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<tr id='resources'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Resources:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-docs/fgij/fg.htm?mol=6nef FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=6nef OCA], [http://pdbe.org/6nef PDBe], [http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=6nef RCSB], [http://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/6nef PDBsum], [http://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=6nef ProSAT]</span></td></tr> | <tr id='resources'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Resources:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-docs/fgij/fg.htm?mol=6nef FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=6nef OCA], [http://pdbe.org/6nef PDBe], [http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=6nef RCSB], [http://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/6nef PDBsum], [http://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=6nef ProSAT]</span></td></tr> | ||
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== Publication Abstract from PubMed == | |||
Electrically conductive pili from Geobacter species, termed bacterial nanowires, are intensely studied for their biological significance and potential in the development of new materials. Using cryo-electron microscopy, we have characterized nanowires from conductive G. sulfurreducens pili preparations that are composed solely of head-to-tail stacked monomers of the six-heme C-type cytochrome OmcS. The unique fold of OmcS - closely wrapped around a continuous stack of hemes that can serve as an uninterrupted path for electron transport - generates a scaffold that supports the unbranched chain of hemes along the central axis of the filament. We present here, at 3.4 A resolution, the structure of this cytochrome-based filament and discuss its possible role in long-range biological electron transport. | |||
Cryo-EM reveals the structural basis of long-range electron transport in a cytochrome-based bacterial nanowire.,Filman DJ, Marino SF, Ward JE, Yang L, Mester Z, Bullitt E, Lovley DR, Strauss M Commun Biol. 2019 Jun 19;2:219. doi: 10.1038/s42003-019-0448-9. eCollection 2019. PMID:31240257<ref>PMID:31240257</ref> | |||
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Outer Membrane Cytochrome S Filament from Geobacter SulfurreducensOuter Membrane Cytochrome S Filament from Geobacter Sulfurreducens
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Publication Abstract from PubMedElectrically conductive pili from Geobacter species, termed bacterial nanowires, are intensely studied for their biological significance and potential in the development of new materials. Using cryo-electron microscopy, we have characterized nanowires from conductive G. sulfurreducens pili preparations that are composed solely of head-to-tail stacked monomers of the six-heme C-type cytochrome OmcS. The unique fold of OmcS - closely wrapped around a continuous stack of hemes that can serve as an uninterrupted path for electron transport - generates a scaffold that supports the unbranched chain of hemes along the central axis of the filament. We present here, at 3.4 A resolution, the structure of this cytochrome-based filament and discuss its possible role in long-range biological electron transport. Cryo-EM reveals the structural basis of long-range electron transport in a cytochrome-based bacterial nanowire.,Filman DJ, Marino SF, Ward JE, Yang L, Mester Z, Bullitt E, Lovley DR, Strauss M Commun Biol. 2019 Jun 19;2:219. doi: 10.1038/s42003-019-0448-9. eCollection 2019. PMID:31240257[1] From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine. References
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