A New Pillar in Pilus Assembly

Michael J Coyne; Laurie E Comstock

doi:10.1016/j.cell.2016.04.024

A New Pillar in Pilus Assembly

Cell. 2016 Apr 21;165(3):520-1. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2016.04.024.

Authors

Michael J Coyne¹, Laurie E Comstock²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Infectious Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 181 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
² Division of Infectious Diseases, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 181 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Electronic address: lcomstock@rics.bwh.harvard.edu.

PMID: 27104974
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2016.04.024

Abstract

Pilus assembly in bacteria typically occurs by one of four pathways. In the study by Xu et al., the structures of 20 pilin subunits of human oral and gut Bacteroidales are elucidated, revealing a new pilin superfamily, assembled into pili by a distinct fifth pathway.

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Bacteria / metabolism
Fimbriae Proteins*
Fimbriae, Bacterial / chemistry*
Humans

Substances

Fimbriae Proteins

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