Assembly mechanism of a Tad secretion system secretin-pilotin complex

• Main Authors: Tassinari, Matteo, Rudzite, Marta, Filloux, Alain, Low, Harry H.
• Other Authors: Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences and Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Science::Biological sciences; Bacterial Secretion Systems; Cell Aggregation
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/171522
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The bacterial Tight adherence Secretion System (TadSS) assembles surface pili that drive cell adherence, biofilm formation and bacterial predation. The structure and mechanism of the TadSS is mostly unknown. This includes characterisation of the outer membrane secretin through which the pilus is cha...