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Identification of an iron-sulfur cluster that modulates the enzymatic activity in NarE, a Neisseria meningitidis ADP-ribosyltransferase.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 27 Nov 2009
Del Vecchio Mariangela, Pogni Rebecca, Baratto Maria Camilla, Nobbs Angela, Rappuoli Rino, Pizza Mariagrazia, Balducci Enrico
Abstract excerpt
In prokaryotes, mono-ADP-ribose transfer enzymes represent a family of exotoxins that display activity in a variety of bacterial pathogens responsible for causing disease in plants and animals, including those affecting mankind, such as diphtheria, cholera, and whooping cough. We report here that NarE, a putative ADP-ribosylating toxin previously identified from Neisseria meningitidis, which shares structural...
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