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Any process specifically pertinent to the functioning of integrated living units: cells, tissues, organs, and organisms. A process is a collection of molecular events with a defined beginning and end. Formation of a prolongation or process extending from a cell, e.g. a flagellum or axon. The process by which a cellular component is synthesized, aggregates, and bonds together. Includes biosynthesis of constituent macromolecules, and those macromolecular modifications that are involved in synthesis or assembly of the cellular component. The assembly of a pilus, a short filamentous structure on a bacterial cell, flagella-like in structure and generally present in many copies. Pili are variously involved in transfer of nucleic acids, adherence to surfaces, and formation of pellicles. Is required for bacterial conjugation, or can play a role in adherence to surfaces (when it is called a fimbrium), and in the formation of pellicles. The cellular process by which a type IV pilus is synthesized, aggregates, and bonds together. A type IV pilus is composed of a pilus fiber and approximately ten proteins at its base; type IV pili play a role in cell motility, adherence to substrates, and aggregation. A process that is carried out at the cellular level which results in the assembly, arrangement of constituent parts, or disassembly of a pilus, a short filamentous structure on a bacterial cell, flagella-like in structure and generally present in many copies.

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GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: type IV pilus biogenesis
Acc: GO:0043683
Aspect: Biological Process
Desc: The cellular process by which a type IV pilus is synthesized, aggregates, and bonds together. A type IV pilus is composed of a pilus fiber and approximately ten proteins at its base; type IV pili play a role in cell motility, adherence to substrates, and aggregation.
Synonyms:
  • type IV fimbrial assembly
  • type IV fimbriae biogenesis
  • type IV pilus biosynthesis
  • type IV fimbrial biogenesis
  • type IV fimbrium assembly
  • type IV fimbrium biogenesis
  • type IV fimbriae assembly
  • TFP biogenesis
  • type IV fimbria assembly
  • type IV fimbria biogenesis
  • type 4 pilus biogenesis
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GO:0043683 - type IV pilus biogenesis (interactive image map)
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