Structural basis of pilus anchoring by the ancillary pilin RrgC of Streptococcus pneumoniae

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 289, Issue 24, 2014, Pages 16988-16997

  Shaik, Md Munan ^a,b,c   Maccagni, Amandine ^a,b,c   Tourcier, Guillaume ^a,b,c   Di Guilmi, Anne Marie ^a,b,c   Dessen, Andreá ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b DIF   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d BRAZILIAN CENTER FOR RESEARCH IN ENERGY AND MATERIALS CNPEM   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL MEMBRANES;

CAUSATIVE AGENTS; COMPREHENSIVE MODEL; DRUG-RESISTANCE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STRUCTURAL BASIS; STRUCTURAL INFORMATION; STRUCTURAL PROTEINS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PILIN; PROTEIN RRGC; PROTEIN SRTA; SORTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM PILUS; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL BOND; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL TOXIN; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINOACYLTRANSFERASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 84902449069     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M114.555854     Document Type: Article

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