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PMID: 7913856 Published · ppublish English Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. Review

A novel secretion apparatus for the assembly of adhesive bacterial pili.

Trends in microbiology ·Vol. 1 ·No. 2 ·1993-05-00 ·Pages 50-5

Jacob-Dubuisson F, Kuehn M, Hultgren SJ

Abstract

The biogenesis of most types of bacterial pili requires two specialized proteins: a chaperone that caps the pilus subunits in the periplasm, and an outer membrane usher that receives the subunits and serves as an assembly platform. This secretion and assembly machinery is proposed to be a novel export apparatus found widely in Gram-negative pathogens.

MeSH Terms
Bacterial Adhesion/physiology Bacterial Proteins/metabolism Fimbriae, Bacterial/metabolism,ultrastructure Gram-Negative Bacteria/cytology
Chemicals
Bacterial Proteins
Authors & Affiliations
3 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID
Jacob-Dubuisson F
Dept of Molecular Microbiology, Washington University Medical School, Saint Louis, MO 63110-1093.
Kuehn M
Hultgren S J
Article Info
Journal
Trends in microbiology
Abbr.
Trends Microbiol
ISSN
0966-842X
DOI
10.1016/0966-842x(93)90032-m
Published
1993-05-00
Pages
50-5
Language
English
Region
England
NLM ID
9310916
Subset
IM
Grants
NIAID NIH HHS · 1RO1AI29549 · United States
NCRR NIH HHS · 2-SO7-RR-5389 · United States
External Links
PubMed source DOI: 10.1016/0966-842x(93)90032-m View journal details
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