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Interaction of Bordetella pertussis adenylate cyclase with CD11b/CD18: Role of toxin acylation and identification of the main integrin interaction domain.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 3 Oct 2003
El-Azami-El-Idrissi Mohammed, Bauche Cécile, Loucka Jirina, Osicka Radim, Sebo Peter, Ladant Daniel, Leclerc Claude
Abstract excerpt
Adenylate cyclase toxin (CyaA) is one of the major virulence factors produced by Bordetella pertussis, the whooping cough agent. CyaA belongs to the repeat in toxin protein family and requires a post-translational fatty acylation to form cation-selective channels in target cell membranes and to penetrate into cytosol. We have demonstrated recently that CyaA uses the alphaMbeta2 integrin (CD11b/CD18) as a specific...
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