Structure of the Neisseria meningitidis Type IV pilus

Type IV pili are present on a wide range of bacterial pathogens and mediate diverse functions. Here the authors report a high resolution crystal structure of the pilin subunit PilE, and a cryoEM reconstruction of the Type IV pilus filament from N. meningitidisthat offer insight into pilus assembly a...

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Main Authors: Subramania Kolappan, Mathieu Coureuil, Xiong Yu, Xavier Nassif, Edward H. Egelman, Lisa Craig
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016-10-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13015