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==Molecular Tour== | ==Molecular Tour== | ||
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===Background=== | ===Background=== | ||
Previously, pili of ''Geobacter sulfurreducens'' were thought to be composed of PilA-N, a 61-amino acid protein<ref>PMID: 25736881 </ref><ref>PMID: 31608018 </ref>. Immediately downstream from the ''pilA-N'' gene is ''pilA-C'', coding for a 104 amino acid protein suspected to be the missing C-terminal globular domain of PilA-N<ref>PMID:22408162 </ref><ref>PMID:28348867</ref>. Gene fission of pilins is widely distributed in ''Desulfuromonadales'' including ''Geobacteracae''<ref>PMID: 28066394</ref>. In addition to pili, electrically conductive nanowires composed of linear polymers of cytochromes OmcS and OmcZ have been reported<ref name="nw1">PMID: 30951668</ref><ref name="nw2">PMID: 31925024</ref>. | Previously, pili of ''Geobacter sulfurreducens'' were thought to be composed of PilA-N, a 61-amino acid protein<ref>PMID: 25736881 </ref><ref>PMID: 31608018 </ref>. Immediately downstream from the ''pilA-N'' gene is ''pilA-C'', coding for a 104 amino acid protein suspected to be the missing C-terminal globular domain of PilA-N<ref>PMID:22408162 </ref><ref>PMID:28348867</ref>. Gene fission of pilins is widely distributed in ''Desulfuromonadales'' including ''Geobacteracae''<ref>PMID: 28066394</ref>. In addition to pili, electrically conductive nanowires composed of linear polymers of cytochromes OmcS and OmcZ have been reported<ref name="nw1">PMID: 30951668</ref><ref name="nw2">PMID: 31925024</ref>. | ||
