Gene Review:
pilP - pilus assembly protein
Escherichia coli
- X-ray structure of the FimC-FimH chaperone-adhesin complex from uropathogenic Escherichia coli. Choudhury, D., Thompson, A., Stojanoff, V., Langermann, S., Pinkner, J., Hultgren, S.J., Knight, S.D. Science (1999)
- Conservation of genes encoding components of a type IV pilus assembly/two-step protein export pathway in Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Lauer, P., Albertson, N.H., Koomey, M. Mol. Microbiol. (1993)
- Mutational analysis of F-pilin reveals domains for pilus assembly, phage infection and DNA transfer. Manchak, J., Anthony, K.G., Frost, L.S. Mol. Microbiol. (2002)
- Multivariate design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of peptide inhibitors of FimC/FimH protein-protein interactions in uropathogenic Escherichia coli. Larsson, A., Johansson, S.M., Pinkner, J.S., Hultgren, S.J., Almqvist, F., Kihlberg, J., Linusson, A. J. Med. Chem. (2005)
- Identification of a gene essential for piliation in Haemophilus influenzae type b with homology to the pilus assembly platform genes of gram-negative bacteria. Watson, W.J., Gilsdorf, J.R., Tucci, M.A., McCrea, K.W., Forney, L.J., Marrs, C.F. Infect. Immun. (1994)
- Structural and functional characterization of the VirB5 protein from the type IV secretion system encoded by the conjugative plasmid pKM101. Yeo, H.J., Yuan, Q., Beck, M.R., Baron, C., Waksman, G. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. (2003)
- PilP, a pilus biogenesis lipoprotein in Neisseria gonorrhoeae, affects expression of PilQ as a high-molecular-mass multimer. Drake, S.L., Sandstedt, S.A., Koomey, M. Mol. Microbiol. (1997)
- PilC of Neisseria meningitidis is involved in class II pilus formation and restores pilus assembly, natural transformation competence and adherence to epithelial cells in PilC-deficient gonococci. Ryll, R.R., Rudel, T., Scheuerpflug, I., Barten, R., Meyer, T.F. Mol. Microbiol. (1997)
- Epitopes fused to F-pilin are incorporated into functional recombinant pili. Rondot, S., Anthony, K.G., Dübel, S., Ida, N., Wiemann, S., Beyreuther, K., Frost, L.S., Little, M., Breitling, F. J. Mol. Biol. (1998)
- Maturation of intracellular Escherichia coli communities requires SurA. Justice, S.S., Lauer, S.R., Hultgren, S.J., Hunstad, D.A. Infect. Immun. (2006)
- The usher N terminus is the initial targeting site for chaperone-subunit complexes and participates in subsequent pilus biogenesis events. Ng, T.W., Akman, L., Osisami, M., Thanassi, D.G. J. Bacteriol. (2004)
- Products of three accessory genes, pilB, pilC, and pilD, are required for biogenesis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa pili. Nunn, D., Bergman, S., Lory, S. J. Bacteriol. (1990)
- Identification and characterization of the chaperone-subunit complex-binding domain from the type 1 pilus assembly platform FimD. Nishiyama, M., Vetsch, M., Puorger, C., Jelesarov, I., Glockshuber, R. J. Mol. Biol. (2003)
- A traC mutant that retains sensitivity to f1 bacteriophage but lacks F pili. Schandel, K.A., Maneewannakul, S., Ippen-Ihler, K., Webster, R.E. J. Bacteriol. (1987)
- TraC of IncN plasmid pKM101 associates with membranes and extracellular high-molecular-weight structures in Escherichia coli. Schmidt-Eisenlohr, H., Domke, N., Baron, C. J. Bacteriol. (1999)
- DNA sequence analysis of point mutations in traA, the F pilin gene, reveal two domains involved in F-specific bacteriophage attachment. Frost, L.S., Paranchych, W. Mol. Gen. Genet. (1988)
- Localization, cloning, and sequence determination of the conjugative plasmid ColB2 pilin gene. Finlay, B.B., Frost, L.S., Paranchych, W. J. Bacteriol. (1984)
- The level of expression of the minor pilin subunit, CooD, determines the number of CS1 pili assembled on the cell surface of Escherichia coli. Sakellaris, H., Penumalli, V.R., Scott, J.R. J. Bacteriol. (1999)
- Characterization of the F plasmid bifunctional conjugation gene, traG. Firth, N., Skurray, R. Mol. Gen. Genet. (1992)