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Lectin-like bacteriocins from pseudomonas spp. utilise D-rhamnose containing lipopolysaccharide as a cellular receptor [PDF]

, 2014
Lectin-like bacteriocins consist of tandem monocot mannose-binding domains and display a genus-specific killing activity. Here we show that pyocin L1, a novel member of this family from Pseudomonas aeruginosa, targets susceptible strains of this species ...
A Hviid, A Molinaro, AC Graham, AD Vinion-Dubiel, AHA Parret, AHA Parret, AJ McCoy, Aleksander W. Roszak, AM Abdel-Mawgoud, AW Schuttelkopf, Brian Smith, C Kleanthous, C Manichanh, CL Brown, CL Ng, D Franke, D Walker, Daniel Walker, DI Svergun, E Cascales, E Kurimoto, EJM Van Damme, F Gorrec, F Long, G Gorkiewicz, G Hester, G Kurisu, GN Murshudov, GR Vasta, Guy Tran Van Nhieu, HL Rocchetta, Inokentijs Josts, J Henao-Mejia, J Qin, JAM Fyfe, JB Lyczak, Joel Milner, JS Lam, JU Scher, K Smith, K Zeth, Kai I. Waløen, KC Carroll, KH Caffall, L Holm, L Stewart, Laura C. McCaughey, M Ramm, M Rivera, M Shimokawa, M-F Incardona, MA Jacobs, MB Kozin, ME Spehlmann, MGK Ghequire, MGK Ghequire, MGK Ghequire, MJ Claesson, N Sharon, Nicholas P. Tucker, NR Chandra, Olwyn Byron, P Emsley, PD Adams, PV Konarev, R Grinter, R Grinter, RA Laskowski, Rhys Grinter, Richard J. Cogdell, S Mori, Sharon Kelly, SY Shaw, T Ogawa, Tom Evans, V Ovod, VB Chen, VV Ovod, VV Volkov, WF Vranken, Y Hao, Y Michel-Briand, YA Knirel   +82 more
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Rapid Transmission and Divergence of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium Sequence Type 80, China

Emerging Infectious Diseases
We investigated genomic evolution of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VREF) during an outbreak in Shenzhen, China. Whole-genome sequencing revealed 2 sequence type 80 VREF subpopulations diverging through insertion sequence–mediated ...
Liqiang Li, Xingwei Wang, Yanyu Xiao, Bing Fan, Jiehong Wei, Jie Zhou, Zetian Lai, Yanpeng Zhang, Hongmei Mo, Li Zhang, Dixian Luo, Dayong Gu, Shucai Yang, Yidi Wang, Jiuxin Qu   +14 more
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Polysaccharide utilization loci and nutritional specialization in a dominant group of butyrate-producing human colonic Firmicutes [PDF]

, 2015
Acknowledgements The Rowett Institute of Nutrition and Health (University of Aberdeen) receives financial support from the Scottish Government Rural and Environmental Sciences and Analytical Services (RESAS).
Bernalier-Donadille, Annick, Browne, Hilary P., Duncan, Sylvia H., Flint, Harry J., Harris, Hugh M. B., Lawley, Trevor D., Martin, Jennifer C., O'Toole, Paul W., Scott, Karen P., Sheridan, Paul O.   +9 more
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Promiscuity of the Euonymus Carbohydrate-Binding Domain

Biomolecules, 2012
Plants synthesize small amounts of carbohydrate-binding proteins on exposure to stress. For example, on exposure to drought, high salt, wounding and by treatment with some plant hormones or by pathogen attack. In contrast to the ‘classical’ plant lectins
Els J.M. Van Damme, Elke Fouquaert
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How do nematodes transfer phosphorylcholine to carbohydrates? [PDF]

, 2010
An unusual aspect of the biology of nematodes is the attachment of phosphorylcholine (PC) to carbohydrate. The attachment appears to play an important role in nematode development and, in some parasitic species, in immunomodulation.
Harnett, W., Houston, K.M., Rzepecka, J.
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Structural and biochemical characterization of a new type of lectin isolated from carp eggs. [PDF]

, 2003
A previously unidentified glycoprotein present in the eggs of the carp (Cyprinus carpio) was isolated and structurally characterized. The protein binds to a Sepharose 4B matrix and can be eluted with 0.4 M N-acetylglucosamine. The protein has an apparent
AMORESANO, ANGELA, CAMPAGNOLI M, CASBARRA A, CAUCI M, GALLIANO M, MINCHIOTTI L, PERDUCA M, PUCCI, PIETRO, SALA A, VISAI L   +9 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
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Lactobacillus ruminis strains cluster according to their mammalian gut source [PDF]

, 2015
peer-reviewedBackground Lactobacillus ruminis is a motile Lactobacillus that is autochthonous to the human gut, and which may also be isolated from other mammals. Detailed characterization of L. ruminis has previously been restricted to strains of human
Harris, Hugh, Lynch, Denise B, O'Donnell, Michelle M., O'Toole, Paul W., Ross, R Paul   +4 more
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Prediction of Carbohydrate-Binding Proteins from Sequences Using Support Vector Machines [PDF]

Advances in Bioinformatics, 2010
Carbohydrate-binding proteins are proteins that can interact with sugar chains but do not modify them. They are involved in many physiological functions, and we have developed a method for predicting them from their amino acid sequences. Our method is based on support vector machines (SVMs).
Someya, Seizi, Kakuta, Masanori, Morita, Mizuki, Sumikoshi, Kazuya, Cao, Wei, Ge, Zhenyi, Hirose, Osamu, Nakamura, Shugo, Terada, Tohru, Shimizu, Kentaro   +9 more
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The (Glg)ABCs of cyanobacteria: modelling of glycogen synthesis and functional divergence of glycogen synthases in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
We reconstituted Synechocystis glycogen synthesis in vitro from purified enzymes and showed that two GlgA isoenzymes produce glycogen with different architectures: GlgA1 yields denser, highly branched glycogen, whereas GlgA2 synthesizes longer, less‐branched chains.
Kenric Lee, Dimitrios Bekiari, Sofia Doello, Karl Forchhammer   +3 more
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