Fantastic thread and data by @brunlabcaulo.bsky.social on how a single ATPase powers opposite pilus extension/retraction activities.
Géraldine Laloux
🧵 Proud to present a tour de force by postdoc @gregbwhitfield.bsky.social solving the mystery of how bacterial Tad pili can extend and retract with a single motor ATPase. Great collaboration with Lynne Howell, @dr-lori-burrows.bsky.social, @ianyyen.bsky.social www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...