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==CryoEM structure of the N-pilus from Escherichia coli==
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== Structural highlights ==
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[8cw4]] is a 70 chain structure with sequence from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escherichia_coli Escherichia coli]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=8CW4 OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=8CW4 FirstGlance]. <br>
</td></tr><tr id='method'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Empirical_models|Method:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="methodDat">Electron Microscopy, [[Resolution|Resolution]] 3&#8491;</td></tr>
<tr id='ligand'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>[[Ligand|Ligands:]]</b></td><td class="sblockDat" id="ligandDat"><scene name='pdbligand=PGW:(1R)-2-{[(S)-{[(2S)-2,3-DIHYDROXYPROPYL]OXY}(HYDROXY)PHOSPHORYL]OXY}-1-[(HEXADECANOYLOXY)METHYL]ETHYL+(9Z)-OCTADEC-9-ENOATE'>PGW</scene></td></tr>
<tr id='resources'><td class="sblockLbl"><b>Resources:</b></td><td class="sblockDat"><span class='plainlinks'>[https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=8cw4 FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=8cw4 OCA], [https://pdbe.org/8cw4 PDBe], [https://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=8cw4 RCSB], [https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/8cw4 PDBsum], [https://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=8cw4 ProSAT]</span></td></tr>
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== Function ==
[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/Q46696_ECOLX Q46696_ECOLX] 
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== Publication Abstract from PubMed ==
Agrobacterium tumefaciens is a natural genetic engineer that transfers DNA into plants, which is the most applied process for generation of genetically modified plants. DNA transfer is mediated by a type IV secretion system in the cell envelope and extracellular T-pili. We here report the cryo-electron microscopic structures of the T-pilus at 3.2-A resolution and of the plasmid pKM101-determined N-pilus at 3-A resolution. Both pili contain a main pilus protein (VirB2 in A. tumefaciens, TraM in pKM101) and phospholipids arranged in a five-start helical assembly. They contain positively charged amino acids in the lumen, and the lipids are positively charged in the T-pilus (phosphatidylcholine) conferring overall positive charge. Mutagenesis of the lumen-exposed Arg91 in VirB2 results in protein destabilization and loss of pilus formation. Our results reveal that different phospholipids can be incorporated into type IV secretion pili and that the charge of the lumen may be of functional importance.

Cryo-EM structure of the Agrobacterium tumefaciens T-pilus reveals the importance of positive charges in the lumen.,Amro J, Black C, Jemouai Z, Rooney N, Daneault C, Zeytuni N, Ruiz M, Bui KH, Baron C Structure. 2023 Apr 6;31(4):375-384.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.str.2022.11.007. Epub 2022 , Dec 12. PMID:36513067<ref>PMID:36513067</ref>

From MEDLINE&reg;/PubMed&reg;, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.<br>
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== References ==
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[[Category: Escherichia coli]]
[[Category: Large Structures]]
[[Category: Black CS]]
[[Category: Bui KH]]