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In vivo proteolytic degradation of the Escherichia coli acyltransferase HlyC.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 18 May 2001
Guzman-Verri C, Chaves-Olarte E, García F, Arvidson S, Moreno E
Abstract excerpt
Escherichia coli hemolysin (HlyA) is the prototype toxin of a major family of exoproteins produced by Gram-negative bacteria known as "repeats in toxins." Only fatty acid-acylated HlyA molecules at residues Lys564 and Lys690 are able to damage the target cell membrane. Fatty acylation of pro-HlyA is dependent on the co-synthesized acyltransferase HlyC and the acylated form of acyl-carrier protein. By using a...
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