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Conserved amphiphilic feature is essential for periplasmic chaperone HdeA to support acid resistance in enteric bacteria.
The Biochemical journal - 1 Jun 2008
Wu Ye E, Hong Weizhe, Liu Chong, Zhang Lingqing, Chang Zengyi
Abstract excerpt
The extremely acidic environment of the mammalian stomach (pH 1-3) represents a stressful challenge for enteric pathogenic bacteria, including Escherichia coli, Shigella and Brucella. The hdeA (hns-dependent expression A) gene was found to be crucial for the survival of these enteric bacteria under extremely low pH conditions. We recently demonstrated that HdeA is able to exhibit chaperone-like activity...
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