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PorV is an Outer Membrane Shuttle Protein for the Type IX Secretion System.
Scientific reports - 18 Aug 2017
Glew Michelle D, Veith Paul D, Chen Dina, Gorasia Dhana G, Peng Ben, Reynolds Eric C
Abstract excerpt
Porphyromonas gingivalis is a keystone pathogen associated with chronic periodontitis. Major virulence factors named gingipains (cysteine proteinases, RgpA, RgpB and Kgp) are secreted via the Type IX Secretion System (T9SS). These, together with approximately 30 other proteins, are secreted to the cell surface and anchored to the outer membrane by covalent modification to anionic lipopolysaccharide (A-LPS) via...
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