Altering the Neisseria gonorrhoeae pilE Guanine Quadruplex Loop Bases Affects Pilin Antigenic Variation.

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Neisseria gonorrhoeae possesses a programmed recombination system that allows the bacteria to alter the major subunit of the type IV pilus, pilin or PilE. An alternate DNA structure known as a guanine quadruplex (G4) is required for pilin antigenic variation (pilin Av). The G-C base pairs within the G4 motif are required for pilin Av, but simple mutation of the loop bases does not affect pilin Av. We show that...

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