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PilY1 and minor pilins form a complex priming the type IVa pilus in Myxococcus xanthus.
Nature communications - 7 Oct 2020
Treuner-Lange Anke, Chang Yi-Wei, Glatter Timo, Herfurth Marco, Lindow Steffi, Chreifi Georges, Jensen Grant J, Søgaard-Andersen Lotte
Abstract excerpt
Type IVa pili are ubiquitous and versatile bacterial cell surface filaments that undergo cycles of extension, adhesion and retraction powered by the cell-envelope spanning type IVa pilus machine (T4aPM). The overall architecture of the T4aPM and the location of 10 conserved core proteins within this architecture have been elucidated. Here, using genetics, cell biology, proteomics and cryo-electron tomography, we...
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