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Function of the usher N-terminus in catalysing pilus assembly.

Molecular microbiology - 1 Feb 2011

Henderson Nadine S, Ng Tony W, Talukder Iehab, Thanassi David G

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The chaperone/usher (CU) pathway is a conserved bacterial secretion system that assembles adhesive fibres termed pili or fimbriae. Pilus biogenesis by the CU pathway requires a periplasmic chaperone and an outer membrane (OM) assembly platform termed the usher. The usher catalyses formation of subunit-subunit interactions to promote polymerization of the pilus fibre and provides the channel for fibre secretion....

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PMID: 21299650
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2010.07505.x
PMCID: PMC3079318

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