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ArticlebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2025

Phospholipid-independent biogenesis of a functional RP4 conjugation pilus.

Naito Ishimoto, Shan He, Mikhail Bogdanov, Terry K Smith, Gad Frankel, Konstantinos Beis

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Article in bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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6 authors.

Naito IshimotoDepartment of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK.
Shan HeDepartment of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK.
Mikhail BogdanovDepartment of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Texas-Houston, McGovern Medical School, 6431 Fannin, USA.
Terry K SmithBSRC, Schools of Biology and Chemistry, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, KY16 9ST, UK.
Gad FrankelDepartment of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK.
Konstantinos BeisDepartment of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK.

Funding

Protein sequence determinants and properties of the lipid bilayer that govern membrane protein dynamic organizationR01GM121493 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI BOGDANOV, MIKHAIL V., DOWHAN, WILLIAM · 2017 to 2025
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NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM121493Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Conjugation, the process of DNA transfer between bacteria, is initiated universally by the formation of a mating pair formation (MPF) via a conjugative pilus. Conjugation of the IncP RP4 plasmid is mediated by short, non-retractable, rigid mating pili. Here, we report the cryo-EM structure of the RP4 pilus at 2.75 Å resolution. Uniquely, and consistently with quantitative mass spectral analysis, this revealed that the cyclic TrbC pilin subunit is not lipidated. Consistently, an

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conjugative piluscyclizationlipid-independent pilus biogenesismating pair formationphosphatidylglycerolphospholipids

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PMID41279344
PMCPMC12637531

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