Crystallographic analysis of Neisseria meningitidis PorB extracellular loops potentially implicated in TLR2 recognition

Journal of Structural Biology

Volumn 185, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 440-447

  Kattner, Christof ^a   Toussi, Deana N ^b   Zaucha, Jan ^c,d   Wetzler, Lee M ^b   Rüppel, Nadine ^a   Zachariae, Ulrich ^d   Massari, Paola ^a,b   Tanabe, Mikio ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crystal structure; Neisseriae; Outer membrane protein; Toll like receptor

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; PORIN; PROTEIN PORB; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL ACTIVATION; COMMENSAL; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; IN VITRO STUDY; INNATE IMMUNITY; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA LACTAMICA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECEPTOR BINDING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SURFACE PROPERTY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; NEISSERIAE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PORINS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 2;

EID: 84894451153     PISSN: 10478477     EISSN: 10958657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2013.12.006     Document Type: Article

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