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Md Khalesur Rahman

East Carolina UniversityPrimary ORCID profile (0000-0002-1927-0460 · 1 paper)Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Md Khalesur RahmaniD1 paper · Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University

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Approach:experimental assay· 3 Organism:bacteria (other)· 2 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Approach:biophysical modeling· 1 Research Focus:clustering· 1 Assay:cryo-EM· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 1

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Jun LiuiD· 3 shared MD A. MOTALEBiD· 3 shared Wangbiao GuoiD· 3 shared Huaxin YuiD· 2 shared Hui Xu· 2 shared Jack M. BottingiD· 2 shared Jian YueiD· 2 shared Aaron Ye· 1 shared

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2026-2026 · peak 3/yr

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In situ cryo-EM reveals how a flagellar motor transmits high torque

Jian Yue, Wangbiao Guo, Md Khalesur Rahman, Hui Xu, Md Samiul Haque, Aaron Ye, Huaxin Yu, Jun Liu, MD A. MOTALEB

This study uses in situ cryo-EM to reveal how the flagellar motor in Borrelia burgdorferi transmits high torque through mechanical coupling and a split washer-shaped FrbA brace.

bioRxiv · Oct 15, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology

FlcE latches onto the FliL-stator complex to turbocharge flagellar motility in Borrelia burgdorferi

Md Khalesur Rahman, Wangbiao Guo, Jack M. Botting, Michael Y. Galperin, Jun Liu, Md A. Motaleb

This paper identifies FlcE as a flagellar collar protein in Borrelia burgdorferi that stabilizes the FliL-stator complex, enhancing motility and torque generation.

bioRxiv · May 30, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology

In-situ structure of the flagellar export apparatus in Borrelia burgdorferi

Jian Yue, Akarsh Manne, Wangbiao Guo, Huaxin Yu, Jiaqi Wang, Md Khalesur Rahman, Kathryn Lees, Hui Xu, Jack M. Botting, Md A. Motaleb, Jun Liu

This study uses cryo-EM to determine the structure of the flagellar export apparatus in Borrelia burgdorferi, revealing its assembly mechanism and role in substrate translocation.

bioRxiv · May 13, 2026 · PreprintMicrobiology