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The C-terminal extension of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Hsp16.3 regulates its oligomerization, subunit exchange dynamics and chaperone function.
The FEBS journal - 1 Jan 2017
Panda Alok Kumar, Chakraborty Ayon, Nandi Sandip Kumar, Kaushik Abhishek, Biswas Ashis
Abstract excerpt
Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a human pathogen that secretes a major immunodominant antigen, namely Hsp16.3, throughout the course of infection. Hsp16.3 belongs to the small heat shock protein family and exhibits a molecular chaperone function that is important for the growth and survival of M. tuberculosis in host cell macrophages. The importance of the N-terminal region for the structure and chaperone function...
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