Abstract
Getting a hold on archaeal type IV pili: an expanding repertoire of cellular appendages implicates complex regulation and diverse functions.
Highlights
Specialty section: This article was submitted to Microbial Physiology and Metabolism, a section of the journal Frontiers in Microbiology
Novel pili-like surface structures of Halobacterium salinarum strain R1 are crucial for surface adhesion by Losensky, G., Vidakovic, L., Klingl, A., Pfeifer, F., and Fröls, S. (2014)
All T4P are composed of small protein subunits known as pilins that polymerize into helical fibers through the action of assembly ATPases (Giltner et al, 2012). This core ancestral machinery has been adapted in various lineages for many cellular processes–from adhesion and biofilm formation, to motility, horizontal gene transfer (HGT) and even electricity conduction (Giltner et al, 2012; Berry and Pelicic, 2015)
Summary
Specialty section: This article was submitted to Microbial Physiology and Metabolism, a section of the journal Frontiers in Microbiology. Novel pili-like surface structures of Halobacterium salinarum strain R1 are crucial for surface adhesion by Losensky, G., Vidakovic, L., Klingl, A., Pfeifer, F., and Fröls, S.
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