Localization of a critical interface for helical rod formation of bacterial adhesion P-pili.

doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2004.11.037

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Localization of a critical interface for helical rod formation of bacterial adhesion P-pili.

Journal of molecular biology - 11 Feb 2005

Mu Xiang-Qi, Jiang Zhenghui G, Bullitt Esther

Abstract excerpt

Pyelonephritic Escherichia coli cause urinary tract infections that involve the kidneys. Initiation of infection is dependent on P-pili expressed on the bacterial surface. In this work, an essential interface for assembly of the helical rod structure of P-pili has been located on the major pilin subunit, PapA. Based on primary sequence alignment, secondary structure analysis, and quaternary structure modeling of...

Topics

Bacterial Adhesion
Binding Sites
Escherichia coli
Escherichia coli Proteins
Fimbriae Proteins
Fimbriae, Bacterial
Microscopy, Electron
Models, Molecular
Mutation
Protein Structure, Tertiary

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PMID: 15663923
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2004.11.037

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