User:Nikhil Malvankar/Geobacter pilus structure and function

Interactive 3D Complement in Proteopedia

Structure of novel pili evolved for extracellular translocation of microbial nanowires

Yangqi Gu, Vishok Srikanth, Ruchi Jain, Aldo I. Salazar-Morales, J. Patrick O'Brien, Sophia M. Yi, Rajesh K. Soni, Fadel A. Samatey, Sibel Ebru Yalcin, and Nikhil S. Malvankar. (journal article link here) (2020). (DOI link here)

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Our electron cryomicroscopic structure of Geobacter sulfurreducens pili reveal them to be composed of a core of PilA-N coated with an outer surface layer of PilA-C (. Here is a (front half hidden). The C-termini of PilA-N protrude into sockets in PilA-C.

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