Structural Basis for Group B Streptococcus Pilus 1 Sortases C Regulation and Specificity

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Cozzi, Roberta ^a   Prigozhin, Daniil ^b   Rosini, Roberto ^a   Abate, Francesca ^a   Bottomley, Matthew J ^a   Grandi, Guido ^a   Telford, John L ^a   Rinaudo, C Daniela ^a   Maione, Domenico ^a   Alber, Tom ^b  

^a NOVARTIS VACCINES AND DIAGNOSTICS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT ENZYME; RECOMBINANT SORTASE C1; RECOMBINANT SORTASE C2; SORTASE; SORTASE C1; SORTASE C2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM PILUS; BACTERIUM PILUS ISLAND 1; BETA BARREL CORE; BETA SHEET; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; HYDROLYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LPXTG MOTIF; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN POLYMERIZATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMINOACYLTRANSFERASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATALYSIS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; STREPTOCOCCUS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS SP. 'GROUP B';

EID: 84869047387     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0049048     Document Type: Article

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