ReviewJournal of industrial microbiology & biotechnology2020
Biology and biotechnology of microbial pilus nanowires.
Review in Journal of industrial microbiology & biotechnology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.
- Cation-driven envelope dynamics modulate outer membrane vesiculation and extracellular electron transfer in Geobacter.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Electricity Production and Population Dynamics of Microbial Community in a Co-Culture of Iron Mine Soil Biofilm andMicroorganisms · 2025Article
- Designing Electrical Stimulation Platforms for Neural Cell Cultivation Using Poly(aniline): Camphorsulfonic Acid.Polymers · 2023Review
- Assessing Thermal Response of Redox Conduction forThe journal of physical chemistry. B · 2022Article
- Landmark Discoveries and Recent Advances in Type IV Pilus Research.Microbiology and molecular biology reviews : MMBR · 2022Review
- Cryo-EM structure of an extracellular Geobacter OmcE cytochrome filament reveals tetrahaem packing.Nature microbiology · 2022Article
- Insights into the Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Amino-Acid Radicals in Proteins.Annual review of biophysics · 2022Review
- Genetic analysis of electroactive biofilms.International microbiology : the official journal of the Spanish Society for Microbiology · 2021Article
- Adaptive Synthesis of a Rough Lipopolysaccharide in Geobacter sulfurreducens for Metal Reduction and Detoxification.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2021Article
- Introduction to Special Issue on "Frontiers in Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology 2020".Journal of industrial microbiology & biotechnology · 2020Article
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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
Type IV pili (T4P) are bacterial appendages used for cell adhesion and surface motility. In metal-reducing bacteria in the genus Geobacter, they have the unique property of being conductive and essential to wire cells to extracellular electron acceptors and other cells within biofilms. These electroactive bacteria use a conserved pathway for biological assembly and disassembly of a short and aromatic dense peptide subunit (pilin). The polymerization of the pilins clusters aromatic residues optimally for charge transport and exposes ligands for metal immobilization and reduction. The simple design yet unique functionalities of conductive T4P afford opportunities for the scaled-up production of recombinant pilins and their in vitro assembly into electronic biomaterials of biotechnological interest. This review summarizes current knowledge of conductive T4P biogenesis and functions critical to actualize applications in bioelectronics, bioremediation, and nanotechnology.
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