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==Cryo-EM structure of the type 1 pilus rod as part of the FimA-bound usher complex (FimDHGFAnC)==
<StructureSection load='9ftt' size='340' side='right'caption='[[9ftt]], [[Resolution|resolution]] 3.60&Aring;' scene=''>
== Structural highlights ==
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[9ftt]] is a 10 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=9FTT OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=9FTT 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]] 3.6&#8491;</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=9ftt FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=9ftt OCA], [https://pdbe.org/9ftt PDBe], [https://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=9ftt RCSB], [https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/9ftt PDBsum], [https://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=9ftt ProSAT]</span></td></tr>
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== Function ==
[https://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/FIMA1_ECOLI FIMA1_ECOLI] Fimbriae (also called pili), polar filaments radiating from the surface of the bacterium to a length of 0.5-1.5 micrometers and numbering 100-300 per cell, enable bacteria to colonize the epithelium of specific host organs.
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[[Category: Escherichia coli]]
[[Category: Large Structures]]
[[Category: Afanasyev P]]
[[Category: Bachmann P]]
[[Category: Boehringer D]]
[[Category: Glockshuber R]]