Struktur, Assemblierung und Stabilität von Typ-1-Pili
Giese, Christoph ; Glockshuber, Rudi
In: BIOspektrum, 2013, vol. 19, no. 5, p. 492-495
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- Type 1 pili are extracellular, supramolecular protein complexes required for the attachment of pathogenic E. coli strains to host cells. Hundreds to thousands of protein subunits are assembled within minutes in vivo and form filaments with unique kinetic stability against dissociation. Here, we review recent work on the structure, assembly mechanism and potential technical applications derived from this exciting biological system