A slow-forming isopeptide bond in the structure of the major pilin SpaD fromCorynebacterium diphtheriaehas implications for pilus assembly

Structural and Functional Analysis of the N-terminal Domain of the Streptococcus gordonii Adhesin Sgo0707

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Isopeptide bonds of the major pilin protein BcpA influence pilus structure and bundle formation on the surface of Bacillus cereus

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The Pilin Protein FimP from Actinomyces oris: Crystal Structure and Sequence Analyses

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Overview of theCCP4 suite and current developments

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The full-lengthStreptococcus pneumoniaemajor pilin RrgB crystallizes in a fibre-like structure, which presents the D1 isopeptide bond and provides details on the mechanism of pilus polymerization

(2011) Lamya El Mortaji et al.   BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL

Structural and Functional Characterization of theStreptococcus pneumoniaeRrgB Pilus Backbone D1 Domain

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A Model for Group B Streptococcus Pilus Type 1: The Structure of a 35-kDa C-Terminal Fragment of the Major Pilin GBS80

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Two autonomous structural modules in the fimbrial shaft adhesin FimA mediate Actinomyces interactions with streptococci and host cells during oral biofilm development

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Architects at the bacterial surface — sortases and the assembly of pili with isopeptide bonds

(2011) Antoni P. A. Hendrickx et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Structure of the Full-Length Major Pilin from Streptococcus pneumoniae: Implications for Isopeptide Bond Formation in Gram-Positive Bacterial Pili

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(2010) Wolfgang Kabsch   ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION D-BIOLOGICAL CRYSTALLOGRAPHY

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Isopeptide Bonds Block the Mechanical Extension of Pili in PathogenicStreptococcus pyogenes

(2010) Jorge Alegre-Cebollada et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

A Highly Unusual Thioester Bond in a Pilus Adhesin Is Required for Efficient Host Cell Interaction

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Crystal Structure of the Minor Pilin FctB Reveals Determinants of Group A Streptococcal Pilus Anchoring

(2010) Christian Linke et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Two Intramolecular Isopeptide Bonds are Identified in the Crystal Structure of the Streptococcus gordonii SspB C-terminal Domain

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Autocatalytic Intramolecular Isopeptide Bond Formation in Gram-Positive Bacterial Pili: A QM/MM Simulation

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Dali server: conservation mapping in 3D

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Supramolecular Organization of the Repetitive Backbone Unit of the Streptococcus pneumoniae Pilus

(2010) Glen Spraggon et al.   PLoS One

Structural Basis of Host Cell Recognition by the Pilus Adhesin from Streptococcus pneumoniae

(2010) Thierry Izoré et al.   STRUCTURE

Intramolecular isopeptide bonds: protein crosslinks built for stress?

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MolProbity: all-atom structure validation for macromolecular crystallography

(2009) Vincent B. Chen et al.   ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION D-BIOLOGICAL CRYSTALLOGRAPHY

Expression, purification, crystallization and preliminary crystallographic analysis of SpaA, a major pilin fromCorynebacterium diphtheriae

(2009) Hae Joo Kang et al.   Acta Crystallographica Section F-Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications

Intramolecular Isopeptide Bonds Give Thermodynamic and Proteolytic Stability to the Major Pilin Protein ofStreptococcus pyogenes

(2009) Hae Joo Kang et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

The Corynebacterium diphtheriae shaft pilin SpaA is built of tandem Ig-like modules with stabilizing isopeptide and disulfide bonds

(2009) H. J. Kang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Intramolecular amide bonds stabilize pili on the surface of bacilli

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Pili in Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria — structure, assembly and their role in disease

(2008) T. Proft et al.   CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES

Automated macromolecular model building for X-ray crystallography using ARP/wARP version 7

(2008) Gerrit Langer et al.   Nature Protocols

Pili in Gram-positive bacteria: assembly, involvement in colonization and biofilm development

(2008) Anjali Mandlik et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY