ArticleMolecular biology of the cell2025
FimX regulates type IV pilus localization via the Pil-Chp chemosensory system in
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- Structural modeling reveals the mechanism of motor ATPase coordination during type IV pilus retraction.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026Article
- A WYL transcriptional regulator activates the DNA damage response pathway in Acinetobacter species.Nucleic acids research · 2026Article
- β-strand complementation within tip initiation complexes licenses assembly of diverse type IV filaments.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Twitching motility suppressors reveal a role for FimX in type IV pilus extension dynamics.PLoS genetics · 2025Article
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Type IV pili (T4P) are widespread dynamic appendages required for diverse prokaryotic behaviors, including twitching motility, biofilm formation, and DNA uptake leading to natural transformation. Although the components involved in T4P assembly and dynamics are largely conserved across divergent clades of bacteria, the mechanisms underlying T4P function and regulation differ significantly and remain poorly characterized outside of a select few model organisms. One understudied characteristic of T4P includes the spatial organization of T4P envelope-spanning nanomachines and how organizational patterns contribute to single-cell behaviors. The bacterial species
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