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SUBMITTER: Lento C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4711513 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lento Cristina C Wilson Derek J DJ Audette Gerald F GF
Structural dynamics (Melville, N.Y.) 20150828 1
Truncated pilin monomers from Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain K122-4 (ΔK122) have been shown to enter a monomer-dimer equilibrium in solution prior to oligomerization into protein nanotubes. Here, we examine the structural changes occurring between the monomeric and dimeric states of ΔK122 using time-resolved hydrogen-deuterium exchange mass spectrometry. Based on levels of deuterium uptake, the N-terminal α-helix and the loop connecting the second and third strands of the anti-parallel β-sheet co ...[more]