1qun
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X-RAY STRUCTURE OF THE FIMC-FIMH CHAPERONE ADHESIN COMPLEX FROM UROPATHOGENIC E.COLI
Overview
Type 1 pili-adhesive fibers expressed in most members of the Enterobacteriaceae family-mediate binding to mannose receptors on host cells through the FimH adhesin. Pilus biogenesis proceeds by way of the chaperone/usher pathway. The x-ray structure of the FimC-FimH chaperone-adhesin complex from uropathogenic Escherichia coli at 2.5 angstrom resolution reveals the basis for carbohydrate recognition and for pilus assembly. The carboxyl-terminal pilin domain of FimH has an immunoglobulin-like fold, except that the seventh strand is missing, leaving part of the hydrophobic core exposed. A donor strand complementation mechanism in which the chaperone donates a strand to complete the pilin domain explains the basis for both chaperone function and pilus biogenesis.
About this Structure
1QUN is a Protein complex structure of sequences from Escherichia coli. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA.
Reference
X-ray structure of the FimC-FimH chaperone-adhesin complex from uropathogenic Escherichia coli., Choudhury D, Thompson A, Stojanoff V, Langermann S, Pinkner J, Hultgren SJ, Knight SD, Science. 1999 Aug 13;285(5430):1061-6. PMID:10446051
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