Structure and Properties of a Natural Competence-Associated Pilin Suggest a Unique Pilus Tip-Associated DNA Receptor

ABSTRACT Natural competence is the term used to describe the uptake of “naked” extracellular DNA by bacteria; it plays a significant role in horizontal genetic exchange. It is associated with type IV pili, and specialized competence pili mediate DNA uptake. Here, we show that the crystal structure o...

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Published in:	mBio
Main Authors:	Mohd Zulkifli Salleh, Vijaykumar Karuppiah, Matthew Snee, Angela Thistlethwaite, Colin W. Levy, David Knight, Jeremy P. Derrick
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	American Society for Microbiology 2019-06-01
Subjects:	X-ray crystallography genetic competence natural transformation systems pilus assembly surface receptor
Online Access:	https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.00614-19