 "bridges the rotor and 16 torque-generating stator complexes in each flagellar motor"; stators are the torque-generating units.
• periplasmic flagella contributes to wavy / flat-wave cell morphology RO:0002326

  Periplasmic flagella establish the wavy/flat-wave cell morphology, acting like a cytoskeleton.

  • DOI:10.3390/biom10040550 "Another important role of the PF is to establish a wavy morphology, similar to a cytoskeleton"