ReviewMolecular microbiology2019
Monoderm bacteria: the new frontier for type IV pilus biology.
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- Mechanical limitation of bacterial motility mediated by growing cell chains.Biophysical journal · 2022Article
- PncsHub: a platform for annotating and analyzing non-classically secreted proteins in Gram-positive bacteria.Nucleic acids research · 2022Article
- Type IV Pili of Streptococcus sanguinis Contribute to Pathogenesis in Experimental Infective Endocarditis.Microbiology spectrum · 2021Article
- PilB fromProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2021Article
- Type IV pilus retraction enables sustained bacteremia and plays a key role in the outcome of meningococcal sepsis in a humanized mouse model.PLoS pathogens · 2021Article
- Tad pilus-mediated twitching motility is essential for DNA uptake and survival of Liberibacters.PloS one · 2021Article
- The Role of Minor Pilins in Assembly and Function of the Competence Pilus ofFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2021Article
- Function and Benefits of Natural Competence in Cyanobacteria: From Ecology to Targeted Manipulation.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Review
- The major subunit of widespread competence pili exhibits a novel and conserved type IV pilin fold.The Journal of biological chemistry · 2020Article
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Abstract
In the diverse world of bacterial pili, type IV pili (Tfp) are unique for two reasons: their multifunctionality and ubiquity. This latter feature offers an extraordinary possibility, that is, to perform comparative studies in evolutionarily distant species in order to improve our fragmentary understanding of Tfp biology. Regrettably, such potential has remained largely untapped, because, for 20 years, Tfp have only been characterised in diderm bacteria. However, recent studies of Tfp in monoderms have started closing the gap, revealing many interesting commonalities and a few significant differences, extending the frontiers of knowledge of Tfp biology. Here, I review the current state of the art of the Tfp field in monoderm bacteria and discuss resulting implications for our general understanding of the assembly and function of these widespread filamentous nanomachines.
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