NMR structure of a fungal virulence factor reveals structural homology with mammalian saposin B

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 344-353

  Beck, Moriah R ^a,b   Dekoster, Gregory T ^a,c   Cistola, David P ^a   Goldman, William E ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; GLYCOLIPID; HOMODIMER; LIPID; LIPID BINDING PROTEIN; SPHINGOLIPID ACTIVATOR PROTEIN; SPHINGOLIPID ACTIVATOR PROTEIN B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM BINDING; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; HISTOPLASMA CAPSULATUM; HOST CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PHAGOLYSOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CALCIUM-BINDING PROTEINS; DIMERIZATION; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HISTOPLASMA; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE, BIOMOLECULAR; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SAPOSINS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

AJELLOMYCES CAPSULATUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 64149088754     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2009.06647.x     Document Type: Article

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