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Autoproteolytic Activation of Bacterial Toxins

Toxins, 2010
Protease domains within toxins typically act as the primary effector domain within target cells. By contrast, the primary function of the cysteine protease domain (CPD) in Multifunctional Autoprocessing RTX-like (MARTX) and Clostridium sp.
Aimee Shen
doaj   +1 more source

Protective Microbiota: From Localized to Long-Reaching Co-Immunity [PDF]

, 2017
Resident microbiota do not just shape host immunity, they can also contribute to host protection against pathogens and infectious diseases. Previous reviews of the protective roles of the microbiota have focused exclusively on colonization resistance ...
Abt, Abt, Algburi, Altenhoefer, Altier, Anderson, Annuk, Asahara, Ashburner, Ayabe, Ayres, Barr, Barton, Bassis, Bassler, Becattini, Belkaid, Belkaid, Belkaid, Belkaid, Benson, Benveniste, Berg, Bevins, Birchenough, Birchenough, Blackburn, Bocci, Bohnhoff, Botes, Bouskra, Brandl, Braniste, Brenchley, Brestoff, Britton, Bron, Brugiroux, Budden, Buddington, Buffie, Buffie, Cani, Cani, Carey, Cash, Castagliuolo, Catford, Cebra, Cerf-Bensussan, Chatzidaki-Livanis, Chen, Chow, Chudnovskiy, Clarke, Clarke, Clarke, Cogen, Cogen, Cogen, Cotar, Cremer, Crost, Danielsson, Davidson, Davis, de Agüero, de Sablet, de Steenhuijsen Piters, Delhaes, Denny, Deriu, Dickson, Dickson, Dickson, Dickson, Donaldson, Donnet-Hughes, Eberl, El-Solh, Everett, Fagundes, Fardini, Fine, Fransen, Frantz, Franzenburg, Freter, Freter, Freter, Freter, Freter, Fubara, Fukuda, Gabryszewski, Gallichan, Gallo, Ganal, Gantois, Gauguet, Geva-Zatorsky, Gill, Gorjifard, Gutzeit, Henao-Mejia, Hersoug, Hibbing, Hooper, Hooper, Hooper, Hsiao, Ichinohe, Irie, Ivanov, Ivanov, Iwase, Kamada, Khosravi, Kinnunen, Knoop, Koch, Kolling, Kommineni, Laurent, Lawley, Levine, Little, Mack, Macpherson, Macpherson, Macpherson, Macpherson, Majlessi, Mallon, Maltby, Man, Mantis, Martins, Masson, Mazmanian, Mazmanian, McAleer, McKenney, Medzhitov, Melo, Mishra, Molloy, Murall, Mushin, Nagy, Nikkari, Oldroyd, Olier, Palm, Pamer, Pang, Perry, Pfeiffer, Pontier-Bres, Pradeu, Pradeu, Pradeu, Pérez-Santiago, Qin, Ramanan, Rasmussen, Rea, Rea, Ripert, Rizzetto, Robinson, Rolfe, Roossinck, Round, Ruhe, Råberg, Salzman, Sambanthamoorthy, Samuelson, Santagati, Santagati, Sassone-Corsi, Sassone-Corsi, Savage, Schamberger, Schieber, Schneider, Schuijt, Sharma, Shi, Shin, Shokouhfard, Shu, Siegrist, Soares, Sommer, Spees, Stapleton, Stappenbeck, Stecher, Stecher, Stinson, Strugnell, Sutyak Noll, Tanaka, Theriot, Tillmann, Tomkovich, Tomás, Tuomola, Ubeda, Underhill, Vaishnava, Valdés-Varela, Valdés-Varela, Valle, Van de Perre, van der Waaij, Vandecandelaere, Venkataraman, Villarino, Virgin, Virgin, Walker, Walsham, Weaver, Weingarden, Wexler, Whiteson, Wikoff, Willis, Wootton, Wright, Wu, Xiang, Yilmaz, Zagato, Zeng, Zipperer   +238 more
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Phosphatidylinositol 4‐kinase as a target of pathogens—friend or foe?

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
This graphical summary illustrates the roles of phosphatidylinositol 4‐kinases (PI4Ks). PI4Ks regulate key cellular processes and can be hijacked by pathogens, such as viruses, bacteria and parasites, to support their intracellular replication. Their dual role as essential host enzymes and pathogen cofactors makes them promising drug targets.
Ana C. Mendes, Guilherme M. Azevedo, Amanda P. Barcellos, Diana Bahia   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rethinking our understanding of the pathogenesis of necrotic enteritis in chickens [PDF]

, 2009
For decades, low doses of antibiotics have been used widely in animal production to promote growth. However, there is a trend to reduce this use of antibiotics in feedstuffs, and legislation is now in place in Europe to prohibit their use in this way. As
Van Immerseel, Filip, Rood, Julian I, Moore, Robert J, Titball, Richard W   +3 more
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Cell wall target fragment discovery using a low‐cost, minimal fragment library

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
LoCoFrag100 is a fragment library made up of 100 different compounds. Similarity between the fragments is minimized and 10 different fragments are mixed into a single cocktail, which is soaked to protein crystals. These crystals are analysed by X‐ray crystallography, revealing the binding modes of the bound fragment ligands.
Kaizhou Yan, Mathew Stanley, Olawale Raimi, Andrew T. Ferenbach, Helge C Dorfmueller, Daan M. F. van Aalten   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Structural biology of ferritin nanocages

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Ferritin is a conserved iron‐storage protein that sequesters iron as a ferric mineral core within a nanocage, protecting cells from oxidative damage and maintaining iron homeostasis. This review discusses ferritin biology, structure, and function, and highlights recent cryo‐EM studies revealing mechanisms of ferritinophagy, cellular iron uptake, and ...
Eloise Mastrangelo, Flavio Di Pisa
wiley   +1 more source

Gut microbiome and aging—A dynamic interplay of microbes, metabolites, and the immune system

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Age‐dependent shifts in microbial communities engender shifts in microbial metabolite profiles. These in turn drive shifts in barrier surface permeability of the gut and brain and induce immune activation. When paired with preexisting age‐related chronic inflammation this increases the risk of neuroinflammation and neurodegenerative diseases.
Aaron Mehl, Eran Blacher
wiley   +1 more source

The investigation of a recombinant GalNAc binding protein from bacillus thuringiensis as a tool for glycan analysis and detection [PDF]

, 2011
Changes in the structures of glycans on the surfaces of eukaryotic cells can be important biomarkers for developmental or disease states. Improved methods are needed for the detection and analysis of alterations in glycan structures. Carbohydrate binding
Cassidy, Norah, Clarke, Paul A., Keogh, Damien, O'Connell, Michael, O'Connor, Brendan, Thompson, Roisin   +5 more
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Genome-Wide Transposon Screen of a Pseudomonas syringae mexB Mutant Reveals the Substrates of Efflux Transporters. [PDF]

, 2019
Bacteria express numerous efflux transporters that confer resistance to diverse toxicants present in their environment. Due to a high level of functional redundancy of these transporters, it is difficult to identify those that are of most importance in ...
Deutschbauer, Adam M, Helmann, Tyler C, Lam, Jennifer, Lindow, Steven E, Ongsarte, Caitlin L   +4 more
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AAA+ protein unfoldases—the Moirai of the proteome

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
AAA+ unfoldases are essential molecular motors that power protein degradation and disaggregation. This review integrates recent cryo‐electron microscopy (cryo‐EM) structures and single‐molecule biophysical data to reconcile competing models of substrate translocation.
Stavros Azinas, Marta Carroni
wiley   +1 more source