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ArticleJournal of molecular biology2018

The FapF Amyloid Secretion Transporter Possesses an Atypical Asymmetric Coiled Coil.

Sarah L Rouse, Fisentzos Stylianou, H Y Grace Wu, Jamie-Lee Berry, Lee Sewell, R Marc L Morgan, Andrea C Sauerwein, Steve Matthews

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Article in Journal of molecular biology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. The Importance of Being Imperfect: Structure and Function of Bacterial Amyloid.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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8 authors.

Sarah L RouseDepartment of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, UK.
Fisentzos StylianouDepartment of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, UK.
H Y Grace WuDepartment of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, UK.
Jamie-Lee BerryDepartment of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, UK.
Lee SewellDepartment of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, UK.
R Marc L MorganDepartment of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, UK.
Andrea C SauerweinDepartment of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, UK.
Steve MatthewsDepartment of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, UK. Electronic address: s.j.matthews@imperial.ac.uk.

Funding

Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gram-negative bacteria possess specialized biogenesis machineries that facilitate the export of amyloid subunits, the fibers of which are key components of their biofilm matrix. The secretion of bacterial functional amyloid requires a specialized outer-membrane protein channel through which unfolded amyloid substrates are translocated. We previously reported the crystal structure of the membrane-spanning domain of the amyloid subunit transporter FapF from Pseudomonas. However, the structure of the periplasmic domain, which is essential for amyloid transport, is yet to be determined. Here, we present the crystal structure of the N-terminal periplasmic domain at 1.8-Å resolution. This domain forms a novel asymmetric trimeric coiled coil that possesses a single buried tyrosine residue as well as an extensive hydrogen-bonding network within a glutamine layer. This new structural insight allows us to understand this newly described functional amyloid secretion system in greater detail.

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Models, MolecularProtein ConformationAmino Acid SequenceAmyloidAmyloidogenic ProteinsBacterial ProteinsPosition-Specific Scoring MatricesProtein BindingProtein Interaction Domains and MotifsStructure-Activity RelationshipAmyloidAmyloidogenic ProteinsBacterial Proteinscoiled coilFapfunctional amyloid transporterPseudomonas

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PMID29886016
PMCPMC6173795

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