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Amino acid polymorphisms in the fibronectin-binding repeats of fibronectin-binding protein A affect bond strength and fibronectin conformation.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 26 May 2017
Casillas-Ituarte Nadia N, Cruz Carlos H B, Lins Roberto D, DiBartola Alex C, Howard Jessica, Liang Xiaowen, Höök Magnus, Viana Isabelle F T, Sierra-Hernández M Roxana, Lower Steven K
Abstract excerpt
The Staphylococcus aureus cell surface contains cell wall-anchored proteins such as fibronectin-binding protein A (FnBPA) that bind to host ligands (e.g. fibronectin; Fn) present in the extracellular matrix of tissue or coatings on cardiac implants. Recent clinical studies have found a correlation between cardiovascular infections caused by S. aureus and nonsynonymous SNPs in FnBPA. Atomic force microscopy (AFM),...
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