MicrobiologyProceedings of the National Academy of SciencesPeer-reviewed
β-strand complementation within tip initiation complexes licenses assembly of diverse type IV filaments
Taylor J. Ellison, Zoey R. Litt, Justin N. Applegate…·Alexey J. Merz
This paper identifies a β-strand complementation mechanism used by PilC/PilY1 proteins to license type IV filament assembly across diverse systems.