FimC is a periplasmic PapD-like chaperone that directs assembly of type 1 pili in bacteria.
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FimC is a periplasmic PapD-like chaperone that directs assembly of type 1 pili in bacteria.
Biogenesis of the type 1 pilus fiber in Escherichia coli requires the product of the fimC locus. We have demonstrated that FimC is a member of the periplasmic chaperone family. The deduced primary sequence of FimC shows a high degree of homology to PapD and fits well with the derived consensus sequence for periplasmic chaperones, predicting that it has an immunoglobulin-like topology. The chape...
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عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
سال: 1993
ISSN: 0027-8424,1091-6490
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.90.18.8397