This entry, previously known as DUF4183, represents the so-called Fibrillar ENdospore Appendages or F-ENAs found mainly in Bacilli lineage. F-ENA subunits assemble into trimeric units that stack axially into a helical ultrastructure fibers [1]. F-ENA ...
This entry, previously known as DUF4183, represents the so-called Fibrillar ENdospore Appendages or F-ENAs found mainly in Bacilli lineage. F-ENA subunits assemble into trimeric units that stack axially into a helical ultrastructure fibers [1]. F-ENAs contribute to spore clustering. At the spore distal terminus, F-ENAs are decorated with a flexible tip fibrillum that consists of the collagen-like protein F-BclA [1].