The great escape: structure and function of the autotransporter proteins

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作者
Henderson, IR [1 ]
Navarro-Garcia, F
Nataro, JP
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[1] Univ Maryland, Sch Med, Dept Med, Ctr Vaccine Dev, Baltimore, MD 21201 USA
[2] Univ Maryland, Sch Med, Dept Pediat, Ctr Vaccine Dev, Baltimore, MD 21201 USA
[3] Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Fac Med, Dept Publ Hlth, Mexico City 04510, DF, Mexico
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10.1016/S0966-842X(98)01318-3
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The autotransporters, a family of secreted proteins from Gram-negative bacteria, possess an overall unifying structure comprising three functional domains: the amino-terminal leader sequence, the secreted mature protein (passenger domain) and a carboxy-terminal (beta-) domain that forms a beta-barrel pore to allow secretion of the passenger protein. Members of this family have been implicated as important or putative virulence factors in many Gram-negative pathogens.
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