NMR structure of a type IVb pilin from Salmonella typhi and its assembly into pilus.
NMR structure of a type IVb pilin from Salmonella typhi and its assembly into pilus.
Related Articles NMR structure of a type IVb pilin from Salmonella typhi and its assembly into pilus. J Biol Chem. 2004 Jul 23;279(30):31599-605 Authors: Xu XF, Tan YW, Lam L, Hackett J, Zhang M, Mok YK The structure of the N-terminal-truncated Type IVb structural pilin (t-PilS) from Salmonella typhi was determined by NMR. Although topologically similar to the recently determined x-ray structure of pilin from Vibrio cholerae toxin-coregulated pilus, the only Type IVb pilin with known structure, t-PilS contains many distinct structural features. The protein contains an extra pair of beta-strands in the N-terminal alphabeta loop that align with the major beta-strands to form a continuous 7-stranded antiparallel beta-sheet. The C-terminal disulfide-bonded region of t-PilS is only half the length of that of toxin-coregulated pilus pilin. A model of S. typhi pilus has been proposed and mutagenesis studies suggested that residues on both the alphabeta loop and the C-terminal disulfide-bonded region of PilS might be involved in binding specificity of the pilus. This model structure reveals an exposed surface between adjacent subunits of PilS that could be a potential binding site for the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator. PMID: 15159389 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] Source: PubMed |
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