Structure of a bacterial α2-macroglobulin reveals mimicry of eukaryotic innate immunity

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Wong, Steve G ^a,b,c   Dessen, Andréa ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE BIOLOGIE STRUCTURALE   (France)

^c CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 MACROGLOBULIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEINASE; THIOESTER; ESTER; PEPTIDE HYDROLASE; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TYROSINE;

BACTERIUM; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ESTER; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY; MIMICRY; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL IMMUNITY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; EUKARYOTE; GENETIC SIMILARITY; GENETIC STABILITY; INNATE IMMUNITY; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM;

ALPHA-MACROGLOBULINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESTERS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TYROSINE;

EID: 84923363294     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5917     Document Type: Article

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