Type IV pili are strong, flexible filaments with varied roles in bacterial pathogenicity. Pilin structures and models are integrated here in a comprehensive review of the molecular basis of the ...

Type IV pili, essential for many pathogens to cause disease, are hair-like appendages that grow out of and are retracted back into bacteria cells, enabling them to move and adhere to surfaces.

The pili of Gram-negative bacteria are long extracellular polymers that mediate diverse functions, such as bacterial attachment, movement and substrate transport. There are five classes of pili in ...

Pili nuts are also a great source of essential vitamins such as vitamin E and B vitamins. Vitamin E is an antioxidant that protects cells from damage, while B vitamins are important for energy ...

Slender bacterial nanowires require certain key amino acids in order to conduct electricity, according to a new study. Slender bacterial nanowires require certain key amino acids in order to conduct ...

Although pathogenic bacteria often rely on a specialized molecular motor to retract their pili, a new study reveals that a minor pilin protein elicits pilus retraction in the cholera bacterium, Vibrio ...

Slender bacterial nanowires require certain key amino acids in order to conduct electricity, according to a study to be published in mBio®, the online open-access journal of the American Society for ...

(Nanowerk News) Slender bacterial nanowires require certain key amino acids in order to conduct electricity, according to a study to be published in mBio®, the online open-access journal of the ...