The Outer Membrane Usher Guarantees the Formation of Functional Pili by Selectively Catalyzing Donor-Strand Exchange between Subunits That Are Adjacent in the Mature Pilus

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 396, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-8

  Nishiyama, Mireille ^a   Glockshuber, Rudi ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

chaperone usher pathway; macromolecular assembly; outer membrane protein; pili; usher

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN FIMC; PROTEIN FIMD; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; USHER;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM PILUS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CYTOPLASM; DONOR STRAND EXCHANGE; ENZYME MECHANISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 74649085109     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2009.12.005     Document Type: Article

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