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Role of hydration in collagen recognition by bacterial adhesins. [PDF]
Biophysical Journal, 2011 Protein-protein recognition regulates the vast majority of physiological or pathological processes. We investigated the role of hydration in collagen recognition by bacterial adhesin CNA by means of first principle molecular-dynamics samplings. Our characterization of the hydration properties of the isolated partners highlights dewetting-prone areas on
L. Vitagliano +2 more
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Capsule Shields the Function of Short Bacterial Adhesins [PDF]
Journal of Bacteriology, 2004 ABSTRACT Bacterial surface structures such as capsules and adhesins are generally regarded as important virulence factors. Here we demonstrate that capsules block the function of the self-recognizing protein antigen 43 through physical shielding.
M. Schembri, D. Dalsgaard, P. Klemm
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Bacterial adhesins: function and structure.
International Journal of Medical Microbiology, 2000 Specific adhesion to host tissue cells is an essential virulence factor of most bacterial pathogens. The fundamental processes that determine bacterial attachment to host tissue surfaces are mediated by microbial adhesins. Host specificity and tissue tropism are characteristics exhibited by different bacteria and are determined (at least in part) by ...
P. Klemm, M. Schembri
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Helicobacter pylori infection: An overview of bacterial virulence factors and pathogenesis
Biomedical Journal, 2016 Helicobacter pylori pathogenesis and disease outcomes are mediated by a complex interplay between bacterial virulence factors, host, and environmental factors. After H.
Cheng-Yen Kao +2 more
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FaaPred: a SVM-based prediction method for fungal adhesins and adhesin-like proteins. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2010 Adhesion constitutes one of the initial stages of infection in microbial diseases and is mediated by adhesins. Hence, identification and comprehensive knowledge of adhesins and adhesin-like proteins is essential to understand adhesin mediated ...
Jayashree Ramana, Dinesh Gupta
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Microbiology Spectrum, 2023 Bacteria can rapidly tune their physiology and metabolism to adapt to environmental fluctuations. In particular, they can adapt their lifestyle to the close proximity of other bacteria or the presence of different surfaces.
Yankel Chekli +5 more
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RTX Adhesins are Key Bacterial Surface Megaproteins in the Formation of Biofilms.
Trends in Microbiology, 2019 Gram-negative bacteria produce repeats-in-toxin adhesion proteins (RTX adhesins) to facilitate microbial adhesion. These large, multidomain proteins share a common architecture comprised of four regions. First to emerge from the bacterium, C terminal end
Shuaiqi Guo +4 more
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FEMS Microbiology Letters, 2020 Immunoglobulin (Ig) domains are one of the most widespread protein domains encoded by the human genome and are present in a large array of proteins with diverse biological functions.
S. Chatterjee +4 more
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mBio, 2021 Pathogen attachment to host tissue is critical in the progress of many infections. Bacteria use adhesion in vivo to stabilize colonization and subsequently regulate the deployment of contact-dependent virulence traits.
Xavier Pierrat +3 more
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Evolution of host-microbe cell adherence by receptor domain shuffling
eLife, 2022 Stable adherence to epithelial surfaces is required for colonization by diverse host-associated microbes. Successful attachment of pathogenic microbes to host cells via adhesin molecules is also the first step in many devastating infections.
EmilyClare P Baker +6 more
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