Article
Structure of the minor pseudopilin XcpW from the Pseudomonas aeruginosa type II secretion system.
Acta crystallographica. Section D, Biological crystallography - 1 Feb 2011
Franz Laura P, Douzi Badreddine, Durand Eric, Dyer David H, Voulhoux Romé, Forest Katrina T
Abstract excerpt
Pseudomonas aeruginosa utilizes the type II secretion machinery to transport virulence factors through the outer membrane into the extracellular space. Five proteins in the type II secretion system share sequence homology with pilin subunits of type IV pili and are called the pseudopilins. The major pseudopilin XcpT(G) assembles into an intraperiplasmic pilus and is thought to act in a piston-like manner to push...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Bacterial Proteins
- Crystallography, X-Ray
- Membrane Proteins
- Models, Molecular
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Protein Structure, Secondary
- Protein Structure, Tertiary
- Pseudomonas aeruginosa