ArticleScientific reports2017
The type IV pilus assembly ATPase PilB functions as a signaling protein to regulate exopolysaccharide production in Myxococcus xanthus.
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- Evidence for the Type IV Pili Retraction Motor PilT as a Component of the Surface Sensing System inbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2023Article
- Characterising ATP binding activity of PilB ATPase ofJournal of biosciences · 2023Article
- Analysis ofFrontiers in microbiology · 2022Article
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- Characterization of the Exopolysaccharide Biosynthesis Pathway in Myxococcus xanthus.Journal of bacteriology · 2020Article
- Cyclic-di-GMP and ADP bind to separate domains of PilB as mutual allosteric effectors.The Biochemical journal · 2020Article
- A bifunctional ATPase drives tad pilus extension and retraction.Science advances · 2019Article
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Abstract
Myxococcus xanthus possesses a form of surface motility powered by the retraction of the type IV pilus (T4P). Additionally, exopolysaccharide (EPS), the major constituent of bacterial biofilms, is required for this T4P-mediated motility in M. xanthus as the putative trigger of T4P retraction. The results here demonstrate that the T4P assembly ATPase PilB functions as an intermediary in the EPS regulatory pathway composed of the T4P upstream of the Dif signaling proteins in M. xanthus. A suppressor screen isolated a pilB mutation that restored EPS production to a T4P
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