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Title | Cryo-EM reveals the structural basis of long-range electron transport in a cytochrome-based bacterial nanowire. |
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Journal, issue, pages | Commun Biol, Vol. 2, Page 219, Year 2019 |
Publish date | Jun 19, 2019 |
Authors | David J Filman / Stephen F Marino / Joy E Ward / Lu Yang / Zoltán Mester / Esther Bullitt / Derek R Lovley / Mike Strauss / |
PubMed Abstract | Electrically conductive pili from species, termed bacterial nanowires, are intensely studied for their biological significance and potential in the development of new materials. Using cryo-electron ...Electrically conductive pili from species, termed bacterial nanowires, are intensely studied for their biological significance and potential in the development of new materials. Using cryo-electron microscopy, we have characterized nanowires from conductive pili preparations that are composed solely of head-to-tail stacked monomers of the six-heme C-type cytochrome OmcS. The unique fold of OmcS - closely wrapped around a continuous stack of hemes that can serve as an uninterrupted path for electron transport - generates a scaffold that supports the unbranched chain of hemes along the central axis of the filament. We present here, at 3.4 Å resolution, the structure of this cytochrome-based filament and discuss its possible role in long-range biological electron transport. |
External links | Commun Biol / PubMed:31240257 / PubMed Central |
Methods | EM (helical sym.) |
Resolution | 3.4 Å |
Structure data | |
Chemicals | ChemComp-HEC: ChemComp-MG: |
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Keywords | PROTEIN FIBRIL / Conductive / filament / nanowire / SIX-HEME MULTIHEME C-TYPE CYTOCHROME |