Archaeal DNA-import apparatus is homologous to bacterial conjugation machinery

Archaeal DNA-import apparatus is homologous to bacterial conjugation machinery

Bacteria can exchange DNA through extracellular appendages (‘mating pili’) in a process known as conjugation. Here, Beltran et al. determine atomic structures by cryo-electron microscopy of a bacterial conjugative pilus and two archaeal pili, showing that the archaeal pili are homologous to bacteria...

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Main Authors: Leticia C. Beltran, Virginija Cvirkaite-Krupovic, Jessalyn Miller, Fengbin Wang, Mark A. B. Kreutzberger, Jonasz B. Patkowski, Tiago R. D. Costa, Stefan Schouten, Ilya Levental, Vincent P. Conticello, Edward H. Egelman, Mart Krupovic
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-02-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36349-8

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36349-8

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