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2026
Injectisome assembly primes Pseudomonas aeruginosa for type III secretion.
Ramsey, K., Tachiyama, S., Brossard, A., Hang, Z., Liu, J., & Kazmierczak, B. I. (2026). mBio
Cryo-Structural Insights into Enzymatic Peptide Self-Assembly Driving Extrinsic Lytic Cell Death.
Yi, M., Guo, J., Zia, A., Guo, W., Tachiyama, S., Ashton-Rickardt, G., Tan, W., Qiao, Y., Gong, Y., Egelman, E. H., Liu, J., Wang, F., & Xu, B. (2026). Journal of the American Chemical Society
Assembly and glycosylation of Helicobacter pylori sheathed flagella.
Kumar, R., Tachiyama, S., Yu, H., Heydari, S., Guo, J., Botting, J. M., Guo, W., Hoover, T. R., & Liu, J. (2026). PNAS nexus
Structural insights into the assembly and evolution of a complex bacterial flagellar motor.
Feng, X., Tachiyama, S., He, J., Zhu, S., Zhao, H., Botting, J. M., Liu, Y., Chen, Y., Hua, C., Lara-Tejero, M., Baker, M. A. B., Gao, X., Liu, J., & Gao, B. (2026). Nature microbiology
2025
In situ structures of the Legionella Dot/Icm T4SS identify the DotA-IcmX complex as the gatekeeper for effector translocation.
Yue, J., Heydari, S., Park, D., Chetrit, D., Tachiyama, S., Guo, W., Botting, J. M., Wu, S., Roy, C. R., & Liu, J. (2025). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
A flexible peptide linking the periplasmic and cytoplasmic domains of MxiG controls type III secretion signaling and stable sorting platform assembly in Shigella.
Tachiyama, S., Muthuramalingam, M., Whittier, S. K., Chang, Y., Yue, J., Younis, W., Picking, W. L., Liu, J., & Picking, W. D. (2025). Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology
Outer membrane tube formation by Francisella novicida involves extensive envelope modifications and is linked with type VI secretion and alterations to the host phagosomal membrane
Rashid, M., Tachiyama, S., Zhu, S., Zhao, H., McCaig, W. D., Sun, J., Li, H., Liu, J., & Thanassi, D. G. (2025). mBio
FlgY, PflA, and PflB form a spoke-ring network in the high-torque flagellar motor of Helicobacter pylori.
Tachiyama, S., Rosinke, K., Khan, M. F., Zhou, X., Xin, Y., Botting, J. M., Yue, J., Roujeinikova, A., Hoover, T. R., & Liu, J. (2025). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
A Helicobacter pylori flagellar motor accessory is needed to maintain the barrier function of the outer membrane during flagellar rotation
Rosinke, K., Tachiyama, S., Mrázek, J., Liu, J., & Hoover, T. R. (2025). PLoS pathogens
Tetrameric PilZ protein stabilizes stator ring in complex flagellar motor and is required for motility in Campylobacter jejuni.
Chen, Y., Tachiyama, S., Li, Y., Feng, X., Zhao, H., Wu, Y., Guo, Y., Lara-Tejero, M., Hua, C., Liu, J., & Gao, B. (2025). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
2024
Bacterial flagella hijack type IV pili proteins to control motility.
Liu, X., Tachiyama, S., Zhou, X., Mathias, R. A., Bonny, S. Q., Khan, M. F., Xin, Y., Roujeinikova, A., Liu, J., & Ottemann, K. M. (2024). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
2023
FlgV forms a flagellar motor ring that is required for optimal motility of Helicobacter pylori.
Botting, J. M., Tachiyama, S., Gibson, K. H., Liu, J., Starai, V. J., & Hoover, T. R. (2023). PloS one
Bacteria require phase separation for fitness in the mammalian gut.
Krypotou, E., Townsend, G. E., Gao, X., Tachiyama, S., Liu, J., Pokorzynski, N. D., Goodman, A. L., & Groisman, E. A. (2023). Science (New York, N.Y.)
2022
The flagellar motor protein FliL forms a scaffold of circumferentially positioned rings required for stator activation.
Tachiyama, S., Chan, K. L., Liu, X., Hathroubi, S., Peterson, B., Khan, M. F., Ottemann, K. M., Liu, J., & Roujeinikova, A. (2022). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
2021
Composition and Biophysical Properties of the Sorting Platform Pods in the Shigella Type III Secretion System.
Tachiyama, S., Skaar, R., Chang, Y., Carroll, B. L., Muthuramalingam, M., Whittier, S. K., Barta, M. L., Picking, W. L., Liu, J., & Picking, W. D. (2021). Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology
2020
The Structures of SctK and SctD from Pseudomonas aeruginosa Reveal the Interface of the Type III Secretion System Basal Body and Sorting Platform.
Muthuramalingam, M., Whittier, S. K., Lovell, S., Battaile, K. P., Tachiyama, S., Johnson, D. K., Picking, W. L., & Picking, W. D. (2020). Journal of molecular biology
2019
The cytoplasmic domain of MxiG interacts with MxiK and directs assembly of the sorting platform in the Shigella type III secretion system.
Tachiyama, S., Chang, Y., Muthuramalingam, M., Hu, B., Barta, M. L., Picking, W. L., Liu, J., & Picking, W. D. (2019). The Journal of biological chemistry
2018
Using disruptive insertional mutagenesis to identify the in situ structure-function landscape of the Shigella translocator protein IpaB.
Barta, M. L., Tachiyama, S., Muthuramalingam, M., Arizmendi, O., Villanueva, C. E., Ramyar, K. X., Geisbrecht, B. V., Lovell, S., Battaile, K. P., Picking, W. L., & Picking, W. D. (2018). Protein science