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The Neisseria meningitidis ZnuD zinc receptor contributes to interactions with epithelial cells and supports heme utilization when expressed in Escherichia coli.

Infection and immunity - 1 Feb 2012

Kumar Pradeep, Sannigrahi Soma, Tzeng Yih-Ling

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Neisseria meningitidis employs redundant heme acquisition mechanisms, including TonB receptor-dependent and receptor-independent uptakes. The TonB-dependent zinc receptor ZnuD shares significant sequence similarity to HumA, a heme receptor of Moraxella catarrhalis, and contains conserved motifs found in many heme utilization proteins. We present data showing that, when expressed in Escherichia coli, ZnuD allowed...

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PMID: 22083713
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.05208-11
PMCID: PMC3264319

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