Phylogenetic and structural diversity of aromatically dense pili from environmental metagenomes.
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SUBMITTER: Bray MS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7779115 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb
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Phylogenetic and structural diversity of aromatically dense pili from environmental metagenomes.
Bray Marcus S MS Wu Jieying J Padilla Cory C CC Stewart Frank J FJ Fowle David A DA Henny Cynthia C Simister Rachel L RL Thompson Katharine J KJ Crowe Sean A SA Glass Jennifer B JB
Environmental microbiology reports 20191121 1
Electroactive type IV pili, or e-pili, are used by some microbial species for extracellular electron transfer. Recent studies suggest that e-pili may be more phylogenetically and structurally diverse than previously assumed. Here, we used updated aromatic density thresholds (≥9.8% aromatic amino acids, ≤22-aa aromatic gaps and aromatic amino acids at residues 1, 24, 27, 50 and/or 51, and 32 and/or 57) to search for putative e-pilin genes in metagenomes from diverse ecosystems with active microbi ...[more]
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