Dataset Information
Movies of two different filaments (AAP and threads) from Sulfolobus acidocaldarius
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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Bertram Daum
PROVIDER: EMPIAR-11889 | biostudies-other |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Publications
CryoEM reveals the structure of an archaeal pilus involved in twitching motility.
Nature communications 20240614 1
Amongst the major types of archaeal filaments, several have been shown to closely resemble bacterial homologues of the Type IV pili (T4P). Within Sulfolobales, member species encode for three types of T4P, namely the archaellum, the UV-inducible pilus system (Ups) and the archaeal adhesive pilus (Aap). Whereas the archaellum functions primarily in swimming motility, and the Ups in UV-induced cell aggregation and DNA-exchange, the Aap plays an important role in adhesion and twitching motility. He ...[more]
