A conserved domain of previously unknown function in Gap1 mediates protein-protein interaction and is required for biogenesis of a serine-rich streptococcal adhesin

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1094-1104

  Li, Yirong ^a,f   Chen, Yabing ^b   Huang, Xiang ^a,f   Zhou, Meixian ^a   Wu, Ren ^a   Dong, Shengli ^c   Pritchard, David G ^c   Fives Taylor, Paula ^e   Wu, Hui ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^f HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN FAP1; PROTEIN GAP1; PROTEIN GAP3; SERINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLYCOSYLATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STREPTOCOCCUS;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL ADHESION; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GLYCOSYLATION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STREPTOCOCCUS; TWO-HYBRID SYSTEM TECHNIQUES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PARASANGUINIS;

EID: 55349084760     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2008.06456.x     Document Type: Article

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