Structural determinants of host specificity of complement Factor H recruitment by Streptococcus pneumoniae

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 465, Issue , 2015, Pages 325-335

  Achila, David ^a   Liu, Aizhuo ^a   Banerjee, Rahul ^a   Li, Yue ^a   Martinez Hackert, Erik ^a   Zhang, Jing Ren ^b   Yan, Honggao ^a  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

^b Tsinghua University   (China)

Author keywords

Complement Factor H recruitment; Host specificity; Host microbe interaction; Protein protein interaction; Streptococcus pneumoniae; Structural biology

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; CHOLINE BINDING PROTEIN A; COMPLEMENT FACTOR H; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEX; SPSA PROTEIN, STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HOST RANGE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PNEUMOCOCCAL INFECTION; PROTEIN BINDING; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COMPLEMENT FACTOR H; HUMANS; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84920624117     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: 14708728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20141069     Document Type: Article

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