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

Structural and Functional Characterization of theStreptococcus pneumoniaeRrgB Pilus Backbone D1 Domain

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

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

(2011) Neil G. Paterson et al.   PLoS One

Structural biology of gram-positive bacterial adhesins

(2011) Krishnan Vengadesan et al.   PROTEIN SCIENCE

Sortase transpeptidases: Insights into mechanism, substrate specificity, and inhibition

(2010) Kathleen W. Clancy et al.   BIOPOLYMERS

Stability and Assembly of Pilus Subunits ofStreptococcus pneumoniae

(2010) Lamya El Mortaji et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Spontaneous Intermolecular Amide Bond Formation between Side Chains for Irreversible Peptide Targeting

(2010) Bijan Zakeri et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

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

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

Dual Role for Pilus in Adherence to Epithelial Cells and Biofilm Formation in Streptococcus agalactiae

(2009) Yoan Konto-Ghiorghi et al.   PLoS Pathogens