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Proteolytic release of the intramolecular chaperone domain confers processivity to endosialidase F.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 3 Apr 2009
Schwarzer David, Stummeyer Katharina, Haselhorst Thomas, Freiberger Friedrich, Rode Bastian, Grove Melanie, Scheper Thomas, von Itzstein Mark, Mühlenhoff Martina, Gerardy-Schahn Rita
Abstract excerpt
Endosialidases (endoNs), as identified so far, are tailspike proteins of bacteriophages that specifically bind and degrade the alpha2,8-linked polysialic acid (polySia) capsules of their hosts. The crystal structure solved for the catalytic domain of endoN from coliphage K1F (endoNF) revealed a functional trimer. Folding of the catalytic trimer is mediated by an intramolecular C-terminal chaperone domain. Release...
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