Definition: Proteins that are structural components of bacterial fimbriae (FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL) or sex pili (PILI, SEX).
Coordinate with PILI, SEX if involved in BACTERIAL CONJUGATION, otherwise coordinate with FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL
Other names Protein Precusors, Fimbriae; Precusors, Fimbriae Protein; Precursors, Pilin; Sex Pili Structural Proteins; Pre Pilin; Pre-Pilin; Pilin Precursors; Pili Structural Proteins; Fimbriae Protein Precusors; Pilins; Propilin; Pilin
colonization factor antigens [ CFA-1 (fimbrial),KS 71A fimbrial antigen,colonization factor CS19,colonization factor CSS,colonization factor antigen-1,colonization factor antigen-2,colonization factor antigen-3,fimbrial antigen F7(1),fimbrial colonization factor antigen-1 ] protein found on plasmid-mediated fimbriae from enteropathogenic strains of E coli; known to confer adhesive & colonizing properties for intestinal epithelium of several domestic animals & man to host