Type IV Pili in Gram-Positive Bacteria

Structure of the cytoplasmic domain of TcpE, the inner membrane core protein required for assembly of theVibrio choleraetoxin-coregulated pilus

(2013) Subramaniapillai Kolappan et al.   ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION D-BIOLOGICAL CRYSTALLOGRAPHY

PilMNOPQ from the Pseudomonas aeruginosa Type IV Pilus System Form a Transenvelope Protein Interaction Network That Interacts with PilA

(2013) S. Tammam et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Specific DNA recognition mediated by a type IV pilin

(2013) A. Cehovin et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Novel System for Efficient Isolation of Clostridium Double-Crossover Allelic Exchange Mutants Enabling Markerless Chromosomal Gene Deletions and DNA Integration

(2012) Mohab A. Al-Hinai 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

The Meningococcal Minor Pilin PilX Is Responsible for Type IV Pilus Conformational Changes Associated with Signaling to Endothelial Cells

(2012) Terry Brissac et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Meningococcal PilV Potentiates Neisseria meningitidis Type IV Pilus-Mediated Internalization into Human Endothelial and Epithelial Cells

(2012) Hideyuki Takahashi et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Use of a Mariner-Based Transposon Mutagenesis System To Isolate Clostridium perfringens Mutants Deficient in Gliding Motility

(2012) H. Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Outer Membrane Targeting, Ultrastructure, and Single Molecule Localization of the Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli Type IV Pilus Secretin BfpB

(2012) J. A. Lieberman et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Structure of an Essential Type IV Pilus Biogenesis Protein Provides Insights into Pilus and Type II Secretion Systems

(2012) Atsushi Yamagata et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Structure of the Vibrio cholerae Type IVb Pilus and Stability Comparison with the Neisseria gonorrhoeae Type IVa Pilus

(2012) Juliana Li et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Type IV Pilin Proteins: Versatile Molecular Modules

(2012) Carmen L. Giltner et al.   MICROBIOLOGY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REVIEWS

BfpL is essential for type IV bundle-forming pilus biogenesis and interacts with the periplasmic face of BfpC

(2012) L. De Masi et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Prime time for minor subunits of the type II secretion and type IV pilus systems

(2012) Lori L. Burrows   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

The type II secretion system: biogenesis, molecular architecture and mechanism

(2012) Konstantin V. Korotkov et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Diversity, assembly and regulation of archaeal type IV pili-like and non-type-IV pili-like surface structures

(2012) Kerstin Lassak et al.   RESEARCH IN MICROBIOLOGY

The ParA/MinD family puts things in their place

(2012) Joe Lutkenhaus   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Structure and Assembly of a Trans-Periplasmic Channel for Type IV Pili in Neisseria meningitidis

(2012) Jamie-Lee Berry et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Origin of diderm (Gram-negative) bacteria: antibiotic selection pressure rather than endosymbiosis likely led to the evolution of bacterial cells with two membranes

(2011) Radhey S. Gupta   ANTONIE VAN LEEUWENHOEK INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GENERAL AND MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Archaeal type IV pilus-like structures—evolutionarily conserved prokaryotic surface organelles

(2011) Mecky Pohlschroder et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

Minor pseudopilin self-assembly primes type II secretion pseudopilus elongation

(2011) David A Cisneros et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Maintaining network security: how macromolecular structures cross the peptidoglycan layer

(2011) Edie M. Scheurwater et al.   FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS

Structure/Function Analysis of Neisseria meningitidis PilW, a Conserved Protein That Plays Multiple Roles in Type IV Pilus Biology

(2011) Tim H. Szeto et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Expression of a Clostridium perfringens Type IV Pilin by Neisseria gonorrhoeae Mediates Adherence to Muscle Cells

(2011) Katherine Rodgers et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Structure of the PilM-PilN Inner Membrane Type IV Pilus Biogenesis Complex fromThermus thermophilus

(2011) Vijaykumar Karuppiah et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Structure and Function of PilQ, a Secretin of the DNA Transporter from the Thermophilic BacteriumThermus thermophilusHB27

(2011) Janin Burkhardt et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Ultrahigh Resolution and Full-length Pilin Structures with Insights for Filament Assembly, Pathogenic Functions, and Vaccine Potential

(2011) Sophia Hartung et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

The inner membrane subassembly of the enteropathogenic Escherichia coli bundle-forming pilus machine

(2011) Ekaterina I. Milgotina et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Characterization of the PilN, PilO and PilP type IVa pilus subcomplex

(2011) S. Tammam et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Focusing homologous recombination: pilin antigenic variation in the pathogenic Neisseria

(2011) Laty A. Cahoon et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Structural Characterization of Outer Membrane Components of the Type IV Pili System in Pathogenic Neisseria

(2011) Samta Jain et al.   PLoS One

Identification of Surprisingly Diverse Type IV Pili, across a Broad Range of Gram-Positive Bacteria

(2011) Saheed Imam et al.   PLoS One

Secretins: dynamic channels for protein transport across membranes

(2011) Konstantin V. Korotkov et al.   TRENDS IN BIOCHEMICAL SCIENCES

Type IV Pili in Francisella – A Virulence Trait in an Intracellular Pathogen

(2011) Emelie Näslund Salomonsson et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Development and Application of a Method for Counterselectable In-Frame Deletion inClostridium perfringens

(2010) Hirofumi Nariya et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Construction and Characterization of a Lactose-Inducible Promoter System for Controlled Gene Expression inClostridium perfringens

(2010) Andrea H. Hartman et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

The Peptidoglycan-Binding Protein FimV Promotes Assembly of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa Type IV Pilus Secretin

(2010) H. Wehbi et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Pseudomonas aeruginosa Minor Pilins Are Incorporated into Type IV Pili

(2010) Carmen L. Giltner et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

The Last Universal Common Ancestor (LUCA) and the Ancestors of Archaea and Bacteria were Progenotes

(2010) Massimo Di Giulio   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR EVOLUTION

ExeA binds to peptidoglycan and forms a multimer for assembly of the type II secretion apparatus in Aeromonas hydrophila

(2010) Gang Li et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Surface association and the MreB cytoskeleton regulate pilus production, localization and function in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

(2010) Kimberly N. Cowles et al.   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Structure of the cholera toxin secretion channel in its closed state

(2010) Steve L Reichow et al.   NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Codon-Optimized Fluorescent Proteins Designed for Expression in Low-GC Gram-Positive Bacteria

(2009) I. Sastalla et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Distinctive Profiles of Infection and Pathology in Hamsters Infected with Clostridium difficile Strains 630 and B1

(2009) D. Goulding et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Sporulation and Enterotoxin (CPE) Synthesis Are Controlled by the Sporulation-Specific Sigma Factors SigE and SigK in Clostridium perfringens

(2009) K. H. Harry et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

PilM/N/O/P Proteins Form an Inner Membrane Complex That Affects the Stability of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa Type IV Pilus Secretin

(2009) M. Ayers et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Periplasmic Domains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PilN and PilO Form a Stable Heterodimeric Complex

(2009) L.M. Sampaleanu et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

The three-dimensional structure of the cytoplasmic domains of EpsF from the type 2 secretion system of Vibrio cholerae

(2009) Jan Abendroth et al.   JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

Structure of thePseudomonas aeruginosa XcpT pseudopilin, a major component of the type II secretion system

(2009) Sébastien Alphonse et al.   JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

Evidence for an early prokaryotic endosymbiosis

(2009) James A. Lake   NATURE

Protein structure prediction on the Web: a case study using the Phyre server

(2009) Lawrence A Kelley et al.   Nature Protocols

Use of an EZ-Tn5-Based Random Mutagenesis System to Identify a Novel Toxin Regulatory Locus in Clostridium perfringens Strain 13

(2009) Jorge E. Vidal et al.   PLoS One

Type IV pili: paradoxes in form and function

(2008) Lisa Craig et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY

Roles of type IV pili, flagellum-mediated motility and extracellular DNA in the formation of mature multicellular structures inPseudomonas aeruginosabiofilms

(2008) Kim B. Barken et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Type IV Pili in Francisella tularensis: Roles of pilF and pilT in Fiber Assembly, Host Cell Adherence, and Virulence

(2008) S. Chakraborty et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Type IV Pili and the CcpA Protein Are Needed for Maximal Biofilm Formation by the Gram-Positive Anaerobic Pathogen Clostridium perfringens

(2008) J. J. Varga et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

PilF Is an Outer Membrane Lipoprotein Required for Multimerization and Localization of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa Type IV Pilus Secretin

(2008) J. Koo et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Functional role of conserved residues in the characteristic secretion NTPase motifs of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa type IV pilus motor proteins PilB, PilT and PilU

(2008) P. Chiang et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

Type IV pili: e pluribus unum?

(2008) Vladimir Pelicic   MOLECULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Structure of the GspK–GspI–GspJ complex from the enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli type 2 secretion system

(2008) Konstantin V Korotkov et al.   NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Vibrio cholerae Toxin-Coregulated Pilus Structure Analyzed by Hydrogen/Deuterium Exchange Mass Spectrometry

(2008) Juliana Li et al.   STRUCTURE