Pilus assembly model
The protease RgpB releases the donor strand (seen in red in the diagram) from the unassembled pilin, which flips out, and inserts itself into its neighbor.
Date:
30 March 2020
Credit:
H. Matsunami and S. Shibata, OIST
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