User:Nikhil Malvankar/Geobacter pilus structure and function

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Structure of novel pili evolved for extracellular translocation of microbial nanowires

Yangqi Gu, Vishok Srikanth, Ruchi Jain, Aldo I. Salazar-Morales, J. Patrick O'Brien, Sophia M. Yi, Rajesh K. Soni, Fadel A. Samatey, Sibel Ebru Yalcin, and Nikhil S. Malvankar. (journal article link here) (2020). (DOI link here)

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↑ Malvankar NS, Vargas M, Nevin K, Tremblay PL, Evans-Lutterodt K, Nykypanchuk D, Martz E, Tuominen MT, Lovley DR. Structural basis for metallic-like conductivity in microbial nanowires. MBio. 2015 Mar 3;6(2):e00084. doi: 10.1128/mBio.00084-15. PMID:25736881 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00084-15
↑ Lovley DR, Walker DJF. Geobacter Protein Nanowires. Front Microbiol. 2019 Sep 24;10:2078. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.02078. eCollection , 2019. PMID:31608018 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2019.02078
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 ==Molecular Tour==
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-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>. In addition to pili, nanowires composed of linear polymers of cytochromes OmcS and OmcZ have been reported<ref>PMID: 30951668</ref><ref>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>. In addition to pili, electrically conductive nanowires composed of linear polymers of cytochromes OmcS and OmcZ have been reported<ref>PMID: 30951668</ref><ref>PMID: 31925024</ref>.
 Our electron cryomicroscopic structure of ''Geobacter sulfurreducens'' pili reveals them to be composed of a core of '''<font color='#e87000'>PilA-N</font>''' coated with an outer surface layer of '''<font color='00a0a0'>PilA-C</font>''' (104 amino acids; <scene name='83/834714/Filament/1'>restore initial scene)</scene>. Here is a <scene name='83/834714/Filament/2'>cutaway view</scene> (front half hidden). The C-termini of '''<font color='#e87000'>PilA-N</font>''' <scene name='83/834714/Filament/3'>protrude into sockets</scene> in '''<font color='00a0a0'>PilA-C</font>'''.