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Physiological and regulatory characterization of KatA and KatY in Yersinia pestis.
DNA and cell biology - 1 Aug 2008
Han Yanping, Geng Jing, Qiu Yefeng, Guo Zhaobiao, Zhou Dongsheng, Bi Yujing, Du Zongmin, Song Yajun, Wang Xiaoyi, Tan Yafang, Zhu Ziwen, Zhai Junhui, Yang Ruifu
Abstract excerpt
The catalase or catalase-peroxidase activity commonly exists in many pathogens and plays an important role in resisting the oxidative burst of phagocytes helping the pathogen persistently colonize in the host. Yersinia pestis is a facultative pathogen and the causative agent of plague. KatY has been identified as a thermosensing antigen with modest catalase activity in this pathogen. Here Y. pestis KatA and KatY...
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