Structure of a cytochrome-based bacterial nanowire
Electrically conductive pili from Geobacter species, termed bacterial \"nanowires\", are intensely studied for their biological significance and potential in the development of new materials. We have characterized a unique nanowire from conductive G. sulfurreducens pili preparations by cryo-electron microscopy composed solely of the c-type cytochrome OmcS. We present here, at 3.4 [A] resolution, a novel structure of a cytochrome-based filament and discuss its possible role in long-range biological electron transport.\n\nSummary sentenceCryo-electron microscopy reveals the remarkable assembly of a c-type cytochrome into filaments comprising a heme-based bacterial nanowire.
biophysics↗