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

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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...

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