Isopeptide bonds mechanically stabilize Spy0128 in bacterial pili

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 104, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2051-2057

  Wang, Bo ^a   Xiao, Shijun ^a   Edwards, Scott A ^a,b   Gräter, Frauke ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HEIDELBERG INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL STUDIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIMBRIA PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; FIMBRIA; HYDROGEN BOND; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN UNFOLDING; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; HYDROGEN BONDING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEIN UNFOLDING; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES;

EID: 84877257240     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2013.04.002     Document Type: Article

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