PilY1 and minor pilins form a complex priming the type IVa pilus in Myxococcus xanthus
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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-18803-z
Abstract: 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… read more here.
Keywords: minor pilins; type iva; myxococcus xanthus; iva pilus ... See more keywords
Characterization of a glycan-binding complex of minor pilins completes the analysis of Streptococcus sanguinis type 4 pili subunits
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DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2216237120
Abstract: Significance Type 4 pili (T4P)—important in bacterial pathogens—are filaments composed of one well-characterized major pilin, and several minor pilins whose roles are often poorly understood. Streptococcus sanguinis T4P are composed of five pilins, which makes… read more here.
Keywords: type pili; streptococcus sanguinis; minor pilins;