An unusual mechanism of isopeptide bond formation attaches the collagenlike glycoprotein BcIA to the exosporium of bacillus anthracis

mBio

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Tan, Li ^a   Li, Mei ^a,b   Turnbough Jr , Charles L ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b The University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBOXYL GROUP; CHYMOTRYPSIN; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; PROTEIN BCLA; PROTEIN BXPB; TRYPSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BCLA PROTEIN, BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; EXSA PROTEIN, BACTERIA; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL EXOSPORE; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL BOND; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; BACTERIAL SPORE; CHEMISTRY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; GLYCOPROTEINS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 79960198853     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21507511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.00084-11     Document Type: Article

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