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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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