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Characterization of the N-acetyl-5-neuraminic acid-binding site of the extracytoplasmic solute receptor (SiaP) of nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae strain 2019.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 11 Jan 2008
Johnston Jason W, Coussens Nathan P, Allen Simon, Houtman Jon C D, Turner Keith H, Zaleski Anthony, Ramaswamy S, Gibson Bradford W, Apicella Michael A
Abstract excerpt
Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae is an opportunistic human pathogen causing otitis media in children and chronic bronchitis and pneumonia in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The outer membrane of nontypeable H. influenzae is dominated by lipooligosaccharides (LOS), many of which incorporate sialic acid as a terminal nonreducing sugar. Sialic acid has been demonstrated to be an important...
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