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==Cryo-EM structure of the type I pilus from Escherichia Coli and the surrounding water network==
<StructureSection load='9vkv' size='340' side='right'caption='[[9vkv]], [[Resolution|resolution]] 2.09&Aring;' scene=''>
== Structural highlights ==
<table><tr><td colspan='2'>[[9vkv]] is a 15 chain structure with sequence from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escherichia_coli_K-12 Escherichia coli K-12]. Full crystallographic information is available from [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocashort?id=9VKV OCA]. For a <b>guided tour on the structure components</b> use [https://proteopedia.org/fgij/fg.htm?mol=9VKV 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]] 2.09&#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=9vkv FirstGlance], [http://oca.weizmann.ac.il/oca-bin/ocaids?id=9vkv OCA], [https://pdbe.org/9vkv PDBe], [https://www.rcsb.org/pdb/explore.do?structureId=9vkv RCSB], [https://www.ebi.ac.uk/pdbsum/9vkv PDBsum], [https://prosat.h-its.org/prosat/prosatexe?pdbcode=9vkv 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 K-12]]
[[Category: Large Structures]]
[[Category: Gabdulkhakov AG]]
[[Category: Glukhov AS]]
[[Category: Guskov A]]
[[Category: Petrova TE]]