The Cryo-Electron Microscopy Structure of the Type 1 Chaperone-Usher Pilus Rod
Manuela K. Hospenthal, Dawid S. Zyla, Tiago R. D. Costa, Adam Redzej, Christoph Giese, James Lillington, Rudi Glockshuber, Gabriel Waksman
The paper presents the cryo-EM structure of the type 1 chaperone-usher pilus rod at 4.2 Å resolution, revealing its spring-like biomechanical properties.
Structure · Nov 9, 2017Peer-reviewedMolecular Biology