Structure of the full-length major pilin from Streptococcus pneumoniae: Implications for isopeptide bond formation in gram-positive bacterial pili

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Paterson, Neil G ^a   Baker, Edward N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINE; GLUTAMINE; LYSINE; PILIN; PROLINE; RRGB PROTEIN; SORTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FIMBRIA PROTEIN; PEPTIDE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM PILUS; BETA SHEET; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HYDROGEN BOND; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; FIMBRIA; METABOLISM; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 79960087733     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022095     Document Type: Article

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