Fig. 5: Structures of glycosylated wide and narrow T4P. | Communications Biology

Fig. 5: Structures of glycosylated wide and narrow T4P.

From: Structural insights into the Thermus thermophilus type IV pilus machinery assembling two distinct pili

Fig. 5: Structures of glycosylated wide and narrow T4P.

CryoEM maps and models of T4P comprised of a, b wide (PilA4) T4P and e, f narrow (PilA5) T4P, shown in side and 90o rotated views. a, e Maps (grey) with corresponding rainbow representation models and b, f models in surface view coloured by subunit, with glycans highlighted in yellow and a single subunit boxed and enlarged. c, g T4P models with glycans coloured by type, according to the key in (i); d, h Enlarged views of individual glycan attachment sites (wide: Ser59, Ser66, Ser71; narrow: Ser73).

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