Structure of a type IV pilus machinery in the open and closed state

  • Proteins of the secretin family form large macromolecular complexes, which assemble in the outer membrane of Gram-negative bacteria. Secretins are major components of type II and III secretion systems and are linked to extrusion of type IV pili (T4P) and to DNA uptake. By electron cryo-tomography of whole Thermus thermophilus cells, we determined the in situ structure of a T4P molecular machine in the open and the closed state. Comparison reveals a major conformational change whereby the N-terminal domains of the central secretin PilQ shift by ∼30 Å, and two periplasmic gates open to make way for pilus extrusion. Furthermore, we determine the structure of the assembled pilus.
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Author:Vicki A. M. GoldORCiD, Ralf SalzerORCiDGND, Beate AverhoffORCiD, Werner KühlbrandtORCiDGND
URN:urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-440599
DOI:https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.07380
ISSN:2050-084X
Pubmed Id:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25997099
Parent Title (English):eLife
Publisher:eLife Sciences Publications
Place of publication:Cambridge
Contributor(s):Stephen C. Harrison
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Date of Publication (online):2017/05/22
Year of first Publication:2015
Publishing Institution:Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg
Release Date:2017/05/22
Tag:DNA transporter; Thermus thermophilus; bacterial secretion; biophysics; electron cryo-tomography; structural biology; subtomogram averaging; type IV pilus
Volume:4
Issue:e07380
Page Number:12
First Page:1
Last Page:12
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HeBIS-PPN:424950669
Institutes:Biowissenschaften / Biowissenschaften
Angeschlossene und kooperierende Institutionen / MPI für Biophysik
Dewey Decimal Classification:5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 57 Biowissenschaften; Biologie / 570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie
Sammlungen:Universitätspublikationen
Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - Namensnennung 4.0