New insights about pilus formation in gut-adapted Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG from the crystal structure of the SpaA backbone-pilin subunit

Crystallization and X-ray Crystallographic Analysis of the Adhesive SpaC Pilin Subunit in the SpaCBA Pilus of Gut-adapted Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG

(2016) Abhiruchi Kant et al.   PROTEIN AND PEPTIDE LETTERS

Lactobacillus rhamnosusGG SpaC pilin subunit binds to the carbohydrate moieties of intestinal glycoconjugates

(2015) Keita Nishiyama et al.   ANIMAL SCIENCE JOURNAL

Piliation of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG Promotes Adhesion, Phagocytosis, and Cytokine Modulation in Macrophages

(2015) Cynthia E. Vargas García et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Self-generated covalent cross-links in the cell-surface adhesins of Gram-positive bacteria

(2015) E. N. Baker et al.   BIOCHEMICAL SOCIETY TRANSACTIONS

Pilins in gram-positive bacteria: A structural perspective

(2015) Vengadesan Krishnan   IUBMB LIFE

A Structural Snapshot of Type II Pilus Formation inStreptococcus pneumoniae

(2015) Md Munan Shaik et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG and its SpaC pilus adhesin modulate inflammatory responsiveness and TLR-related gene expression in the fetal human gut

(2015) Kriston Ganguli et al.   PEDIATRIC RESEARCH

Purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray diffraction analysis of SpaD, a backbone-pilin subunit encoded by the fimbrialspaFEDoperon inLactobacillus rhamnosusGG

(2015) Priyanka Chaurasia et al.   Acta Crystallographica Section F-Structural Biology Communications

Human Gut-Commensalic Lactobacillus ruminis ATCC 25644 Displays Sortase-Assembled Surface Piliation: Phenotypic Characterization of Its Fimbrial Operon through In Silico Predictive Analysis and Recombinant Expression in Lactococcus lactis

(2015) Xia Yu et al.   PLoS One

Epithelial Adhesion Mediated by Pilin SpaC Is Required for Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG-Induced Cellular Responses

(2014) Courtney S. Ardita et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Structural Basis of Pilus Anchoring by the Ancillary Pilin RrgC ofStreptococcus pneumoniae

(2014) Md Munan Shaik et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

A Comparative Pan-Genome Perspective of Niche-Adaptable Cell-Surface Protein Phenotypes in Lactobacillus rhamnosus

(2014) Ravi Kant et al.   PLoS One

Phenotypical Analysis of the Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG Fimbrial spaFED Operon: Surface Expression and Functional Characterization of Recombinant SpaFED Pili in Lactococcus lactis

(2014) Johanna Rintahaka et al.   PLoS One

Adhesion and Nanomechanics of Pili from the Probiotic Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG

(2013) Prachi Tripathi et al.   ACS Nano

How good are my data and what is the resolution?

(2013) Philip R. Evans et al.   ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION D-BIOLOGICAL CRYSTALLOGRAPHY

Purification, crystallization and preliminary crystallographic analysis of the SpaA backbone-pilin subunit from probioticLactobacillus rhamnosusGG

(2013) Deepak Singh et al.   Acta Crystallographica Section F-Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications

Zinc Coordination Spheres in Protein Structures

(2013) Mikko Laitaoja et al.   INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Using Recombinant Lactococci as an Approach to Dissect the Immunomodulating Capacity of Surface Piliation in Probiotic Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG

(2013) Ingemar von Ossowski et al.   PLoS One

Characterization of the SpaCBA Pilus Fibers in the Probiotic Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG

(2012) Justus Reunanen et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Structure and assembly of Gram-positive bacterial pili: unique covalent polymers

(2012) Hae Joo Kang et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

New insights into the role of the glutamic acid of the E-box motif in group B Streptococcus pilus 2a assembly

(2012) Roberta Cozzi et al.   FASEB JOURNAL

REFMAC5 for the refinement of macromolecular crystal structures

(2011) Garib N. Murshudov et al.   ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION D-BIOLOGICAL CRYSTALLOGRAPHY

Overview of theCCP4 suite and current developments

(2011) Martyn D. Winn et al.   ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION D-BIOLOGICAL CRYSTALLOGRAPHY

Functional Analysis of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG Pili in Relation to Adhesion and Immunomodulatory Interactions with Intestinal Epithelial Cells

(2011) Sarah Lebeer et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

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

(2011) Maria Antonietta Gentile et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

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

(2011) Krishnan Vengadesan et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Structural biology of gram-positive bacterial adhesins

(2011) Krishnan Vengadesan et al.   PROTEIN SCIENCE

XDS

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

Features and development ofCoot

(2010) P. Emsley et al.   ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION D-BIOLOGICAL CRYSTALLOGRAPHY

PHENIX: a comprehensive Python-based system for macromolecular structure solution

(2010) Paul D. Adams et al.   ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION D-BIOLOGICAL CRYSTALLOGRAPHY

Purification, crystallization and halide phasing of aStreptococcus agalactiaebackbone pilin GBS80 fragment

(2010) Krishnan Vengadesan et al.   Acta Crystallographica Section F-Structural Biology and Crystallization Communications

NMR Spectroscopic and Theoretical Analysis of a Spontaneously Formed Lys-Asp Isopeptide Bond

(2010) Robert M. Hagan et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Mucosal Adhesion Properties of the Probiotic Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG SpaCBA and SpaFED Pilin Subunits

(2010) I. von Ossowski et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

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

(2010) Jonathan A. Pointon et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

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

(2010) Xiangqian Hu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Dali server: conservation mapping in 3D

(2010) Liisa Holm et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Intramolecular isopeptide bonds: protein crosslinks built for stress?

(2010) Hae Joo Kang et al.   TRENDS IN BIOCHEMICAL SCIENCES

Identification of a Gene Cluster for the Biosynthesis of a Long, Galactose-Rich Exopolysaccharide in Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG and Functional Analysis of the Priming Glycosyltransferase

(2009) S. Lebeer et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

The ins and outs of biological zinc sites

(2009) David S. Auld   BIOMETALS

Molecular architecture of Streptococcus pneumoniae TIGR4 pili

(2009) Markus Hilleringmann et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

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

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

Comparative genomic analysis of Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG reveals pili containing a human- mucus binding protein

(2009) M. Kankainen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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