Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-1-2016
Publication Title
Journal of Bacteriology
Department
Geisel School of Medicine
Abstract
Vibrio cholerae is the etiological agent of the acute intestinal disorder cholera. The toxin-coregulated pilus (TCP), a type IVb pilus, is an essential virulence factor of V. cholerae. Recent work has shown TcpB is a large minor pilin encoded within the tcp operon. TcpB contributes to efficient pilus formation and is essential for all TCP functions. Here we have initiated a detailed, targeted mutagenesis approach to further characterize this salient TCP component. We have identified (thus far) 20 residues of TcpB, which affect either the steady state level of TcpB or alter one or more TCP functions. This study provides the solid framework for further understanding of the complex role of TcpB and will be of use upon determination of the crystal structure of TcpB or related minor pilin orthologs of type IVb pilus systems.
DOI
10.1128/JB.00309-16
Dartmouth Digital Commons Citation
Gao, Yang; Hauke, Caitlyn A.; Marles, Jarrad M.; and Taylor, Ronald K., "Effects of tcpB Mutations on Biogenesis and Function of the Toxin-Coregulated Pilus, the Type IVb Pilus of Vibrio cholerae" (2016). Dartmouth Scholarship. 1032.
https://digitalcommons.dartmouth.edu/facoa/1032