The nine residue plasminogen-binding motif of the pneumococcal enolase is the major cofactor of plasmin-mediated degradation of extracellular matrix, dissolution of fibrin and transmigration.

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The glycolytic enzyme alpha-enolase represents one of the nonclassical cell surface plasminogen-binding proteins of Streptococcus pneumoniae. In this study we investigated the impact of an internal plasminogen-binding motif of enolase on degradation of extracellular matrix and pneumococcal transmigration. In the presence of host-derived plasminogen activators (PA) tissue-type PA or urokinase PA and plasminogen S....

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