| Literature DB >> 16041055 |
Augusto A Franco1, Simy L Buckwold, Jai W Shin, Miguel Ascon, Cynthia L Sears.
Abstract
To evaluate the role of the zinc-binding metalloprotease in Bacteroides fragilis toxin (BFT) processing and activity, the zinc-binding consensus sequences (H348, E349, H352, G355, H358, and M366) were mutated by site-directed-mutagenesis. Our results indicated that single point mutations in the zinc-binding metalloprotease motif do not affect BFT processing but do reduce or eliminate BFT biologic activity in vitro.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 16041055 PMCID: PMC1201259 DOI: 10.1128/IAI.73.8.5273-5277.2005
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Infect Immun ISSN: 0019-9567 Impact factor: 3.441