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On the three-finger protein domain fold and CD59-like proteins in Schistosoma mansoni. [PDF]

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2013
It is believed that schistosomes evade complement-mediated killing by expressing regulatory proteins on their surface. Recently, six homologues of human CD59, an important inhibitor of the complement system membrane attack complex, were identified in the
Leonardo P Farias, Greice Krautz-Peterson, Cibele A Tararam, Bogar O Araujo-Montoya, Tatiana R Fraga, Henrique K Rofatto, Floriano P Silva, Lourdes Isaac, Akram A Da'dara, R Alan Wilson, Charles B Shoemaker, Luciana C C Leite   +11 more
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Spirochetal Lipoproteins and Immune Evasion. [PDF]

, 2017
Spirochetes are a major threat to public health. However, the exact pathogenesis of spirochetal diseases remains unclear. Spirochetes express lipoproteins that often determine the cross talk between the host and spirochetes.
Boyadjian, Ani, Christodoulides, Alexei, Kelesidis, Theodoros   +2 more
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Spatiotemporal and quantitative analyses of phosphoinositides – fluorescent probe—and mass spectrometry‐based approaches

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Fluorescent probes allow dynamic visualization of phosphoinositides in living cells (left), whereas mass spectrometry provides high‐sensitivity, isomer‐resolved quantitation (right). Their synergistic use captures complementary aspects of lipid signaling. This review illustrates how these approaches reveal the spatiotemporal regulation and quantitative
Hiroaki Kajiho, Shin Morioka, Junko Sasaki, Takehiko Sasaki   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

MINI-REVIEW: SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS AND DEFICIENCIES OF EARLY COMPONENTS OF THE COMPLEMENT CLASSICAL PATHWAY

Frontiers in Immunology, 2016
The complement system plays an important role in the innate and acquired immune response against pathogens. It consists of more than 30 proteins found in soluble form or attached to cell membranes. Most complement proteins circulate in inactive forms and
Lourdes eIsaac, Ana Catarina Lunz Macedo
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Mechanisms to Evade the Phagocyte Respiratory Burst Arose by Convergent Evolution in Typhoidal Salmonella Serovars. [PDF]

, 2018
Typhoid fever caused by Salmonella enterica serovar (S.) Typhi differs in its clinical presentation from gastroenteritis caused by S. Typhimurium and other non-typhoidal Salmonella serovars.
Bäumler, Andreas J, Cobb, Brian A, Hiyoshi, Hirotaka, Lock, Gabriel, Raffatellu, Manuela, Saechao, Cheng, Wangdi, Tamding   +6 more
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The anti‐CRISPR protein AcrIE8.1 inhibits the type I‐E CRISPR‐Cas system by directly binding to the Cascade subunit Cas11

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
In this study, we present the structure of AcrIE8.1, a previously uncharacterized anti‐CRISPR protein that inhibits the type I‐E CRISPR‐Cas system. Through a combination of structural and biochemical analyses, we demonstrate that AcrIE8.1 directly binds to the Cas11 subunit of the Cascade complex to inhibit the CRISPR‐Cas system.
Young Woo Kang, Hyun Ho Park
wiley   +1 more source

The Borrelia afzelii outer membrane protein BAPKO_0422 binds human Factor-H and is predicted to form a membrane-spanning beta-barrel [PDF]

, 2015
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, Albrecht, Bagos, Barcena-Uribarri, Behera, Bhide, Bordier, Brooks, Bunikis, Cabello, Casjens, Coutte, Crago, Crother, Cullen, Di, Dietrich, Eddy, Eswar, Fairman, Feng, Finn, Fraser, Freeman, Gemma Brown, Gessmann, Greene, Guina, Heffernan, Hong, Jaroszewski, Kenedy, Koebnik, Kopp, Kraiczy, Kurtenbach, Lenhart, Lenka Stejskal, Livengood, Margos, Mertins, Mittal, Nair, Oksi, Ornstein, Ostberg, Paetzel, Pautsch, Petersen, Peter R. Laity, Pettersen, Prasadarao, Preac-Mursic, Pugsley, Pulzova, Richard J. Bingham, Robert, Rogovskyy, Schmidli, Schulz, Setubal, Skare, Sperisen, Steere, Struyve, Sugawara, Svergun, Tamm, Thein, Tilly, Tommassen, Vogt, Volkov, Xie, Yamashita, Yang, Zhang   +76 more
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An intracellular transporter mitigates the CO2‐induced decline in iron content in Arabidopsis shoots

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
This study identifies a gene encoding a transmembrane protein, MIC, which contributes to the reduction of shoot Fe content observed in plants under elevated CO2. MIC is a putative Fe transporter localized to the Golgi and endosomal compartments. Its post‐translational regulation in roots may represent a potential target for improving plant nutrition ...
Timothy Mozzanino, Meijie Li, Cécile Fizames, Mattia Adamo, Laurence Lejay, Christian Dubos, Matthieu Platre, Antoine Martin   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

PAR1 activation induces the release by Schwann cells of factors promoting cell survival and neuritogenesis [PDF]

, 2017
Protease-activated receptor 1 (PAR1) is a member of a family of four G-protein-coupled receptors which are activated by proteolytic cleavage of their N-terminal extracellular domain.
Artico, M., Ciraci, V., Correani, V., Fabrizi, C., Fumagalli, L., Maras, B., Pompili, E., Schininà, M. E.   +7 more
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A Cre‐dependent lentiviral vector for neuron subtype‐specific expression of large proteins

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
We designed a versatile and modular lentivector comprising a Cre‐dependent switch and self‐cleaving 2A peptide and tested it for co‐expression of GFP and a 2.8 kb gene of interest (GOI) in mouse cortical parvalbumin (PV+) interneurons and midbrain dopamine (TH+) neurons.
Weixuan Xue, Sandrine Picaud, Régine Hepp, Stéphanie Pons, Uwe Maskos, Bertrand Lambolez, Ludovic Tricoire   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source