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A conserved surface on Toll-like receptor 5 recognizes bacterial flagellin.
The Journal of experimental medicine - 19 Feb 2007
Andersen-Nissen Erica, Smith Kelly D, Bonneau Richard, Strong Roland K, Aderem Alan
Abstract excerpt
The molecular basis for Toll-like receptor (TLR) recognition of microbial ligands is unknown. We demonstrate that mouse and human TLR5 discriminate between different flagellins, and we use this difference to map the flagellin recognition site on TLR5 to 228 amino acids of the extracellular domain. Through molecular modeling of the TLR5 ectodomain, we identify two conserved surface-exposed regions. Mutagenesis...
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