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Evolution and structural dynamics of bacterial glycan binding adhesins.
Current Opinion in Structural Biology, 2017Infectious disease processes like bacterial adherence or the activity of secreted toxins frequently gain host and tissue specificity by glycan binding interactions with the host glycome. Recent functional and structural studies highlight the high niche specialization of bacterial lectins, but also reveal a remarkable plasticity in their glycan binding ...
K. Moonens, H. Remaut
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Breaking the bond: recent patents on bacterial adhesins.
Recent Patents on DNA & Gene Sequences, 2012Adhesins need to be exposed on the surface of pathogenic bacteria to properly interact with host tissues and allow establishment of the infection. This fact implies that, in theory, one could manage or avoid infection by controlling adhesins' function, and also by indirectly detecting bacteria through their surface-exposed adhesins. Besides, binding of
E. Carvalho +4 more
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Crystallography of gram-positive bacterial adhesins.
Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 2011Both Gram-negative and Gram-positive pathogens display a multitude of proteins and protein assemblies (pili or fimbriae) on their cell surfaces, which are often used for adherence and initiate colonization and pathogenesis. Adhesive proteins known as MSCRAMMs (microbial surface components recognizing adhesive matrix molecules), anchored by a specific ...
V. Krishnan, S. Narayana
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Bacterial lectinlike adhesins: determination and specificity.
Methods in Enzymology, 1994Publisher Summary This chapter presents the experimental procedures employed in studies on Escherichia coli lectinlike adhesins, focusing on models for testing adhesins and for determining glycoprotein receptors of the adhesins. Bacterial lectinlike adhesins are proteinaceous structures located on the surface of bacterial cells that mediate the ...
J. Goldhar
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Proteinaceous bacterial adhesins and their receptors.
CRC Critical Reviews in Microbiology, 1983The adhesion of bacteria to surfaces is an ecologically important property which enables them to colonize their natural habitats. Adhesion between bacteria mediated by sex pili and aggregation substances may also promote gene transfers. In this review, we describe the adhesive properties of bacteria (to eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells, and inert ...
G. W. Jones, R. E. Isaacson
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Carbohydrate receptors of bacterial adhesins: implications and reflections.
Topics in current chemistry, 2009Bacteria entering a host depend on adhesins to achieve colonization. Adhesins are bacterial surface structures mediating binding to host surficial areas. Most adhesins are composed of one or several proteins. Usually a single bacterial strain is able to express various adhesins.
K. Ohlsen +3 more
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Bacterial adhesins to host components in periodontitis.
Periodontology 2000, 2010A. Amano
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Bacterial outer membrane vesicles as a platform for biomedical applications: An update.
Journal of Controlled Release, 2020Outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) are produced by Gram-negative bacteria both in vitro and in vivo. OMVs are nano-sized spherical vehicles formed by lipid bilayer membranes and contain multiple parent bacteria-derived components.
Min Li +6 more
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Bacterial adhesins/glycolipid receptors
Current Opinion in Structural Biology, 1992Abstract Recognition of lipid-bound carbohydrate is a common motif in bacterial host cell binding. Although carbohydrate sequence determines binding affinity, an appreciation of other factors within the glycolipid or its molecular environment, which can affect the availability of recognized epitopes, is becoming evident.
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In 1977, Ofek et al. suggested that proteins with lectin-like properties on bacterial surfaces could serve as adhesins that bind the organisms to animal cells. It was found that E. coli, bearing type 1 fimbriae specific for mannose, could agglutinate red cells. The adhesins of many pathogenic bacteria are now thought to be carbohydrate-binding proteins,
Itzhak Ofek, Ronald J. Doyle
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In 1977, Ofek et al. suggested that proteins with lectin-like properties on bacterial surfaces could serve as adhesins that bind the organisms to animal cells. It was found that E. coli, bearing type 1 fimbriae specific for mannose, could agglutinate red cells. The adhesins of many pathogenic bacteria are now thought to be carbohydrate-binding proteins,
Itzhak Ofek, Ronald J. Doyle
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