Bacterial twitching motility protein. Molecular model of a hexameric ATPase (adenosine triphosphatase) that plays a key role in pilus retraction and surface motility in bacteria. It is known as PilT,and this example is from the thermophilic bacterium Aquifex aeolicus. It is known as a twitching motility protein,and forms part of the motor complex that enables movement and retraction of the bacterium's pilus,the hair-like appendage used to exchange genetic material with other bacteria (conjugation). It is also used to enable bacterial movement (motility) | |
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