Journal of Biological Chemistry
Volume 285, Issue 44, 29 October 2010, Pages 33858-33866
MicrobiologyA Highly Unusual Thioester Bond in a Pilus Adhesin Is Required for Efficient Host Cell Interaction*,
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Cell Adhesion
Cell Surface Protein
Protein Chemistry
Protein Structure
X-ray Crystallography
Gram-positive Pili
Streptococcus Pyogenes
Host/Pathogen Interaction
Internal Thioester
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The atomic coordinates and structure factors (codes 2xi9, 2xic, and 2xid) have been deposited in the Protein Data Bank, Research Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ (http://www.rcsb.org/).
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This work has been funded by the Royal Society (to M. J. B.) and Medical Research Council (United Kingdom) Grant G0400849 (to M. A. K.) and Studentship G0600309 (to J. A. P.).
The on-line version of this article (available at http://www.jbc.org) contains supplemental text, Figs. 1–5, and Tables 1–4.
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