The Borrelia afzelii outer membrane protein BAPKO_0422 binds human Factor-H and is predicted to form a membrane-spanning beta-barrel [PDF]
The deep evolutionary history of the Spirochetes places their branch point early in the evolution of the diderms, before the divergence of the present day Proteobacteria.
Adam Dyer +76 more
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Discovery of new biosynthetic pathways: the lipid A story
The outer monolayer of the outer membrane of Gram-negative bacteria consists of the lipid A component of lipopolysaccharide (LPS), a glucosamine-based saccharolipid that is assembled on the inner surface of the inner membrane.
Christian R.H. Raetz +6 more
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IgA-enhancing effects of membrane vesicles derived from Lactobacillus sakei subsp. sakei NBRC15893 [PDF]
Immunoglobulin (Ig) A in the mucus of the intestinal tract plays an important role in preventing the invasion of pathogenic microorganisms and regulating the composition of the gut microbiota.
Katakura Yoshio +7 more
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: The growth and reproduction of microorganisms are dependent on nutrient supply. Here, milk and Luria-Bertani (LB) media were used as nutrition sources for Escherichia coli, and the changes in bacterial and secretory proteins at 3 time points (3, 9, and
Qiyue Sun +7 more
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BUSCA: An integrative web server to predict subcellular localization of proteins [PDF]
Here, we present BUSCA (http://busca.biocomp.unibo.it), a novel web server that integrates different computational tools for predicting protein subcellular localization.
Casadio, Rita +4 more
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Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins Are Targeted to the Bam Complex by Two Parallel Mechanisms. [PDF]
Wang X, Peterson JH, Bernstein HD.
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Identification of a system required for the functional surface localization of sugar binding proteins with class III signal peptides in Sulfolobus solfataricus [PDF]
The hyperthermophilic archaeon Sulfolobus solfataricus contains an unusual large number of sugar binding proteins that are synthesized as precursors with a class III signal peptide.
Albers S.V. +12 more
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84 IMMUNE RESPONSE AND BRONCHOPULMONARY BACTERIAL CLEARANCE AFTER MUCOSAL IMMUNIZATION WITH OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS (OMP) OF P.AERUGINOSA [PDF]
Joachim Freihorst +4 more
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A whole-cell platform for discovering synthetic cell adhesion molecules in bacteria
Developing programmable bacterial cell-cell adhesion is of significant interest due to its versatile applications. Current methods that rely on presenting cell adhesion molecules (CAMs) on bacterial surfaces are limited by the lack of a generalizable ...
Po-Yin Chen +8 more
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Virulence properties of the Legionella pneumophila cell envelope
The bacterial envelope plays a crucial role in the pathogenesis of infectious diseases. In this review, we summarize the current knowledge of the structure and molecular composition of the Legionella pneumophila cell envelope.
Olga eShevchuk +2 more
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