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===Background=== | ===Background=== | ||
The electrically conductive nanowires that extend from cells of ''Geobacter sulfurreducens'' have long been thought to be pili assembled from PilA protein. However, the evidence was indirect. Here, the structure of filaments of wild type ''Geobacter sulfurreducens'', confirmed to be electrically conductive, was determined by [[cryo-electron microscopy]] ([[6ef8]])<ref name="m3">PMID:30951668</ref>. Surprisingly, these nanowires are assembled from outer membrane cytochrome OmcS. These findings were confirmed a short time later ([[6nef]])<ref name="strauss">PMID:31925024</ref> by a group | The electrically conductive nanowires that extend from cells of ''Geobacter sulfurreducens'' have long been thought to be pili assembled from PilA protein. However, the evidence was indirect. Here, the structure of filaments of wild type ''Geobacter sulfurreducens'', confirmed to be electrically conductive, was determined by [[cryo-electron microscopy]] ([[6ef8]])<ref name="m3">PMID:30951668</ref>. Surprisingly, these nanowires are assembled from outer membrane cytochrome OmcS. These findings were confirmed a short time later ([[6nef]])<ref name="strauss">PMID:31925024</ref> by a group expressing alternative interpretations<ref>PMID:31608018</ref>. | ||
===Nanowire Structure=== | ===Nanowire Structure=== | ||